JUST IN: CLARITY ACT TALKS RESUME TOMORROW 🚨
White House officials will host law enforcement groups as crypto negotiators keep working through developer-protection concerns in the bill.
This is the kind of market-structure progress that can move institutional confidence, U.S. crypto leadership, and the next bitcoin:native / $ETH narrative. 👀
🚨 SEC PLANS TO RELEASE HUGE "INNOVATION EXEMPTION" WHICH WILL ALLOW TRADING OF TOKENIZED ASSETS, PER BLOOMBERG.
This is one of the biggest crypto-friendly moves to date.
You can either look at this as a doomsday prediction or a massive opportunity. Which way do you see it and why?
I see it as opportunity as this can make existing workers massively more productive but someone has to teach them to use it EFFICIENTLY first.
Your thoughts? 👇👇
LATEST: THE CLARITY ACT HEADS TO A KEY VOTE TOMORROW 🇺🇸
Sources report the bill appears to have the 13 votes needed to clear committee.
Fidelity publicly backs crypto market structure reform.
Polymarket odds surged as momentum builds.
Crypto clarity in America is getting closer.
TRUMP: MARKETS WILL GO "THROUGH THE ROOF" WHEN IRAN WAR ENDS
Ahead of leaving for the US-China Summit, President Trump shared his market prediction.
His thesis:
War ends → Oil gushes → Inflation drops to 1.5% → 'Golden Age' of America
🔥"CLARITY IS CLOSER THAN EVER. MARK IT UP!"
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the latest draft of the CLARITY Act is stronger than ever, with key issues from earlier versions now addressed as momentum builds around the bill.
COINBASE CEO: CLARITY ACT TO BECOME GLOBAL CRYPTO TEMPLATE
Brian Armstrong says 🇺🇸U.S. passage of the CLARITY Act + 🇪🇺Europe’s MiCA will push other G20 nations to implement their own digital asset legislation.
Big markets dictate financial standards. Smaller ones conform or watch institutional capital flee.
⚡️COINBASE CEO: AI AGENTS WILL NEED CRYPTO PAYMENTS
Coinbase CEO Jesse Pollak said increasingly autonomous AI agents require native, programmable money, positioning Base and the x402 standard as key infrastructure for “agentic commerce.”
This is great @iTrustCapital to automate buys BUT what would be really awesome is to automate funding from our backs to the itrust platform so we actually have the cash to make these buys. Make it happen please. Thank you.
Also, great job in adding stocks to the platform.
1 MILLION $BTC BY 2026 IS IN PLAY
Michael Saylor's Strategy already holds 815K+ Bitcoin.
Using $STRC to raise capital and buy more, it's outpacing ETF demand ~10 to 1.
This is engineered scarcity. 💯
🚨JUST IN: COINBASE EXPANDS CRYPTO-BACKED LOANS TO UK
Coinbase now lets U.K. users borrow against Bitcoin and Ethereum, bringing its crypto-backed lending product beyond the U.S.
SOLANA IS ADDING XRP LIQUIDITY
Wrapped $XRP enters with full backing and redemption.
Bringing $XRP capital into the $SOL ecosystem.
Cross-chain flows are accelerating. 🚀
SEC'S NEW GUIDELINES JUST HANDED CRYPTO A WIN.
The SEC's Division of Trading and Markets says apps & wallets can now operate without broker-dealer registration if they meet specific conditions.
This is the clarity institutions have been waiting for.
Regulatory tailwind incoming. 🚀
🚨BREAKING: Arizona advances two crypto bills - full House vote up next.
SB1042: Allows 10% of state funds in crypto
SB1649: Creates state digital assets reserve
If passed, Arizona becomes the first state to put taxpayer money directly into Bitcoin.
🚨BREAKING: Pete Hegseth's broker tried to buy millions in a defense ETF weeks before the Iran attack.
Morgan Stanley broker contacted BlackRock about investing in IDEF, a fund holding RTX, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman.
Weeks later: Hegseth led the charge for war with Iran.
Blackrock blocked the trade after being flagged internally. However the timing makes the intent of the investment crystal clear.
U.S. SAYS HORMUZ COULD REOPEN FAST -- IF A DEAL IS REACHED 🔥
Energy Secretary Chris Wright says the Strait of Hormuz could reopen within days if Iran agrees to terms, after U.S. strikes degraded their key military capabilities.
👏👏👏👏 This is awesome to hear, and a huge step for the crypto industry to have this clarity from SEC.
I will be joining the #DCBlockchain Summit VIRTUALLY on Wednesday, March 18 at 9:25 AM ET.
Will be sharing thoughts on crypto in the U.S., what's next for the industry, and some personal stories from building behind the scenes.
Catch the livestream: https://t.co/wSRo3Ec0zr