BREAKDOWN: The Fed’s Powell Is Getting More Hawkish as Market Starts Using the ‘R-Word’

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Circle Launched Its Own Blockchain. What Happens to Ethereum? | Markets Outlook

Nikhil Chandhok, Chief Technology and Product Officer at Circle, joins CoinDesk Contributor Kate Irwin on Markets Outlook the day Arc mainnet goes live. Chandhok explains why gas on Arc is USDC and not a native token, how opt-in privacy works, why BlackRock and Visa signed on as ...  Show more

Senate Votes on Crypto's Clarity Act as Bitcoin Slides | CoinDesk Daily

The CLARITY Act comes down to a procedural vote. The U.S. Senate votes today on whether to advance the Clarity Act, crypto's market structure bill. A pass moves the industry closer to its first clear U.S. rules, while a failure would likely shelve the effort until after the Novem ...  Show more

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