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Bitcoin Slides as Trump Stalls Clarity Act, Binance Faces MiCA Deadline, and Iran Sanctions Scrutiny Hits CoinEx

Bitcoin Slides as Trump Stalls Clarity Act, Binance Faces MiCA Deadline, and Iran Sanctions Scrutiny Hits CoinEx

Bitcoin pulled back sharply this week, trading near $61,000 after briefly dipping below $60,000, as a trio of regulatory shocks rattled market confidence. A hawkish Federal Reserve under new Chair Kevin Warsh has erased rate-cut expectations for 2026, pushing the U.S. dollar index to its highest

Bitcoin Slides Below $63K as Miners Bleed and CLARITY Act Advances

Bitcoin Slides Below $63K as Miners Bleed and CLARITY Act Advances

Bitcoin fell below $63,000 on Friday as risk assets sold off broadly, erasing the modest gains the market had posted earlier in the week. CoinDesk reported that crypto dropped across the board in holiday-thinned trading, with roughly 20% of miners now unprofitable and publicly traded mining firms selling

Fed Hawkishness, BlackRock Income ETF, and Illinois Digital Asset Tax Rock Markets

Fed Hawkishness, BlackRock Income ETF, and Illinois Digital Asset Tax Rock Markets

Bitcoin slid to roughly $64,500 on Thursday after the Federal Reserve held rates steady but struck a markedly hawkish tone in its first policy meeting under new Chairman Kevin Warsh. Warsh acknowledged inflation remains well above the Fed's 2% target and announced a task force to review

Bitcoin Surges to Two-Week High as Peace Deal, Institutions, and Congress Converge

Bitcoin Surges to Two-Week High as Peace Deal, Institutions, and Congress Converge

Bitcoin opened at $66,287 on Tuesday, its strongest level in roughly two weeks, as geopolitical relief drove a broad crypto rally. Both BTC and Ethereum posted their best opening prices in about a fortnight after news broke that the U.S. and Iran are making meaningful progress toward a

CFTC Greenlights Bitcoin Futures as Macro Crash and World Cup Scams Hit Crypto

CFTC Greenlights Bitcoin Futures as Macro Crash and World Cup Scams Hit Crypto

Bitcoin is trading near $63,858 on Saturday morning after enduring its steepest correction of the year, while regulators and fraudsters alike made major moves this week. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved onshore Bitcoin perpetual futures, opening high-leverage derivatives to domestic institutional traders for the first

Bitcoin Slides Toward $60K as Strategy Sells and ETF Outflows Mount

Bitcoin Slides Toward $60K as Strategy Sells and ETF Outflows Mount

Bitcoin extended its painful 2026 descent this week, slipping below $62,000 on Friday after opening at $63,812 and continuing lower through the morning session. The prices of both Bitcoin and Ethereum continued their descent following May's employment report and news that Hezbollah rejected Israel's

Bitcoin Plunges Toward $62K as ETF Outflows End and Zcash Bug Rattles Markets

Bitcoin Plunges Toward $62K as ETF Outflows End and Zcash Bug Rattles Markets

Bitcoin extended its punishing slide this week, briefly touching $62,137 on Thursday as a broad crypto selloff deepened. The drop came after Broadcom's disappointing AI chip outlook dragged the Nasdaq lower for a third consecutive session, pulling digital assets down alongside equities. Crypto is now on course

Bitcoin Crashes Below $62,000 as ETF Outflows and Strategy Sale Rattle Markets

Bitcoin Crashes Below $62,000 as ETF Outflows and Strategy Sale Rattle Markets

Bitcoin tumbled to its lowest price in months on Wednesday night, briefly crashing below $62,000 and erasing weeks of recovery gains. The selloff, which exceeded 8% in 24 hours, was driven by a convergence of institutional selling, forced liquidations, and a symbolic but jarring Bitcoin sale by Michael Saylor&

Grayscale Delays IPO, Clarity Act Advances, and BlackRock Posts Record Bitcoin Trade

Grayscale Delays IPO, Clarity Act Advances, and BlackRock Posts Record Bitcoin Trade

The crypto industry absorbed a trio of significant developments this week as market volatility, legislative progress, and a jaw-dropping institutional trade reshaped the conversation around digital assets. Bitcoin itself remained under pressure, hovering near $73,600 on May 29 after ETF outflows of $223M on the prior session weighed

Clarity Act Advances as Galaxy Wins BitLicense and Bitcoin Depot Collapses

Clarity Act Advances as Galaxy Wins BitLicense and Bitcoin Depot Collapses

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee handed the cryptocurrency industry a major legislative victory last week, advancing the Clarity Act on a 15-to-9 vote. The bill, widely considered the industry's top regulatory priority, cleared the panel with two Democrats crossing the aisle to join all committee

Clarity Act Advances as Bitcoin Pulls Back on Inflation and ETF Inflows Surge

Clarity Act Advances as Bitcoin Pulls Back on Inflation and ETF Inflows Surge

Bitcoin whipsawed markets this week after the U.S. Senate Banking Committee passed the long-awaited Clarity Act in a bipartisan 15-9 vote, sending BTC briefly to $82,000 before a sharp reversal erased much of the gain. The bill, which would assign digital commodities to the CFTC and