Next week, the U.S. Senate will vote on new cryptocurrency legislation. On May 14th, the Senate Banking Committee will examine the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 and consider several proposed changes before making a final decision.
Mr. Atkins focused his comments on four areas where he believes the Commission needs to offer clearer rules for how regulations apply to activities happening directly on blockchains. He emphasized that those involved in on-chain trading should understand exactly how these systems fit within the existing legal framework.
According to the wise folks at Santiment, a firm that apparently has nothing better to do than count Bitcoin addresses, the Total Amount Of Holders has taken a nosedive recently. This metric, which sounds about as exciting as watching paint dry, tracks the number of addresses with a balance greater than zero. In other words, it counts the folks who haven’t given up-yet.
Liquidation heatmaps reveal a dense throng of long positions below the current echo of price, as if the cellar were rehearsing a masque for the bravest of bulls.
When SpaceX publishes real launch costs and Starlink economics, the entire sector gets repriced against the same yardstick. Three names stand out as the cleanest read-through points.
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The U.S., the colossus of crypto, squanders its might as billions flee to distant exchanges, while the billboards of regulation rise like fortresses of bureaucracy.
Washington, with the finesse of a man buying a loaf of bread, paid $8.9 billion for a 9.9% slice of Intel in 2025. Now, the Treasury hoards $47.6 billion in unrealized gains, as if the government had accidentally stumbled upon a goldmine while drafting tax codes. Intel shares, climbing like drunken sailors after a storm, hit $129-an all-time high, yet somehow still cheaper than a first-class ticket to Mars.
Crypto conference season was basically a Netflix series where every scene is a montage of crowded booths and panels featuring founders who probably forgot their own ideas. Side events ran until 3 a.m.-because why sleep when you can sip overpriced kombucha and pretend you’re in a TED Talk? But let’s be real: if you weren’t there, you’d have no idea it existed. The hype? More vaporware than blockchain.
A group pushing for Bitcoin to be included in the country’s official reserves had 18 months to gather 100,000 signatures to propose a change to the constitution. Unfortunately, with the deadline near, the group announced they’ve only collected about half the signatures needed.
