BIP-110 dies with a whimper, CLARITY vote punted: Hodler’s Digest, Aug. 9
BIP-110 forks itself into oblivion with a “2-block chain” and CLARITY will finally get a Senate vote in September. The odds say that vote will be a No.
Ex-US defense secretary calls CLARITY Act a ‘national security bill’
Former US Defense Secretary Mark Esper says the CLARITY Act is not merely a financial services bill, its a national security one.
BIP-110 Bitcoin branch stalls after two blocks as gap widens
The enforcing fork remains stuck at Bitcoin’s full mining difficulty as mandatory signaling proceeds with little hashpower support. Bitcoin’s BIP-110-enforcing branch stalled…
Brazil targets crypto fraud with up to 24-hour transfer hold
The rules, effective Jan. 1, 2027, cover transactions above $10,000 sent to overseas providers or self-custody wallets, along with other transfers flagged for review. Brazil’s…
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 enters mandatory signaling with miner support below 3%
The deployment milestone tests whether enforcing nodes can sustain the change amid limited miner signaling and discussion of a hard-fork fallback. Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110…
Donald Trump’s media company to terminate Crypto.com deal
The president’s company will unwind an agreement with Crypto.com to create a multibillion-dollar CRO treasury and reportedly not integrate prediction markets onto Truth Social.…
US Treasury’s OFAC sanctions 2 Iran-linked crypto exchanges
The US government sanctioned an individual and two crypto exchanges it said facilitated money laundering for a combined $5 million in digital assets linked to Iran. The US…
US Senate pushes CLARITY Act vote to September: Report
Senate Majority Leader John Thune reportedly confirmed that the chamber was “punting” the vote until September.
MARA swings to Q2 loss as Bitcoin’s slump masks higher output
Bitcoin miner MARA posted its highest quarterly Bitcoin production in over a year, but was overshadowed by a 28% decline in the average price of Bitcoin.
Crypto market maker Wintermute launches US broker-dealer
Wintermute said the registration allows the firm to position itself for the growth of tokenized securities in the US.