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Senate crypto bill receives over 100 amendments before CLARITY markup

More than 100 amendments have been attached to the Senate‘s crypto market structure bill ahead of Thursday’s Banking Committee markup.Senate lawmakers filed more than 100 amendments to the CLARITY Act ahead of Thursdays markup vote.Democratic senators proposed tighter stablecoin yield restrictions and new ethics rules tied to crypto holdings by public officials.Developer protections and plans to restore the Justice Departments crypto enforcement unit were also added to the amendment list.　　POLITICO reported that most of the proposed changes came from Democratic senators, while Republicans submitted a narrower set of revisions tied to sections already debated during months of closed-door negotiations. Committee members are expected to review and vote on the amendments during Thursdays hearing before deciding whether to move the legislation to the Senate floor.　　Released Monday, the Senate Banking Committee‘s updated CLARITY Act draft revived talks that had stalled earlier this year after Coinbase publicly stepped away from negotiations. The company had objected to earlier restrictions tied to stablecoin reward programs, prompting lawmakers and industry groups to reopen discussions around the bill’s language.　　One of the newest amendments targets the stablecoin yield compromise included in the revised draft. Senators Jack Reed and Tina Smith are seeking tougher wording that would prohibit interest-like

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GitHub Copilot Plans Overhauled: New Max Tier Launches

Starting June 1, 2026, GitHub will introduce significant changes to its Copilot individual plans, transitioning to usage-based billing and adding a new high-tier option called the Max plan. These updates aim to address user concerns about included usage limits amid increasing demand for advanced AI features.　　The revamped Copilot offerings will include four tiers: Free, Pro, Pro+, and the newly unveiled Max. While the Free plan remains limited to basic code completions and fewer monthly credits, the paid tiers are getting expanded usage through “flex allotments.” This variable component supplements fixed base credits, allowing users to handle more demanding workloads.　　Pricing and Benefits　　Heres how the paid plans stack up as of June 1:PlanMonthly PriceBase CreditsFlex AllotmentTotal UsagePro$10$10$5$15Pro+$39$39$31$70Max$100$100$100$200　　The new Max plan targets developers handling sustained, high-volume AI workloads. With $200 in combined monthly usage credits, it effectively doubles the capacity of Pro+.　　How It Works　　Base credits are used first, with flex allotments automatically kicking in as needed. Credits apply uniformly across all environments, including GitHub.com, IDEs, and the CLI. For users who exhaust their included usage, additional credits can be purchased to keep projects moving. Notably, code completions and next-edit suggestions remain unlimited on paid plans and do not consume credits.　　Why Flex Matters　　The flex

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OpenAI unveils Daybreak to advance AI-driven cyber defense

Tech　　OpenAI unveils Daybreak to advance AI-driven cyber defense　　OpenAI has unveiled Daybreak, a cyber defense framework focused on building software that is secure by default through the integration of AI-powered security across the entire development lifecycle.　　The system uses AI to help security teams reason across large codebases, uncover subtle flaws, test fixes, and shorten the time between identifying and resolving vulnerabilities. With Daybreak, OpenAI aims to make software continuously more secure by integrating defense into standard development workflows.　　Daybreak combines OpenAI models with Codex-driven agentic tooling and external security partners to support capabilities such as secure code review, threat modeling, dependency analysis, and remediation guidance. These tools are intended to strengthen the entire software security lifecycle.　　Given the dual-use nature of advanced AI, OpenAI says Daybreak includes safeguards around verification, proportional controls, and accountability, and will be deployed iteratively with input from industry and government partners.

