Daily Summary2026-07-12
Stories clustered across sources, with day-to-day continuity and threading.
CLARITY Act Senate Vote Set July 20
Senate schedules full floor vote for July 20, Treasury Secretary publicly confirms no CBDC and CLARITY Act is incoming, and hearing set for July 17
US CBDC Ban Now Law
CBDC ban formally takes legal effect, with ban period now confirmed as running to 2030
BTC ETH ETFs Snap Outflow Streak
US spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs recorded a combined $282 million in net inflows, ending an eight-week consecutive outflow streak. Bitcoin ETFs drew approximately $90 million and Ether funds approximately $18 million in a single subsequent session. The reversal follows cumulative spot Bitcoin ETF outflows previously reported at $2.7 billion and a record $8 billion in longer-term outflows.
Back and Saylor Oppose BIP110
Adam Back and Michael Saylor unite to jointly oppose the BIP110 filtered fork proposal
Hyperliquid OI Share Hits 9% ATH
Hyperliquid's perpetual Open Interest market share reaches 9% all-time high and HYPE buybacks burn 45 million tokens
Hong Kong Sidesteps Dollar Stablecoins
Hong Kong announced construction of a gold and yuan-denominated settlement network explicitly designed to bypass dollar-backed stablecoins. The network positions the territory as a competing financial rail outside the US dollar stablecoin ecosystem.
$9M Drained via Hedera Oracle Exploit
Bonzo Lend loses $9M as oracle price-feed manipulation extends exploit wave to Hedera ecosystem
Zcash Eyes $520 Post-Upgrade
ZEC surges toward $520 on sustained Ironwood upgrade momentum