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Fitch Sees Crypto Offerings In Islamic Finance Expanding, Cites Malaysia BusinessToday Malaysia
Senate fails to advance crypto bill, dooming the effort this Congress The Washington Post
Bitcoin Suisse eyes Swiss job cuts, plans hub in Vietnam Theinvestor
SEC proposes changes to stablecoin transfer rules Bangkok Post
Bitcoin Hits Three-Week Low as U.S. Senate Rejects Motion to Proceed on Crypto Regulation Bill finance.biggo.com
Injective's real-world asset perpetual markets ... Pluang
Crypto’s push Into Wall Street suffers setback after bill fails The Business Times
U.S. Senate Rejects CLARITY Act Crypto Regulation Bill... Bitcoin Breaks Below $75,000 finance.biggo.com
Crypto’s High-Roller Bet Comes Up Empty In The Senate Forbes
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Crypto’s push into Wall Street suffers setback after Clarity Act fails to clear key vote The Straits Times
Erebor Bank’s Free Stablecoin Plan Failed After Traders Found the Loophole Yahoo Finance
0.6326 PONS USDT Spot Trading OKX
US Senate fails to advance sweeping cryptocurrency bill in blow for industry Reuters
Digital Asset Bill Stalls in Senate After Failed Cloture Vote ai-cio.com
Landmark Crypto Bill Fails in Key Vote, Casting Doubt on New Rules and Hitting Stocks WSJ
Circle, Ripple and Visa join $10 funding round for stablecoin platform Velocity Finextra Research
The crypto industry saw Trump as its savior. His crypto business just snagged a key bill CNN
BIS report finds Bitcoin on-chain transfer values can vary sixfold due to measurement methods. Pluang
UK adds new exclusions to cryptoasset regime Linklaters
Cryptocurrency prices drop sharply, with Bitcoi... Pluang

Last minute, behind-the-scenes disputes locked in a dismal showing for the market structure legislation the industry pinned its greatest hopes on.
BIS study finds Bitcoin transaction data can va... Pluang
Crypto's Clarity Act fails to advance in Senate axios.com

Nearly every major bank now expects the Fed to raise rates for the first time in three years. Markets have mostly priced it in, but the political fallout could run deeper than one hike.
US Senate crypto bill collapses in blow to industry Al Jazeera
Landmark US crypto bill fails as Senate splits over Trump ethics concerns Financial Times
US House committee to review Bitcoin reserve bi... Pluang

A procedural vote to advance landmark digital asset legislation failed spectacularly on Tuesday, leaving the crypto industry crushed.

A BIS study found widely used crypto metrics can obscure economic activity, with measurement challenges spanning Bitcoin, Ethereum and stablecoins.

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin, BTC-Related Stocks Tumble After Senate Blocks Clarity Act Bitcoin’s price tumbled — along with crypto-related stocks — following the blockage of the long-awaited Clarity Act. The price of the leading cryptocurrency…

Bitcoin Magazine Strive’s Matt Cole: Bitcoin is Primed for 30% Growth into 2030 Strive CEO Matt Cole shares his base case for Bitcoin, forecasting roughly 50% annualized returns through 2030. This post Strive’s Matt Cole: Bitcoin is Primed for 30%…

The Coinbase-backed Stand With Crypto will add senators’ votes to its scorecards as it rallies crypto voters ahead of November’s elections.
Bitcoin drops below $75K after Senate rejects C... Pluang
Senate Voted No on Taking Crypto Seriously. What About Wall Street? PYMNTS.com

Circle and Coinbase shares fell about 10% as the failed Senate vote weighed on crypto-linked equities, with Bitcoin miners and treasury companies also declining.
Senate Blocks Landmark Crypto Regulation Bill Yahoo Finance
Clarity Act Collapses in Blow to Crypto. Why All Is Not Lost for Digital Assets. Barron's
Bitcoin Falls as Clarity Act Fails to Advance. Why Cathie Wood’s Dumping Crypto Stocks. Barron's

Greg Brockman says OpenAI delayed launches and reworked its processes after a pre-release model broke out of a sandbox and hacked into Hugging Face.

