CoinDesk - 2026-07-17
6 items collected.
1. Polymarket traders cut Clarity Act passage odds to record low as Senate delay drags on
Author: Helene Braun
Published: 7/17/2026, 6:00:11 PM
Categories: Markets, Clarity Act, News
Polymarket bettors have cut the odds of the CLARITY Act passing this year to a record low as Senate negotiations over ethics provisions remain unresolved.
2. Stripe and Swift race to control the next generation of global payments infrastructure
Author: Olivier Acuna
Published: 7/17/2026, 5:23:01 PM
Categories: Finance, Stripe, Stablecoins, banks, DeFi, News
Crypto and blockchain experts say this week's moves show the two established finance companies are increasingly competing for control of the infrastructure behind digital payments.
3. Cardano hands core development to outside teams in decentralization push
Author: Olivier Acuna
Published: 7/17/2026, 4:23:26 PM
Categories: Tech, Cardano, News
Input Output will transfer control of the Haskell node, Plutus, Hydra and other components as founder Charles Hoskinson says the network must change and start growing again.
4. Inside Robinhood’s high-stakes bet to onboard millions of casual users onto decentralized finance
Author: Oliver Knight
Published: 7/17/2026, 3:36:39 PM
Categories: Finance, Robinhood, Exclusive, Top Stories, News
The company says its advantage lies in bringing retail customers onchain, but early activity remains dominated by memecoins, while its original tokenization vision remains small.
5. Japan's SBI Group is building Asia's first cross-border digital asset empire
Author: Olivier Acuna
Published: 7/17/2026, 1:46:46 PM
Categories: Finance, SBI Holdings, Japan, News
The securities giant announced today the consolidation of Singapore-based Coinhako as part of a rapid regional expansion that includes a tokenization partnership with Ondo Finance.
6. Bitcoin faces fresh headwinds as China’s Kimi beats Claude, GPT in coding benchmark
Author: Shaurya Malwa
Published: 7/17/2026, 12:45:11 PM
Categories: Markets, News
Moonshot's Kimi K3 took the top spot in frontend coding away from Claude and OpenAI, and it's free. Semiconductor stocks fell, and crypto fell with them.