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Key TakeawaysBitcoin neared $72,000 on Aug. 19 after Donald Trump voiced strong support for crypto.Crypto liquidations hit $3.35 billion, while Ethereum surged 19% and LINK rose to $10.86.Trump urged the U.S. Senate to pass the CLARITY Act to provide...

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Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego warned that rushing the CLARITY Act to a Senate vote before lawmakers resolve disputes over ethics and stablecoin yield could set United States crypto market structure legislation back.Speaking at the SALT Wyoming Blockchain Symposium on...

The integration expands access to USDU, the UAE’s first central bank-registered US dollar stablecoin, as it builds distribution beyond institutional channels. Source link

In a race that drew criticism to crypto's leading political action committee for featuring fake headlines in ads, Fairshake's expensive effort fell short. Source link

Standard Chartered and HSBC have completed the first live cross-border transaction on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, demonstrating interoperability between the banks’ tokenized deposit systems a month after the ledger’s launch.The transaction involved payment messages exchanged between the two through Swift’s...