CLARITY Act Cleared the Senate—Bitcoin Is No Longer a Security
The Senate Banking Committee advanced the CLARITY Act 15-9. If enacted, Bitcoin and Ethereum get permanent commodity status — no future SEC reclassification.
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CLARITY Act Faces First Senate Vote—Banks Want Stablecoin Yield Dead
The Senate Banking Committee votes May 14 on the CLARITY Act after a stablecoin yield compromise broke a months-long deadlock. Banking groups are fighting back.
What Is Quantum-Resistant Cryptography — And Why Bitcoin Is Forcing the Conversation Now
As Google's 2026 research narrows the timeline for quantum attacks on Bitcoin's encryption, NIST-finalized post-quantum standards are becoming urgent infrastructure for crypto and beyond.
Bitcoin Flirted With $76K—Now Polymarket Says $80K Is a 36% Bet Before April Ends
Polymarket's $31M Bitcoin price event shows $75K locked in but odds of $80K sitting at just 36.5% as April contracts near expiry. $150K believers are paying…
Schwab Launches Direct Crypto Trading at 0.75% Fee—Undercutting Fidelity
Charles Schwab's $11T brokerage now lets clients buy bitcoin and ether directly at 0.75% per trade—cheaper than Fidelity's 1% but higher than Robinhood. Wall Street's crypto…
Public Bitcoin Miners Dumped Record 32,000 BTC in Q1—Then Asked for More
Public Bitcoin miners sold more BTC in the first quarter of 2026 than in all of 2025, shattering records as mining economics crater.
Czech Central Bank Governor to Explain Bitcoin Reserve Strategy—While the ECB Says No
Czech National Bank Governor Aleš Michl will keynote Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas, explaining why his central bank bought Bitcoin while the ECB explicitly rejected it.
Bitcoin Developers Propose Freezing Satoshi’s Wallet—and Every Other Quantum-Vulnerable Address
BIP-361 would impose a phased deadline to migrate all Bitcoin to quantum-resistant addresses. Miss it, and your coins are frozen forever.
Bitcoin Miners Are Now Losing $19,000 on Every Coin They Produce—and the Shakeout Has Barely Started
A 7.8 percent difficulty drop signals miners are shutting off machines at scale. The economics of mining at industrial levels just turned negative.
Bitcoin Spikes to $72,700 as Trump-Iran Ceasefire Triggers $200M Short Squeeze
Bitcoin broke a five-week war-range, spiking to $72,700 minutes after Trump's surprise ceasefire deal with Iran, as bears suffered a brutal $196.7M short squeeze.