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U.S. Strikes Iran Again as Ceasefire Talks Fail The strikes, ordered by President Trump, targeted sites like command nodes and ammunition depots near the Strait of Hormuz after Iran downed a U.S. Apache helicopter the day before. Talks in Islamabad stalled over demands to reopen the strait—key for 20% of global oil—and curb Iran's nuclear program, prompting Trump to warn of more attacks Thursday if no deal emerges. Iran condemned the hits as war crimes, claiming civilian water supplies were damaged, while closing the strait; U.S. Central Command rebutted that ships kept moving with no American losses confirmed.

Senator Lummis Pushes CLARITY Act for Crypto Regulation in Senate The CLARITY Act, which passed the House in July 2025 with strong bipartisan backing, advanced through the Senate Banking Committee in May 2026 and now awaits a full Senate vote needing 60 votes to clear a filibuster. It would divide oversight between the SEC for digital securities and the CFTC for digital commodities like many cryptocurrencies, while setting rules for exchanges, strengthening anti-money laundering protections, and offering safe harbors for developers. Lummis warns that delays could hand U.S. leadership to other nations, amid ongoing talks over ethics rules and enforcement concerns from law enforcement groups. Over 200 crypto firms urged Senate leaders for a quick vote, highlighting its role in American competitiveness.

Senator Cynthia Lummis @SenLummis

12 hours ago

Other nations are accumulating Bitcoin quietly. We should be doing it loudly, on the record, by law.

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How CFTC Approval of XRP Perpetuals Reshapes U.S. Crypto Infrastructure - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has authorized Kalshi to offer XRP perpetual futures, bringing leveraged altcoin exposure inside the United States regulatory framework. - The cash-settled contract tracks a regulated index and utilizes funding payments to maintain price parity with the spot market without an expiration date. - This development marks a critical shift in market structure by onshoring derivatives volume that was historically dominated by offshore exchanges.

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Extreme Fear Grips Cryptocurrency Markets as Bitcoin Dominance Rises and Altcoins Lag - The crypto Fear and Greed Index has dropped to 15, indicating extreme investor anxiety and widespread capital preservation. - Total market capitalization has fallen by approximately 22 percent over the past month to roughly 2.12 trillion dollars. - Bitcoin dominance has increased to over 58 percent as traders defensively rotate funds away from volatile altcoins.

Mastercard Launches Agent Pay for Machines to Enable AI Microtransactions Agent Pay for Machines uses Mastercard's global network to handle high-speed, high-volume microtransactions between AI agents and machines. It features credentialing for agent identities, spending limits, seamless transactions, and settlement via cards, accounts, or stablecoins, building on last year's consumer-focused Agent Pay. More than 35 partners like Stripe, Coinbase, Solana Foundation, and Aave Labs joined from day one, with leaders praising its role in unlocking trust and new AI business models through fast, tiny payments.

Mastercard @Mastercard

17 hours ago

As AI agents begin to act, payments move into the background — at machine speed and massive scale. Today we’re introducing Mastercard Agent Pay for Machines — bringing structure, governance, and trust to this new class of payments. Launching with 30+ partners to bring this to

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Starknet Launches STRK20 for Private ERC-20 Transactions Starknet rolled out STRK20 on June 9, 2026, a zero-knowledge framework that lets users hide ERC-20 token balances and perform private transfers and swaps directly on the network. It uses encrypted notes and client-side ZK proofs verified in Cairo contracts, with each transaction costing a flat 4 STRK. Wallets like Ready X and Xverse already support one-click privacy for assets including strkBTC, while apps like AVNU and Ekubo prepare for lending and staking. StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson, a Zcash co-founder, praised it as self-custodial privacy like Revolut, with optional viewing keys for compliance.

