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Veteran trader Peter Brandt said the potential passage of the US Clarity Act is unlikely to have a significant impact on Bitcoin’s price, after indications that it could pass Congress as soon as January.“Is it a world-shaking macro development? Nope. Needed for sure, but not something that should redefine value,” Brandt told Cointelegraph on Friday. “Having an asset regulated, particularly an asset for which die-hard investors never wanted to be regulated, is not an earth-shattering event,” he added.His comments came after White House crypto and AI czar David Sacks said on Thursday, ”We are closer than ever to passing the…

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, who has arguably been the closest friend to the crypto sector in Congress, won’t seek another term, she said in a statement on Friday.The first-term lawmaker will call it quits after her six-year term ends in January 2027, leaving a Republican seat open in extremely red Wyoming, but also removing a major ally for the digital assets industry. Lummis has been the inaugural chair of the first subcommittee dedicated to crypto matters at the U.S. Banking Committee, where she’s pushed crypto-friendly legislation as a top priority.Even now, she’s among the leading negotiators for the crypto market…

Analysts and investors are questioning why crypto isn’t in a bull market, given the amount of positive drivers that have taken place this year.“At some point, we need to admit that something is structurally broken in the crypto market,” CNBC crypto contributor Ran Neuner said on Tuesday.He stated that multiple favorable factors should be contributing to the performance of crypto markets, including increased liquidity, a pro-crypto US government, various exchange-traded fund launches, major institutional and crypto treasury company investments, and strong performance in traditional markets such as gold, silver and major stock indexes.However, crypto markets are on track to end…

Crypto asset manager Bitwise has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to launch an exchange-traded fund tracking the Sui token.The firm submitted a Form S-1 filing on Thursday to offer the “Bitwise Sui ETF,” initially registering the product with the SEC and taking the first step toward launching the fund.Bitwise outlined that the fund would track the spot price of Sui (SUI), the native token of the layer 1 blockchain, the Sui Network.Bitwise has yet to indicate what the ETF’s ticker will be. Coinbase Custody will serve as the custodian for the product.  Bitwise had recently added Sui…

Taiwan’s Justice System Is Now Holding Bitcoin Worth $18 Million

The long-awaited Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, or CLARITY Act, is moving closer to passage, with a Senate markup expected in January, says White House artificial intelligence and crypto czar David Sacks.Sacks posted to X on Thursday that Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott and Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman had confirmed that the bipartisan crypto bill will reach the Senate next month. ”We are closer than ever to passing the landmark crypto market structure legislation that President Trump has called for. We look forward to finishing the job in January!” Source: David SacksThe CLARITY Act would define crypto securities…

Bitcoin is now, almost paradoxically to its original ethos, being adopted by Wall Street. Bittensor is a new finger to “the man” of centralization. It’s a sizzling hot narrative. With the rise of AI, concerns have arisen about the tech’s concentration and centralization. Bittensor, and its cryptocurrency, TAO, aims to decentralize AI services.  Despite losing nearly 53% in 2025, some believe Bittensor is a next-generation Bitcoin for the AI age. But how realistic is this optimism?The Premise and Promise of BittensorThe network just completed a reward halving on December 15, reducing its supply of minted coins. The problem is, many have…

The bitcoin price (BTC) briefly surged above $90,000 early Wednesday in U.S. trading, only to tumble back below $87,000 within minutes, reflecting a fragile and volatile crypto market. The largest cryptocurrency rallied from roughly $87,000 to above $90,000 around 10:00 a.m EST before rapidly retracing to the $86,500–$87,500 range.  At the time of writing, Bitcoin price was near $86,000, down over 0.5% over the past 24 hours despite having been higher by more than 3% minutes earlier.  The swift swings triggered more than $190 million in liquidations across crypto derivatives markets, hitting both long positions — bets on rising prices…

Kontigo is gaining traction by promoting a stablecoin-first banking model as a global alternative to traditional financial services.At the same time, its rapid rise has prompted skepticism within the crypto community. The model has raised questions over whether it can scale sustainably without repeating the missteps that have defined past industry failures.Sponsored SponsoredKontigo’s Rapid Rise Draws AttentionA new bank building its entire identity around stablecoins is rapidly climbing the ranks of the financial services industry.Kontigo positions itself as a stable-currency platform offering self-custodial wallet services that allow users to store value in Bitcoin and spend in local stablecoins, with all…

BitGo, a digital asset infrastructure company, announced it now offers Bitcoin Lightning Network access directly from its qualified custody platform. The move makes it one of the first companies to provide Lightning payments for institutional custody. The service aims to give clients faster and cheaper Bitcoin transactions while keeping institutional security standards intact. It builds on BitGo’s earlier self-custody Lightning solution. The new offering is powered through a partnership with Voltage, a Lightning Network infrastructure provider. Clients can now use Lightning without running their own nodes or managing keys. BitGo and Voltage handle infrastructure, channels, liquidity, and key management. Through…