Crypto Headlines 🗞

🚨ALERT: Odds of the CLARITY Act passing this year are DECLINING sharply, per Galaxy Research. With the bill facing growing uncertainty, the SEC and CFTC are accelerating rulemaking and exemptions to fill the regulatory gap. However, Galaxy warns these measures lack the permanence of legislation and could be reversed by a future administrations. @headlines

❗️OpenAI ex-researcher Daniel Kokotajlo warns AI can hack crypto wallets. Reporter: "Could we see AI hacking into bank accounts or crypto wallets?" Daniel: "They certainly have the capability to do that. AIs will be hacking them left and right." @aipost 🏴

🇫🇷 HUGE: Crypto holders in France face a new threat, as hackers leak 678,000 tax records amid surging wrench attacks. France has seen 30 violent crypto attacks worth $30 MILLION in 2026, with one family raided three times after moving into a crypto millionaire's old house. The stolen database, including 386 people reporting over €1 MILLION in income, is reportedly for sale on the dark web. @headlines

🇺🇸JUST IN: Trump's crypto venture World Liberty wins conditional approval for a US bank charter. The OCC charter lets World Liberty directly issue its $4 BILLION USD1 stablecoin, with approval coming from a regulator Trump himself appointed. @headlines

🚨NEW: Binance founder CZ says the Trezor data breach highlights a key privacy advantage of software self-custody wallets. “Not a great month for hardware wallets,” says CZ, noting that software wallets avoid the need to purchase and ship a physical device, potentially linking a user’s identity and home address to crypto ownership. CZ stressed that hardware wallets aren’t “bad,” but simply come with a different risk profile. @headlines

🚨LATEST: The White House is expected to host crypto and prediction market executives next Wednesday, The gathering is set one day before the CFTC’s Innovation Advisory Committee meeting and brings key industry players directly to the White House. @headlines

JUST IN: Bitcoin and crypto firms ask AI labs early access to their most powerful models to fight hackers. They say strong AI can find Bitcoin software flaws, but security rules often block trusted researchers from using it. They argue hackers do not face the same limits, giving them a better chance of finding and exploiting flaws first. Support has grown from 40+ to 77 signatories, including Coinbase, Strategy, MARA, ARK Invest among others. @headlines

BREAKING: 🇺🇸Republicans back US banks’ push to restrict stablecoin yield under the CLARITY Act. Several Republican senators who represent rural communities that rely heavily on local banks for loans are now supporting the banks. They argue stablecoin rewards could drain deposits needed for farm, home and small-business loans. This now puts the CLARITY Act’s crucial 60-vote threshold in September at risk. @headlines

BREAKING: $9B Bitwise cuts 14% of its workforce amid the crypto market downturn. The firm laid off around 25 employees, reducing its team to about 155 people, after months of weaker crypto prices. CEO Hunter Horsley says Bitwise expects to grow again as crypto adoption expands. @headlines

JUST IN: US regulator OCC says crypto firms should be allowed to become national banks. It says firms legally working with digital assets should have a clear path to a banking charter. The charter would allow crypto firms to provide federally regulated custody and other banking services in the US. @headlines