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Congress returns to the crypto bill on 15 September, after both agencies moved without it

A cloture motion on the CLARITY Act ripens at 2.15pm on 15 September, the day after the Senate returns from recess. The SEC proposed its own crypto rulebook on 18 August, and the CFTC seats 43 industry figures on a new advisory committee on 20 August.

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The SEC proposed its first crypto rulebook five days after cancelling the vote

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SafePal says an order-tracking flaw exposed 39,798 customers' addresses

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The SEC Cancelled Its First Crypto Rulemaking Vote With A Day's Notice

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World Liberty Clears Its First Bank Hurdle Before A Washington Crypto Week

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Goldman Sachs Is Buying The Firm Behind Bitcoin's Big Income ETFs

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UBS's bitcoin ETF call line went up 24 times in one quarter

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The marketBitcoin has rallied to about $77,100 with the month's heaviest ETF inflow day just behind it, and thirteen days after the BIP-110 split the main chain runs undisturbed, 1,827 blocks past the fork.Digital dollarsTether's 2025 accounts passed a full KPMG audit with an unqualified opinion, the company says, and Circle now runs a national trust bank with USDC at $73.3bn.DeFiUniswap's burn has a second engine running and a third queued: v4 fees are live on seven chains and three more fee votes entered governance this week.

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16 Aug 2026 · 00:02:14SafePal's Thirteen-Month Order LeakSafePal disclosed on 16 August that an authorisation flaw in an order-tracking plug-in exposed the names, addresses, phone numbers and purchase details of about 39,798 customers. A seller advertised the data the same day.15 Aug 2026 · 00:02:22World Liberty's First Bank GateThe OCC gave World Liberty Trust Company preliminary conditional approval on 14 August. A White House meeting with crypto chief executives is expected on 19 August, and Bank Leumi signed Galaxy the same Friday.