Conor McGregor has placed $100,000 on Argentina beating Spain 3-2 in Sunday’s World Cup final, wagering that a five-year-old internet prediction will deliver a roughly $3.6 million payday.

Prediction market traders are betting against the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act becoming law in 2026, even as Kalshi bettors put strong odds on a Senate vote happening within weeks.

Michael Saylor’s latest chart has renewed attention on the company’s bitcoin plans, but recent BTC sales, no purchases since June 22 and a $3 billion cash reserve leave its next transaction uncertain.

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Hackers briefly disabled the official website of Kenyan President William Ruto on July 18, demanded a ransom of five bitcoins and threatened to leak unspecified data if not paid.

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The decision, applied under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, was taken by the USTR after a year-long investigation that found certain circumstances in Brazil, including Pix payments, were “unreasonable” and burdened or restricted “the commerce of American farmers, workers, innovators, and exporters.”

Four Bitcoin mining pools, Foundry Digital, AntPool, ViaBTC, and F2Pool, controlled more than 70% of the network’s hashrate as of a June 23, 2026 snapshot from miningpoolstats.stream. The concentration is increasingly described as a two-tier market favoring institutional clients, prompting independent miners to quietly reconsider which pools they point their machines to.

The Brazilian securities watchdog (CVM) is preparing to establish an experimental regime for securities in the next 60 days. To this end, it has established a working group to propose the rules and regulations that will become the foundation of the country’s regulation.

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is pressing President Donald Trump for updated cryptocurrency earnings disclosures as senators consider the CLARITY Act, legislation she says could increase the value of his family’s extensive digital asset holdings and deepen concerns about financial conflicts involving federal officials.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis highlighted three key benefits of the CLARITY Act, arguing that the legislation would form part of a broader digital asset framework while strengthening consumer protections and clarifying federal oversight.

Bitcoin has flashed an “end of bear market” signal after its short-term holder cost basis fell below the adjusted long-term holder level. The crossover mirrors previous bitcoin cycles, suggesting the market may be entering the final stage of its bear phase.

Ripple returned its CLARITY truck to Washington, D.C., as several Senate Democrats challenged the CLARITY Act’s current version, putting needed crossover support at risk over concerns about presidential financial conflicts of interest, anti-fraud standards, and safeguards against market manipulation.

Michael Saylor says bitcoin cannot achieve global monetary status without corporate adoption. Public companies now hold more than 1.26 million BTC, while Strategy’s financing model shows how bitcoin is being used as both a reserve asset and a source of liquidity.

One year after bipartisan House passage, a Federal Hall hearing renewed the push for the CLARITY Act, underscoring Washington’s failure to turn support for digital asset innovation into a functioning regulatory framework as Senate action remains uncertain.