Crypto’s Day of Reckoning: Will the Senate Bring Order to the Chaos?

Momentum, that great force of nature, is building in the hallowed halls of Washington, as lawmakers and industry leaders converge, like moths to a flame, to shape the future of U.S. crypto regulation 🔥. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, that stalwart champion of digital innovation, has announced on the social media platform X (because, of course, one must be seen to be modern 📱) that he will testify before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday, July 9, during a hearing titled “From Wall Street to Web3: Building Tomorrow’s Digital Asset Markets” 📈. The hearing will be webcast live, because, in this brave new world, one must be seen to be transparent 📺.

U.S. SEC Delays Fidelity’s Solana ETF: But There is a Catch

But wait, there’s more! The SEC has graciously allotted 35 additional days for those brave souls who wish to submit rebuttal comments. It’s almost as if they are hosting a public debate, except it’s all done on paper and no one actually listens. A truly heartwarming process! And let’s not forget, they’ve done the same thing with other spot Solana ETFs in the past—just another day in the SEC’s world of “Who Needs Decisiveness Anyway?” 📝

He Sat on $10M in Bitcoin for 13 Years—What Made This Chap Finally Blink?

Picture it: May 13th. Our protagonist — known in the wilds of BitcoinTalk as the shadowy and slightly Randian “John Galt” — reports the big move: a cool 100 Bitcoin (BTC) migrating from the safe embrace of a brass-and-bling Casascius bar into a newfangled hardware wallet. For those blissfully unaware, Casascius bars and coins are the sort of thing that cause both collectors and pickpockets to swoon — tangible tokens with secret keys nestled away under a sliver of film, like the prize in a particularly lucrative chocolate bar.