Bitcoin Magazine Lightning Lands on BitBox — And It Doesn’t Ask for a New Seed Phrase Cold storage and instant payments now share one app, one backup, and one balance sheet. This post Lightning Lands on BitBox — And It Doesn’t Ask for a New Seed…
Crypto regulation bill 'Clarity' rejected; Bitcoin records largest decline since June Moomoo
Senate Votes to Block Crypto Bill in Major Blow to the Industry nytimes.com
Brazil launches DIGY11, first Bitcoin-backed di... Pluang

Coinbase, Circle and Galaxy lead a broad crypto stock selloff after the U.S. Senate failed to advance a long-awaited market structure bill.
Crypto stocks sink after Senate rejects Clarity Act, Coinbase slides nearly 9% CoinDesk

Bitcoin Magazine Senate Blocks Clarity Act, Likely Killing It for 2026 In a blow to the digital asset industry, lawmakers blocked the landmark crypto legislation. This post Senate Blocks Clarity Act, Likely Killing It for 2026 first appeared on…

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.

Bitcoin Magazine Why the Clarity Act Could Decide America’s Financial Future w/ John Deaton John Deaton joins Grace Remington and Sean Hagan to break down why the Clarity Act cloture vote is really a vote on whether to even debate the bill. This…
Bitcoin and crypto stocks remain down after US senate fails to advance regulatory bill Reuters
Senate blocks cryptocurrency regulation as Democrats push back on Trump investments cbs19news.com
Clarity Act cloture vote fails: What it means for your crypto holdings Yahoo Finance
Bitcoin dips below $75K amid Fed rate hike fears, then rebounds above $76K, liquidating $98M in longs. Pluang
Ripple CEO says crypto will thrive even if the Clarity Act fails in US Congress Pluang
Senate blocks crypto regulation bill in a major blow to the industry NBC News
Major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin and Et... Pluang
Bitcoin dips below $77K amid U.S. crypto regula... Pluang
Senate fails to advance Clarity Act amid Democratic concerns about crypto bill CBS News
CPI | Crypto Regulation Bill Stalls in Senate Amid Ethics Fight PYMNTS.com
Bitcoin could hit $20 trillion market cap by 20... Pluang
Grayscale's new crypto portfolios heavily favor XRP over Bitcoin in one model, signaling altcoin interest. Pluang

The Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance the crypto industry's marquee bill Tuesday. Bitcoin dropped as the no tally mounted, but the move stopped well short of panic.
Cathie Wood dumps $65 million in crypto ahead of CLARITY vote Yahoo Finance Singapore
Bitcoin, Ethereum And Other Major Cryptocurrencies Tumble As CLARITY Act Fails Forbes
How can ordinary investors participate in new energy? RWA is opening up new opportunities in energy assets. The Manila Times
‘The bill is dead’: Crypto legislation collapses on Senate floor Politico
Crypto’s biggest Senate push falls flat as the Clarity Act fails to clear a crucial procedural vote CoinDesk
Bitcoin tumbles 4% to $75,000 as hopes of CLARITY Act passage this year fade Yahoo Finance UK

One of the most crucial U.S. regulations for crypto markets couldn't secure enough support to clear the Senate's final 60-vote hurdle.
Senate cloture vote on Clarity Act fails, dealing regulatory blow to crypto industry CNBC
US Senate Blocks Landmark Crypto Bill in Industry Loss Bloomberg.com

An initial vote to try to push the Clarity Act closer to becoming law fell flat amid opposition to President Trump's crypto wealth.
Bitcoin dips below $76,000 amid uncertain US le... Pluang
Clarity Act Stalls in Senate as Crypto Bill Fails to Clear Key Vote Decrypt
BREAKING: US Senate Fails to Advance Crypto CLARITY Act, Here’s What It Means CryptoPotato

The years-long effort to set U.S. regulations for crypto markets couldn't muster enough support to make the leap over the Senate's final 60-vote hurdle.
Bitcoin's realized cap rises for first time in 2026, signaling renewed capital inflows near $78K-$80K range Pluang

The failed procedural vote leaves the CLARITY Act facing an uncertain future after months of negotiations over crypto oversight and ethics provisions.
Crypto Exchange That Was Hub for Illicit Iran Cash Closes Suddenly WSJ
UK tokenization feedback puts collateral first, but settlement finality stands in the way ledgerinsights.com
Why Is Bitcoin Down Today? Yahoo Finance

Michael Weisz will lead Kamino from a new New York headquarters as the DeFi lender is expanding into tokenized assets.

