The House Financial Services Committee has scheduled a hearing on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R. 3633) for July 17 in New York. 

First introduced and House Financial Services Chairman French Hill on May 29, 2025, the CLARITY Act is the most significant attempt yet to build a durable regulatory framework for digital assets in the United States. 

Its central mechanism is a jurisdictional division: the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) would receive exclusive authority over spot markets for “digital commodities” — most notably Bitcoin — while the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) retains jurisdiction over digital assets that qualify as…

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Craig Raw is a solo developer based in South Africa. In 2020, he built Sparrow Wallet — a free, open-source Bitcoin desktop wallet — because he thought the existing options weren’t good enough. 

He has no company behind him, charges nothing for the software, and has kept building it for six years on the belief that it has value for people who want real control of their money.

Sparrow is a tool for people who take Bitcoin self-custody seriously — the kind of users who want to see every detail of what their wallet is doing, manage their own transaction privacy, and hold their own keys rather than trust a third party. 

Raw designed it to educate as much as to function,…

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Bull Bitcoin has obtained a MiCA license in France, ensuring users in European Union member states can continue accessing its Bitcoin exchange and payment services without interruption or any reduction in functionality. Founder Francis Pouliot announced the development on June 23, 2026, via X, marking the end of a nearly three-year, self-financed effort to enter the European market.

“We are particularly excited to have obtained our MICA license without needing to compromise on our cypherpunk approach to self-custody and privacy,” Pouliot stated. “All features of our website and wallet will remain exactly the same as they have been for the first half of 2026, with no…

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Europe’s markets regulator has told unauthorized crypto-asset service providers to shut down EU operations without delay. The European Securities and Markets Authority issued the directive as the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation transitional period expires on 1 July 2026.

MiCA is the EU’s landmark crypto regulatory framework. It requires any firm offering crypto services to EU clients to hold a formal authorization. A transitional period allowed existing providers to continue operating under national regimes while they sought approval. That window closes on July 1.

Some firms secured authorization ahead of the deadline. Others did not. ESMA’s statement targets the…

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H100 Group shareholders cast their votes in Stockholm on Tuesday, giving the company’s board authority to close acquisitions of two Norwegian bitcoin treasury firms — a deal that would take the company’s holdings from 1,051 BTC to around 3,500 BTC and rank it second among Europe’s listed bitcoin treasury companies.

The annual general meeting was the decisive checkpoint for H100’s binding share purchase agreements with Moonshot AS and Never Say Die AS. 

The two Norwegian companies hold a combined 2,450 BTC. Under the deal’s structure, existing H100 shareholders retain 30% of the merged entity, with the sellers taking 70%.

Adam Back, the British cryptographer best…

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The U.S. Senate passed a sweeping housing affordability bill Monday night — and tucked inside its pages is a provision that could permanently reshape America’s digital currency landscape: a formal ban on a Federal Reserve-issued central bank digital currency through the end of 2030.

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act cleared the Senate 85-5, with Republican leaders insisting the CBDC restriction ride along with one of the most bipartisan bills in years. The House was poised to fast-track a vote as early as Tuesday, putting the measure on a direct path to President Donald Trump’s desk for signature.

The bill’s language is sweeping: the Board of Governors of the Federal…

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Nakamoto Inc. (Nasdaq: NAKA) shut down its last legacy healthcare clinics on June 19, 2026, completing a pivot that transforms the Nashville-based company into a pure-play Bitcoin operating business with no remaining ties to the healthcare sector that once defined it.

The move has been in the works for months. Nakamoto has steadily built out three core verticals — media and information services, asset management and financial services, and consulting and advisory services — all structured to generate recurring revenue independent of Bitcoin’s price. 

Remaining administrative tasks from the healthcare wind-down are expected to close out by the end of Q3 2026.

Chairman…

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Bitcoin Suisse has obtained a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) license under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR), issued by the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority (FMA), marking a formal entry into the broader European financial market after more than a decade of operations in Switzerland.

The license was granted to Bitcoin Suisse (Europe) AG, a Liechtenstein-based entity founded in 2018 that had previously operated under the country’s Token and TT Service Provider Act (TVTG). 

With the MiCAR authorization now in hand, the entity gains access to the European Economic Area (EEA) passport framework, allowing it to serve clients across…

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President Donald Trump signed two executive orders Monday aimed at cementing U.S. dominance in quantum computing while accelerating the federal government’s transition to encryption that can withstand quantum attacks. 

The move carries significant implications for Bitcoin and the broader crypto industry, which has long been warned that a sufficiently powerful quantum computer could crack the cryptographic foundations underpinning digital assets.

The first order, titled Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation, sets an ambitious target: a “scientifically relevant” quantum computer deployed at a national laboratory or Department of Energy facility by 2028.