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A hacker group is demanding $3 million worth of monero from Revolut within 24 hours, threatening to sell stolen customer data to other criminal groups. At least 680 customer accounts were reportedly affected, with exposed records said to include identity documents and transaction histories.

The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee voted 38-5 to advance the Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act, a bipartisan measure aimed at easing crypto tax compliance for small transactions and clarifying broader rules for digital assets. The move came less than 24 hours after the crypto industry’s market structure push suffered a key defeat in the Senate.

The Celsius bankruptcy estate has filed suit against five BitMEX-linked entities over forced liquidations during the March 2020 Covid market crash. The action seeks the return of 6,360 BTC, now valued at roughly $495 million, while allegations of fraud, market manipulation and wrongful liquidations remain unproven.

Crypto markets pulled back after the CLARITY Act failed to advance in the US Senate, though selling pressure stopped short of a broader capitulation. Bitcoin formed a short-term downtrend while Zcash continued to outperform major traded tokens.

Theo has introduced thSLVR, a tokenized silver product designed to give holders metal exposure while passing through lease income from institutional borrowers. The launch starts with more than $40 million in committed active leases and expands the platform’s commodities-financing push beyond gold.

Payward plans to offer U.S. clients access to onchain perpetual futures markets on Hyperliquid, subject to regulatory approval. The proposal would use Bitnomial Exchange and NinjaTrader Clearing to place a popular crypto derivatives product inside a regulated U.S. framework.

A U.S. Department of Justice asset forfeiture filing includes a letter from Al-Qassam Brigades advising potential donors not to use Binance for transfers. The document points to rival crypto platforms, USDT and the TRC-20 network, while major firms stress compliance controls and monitoring.

Bitcoin Core 32.0 entered final testing on Sept. 14, with a finished release scheduled for Oct. 10. The update targets fee estimation, block processing, wallet transaction formatting and security fixes while leaving Bitcoin’s consensus rules unchanged.

Bitcoin is trading on a more idiosyncratic footing before the Federal Reserve interest rate decision, with short window correlations to the Dollar Index and major equity benchmarks fading. Regulatory uncertainty after the Clarity Act failed a key Senate procedural vote is competing with macro signals for traders’ attention.

Gold is drawing stronger institutional and central bank support while Bitcoin faces renewed pressure from ETF outflows and delayed U.S. regulatory clarity. The gold-to-Bitcoin ratio near 0.057 signals recent outperformance by bullion as BTC trades around $75,500.

Ethereum and Coinbase backed Base have stopped efforts to merge their next generation wallet standards after months of discussions. The decision leaves cross network wallets and apps preparing to support EIP 8141 on Ethereum and EIP 8130 on Base.

U.S. prosecutors charged two Robinhood engineers with commodities and wire fraud over alleged trades tied to confidential crypto listing information. The case signals that decentralized derivatives activity remains within the reach of federal market abuse laws.

Zcash holders overwhelmingly supported shorter block times, preserving the network’s bitcoin-style halving schedule and moving ahead quickly with the NU7 upgrade. Nearly 2.4 million ZEC participated in the privacy-preserving vote, representing roughly two-thirds of eligible tokens.

Bitcoin weakened before the Federal Reserve’s rate decision as the Senate defeat of the Clarity Act removed a potential policy catalyst for crypto bulls. Markets are nearly fully priced for a quarter-point hike, but the bigger test may come from Chair Kevin Warsh’s ability to satisfy expectations for further tightening.

Bullish crypto futures traders suffered a sharp setback after the Clarity Act failed to clear a key Senate procedural hurdle. Bitcoin and ether longs carried the heaviest losses as a policy-driven rally quickly reversed.

XRP fell to $1.30 after the Senate failed to advance the Clarity Act in a 49-50 procedural vote, triggering a broad pullback across major tokens. Crypto-linked equities saw even steeper losses as traders turned their attention to SEC rulemaking and the Federal Reserve’s rate decision.

The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act suffered a major Senate setback after last-minute disputes over ethics rules, stablecoin rewards, and negotiating tactics fractured bipartisan support. Lawmakers may still attempt a difficult lame-duck revival, but the failed vote has left the crypto industry’s market structure hopes uncertain.

Crypto-linked equities sold off Tuesday after the U.S. Senate failed to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. Coinbase, Circle and Galaxy each dropped more than 8% as investors reassessed the path toward federal crypto market rules.

Kamino is moving closer to traditional finance with a New York headquarters and a new chief executive, Michael Weisz. The Solana lending protocol is expanding its collateral markets into tokenized real-world assets, including blockchain-based home equity loans.

The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act failed to advance in the U.S. Senate after falling short of the 60 votes needed to move forward. The defeat leaves crypto market structure policy in the hands of regulators for now, while industry groups reassess their political strategy.

The Clarity Act fell short in the Senate, delaying a statutory market structure framework for digital assets in the U.S. Industry leaders say the setback raises durability concerns, even as regulated crypto infrastructure continues to develop.

The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act is heading toward a difficult opening Senate vote as Republicans and Democrats remain divided over the bill’s latest language. Crypto industry groups are urging lawmakers to keep negotiations alive, while policy analysts warn the path forward is narrow.

Prediction markets sharply lowered expectations for near-term passage of the Clarity Act after Senate negotiations hit another impasse. The setback came hours before a key procedural vote, with Republicans accusing Democrats of offering little movement from prior positions.

The European Central Bank is inviting e-commerce and mobile-commerce merchants to participate in a 12-month digital euro pilot beginning in the second half of 2027. The test will examine online, offline, in-store, mobile and peer-to-peer payments using a beta version that resembles the digital euro but is not legal tender.