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Ethereum wants to end blind signing with new security feature

The Ethereum community has launched Clear Signing, an open standard that aims to replace unreadable transaction prompts with human-readable details before users approve onchain actions. Ethereum Clear Signing turns unreadable transaction data into plain summaries before users approve wallet actions.Ledger, Trezor, MetaMask, WalletConnect and Fireblocks are early supporters of the new ERC-7730 security standard.The rollout follows Bybits hack, where attackers abused signing screens to approve a malicious transfer.　　The Ethereum Foundation said a working group of wallet developers, security firms and its Trillion Dollar Security Initiative released the standard on May 12. The change targets self-custody users and institutions that need readable approval records.　　The effort targets blind signing, a weak point where users approve calldata or partial transaction data they cannot understand. The Foundation said approvals are often the last defense when users control assets onchain, but “When it is done blindly, that defense does not hold.” It wants “What You See Is What You Sign” to become the default for Ethereum users.　　ERC-7730 brings clearer transaction details　　Clear Signing uses ERC-7730, a shared JSON description format, a public registry, and independent reviews. The setup lets wallets show what a transaction intends to do without changing existing smart contracts or how transactions settle

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XRP traders eye $1.5 as Ripple-linked token tops bitcoin (BTC) volumes in Korea

XRP is back at the top of South Korean trading screens.　　The token‘s won pair was the most traded market on Upbit over the past 24 hours, with about $110.9 million in volume, ahead of bitcoin’s $88.6 million and ethers $67 million, CoinGecko data shows. On Bithumb, XRP/KRW recorded about $41 million in volume, ranking second behind USDT/KRW and above both BTC/KRW and ETH/KRW.　　That matters because Korea has long been one of XRPs most active speculative markets. Bitcoin and ether usually dominate global exchange activity, but Korean traders have repeatedly pushed XRP into the top volume slot during periods of heightened interest, often before volatility expands.　　Price-action has been muted, however. XRP traded near $1.44 to $1.45 across the two exchanges, up roughly 3% on the week. That beats bitcoin over the same period, but trails stronger gains in BNB and Solanas SOL, both of which have risen around 8%.　　The setup is less about a finished breakout and more about pressure building under a level the market has not been able to clear.　　Data from CoinDesk analytics shows XRP is still battling the $1.49 to $1.50 zone, an area that has repeatedly rejected upside attempts since February. The token has continued to compress

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Arbitrum DAO clears path to transfer $71M in frozen ETH to Aave

Ethereum　　Arbitrum DAO clears path to transfer $71M in frozen ETH to Aave　　A federal court just gave Arbitrum DAO permission to do something that, until last week, would have put its token holders in legal jeopardy: vote on what to do with $71 million worth of ETH that nobody has been allowed to touch since early May.　　Judge Margaret Garnett of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an order on May 8 modifying a restraining notice that had frozen 30,765 ETH tied to the Arbitrum DAO. The modification doesnt unfreeze the funds outright. It simply allows the DAO to hold an on-chain governance vote on whether to transfer those assets to Aave LLC, the legal entity behind the DeFi lending protocol, as part of a broader recovery effort following a massive exploit.　　The exploit, the freeze, and the legal tangle　　On April 18, an exploit involving the rsETH token drained funds in a hack linked to North Korea‘s Lazarus Group. Within two weeks, on May 1, the law firm Gerstein ROLP slapped a restraining notice on the 30,765 ETH sitting in the DAO’s treasury. The notice was tied to $877M in creditor claims.　　Aave LLC had been working on

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From Passive Exposure to Active Infrastructure: The Growing Role of Bitcoin Treasuries in Yield Generation

The post From Passive Exposure to Active Infrastructure: The Growing Role of Bitcoin Treasuries in Yield Generation appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News　　Nearly 200 public companies now hold crypto on their balance sheets, but most of them follow the same script, i.e., buy Bitcoin, disclose it in a filing, and let the price swings do all the hard work.　　And while that model has historically produced impressive paper gains during bull runs, it has also exposed a structural gap: whenever things go sideways, or when shareholders start asking harder questions about return on capital, passive holding does not have a clean answer.　　BTCS S.A., listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchanges NewConnect market, operates on an entirely different premise where, instead of treating digital assets as a static treasury reserve, the company has built what it terms an Active Digital Asset Treasury Company (DATCO) structure.　　This operational model is designed to generate recurring yield from its holdings without liquidating them, all while maintaining full regulatory transparency as a publicly listed entity. Thanks to this financial proposition, the company recently closed a Series F round (as well as launched a fresh $100M offering).　　Running the Infrastructure, Not Just Owning the Assets　　The practical expression of BTCS S.A.s

