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2026.08.17 ShareShare to X (Twitter)Share to WeChatShare to WeChat Share to WeiboShare by Link Share by Image The CLARITY Act is still stuck in Congress. Not waiting for the vote anymore, preparing to set the rules themselves?

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Bitcoin closed the week at roughly $62,990, down 2.7%, after an in-line July inflation print failed to trigger the expected relief rally. Spot Bitcoin ETFs reversed from their strongest inflow week since April into consecutive days of outflows, and XRP briefly traded below $1 for the first time in nearly two years following a cross-chain…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission was supposed to take the single biggest step in its 90 year history toward governing digital assets through rules rather than lawsuits. Instead, on the evening of August 13, it quietly cancelled the meeting.

The SEC canceled its first formal crypto rulemaking vote on the eve of that vote, offered no rescheduled date, and within five days the White House will convene digital asset executives and the CFTC will hold its inaugural digital asset advisory session — a sequence that analysts say signals a deliberate shift in which agency…

The Senate will not vote on crypto market structure legislation before September. Meanwhile, the SEC is voting on a 400-page rulemaking framework that does much of what Congress promised. Here is why rulemaking may matter more than legislation now.

Brazil just made it explicit, handing institutional flow to bank licenses. Other regulators face the same math.

In Ripple CLARITY Act news, the SEC is scheduled to vote on August 14, 2026, on whether to publish a proposal known as Regulation Crypto for public comment. The proposal would create a bespoke offering regime under the Securities Act for investment contracts involving the offer of crypto assets, replacing staff guidance and policy statements…

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has praised TRON founder Justin Sun while sharing a more reserved outlook on the stalled CLARITY Act. He also addressed Monad, making it clear that he has no issue with the project.

Hyperliquid (CRYPTO: $HYPE) is exploring a path into the U.S. perpetual futures market as its policy group presses federal regulators for rules that could bring onchain derivatives under a regulated domestic framework.