A Bank of England policy maker said digital dollars could expand access to the US currency while turning stablecoin issuers into bigger buyers of government debt.
Crypto News: Pepeto Announces Binance Listing Progress While the XRP Price Prediction Stretches to $29 The Manila Times

According to prosecutors, the two took positions in tokens ahead of Robinhood’s public listing announcements between 2025 and 2026.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she remains determined to get a crypto bill signed into law — even if she doesn’t support the current Clarity Act.

Two employees allegedly earned more than $50,000 each by trading Hyperliquid perpetual futures before Robinhood announced new token listings.
3 Stocks Exposed To Stablecoin Rules And Cross Border Payment Growth simplywall.st

The Wyoming Republican says the final text hands Democrats more than 120 of their own demands, including sweeping new ethics rules, as the Senate holds a make-or-break cloture vote Tuesday afternoon.
5 Best Stablecoin-Friendly Banks and Banking Platforms for Businesses finchannel

Bitcoin Magazine AI Could Be Bitcoin’s Next Onboarding Engine, Nakamoto CEO Says Speaking to the investment bank, Nakamoto CEO David Bailey said that AI could drive Bitcoin adoption. This post AI Could Be Bitcoin’s Next Onboarding Engine, Nakamoto…
Hackers say they breached Italian state email to target Revolut ‘crypto whales’ Financial Times

The crypto exchange is expanding its traditional finance offerings with 11 US-listed exchange-traded funds focused on US Treasurys and investment-grade bonds.
Datavault AI Receives Initial $100 Million Purchase Order for $QEST Tokenization Services ir.datavaultsite.com

Prosecutors allege two Chinese companies used Binance accounts to launder oil proceeds benefiting Iran’s government and military.

The proposal would overhaul federal tax treatment of digital assets but still requires approval from Congress.
The sinister influence of crypto billionaires on our politics | Letters The Guardian
Yellow Card Expands Stablecoin Infrastructure to Canada via Alkepay Launch FF News

Bitcoin price action weakened over market nerves prior to the Senate CLARITY Act vote, while surging bond yields pressured risk assets across the board.
USDT gains privacy on Zama with $131M in shielded stablecoin volume on Ethereum Pluang
Visa and Circle Back Stablecoin Payments Platform Velocity PYMNTS.com

Standard Chartered sees Robinhood Chain as an early sign that tokenization could transform Arbitrum’s economics and drive ARB sharply higher by 2030.

As the parties dig in their heels, the market structure bill hasn't yet amassed the votes it would need to clear the first Senate hurdle scheduled for Tuesday.

Bitcoin Magazine DOJ Seeks $61M in Iranian Oil Proceeds Laundered Through Binance Accounts The U.S. Department of Justice has filed to forfeit $61 million in crypto it says was generated from Iranian black-market oil sales. This post DOJ Seeks…

Publicly listed BTC miners produced bitcoin at an average ex-tax cash cost of roughly $75,500 in in the second quarter.
Bitcoin tumbles 3% to $76,000 as hopes of CLARITY Act passage this year fade Yahoo Finance
Bitcoin Rally Stalls as Optimism About US Crypto Bill Wanes Bloomberg.com

An MEV bot known as “Yoink” front-ran an attacker attempting to exploit a custom Safe module, capturing the stolen rsETH before Kelp temporarily froze the receiving address.
GENIUS Act Explained: What Changes for USDT, USDC and Crypto Users StealthEX

Democrats are pushing for further concessions as Republicans insist their latest text is their final offer ahead of today’s 60-vote test.

Bitcoin just gave back its entire post-golden-cross rally in one red candle, with a make-or-break Senate vote landing this afternoon and the Fed staring down a rate hike.

Hours ahead of an initial vote on the Clarity Act, Senate Republicans are pushing back against a counterproposal from fellow Democrats.
Bitcoin, Crypto Stocks Slip Ahead of Clarity Act Vote Investopedia
How Erebor Bank’s Sweet Stablecoin Deal Backfired The Information
WATCH: Senate Democrats block cryptocurrency bill, demanding more limits on Trump's investments PBS
Robinhood and Webull Fall 4% as Imminent Clarity Act Decision Stokes Crypto Uncertainty 24/7 Wall St.

