Alex Thorn, Galaxy Digital’s head of research, now believes there’s a 75% chance the CLARITY Act will be passed into law by 2026. He points to the bipartisan vote in the Senate Banking Committee on May 14 – a 15 to 9 decision – as a key turning point for the bill’s progress.
In an act that would make a certain New England hermit poet blush, the sponsor has opted to redirect all of its daring product ambivalence into the world of the venerable Investment Company Act of 1940. They say the Act holds the keys to better protection for investors, a tad more operatic freedom in operations, and a wider berth for institutional conduces to stroll past the corrugated doorway. In short, it sounds like the sort of “but we’re not stepping back, we’re stepping forward” statement that one might hear at last year’s Pretend‑It‑Wasn’t‑There Ball.
On the 19th of May, a date that shall henceforth be marked in the annals of political intrigue, the procedural vote passed 50-47, with four Republicans joining the Democratic chorus. Reuters, ever the harbinger of news, proclaimed that this measure would halt the Iran war unless Trump secures Congress’s blessing. A tall order, indeed, for a man who prefers to march to the beat of his own drum.
“This highlights how much trader sentiment toward Ethereum has deteriorated over recent weeks.”
This platform uses artificial intelligence to carry out trading orders – like buying, selling, swapping, and setting limit orders – simply by understanding commands written in plain English.
In the shadowed halls of financial bureaucracy, where the air is thick with the scent of parchment and the whispers of regulators, the Blockchain Association has emerged, quill in hand, to challenge the mighty FDIC. Their weapon? A joint comment letter, penned with the precision of a master satirist, urging the guardians of the banking realm to loosen their grip on the elusive stablecoin.
Our analysis starts with a new way of looking at the 2026 Bitcoin market. This current cycle is unlike previous ones. Factors like Bitcoin ETFs, how companies are investing in Bitcoin, interest rates, regulations, and the availability of money are now impacting prices in ways they didn’t during the 2020-2021 surge. While Bitcoin is becoming more established with institutions, the actual data on the blockchain suggests the reasons behind daily price changes are more complex than they appear.
Bybit, that bastion of cryptocurrency exchange, has deigned to introduce USD1 to its platform, allowing traders to hoard the token and reap daily $WLFI rewards through staking. As if this were not enough, the token may also be used as collateral for a variety of trading and lending services-a true marvel of modern finance, or so they would have us believe.