Cut Through Crypto

Sberbank, Russia's largest state-owned bank, plans to accept Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether's USDT as collateral for loans, per TASS reporting the bank's stated intention. No timeline, loan-to-value ratios or regulatory approvals were…

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   Strategy Bitcoin policy unravels

   Strategy is abandoning its 'never sell' Bitcoin posture, selling BTC to fund dividends and rebuild cash reserves while its preferred stock, share price, and accumulation model face mounting stress.

   Latest: Strategy raises $2B via MSTR sales, opens a discretionary $1.59B "USD Cash" pool (total USD reserves ~$6.69B, ~47 months of obligations), second straight week of no BTC purchases; 840,447 BTC unchanged

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   UK digital pound push

   The UK is actively advancing a digital pound, with the Bank of England driving stablecoin and CBDC innovation through mandates and live sandbox testing.

   Latest: UK set to hand BoE a formal mandate covering stablecoins/digital money — atop June's finalised regime: 30% unremunerated at the Bank (down from 40% after viability pushback), 70% in short-term gilts, £40B cap, 24-hr redemption

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   THORChain privacy coin integration

   THORChain is expanding its cross-chain swap protocol to natively support privacy coins like Monero and Zcash.

   Latest: THORChain deploys v3.20 — native XMR/ZEC swap support (no wrapped tokens, no accounts), starting shallow on protocol-owned liquidity — while restoring vault rotation after May's $10.7M exploit

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   CLARITY Act Senate fight

   The CLARITY Act is moving through an increasingly narrow Senate window toward a floor vote as ethics disputes, opposition coalitions, and shifting passage odds keep the bill's fate uncertain.

   Latest: CFTC Chair Selig puts staff on notice to draft crypto market-structure rules if CLARITY stalls — "rules one way or another" — while Trump and Armstrong campaign to restore a Sept 15 vote (Armstrong: 60+ votes); the bill's fate and the agency framework now race each other openly

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   Hyperliquid perp dominance rise

   Hyperliquid is expanding its decentralized perpetuals dominance through record open interest, tokenized equities, institutional integrations, and advancing US regulatory onboarding.

   Latest: CNBC flags unusual options activity around Trump's Hyperliquid remarks — a ~$65K purchase of near-dead PURR calls four hours before the name-check, worth ~$176K by the close; the trader is unidentified, and suspicion is an analyst's read, not a finding

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   GENIUS Act stablecoin regulation

   The GENIUS Act is reshaping stablecoin oversight, pushing issuers toward bank-like compliance as rulemaking deadlines, charter races, and implementation gaps keep evolving.

   Latest: Treasury opens a 60-day comment window on GENIUS implementing rules — defining who's "issuing" and "offering" stablecoins in the US, with Tether named as the largest foreign issuer; licences required from Jan 18 2027, and from Jul 18 2028 exchanges may only offer licensed issuers' coins

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