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This Week in Crypto (August 3–10): BIP-110 Forks and Dies in Two Blocks, BTCPay Drains Merchant Lightning Nodes, and the CLARITY Act Finally Gets a Date

This Week in Crypto (August 3–10): BIP-110 Forks and Dies in Two Blocks, BTCPay Drains Merchant Lightning Nodes, and the CLARITY Act Finally Gets a Date

If last week BIP-110 was dead on arithmetic, this week in crypto it died on the chain — a real fork, at a real block, that produced two blocks and stopped. Bitcoin's infrastructure then took a second hit in seven days, draining merchants' Lightning nodes. Around those:

This Week in Crypto (July 27–August 3): $88.6M Swept From Cold Wallets, BIP-110 Runs Out of Road, and Three Fed Dissents Point Up

This Week in Crypto (July 27–August 3): $88.6M Swept From Cold Wallets, BIP-110 Runs Out of Road, and Three Fed Dissents Point Up

The defining crypto story this week involved no hack in the ordinary sense — no breached network, no exploited contract, no device anyone touched. It was a random number generator that wasn't random enough, shipped in 2021 and cashed in on July 30 for 1,082 BTC in forty-

This Week in Crypto (July 20–27): The CLARITY Act Runs Out of Clock, Russia Legalizes Crypto for Trade, and Bitcoin Waits on the Fed

This Week in Crypto (July 20–27): The CLARITY Act Runs Out of Clock, Russia Legalizes Crypto for Trade, and Bitcoin Waits on the Fed

The biggest item in crypto news this week is a bill that didn't pass. After eighteen months of lobbying, the CLARITY Act got its final text on Wednesday and was dead by Thursday — killed by one clause about who enforces an ethics rule. Meanwhile Bitcoin refused to move

This Week in Crypto (July 13–20): Cooling Inflation Rips Bitcoin to $65K, Washington Blows the Stablecoin Deadline, and the CLARITY Act Goes to Wall Street

This Week in Crypto (July 13–20): Cooling Inflation Rips Bitcoin to $65K, Washington Blows the Stablecoin Deadline, and the CLARITY Act Goes to Wall Street

Last week the walls between crypto and the banking system came down. This week the story moved to Washington and the macro calendar — and both delivered. A pair of soft inflation prints yanked Bitcoin to a three-week high before a fresh Iran flare-up spoiled the mood. Six federal

This Week in Crypto (July 6–13): Circle Becomes a Bank, the SEC Drafts a Crypto Rulebook, and SWIFT Quietly Goes On-Chain

This Week in Crypto (July 6–13): Circle Becomes a Bank, the SEC Drafts a Crypto Rulebook, and SWIFT Quietly Goes On-Chain

If last week was about crypto catching its breath after a brutal June, this week was about the walls between crypto and the traditional financial system visibly coming down. A stablecoin issuer became a federally chartered bank. The SEC started drafting the rulebook that decides how crypto startups raise money.

This Week in Crypto (June 29-July 6): Bitcoin's "Green July" Bounce, the SEC Opens the ETF Floodgates, and Ethereum Builds Itself a New Wall Street Front Door

This Week in Crypto (June 29-July 6): Bitcoin's "Green July" Bounce, the SEC Opens the ETF Floodgates, and Ethereum Builds Itself a New Wall Street Front Door

After a June that felt like getting dragged behind a truck, crypto finally caught a break. Bitcoin bounced back above $63K, the SEC kicked off a rulebook rewrite that could reshape which crypto products ever reach your brokerage account, Congress once again failed to pass its big crypto bill, and

This Week in Crypto (June 22–29): Bitcoin's Brutal Quarter, the Ethereum Foundation Goes on a Diet, and a Sneaky Win for Crypto in DC

This Week in Crypto (June 22–29): Bitcoin's Brutal Quarter, the Ethereum Foundation Goes on a Diet, and a Sneaky Win for Crypto in DC

Bitcoin hit a level it hasn't seen since 2024, the Ethereum Foundation cut a fifth of its staff, Congress quietly handed crypto a regulatory win inside a housing bill, and Ripple's CEO picked a fight with Michael Saylor. Here's everything that mattered this week.