Yesterday’s News Roundup / Riding the Sunshine
1. U.S. Senate blocks motion to advance the CLARITY Act: The Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed to move forward, with a 50–49 vote, temporarily stalling the crypto market structure bill. After the news was released, Bitcoin briefly dropped by more than 5%, and crypto-related stocks such as Coinbase and Circle weakened in tandem.
2. Bitcoin slips below the $77,000 area: Ahead of the CLARITY Act vote, Bitcoin retreated from near $79,500 to around $77,000. After the bill’s vote failed, risk-off sentiment in the market intensified further.
3. CoinEx announces it will stop exchange operations: CoinEx, which has been operating for nearly 9 years, announced it will gradually shut down the exchange. Cited reasons include a prolonged downturn in the market, shrinking trading volume and liquidity, and rising global regulatory and compliance costs. Spot trading is expected to stop on September 29, and withdrawals will close on December 22.
4. U.S. Department of Justice sues two former Robinhood engineers: The DOJ alleges that the two used Robinhood’s internal non-public information to trade related perpetual contracts for Hyperliquid’s tokens in advance. Each is reportedly profited more than $50,000. The case involves commodities fraud and wire fraud charges.
5. Institutional funding boosts stablecoin payment infrastructure: Stablecoin payment company Velocity secured an additional $10 million in Series A funding, bringing the total round amount to $48 million. Participants include Visa Ventures, Circle Ventures, Ripple, and others, showing that traditional financial institutions are still actively building stablecoin payment infrastructure.
1. U.S. Senate blocks motion to advance the CLARITY Act: The Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed to move forward, with a 50–49 vote, temporarily stalling the crypto market structure bill. After the news was released, Bitcoin briefly dropped by more than 5%, and crypto-related stocks such as Coinbase and Circle weakened in tandem.
2. Bitcoin slips below the $77,000 area: Ahead of the CLARITY Act vote, Bitcoin retreated from near $79,500 to around $77,000. After the bill’s vote failed, risk-off sentiment in the market intensified further.
3. CoinEx announces it will stop exchange operations: CoinEx, which has been operating for nearly 9 years, announced it will gradually shut down the exchange. Cited reasons include a prolonged downturn in the market, shrinking trading volume and liquidity, and rising global regulatory and compliance costs. Spot trading is expected to stop on September 29, and withdrawals will close on December 22.
4. U.S. Department of Justice sues two former Robinhood engineers: The DOJ alleges that the two used Robinhood’s internal non-public information to trade related perpetual contracts for Hyperliquid’s tokens in advance. Each is reportedly profited more than $50,000. The case involves commodities fraud and wire fraud charges.
5. Institutional funding boosts stablecoin payment infrastructure: Stablecoin payment company Velocity secured an additional $10 million in Series A funding, bringing the total round amount to $48 million. Participants include Visa Ventures, Circle Ventures, Ripple, and others, showing that traditional financial institutions are still actively building stablecoin payment infrastructure.