
Bitcoin Experiences Sharp Decline Following Senate's Rejection of Clarity Act
Bitcoin took a nosedive. On Tuesday, its price briefly dropped below $75,038, a 4% fall within hours, after the U.
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Bitcoin took a nosedive. On Tuesday, its price briefly dropped below $75,038, a 4% fall within hours, after the U.

Real Vision co-founder Raoul Pal says Bitcoin (BTC), not gold, is the better long-term hedge against currency debasement, arguing the asset's earlier adoption stage gives it more room to grow than the metal.

The newly detailed Teraswitch failure stayed below Solana's finality-halt threshold, while independent telemetry showed delayed finality and sharply lower throughput.

MARA's Bitcoin acquisition signals a strategic pivot, potentially influencing other miners to reassess reserve strategies amid evolving market dynamics. Marathon Digital Holdings buys 1,292 Bitcoin for $98.6M.

Solana's V1 upgrade expands transaction capacity 3.3x, giving its growing on-chain economy more room to scale.

Much of that sector-wide gain comes down to one token, Zcash, which now represents about 62% of the privacy market.

The $450 million withdrawal came as Bitcoin fell 2.5% and the CLARITY Act failed to advance in the Senate, with Fidelity and BlackRock funds leading the outflows.
Bitcoin heads into Wednesday's Federal Reserve decision without two tailwinds bulls hoped would carry it back above $80,000. The cryptocurrency briefly fell below $75,000 after the US Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act, while markets moved towards near-certainty that the Fed will raise rates by 25 basis points. Bitcoin later recovered and is now trading near $75,500. That rebound makes one level more important than the expected policy move. If buyers defend $75,000 after regulatory disappointment, 5% Treasury yields and tighter policy have already been absorbed; the reaction could reveal more about underlying demand than the Fed headline.
The Senate's 49-50 procedural vote left the crypto market structure bill 11 short of what it needed, and every major token fell.

Cardano's Mastercard partnership opens a new path toward wider payment adoption, but real usage remains the key test.
Analysts told The Block that the crypto market will continue to move with interest rates and the broader monetary environment.

Grayscale has made its XRP ETF one of the largest allocations across its new crypto model portfolios for financial advisors. The XRP fund ranks second only to Grayscale's ether ETF in the bitcoin-excluding Next Gen strategy and third behind its bitcoin and ether funds in the broader Leaders model.

Leading cryptocurrencies tumbled on Tuesday as investors reacted to the CLARITY Act's failure in the Senate and growing expectations of an interest-rate hike Cryptocurrency 24-Hour Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 9:26 p.m. EDT) Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) -2.70% $75,843 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) -4.46% $2,403.67 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) -9.37% $1.28 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) -5.20% $97.14 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) -4.39% $0.08012 Crypto Market Plunges Bitcoin sank below $74,000, alongside a 27% drop in 24-hour trading volume.

The 69-day rollout spans Kansas uniforms, Florida's football field and Louisville basketball, but stops short of token adoption.

Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP hit fresh selling pressure following the failure of the U.S. Senate to pass CLARITY Act. A process vote on the bill was unsuccessful with fewer than 60 votes.