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President Trump said CFTC Chair Michael Selig is working to bring offshore perpetuals platform Hyperliquid into the US in a "fully compliant and legal fashion," sending HYPE up 17% and signaling a path for onchain derivatives venues to obtain domestic licenses.
Trump urged the Senate to pass a "fair version" of the CLARITY Act at a White House meeting with crypto CEOs and regulators, ahead of a September cloture vote and the CFTC's first Innovation Advisory Committee session.
Bitcoin reclaimed $69,000 for the first time in two months, liquidating nearly $2 billion in shorts as Treasury buyback expansion and a new SEC crypto proposal poured fuel on the rally.
Ripple's first debt sale drew institutional investors to fund its prime brokerage and multi-asset clearing expansion, deepening crypto-native competition with traditional Wall Street intermediaries.
A chain of six software bugs let an attacker drain bitcoin and other assets from Maya Protocol's cross-chain pools, crediting 48.87 million CACAO tokens that were never funded and sending the native token down 89%.
Swiss hardware-wallet maker BitBox patched two severe firmware bugs found with AI help; no funds were taken, but older firmware leaves users exposed.
The SEC proposed a "Regulation Crypto Assets" framework with token-issuance exemptions and a securities safe harbor, stepping into the gap left by the stalled CLARITY Act.
Metaplanet swaps 2,100 BTC and cash for a controlling stake in Nasdaq-listed Super League Enterprise, exporting its bitcoin treasury model to the US under the new name Superplanet.
Citi will let institutional clients hold bitcoin directly alongside stocks and bonds through its new Custody+ platform, with the service set to launch later in 2026.
BitMart founder Sheldon Lee calls blocked-fund allegations fabricated rumors as users report locked withdrawals and unpaid employees ahead of the exchange's Aug. 26 shutdown.