The 12-month test will put a beta version of the central bank currency through online, mobile, in-store and peer-to-peer payments.

Prediction markets sharply marked down the crypto market structure bill’s near-term prospects as negotiations remained stuck hours before a key Senate vote.

The odds of the Clarity Act passing have fully reversed their recent move, and crypto majors have reversed alongside. Is there any hope left for the bill to pass?

Two software bugs allowed the attacker to create more than 2,000 times Bitcoin’s maximum supply in unbacked syBTC. Symbiosis puts preliminary losses at 9.97 BTC.
BTC news: A 25-cent bitcoin deposit let a hacker mint 46 billion fake bitcoin tokens coindesk.com
DOJ Says Binance Customers Used Crypto Exchange to Funnel Iran Oil Money WSJ

Tether’s USDT stablecoin was part of a failed oil trade that reportedly cost a Polish energy giant $230 million in late 2023.
Standard Chartered Sets $10 Arbitrum Target on Robinhood and Tokenization Growth The Defiant
Ahead of Clarity Act vote, stablecoin interest, ethics remain key issues ledgerinsights.com

The bank expects tokenization to make Arbitrum a favored network for traditional finance, even though ARB holders currently have no direct claim on the fees.

Bitcoin Magazine Strike CEO Jack Mallers: Inflation Outlook, Bond Stress and BTC vs Gold US debt-to-GDP has pushed past 120%, and Jack Mallers thinks the debate over whether the Fed hikes or cuts is beside the point, both roads lead to inflation.…
Lake Energy Launches Renewable Energy RWA Platform, Expanding Investor Access to Real-World Energy Assets The Manila Times
Kazakhstan Plans $60 Million Tokenization Pilot for Alatau City Projects The Astana Times

Atlantic Council experts argue corporate pledges need enforceable safety standards, while U.S.–China distrust limits prospects for an international agreement.

Bitcoin Magazine Will the Clarity Act Pass the Senate? | Connor Brown, Bitcoin Policy Institute The Clarity Act reaches a make-or-break moment as the Senate holds a cloture vote that requires 60 votes from a chamber Republicans hold 53 seats in.…
OpenAssets Tokenization Infrastructure Now Available in AWS Marketplace PR Newswire

Congress needs 60 Senators willing to put innovation first and provide critical relief to the digital asset industry, argues Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.)

Among its provisions is a $10 exception for certain fees paid in crypto, along with provisions covering stablecoins, mining, and staking.

Standard Chartered sees Arbitrum at $10 by 2030, projecting a roughly 70-fold increase as tokenization grows and TradFi firms move onchain.
Novogratz Reverses Course On XRP Amid Ripple’s RWA Push dailycoin.com
Why might my RWA limit order be automatically adjusted? OKX

Your day-ahead look for Sept. 15, 2026

DeFi Development Corp added another 55,491 SOL and opened a CHAD at-the-market program for its preferred stock, extending a fast-moving three-week run of capital markets activity.

They could be the biggest winners from regulatory clarity, argues Alex Tapscott, CEO of CMCC Global Capital Markets.

The investment brings Velocity's Series A round to $48 million and values the London-based payments infrastructure firm at $200 million, CEO Eric Queathem said.
ADX partners with DFNS to deploy digital asset wallet and tokenization capability Zawya

Bitcoin fell 1.7% since midnight UTC to $76,862, unwinding a late Monday rally as Polymarket odds on the Clarity Act becoming law this year halved overnight.
Banking Circle to power OSL’s stablecoin-to-fiat payment Asset Servicing Times
Banking Circle to Power OSL’s Stablecoin-to-Fiat Payment Expansion Across Five Additional Currencies Disruption Banking
Binance Margin to delist ENJ/USDC, GENIUS/USDC, CVX/USDC, GUN/USDC, and VANA/USDC FX News Group

The 114-page bill would change the tax treatment of crypto fees, stablecoins and lending while leaving existing reward-tax timing unchanged.
Exclusive: Expa and Coinbase Ventures-backed Fin.com emerges from stealth with $20 million seed round to build out global stablecoin infrastructure fortune.com
KuCoin Wealth Broadens Access to Professionally Managed Strategies with New RWA and Crypto Multi-Strategy Products PR Newswire

Ethereum and Base are pursuing different account abstraction designs after talks failed, according to Ethlabs researcher Derek Chiang.

