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Clarity Act clears Banking Committee but Senate floor support stays unlocked
Bitcoiner recovers $395,000 after Claude connects an old wallet file to a seed phrase buried in college notes.
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Crypto is having one of its best days in months.
The Clarity Act scored a key committee victory despite Democratic holdouts.
And a long-time holder reclaimed $395,000 worth of Bitcoin after 11 years thanks to AI.
On the infrastructure side, Interactive Brokers and CME Group are rolling out powerful new institutional tools to the market.
Here’s what’s leading the agenda today.
Interactive Brokers turns prediction markets into a one-stop shop
Interactive Brokers now lets traders access Kalshi, CME, and ForecastEx from a single brokerage account.
The Nasdaq-listed firm is betting that unified access will pull both retail and institutional money into prediction markets faster.
Think of it as the Kayak model for event contracts: one search, every venue.
Markets
Senate crypto bill clears committee as markets rally on regulatory optimism
The Senate Banking Committee advanced the Clarity Act in a bipartisan 15-9 vote Thursday.
Democratic Senators Gallego and Alsobrooks crossed the aisle, though unresolved fights over ethics and consumer protection remain.
Crypto stocks caught a tailwind: Coinbase jumped 8%, Galaxy Digital rose 6%, and Strategy gained 7%.
BTC climbed past $82K, ETH traded near $2,300, SOL hovered around $93, and XRP held near $1.5.
Claude helps investor recover Bitcoin fortune
A Bitcoin holder recovered 5 BTC after being locked out of his wallet for 11 years with help from Claude.
He had burned through trillions of password combinations trying to regain access to the wallet he locked himself out of during college.
After uploading old laptop files to Claude, the AI found an archived wallet file and matched it with an incomplete seed phrase.
The stash was bought for $200 at Starbucks in 2013. Today, it's worth more than $395,000.
CME Group bets big on a crypto index future
CME and Nasdaq plan to launch a market-cap weighted crypto index future on June 8.
The contract bundles Bitcoin, Ether, and five altcoins into one tradeable product, pending regulatory approval.
For institutions allergic to picking individual tokens, this is the lazy portfolio approach to crypto exposure.
On Our Radar
The boomer comeback: Traditional brokers are quietly winning over crypto converts.*
Stablecoin shuffle: Coinbase steps in as Hyperliquid phases out its homegrown USDC alternative.
Bridge builder switch: Kraken ditched LayerZero for Chainlink's infrastructure to move kBTC around.
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