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Clarity Act's Senate Odds Crater as Both Sides Deadlock Hours Before Cloture Vote
The Clarity Act's near-term prospects collapsed on prediction markets Tuesday as Republicans rejected Democrats' counteroffer hours before a Senate cloture vote, with Polymarket's odds for 2026 passage falling to 14% from about 30% a day earlier.
CFTC Staff Hands Electron Exchange Relief on Large-Trader Reporting for Direct Participants
The CFTC's Division of Market Oversight granted Electron Exchange DCM a no-action letter on September 2, 2026, letting the exchange file large-trader reports for its direct participants as if its contracts were exclusively self-cleared.
SEC sets Sept. 17 roundtable on 24-hour trading, names panels from NYSE, Nasdaq, BlackRock, Citadel Securities
The SEC released the agenda and panelist list for a Sept. 17 public roundtable on preparing U.S. equity markets for 24-hour trading, with three panels covering readiness, resiliency and market-structure impacts.
CFTC proposes letting swap venues drop order books for 'permitted transactions'
The CFTC voted to publish a proposed rule scrapping the requirement that swap execution facilities maintain an order book for permitted transactions, citing thin usage; comments run 30 days.
XRP's onchain volume is clustering in the London–New York overlap, and a treasury firm says that's institutions
Ledger data compiled by treasury firm Evernorth shows about 23% of XRP's onchain volume now lands in the three-hour London–New York overlap, up from roughly 14% a year ago, as the token rose 15% to around $1.15.
Solana research backs halving slot times to 200ms, and concedes validators pay for it
Solana's foundation published research backing SIMD-0525, a staged cut in target slot time from 400ms to 200ms, and conceding it would double validator voting costs.
Bitcoin sits near $63,500 while one trading firm argues the ETF flows have flipped
A note from trading firm ARP Digital says US spot bitcoin ETFs absorbed more than 14,000 BTC in five days to August 7 as spot and perpetual volumes hit multi-year lows, with bitcoin flat near $63,500.
Bitcoin's derivatives market went quiet before CPI — but the leverage didn't go anywhere
Bitcoin perpetual volumes on Binance and Bybit fell to a three-year low of $10.8 billion, K33 says, while open interest stayed elevated and a Harmony exploit minted 4 billion ONE tokens.
Bitcoin wallets holding 10,000+ BTC hit 90, a six-month high, per Santiment
Analytics firm Santiment counts 90 bitcoin wallets holding at least 10,000 BTC, a six-month high, while smaller wallets shrink and bitcoin trades near $64,000.
Senate punts Clarity Act vote to September, leaving a three-week window before the midterms swallow the calendar
Senate Majority Leader John Thune told The Block the chamber will not take a procedural vote on the Clarity Act until lawmakers return from recess in mid-September.
Big wallets and ETFs both bought bitcoin this week. The price didn't move.
Santiment data cited by CoinDesk shows wallets holding 10 to 10,000 BTC added more than 20,000 coins since July 29, while U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs took in $754.69 million this week — with bitcoin still stuck below $65,000.
Clarity Act vote slips to September as Senate leaves for recess
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says the Senate will not vote on the Clarity Act before its August recess, pushing the crypto market structure bill's procedural vote to mid-September.
SEC Sets September 17 Roundtable on 24-Hour Stock Trading
The SEC said it will hold a public roundtable on September 17, 2026 to discuss preparations for round-the-clock trading in U.S. equity markets, with agenda and panelists still to come.
SEC Sets September Roundtable on 24-Hour Equity Trading
The SEC will hold a public roundtable on September 17, 2026, to weigh moving U.S. equity markets toward around-the-clock trading, and is taking public comment under File No. 4-913.
CLARITY Act's odds hit a record low on Polymarket as Senate ethics fight drags
Polymarket traders now give the CLARITY Act just a 32% chance of becoming law this year — a record low — as Senate talks stall over a bipartisan ethics provision.
CFTC's Selig presses Senate on Clarity Act, warns regulators will fill the vacuum
CFTC Chair Michael Selig urged the Senate to pass the crypto market-structure Clarity Act before its August recess, warning that regulators would otherwise set the rules by default after Congress missed a July 4 target.
SEC and CFTC Ask the Public Three More Questions About Harmonizing Derivatives Rules — and Propose Nothing
Over two weeks in June 2026, the SEC and CFTC issued three joint requests for public comment on harmonizing derivatives rules — product definitions, data reporting and portfolio margining — but proposed no actual rules.