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Ondo Finance moves $63.9mln: Is a sell-off looming？

Ondo Finance transferred 150 million $ONDO worth nearly $63.9 million to a team-linked wallet eight hours before exchange activity increased. Shortly after, the same wallet deposited 18.83M $ONDO worth $8.1M into Coinbase.　　The sequence quickly attracted market attention because traders often associate large exchange deposits with potential selling pressure.　　However, the wallet still retained massive $ONDO reserves after the transfer activity concluded.　　Arkham data also showed that Ondo Finance continued holding 5.63B $ONDO worth roughly $2.46B.　　Team-linked reserves remained above 121 million $ONDO worth nearly $54 million. Those figures suggested that internal wallets still controlled a significant supply. As a result, traders closely monitored whether additional deposits would follow the Coinbase transaction.　　Exchange flows shifted back to positive　　At the time of writing, Spot Netflows had turned positive after $ONDO recorded over $1.02M in exchange inflows on the 12th of May.　　The reversal followed several months of dominant outflow activity across spot markets. Earlier periods showed repeated negative flows, especially during July, September, and October.　　However, recent inflow spikes increased as $ONDO recovered aggressively from its long consolidation phase.　　Positive Netflows usually reflect rising exchange activity because traders move tokens closer to active liquidity venues.　　Therefore, the latest shift suggested that holders started repositioning after $ONDOs breakout accelerated.　　Smaller inflow spikes

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Senators file over 100 amendments to crypto bill ahead of markup

Members of the US Senate Banking Committee have filed more than 100 amendments to a crypto market structure bill set for markup on Thursday, with the proposed changes mostly related to stablecoins, software developers and ethics.　　According to a list obtained by POLITICO, Democratic senators have proposed dozens of changes, while Republicans are seeking slight adjustments to the bill.　　It is not clear what the specific details of each amendment are, but some concern issues the committee has been seeking to solve for months, including stablecoin yield, crypto software developer protections and ethics provisions.　　The list offers insight into the issues the committee will likely debate at the bills markup on Thursday as it seeks to advance the measure to the Senate floor. The Senate Banking Committee indefinitely delayed a previous markup in January after major crypto lobbyist Coinbase withdrew support for the bill.　　The legislation aims to divide how US market regulators oversee crypto, with the House passing a version of it in July called the CLARITY Act. Crypto and banking lobbyists, along with lawmakers, have fought over provisions on stablecoins and whether government officials should be barred from involvement in crypto.　　Further restrictions on offering stablecoin yields have been the bills most contentious

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CFTC backs prediction market Kalshi in appeals court fight against Ohio

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has backed Kalshi in the companys legal fight against the state of Ohio, asking an appeals court to affirm that the regulator has jurisdiction over prediction markets.　　The CFTC filed an amicus brief in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, accusing Ohio of “jurisdictional overreach” after state authorities told Kalshi last year to stop offering sports event contracts in the state, calling them unlicensed sports gambling.　　Kalshi sued Ohio authorities in October, seeking to have a federal court stop the Ohio Casino Control Commission and the state attorney general from taking action, but the court denied the request in March, leading Kalshi to appeal the decision.　　“The federal district court in Ohio took an improperly narrow view of the Commission‘s jurisdiction, and we are asking the Court of Appeals to correct that error,” CFTC Chairman Mike Selig said in a statement. “As I’ve said repeatedly, the CFTC will not allow overzealous state governments to undermine the agencys longstanding authority over these markets.”　　The dispute is one of many similar cases determining whether states have the power to restrict federally regulated prediction markets and has implications for major prediction market platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket.　　The CFTCs

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