Calendar note: Senate cloture on the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633) is set for Sept 15.
Needs 60 votes just to open debate — not final passage. Still the next real test for US crypto market-structure rules.
Dunamu, the company behind Upbit, just partnered with Visa to explore stablecoin payments and remittances.
No product launch. Open USD (OUSD) is one of several rails they’re looking at.
Quiet but useful: 21Shares’ Polkadot ETF is now the Polkadot Staking ETF (TDOT).
Spot DOT exposure, plus staking rewards paid out to shareholders in cash each quarter.
Warsh’s Jackson Hole keynote is later today, 10am ET. First time the symposium is actually about payments and stablecoins.
BTC tagged ~$81k and is sitting nearer $80k into it. Don’t trade the headline before he talks.
UK is adding a second job for the Bank of England: support payment innovation, including stablecoins.
Financial stability still comes first. Lords takes it up Sept 7 and 9.
Spot BTC ETFs took in about $2.2B through the squeeze. Strongest 7-day of the year.
Price is back near 79k. Demand showed up. Clearing 81–83k is still the real test.
Will BTC keep going for 90k?
It tagged 81k, then sat back near 79k. That's a pause, not a break. 90k is a round number. Reclaiming 81k is the actual next test.
BTC back around $79k after tagging $80k. After a week that fast, a pause is normal. Today’s PCE is the next real input. Jackson Hole is Friday. Until then, zoom out.