Tonkeeper has rebranded as Keeper, with the wallet now supporting seven blockchain networks, including Bitcoin and Ethereum.

The Cathie Wood-led investment firm routinely adds and trims its crypto stock holdings throughout the year.

Bitcoin short-term holders approached a full month in partial profit as analysis saw improving odds of an enduring bullish BTC price reversal.
US and UK Release Joint Digital Asset Roadmap Backing Stablecoin Innovation CoinMarketCap

The asset manager funded the entire purchase through preferred stock, pushing SATA's notional value past $1 billion for the first time.
A Trump-backed crypto bill just suffered a bruising defeat in the Senate. Here's why NPR

Tether froze $61.19 million across 10 Tron addresses in 2025 that prosecutors allege were connected to black-market Iranian oil proceeds.
Crypto prices stay flat ahead of key Fed rate h... Pluang

Solana raised its transaction size limit to 4,096 bytes, giving developers more room for zero-knowledge proofs and transactions with multiple signatures.
U.S. Bitcoin Reserve Bill Nears House Committee Vote on Sept. 16 The Coin Republic
U.S. seeks to seize $61 million of crypto it claims are proceeds from Iranian petroleum sales to Chinese buyers CNBC

Users get confidential access to 12 existing Morpho vaults on Ethereum, while another four have been created as confidential-only products.

The exchange blamed a long market slump, shrinking volume and liquidity, and rising regulatory and compliance costs.
Everything You Own Will Live On-Chain Thanks to RWA Tokenization CoinMarketCap

Banking groups also said the GOP’s final text leaves stablecoin reward loopholes, while tribal gaming interests warn that its prediction market provisions threaten tribal sovereignty.

The proposal comes six months after corporate entity Balancer Labs shut down operations, citing a 2025 exploit that drained $128 million.

The talks to align two proposals, EIP-8130 and EIP-8141, fell short of a shared standard after the two sides diverged on priorities.
Banking Circle Expands OSL Stablecoin Payments to Five More Currencies Fintech Singapore

Prosecutors alleged that two Chinese companies used Binance to launder those funds to Iran and its proxies.
Real Estate Tokenization 101: How to Build Your Digital Property Empire | by Diya | Sep, 2026 DataDrivenInvestor

Some Democrats remain dissatisfied with the bill’s crypto ethics provisions and will be sending a counterproposal just hours before a key procedural vote.
Banks Want More: Trade Groups Demand Stricter Stablecoin Limits in Clarity Act Decrypt

Bitcoin Magazine Swiss Bitcoin Pay Shuts Down Servers After Data Breach Another day, another data breach. Swiss Bitcoin Pay, a non-custodial bitcoin payment processor, said that it had to temporarily shut down its servers following a data breach…
Crypto regulation bill nears Senate vote amid debate over Trump ventures spectrumlocalnews.com
UK regulators to develop tokenization roadmap after industry feedback TradingView
House Financial Services Committee to mark up Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill on Wednesday TradingView
Tokenization boosts asset management with faste... Pluang
Trump’s ethics concession addresses one hurdle for the crypto bill, but 18 state attorneys general say the revised legislation would weaken state oversight.
Nasdaq at Barclays conference: growth bets span ipo, ai and tokenization Investing.com UK

The investment brings together major financial institutions as Kaiko expands its data infrastructure for tokenized securities and onchain financial markets.
Only the U.S. Senate can prevent the next FTX a16z crypto
Crypto Regulation in 2026: A Complete Guide to the GENIUS Act, CLARITY Act, MiCA, and Global Rules StealthEX

Crypto wallet providers must submit an early vulnerability report within 24 hours and a full notification within 72 hours of exploits, or risk administrative fines of as much as $17.3 million.
Trump agrees to ethics requirements in crypto Clarity Act as GOP seeks Democratic votes CNBC
Europe’s digital asset landscape: Lords, links, and limits CoinGeek

The FCA said uncertainty over whether some tokenized gold products fall under UK fund rules could affect adoption and investor access.

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said issuers should be involved if tokenized products change shareholder rights or company obligations, but not when they create separate instruments backed by shares.
Issuing a stablecoin: A guide for banks FinTech Futures

The 635-page revised proposal includes Trump-backed ethics provisions and comes just two days before a key procedural vote.