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A newly revised version of the crypto market structure bill is drawing resistance from multiple camps just before lawmakers are set to vote. The Clarity Act has been positioned in Washington as an attempt to settle years of uncertainty over which federal agency should oversee digital assets.

The move comes a day before a scheduled cloture vote on the crypto market structure bill. Senate Democrats intend to submit a counterproposal to Republicans on the CLARITY Act, Politico reported. The move follows a GOP offer described as final, setting up a last-minute negotiation ahead of a scheduled cloture vote.

South Korea's largest crypto exchange reports XRP leading turnover ahead of Bitcoin on its platform. Upbit has reported approximately $8 billion in trading volume over a recent weekly period. The exchange is the largest crypto trading venue in South Korea by most measures.

Climbing crude prices are complicating the Federal Reserve's rate path just as markets brace for its September meeting. Oil prices have climbed in recent weeks, reigniting concerns that energy costs could feed back into broader inflation measures.

The regulator is said to be considering fund exemptions that could ease the path for blockchain-based gold tokens in Britain. The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is reportedly weighing new regulatory treatment for tokenized gold products, according to a Financial Times report cited by crypto.news and Cointelegraph.

The milestone follows activation of the fixCleanup amendment on the XRP Ledger mainnet. The XRP Ledger has reached a new milestone, processing the highest number of transactions ever recorded in a single block. The event was reported by U.Today and CoinGape, both pointing to a link between the record and a recent protocol update.

GOP lawmakers release revised CLARITY Act text as a Senate vote on digital asset rules approaches. Senate Republicans have sent Democrats what they are calling a final offer on the CLARITY Act, according to reporting from Cointelegraph. The bill aims to establish clear rules for how digital assets are classified and overseen by US regulators.

Vlad Tenev argues companies whose shares are tokenized should not hold veto power over those products. Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said issuers of publicly traded stock should not have a veto over tokenized versions of their shares.

The best-supported overnight stories split cleanly between institutions extending legal legitimacy to crypto and platforms failing to protect it. The best-supported overnight stories split cleanly between institutions extending legal legitimacy to crypto and platforms failing to protect it.

Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio says rising government debt makes gold a safer store of value than bonds. Ray Dalio has told investors to move away from bonds and toward gold. The Bridgewater Associates founder cited mounting concern over US government debt. His comments were reported by CryptoBriefing and Yahoo Finance on September 12.

The federal regulator's stance clears a path for banks to treat blockchain-based deposits like conventional accounts. Canada's banking regulator has taken a clear position on tokenized deposits. The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, known as OSFI, says these digital instruments carry the same legal status as traditional bank deposits.

Developers plan to deploy the next major Ethereum network upgrade on the Sepolia testnet ahead of a future mainnet rollout. Ethereum's development community has set October 6 as the target date for deploying the Glamsterdam upgrade on Sepolia, one of the network's primary public testnets.

The XRP Ledger-based healthcare project cited the scale of the incident as the reason for winding down operations. XRP Healthcare has confirmed plans to shut down operations after a wallet breach drained roughly $452,000 in funds. The project, which operated within the XRP Ledger ecosystem, disclosed that the incident touched 4,011 users.

Europe's top securities regulator flags the prediction market platforms as unlicensed to serve users in the bloc. The European Securities and Markets Authority, known as ESMA, has issued a warning against Polymarket and Kalshi. The regulator says neither platform holds the authorization required to serve customers in the European Union.

The exchange's SocialFi-style rebrand failed to gain lasting traction, prompting a return to its original wallet identity. Coinbase has scrapped the Base App branding for its self-custody wallet product, reverting to the original Coinbase Wallet name.

Attacker behind the Blockstream sidechain breach calls the company 'delusional, greedy, and arrogant' in bounty standoff. The individual or group behind the theft of funds from Blockstream's Liquid Network has issued a new demand tied to the return of the last 600 BTC still outstanding.

JUGGERNAUT jumped 500% and FRONG rose 140% following their appearance on Robinhood's asset listing pages. Two meme coins linked to Robinhood Chain saw dramatic price moves this week after appearing on Robinhood's asset listing pages.

The bank cites persistent tensions around the Strait of Hormuz as the key driver behind its upgraded price outlook. HSBC has revised its 2026 Brent crude oil price forecast upward to $90 per barrel.