CoinDesk - 2026-07-05
3 items collected.
1. Clarity and Congress's summer break: State of Crypto
Author: Nikhilesh De
Published: 7/5/2026, 6:30:00 PM
Categories: Policy, Newsletters, State of Crypto, Clarity Act, News
All parties are still optimistic that Clarity can happen before the midterms, but time is really starting to run out.
2. Americans traded $571 million on Polymarket politic bets despite U.S. ban
Author: Shaurya Malwa
Published: 7/5/2026, 3:00:00 PM
Categories: Tech, Polymarket, News
U.S.-linked wallets traded $571 million in political contracts over the past year, more than any other country, even though the platform legally cannot serve them. The money leans toward the foreign-conflict markets U.S. venues do not list.
3. Banks have stopped asking if stablecoins belong in finance, now they're considering how
Author: Olivier Acuna
Published: 7/5/2026, 2:00:00 PM
Categories: Finance, Stablecoins, DeFi, Standard chartered, banks, News
Financial institutions are racing to become the secure gateways for stablecoins as digital asset volume is projected to explode by 2030.