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CZ Warns Future Generations Will Judge AI and Crypto Regulation CZ posted on X that future generations will judge today's regulation of AI and crypto innovations, a message that resonated widely as the CLARITY Act advances in Congress. The bill, passed by the House in July 2025 and advanced by the Senate Banking Committee in May 2026, would divide oversight between the SEC for security-like assets and the CFTC for digital commodities, while addressing stablecoins and DeFi protections. Supporters like Coinbase and Ripple see it as a boost for innovation and consumers, though critics fear it might ease fraud prosecutions. CZ, who served four months in prison after a 2023 plea before shifting to education and blockchain projects, urged balancing progress with risks.

CZ 🔶 BNB @cz_binance

2 days ago

Our kids will judge us on how we regulate and progress AI and crypto innovations today.

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Michael Saylor Clarifies Retweets and Bitcoin's Role Amid Crypto Debate The Strategy executive chairman posted that retweets are notifications, not endorsements, while welcoming constructive dialogue and good-faith efforts to strengthen Bitcoin as hope and economic empowerment. This came after backlash over his shares of DeFi protocols, which he defended as drawing capital into Bitcoin collateral without diluting its core value. Amid market dips—with Bitcoin at $61,500 after Strategy added 1,550 BTC—his words highlighted tensions between Bitcoin maximalism and innovation, drawing both praise and pushback.

Michael Saylor @saylor

21 hours ago

My beliefs: Retweets are notifications, not endorsements. Constructive dialogue leads to better outcomes. Bitcoin is hope and economic empowerment for everyone. Every good-faith effort to strengthen the network should be welcomed.

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CLARITY Act Nears Senate Vote After Bipartisan Advances The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 divides oversight of digital assets between the SEC for initial offerings and the CFTC for mature tokens, while protecting developers and DeFi protocols. It passed the House in July 2025 with a 294-134 vote and advanced through the Senate Banking Committee on May 14, 2026, by 15-9. Now on the Senate calendar, it needs 60 votes to clear a filibuster amid industry calls for passage before summer recess to boost U.S. competitiveness.

Senator Cynthia Lummis @SenLummis

17 hours ago

Giving the digital asset industry the commonsense rules it needs to thrive isn't a Republican issue or a Democrat issue. It's an American competitiveness issue. Pass the Clarity Act.

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Is Crypto a playground or a scam zone? 🤔 @anndylian on Launchpads 💥 #CryptoTalk #MemeTokens

Kaspa Community Stays Strong Amid Price Dip and Toccata Upgrade Kaspa's $KAS token trades around $0.031 with an $850 million market cap, ranking #60-70, but its proof-of-work BlockDAG tech delivers 10 blocks per second and near-instant confirmations. The fair-launch network from 2021 draws praise for decentralization and developer tools like WASM SDKs. Community excitement builds for the Toccata hardfork this month, adding Layer-1 covenants, KRC-20 tokens, and zero-knowledge features to enable smart contracts without compromising the core model.

CZ Reassures Bitcoin Investors Amid Sharp Price Drop Changpeng Zhao, known as CZ, posted Monday to steady investors as Bitcoin fell 3% in 24 hours to around $62,500, down 40% from early 2026 highs above $97,000. Pressures included ETF outflows, MicroStrategy's rare sale, and money shifting to tech stocks and IPOs like SpaceX, with the Fear & Greed Index hitting extreme fear at 10. CZ nodded to Bitcoin's resilience—declared dead 472 times since 2010—urging holders not to sell, a message amplified across crypto circles amid hopes for recovery.

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Beyond IRS Guidance and The Legislative Push for Crypto Tax Clarity - The House Ways and Means Committee is advancing a modular package of crypto tax bills to replace fragmented IRS guidance with clear statutory rules. - Proposed de minimis exemptions would eliminate the tax tracking burden for small everyday cryptocurrency and stablecoin transactions. - New legislation aims to defer taxation on staking and mining rewards until the assets are sold rather than when they are received. - Traders will face stricter regulations as wash sale rules are extended to the digital asset market to prevent aggressive tax loss harvesting.