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Michael Saylor said Bitcoin can advance without the CLARITY Act while urging the United States to establish clearer digital asset rules. The comments came as lawmakers pushed a potential Senate vote on the crypto market structure bill to September. Saylor Separates Bitcoin's Future From US Crypto Legislation On Aug.

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A new XRPL amendment proposal would let institutions encrypt token balances and transfer amounts while still giving issuers, auditors and regulators selective access.

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An emergency update has been rolled out by BTCPay Server, the open-source software merchants use to accept Bitcoin, due to a vulnerability being exploited to potentially steal funds from users. As identified in GitHub pull request #7491, this vulnerability enables cybercriminals to circumvent the TOTP two-factor security mechanism through BTCPay's Greenfield API Basic Authentication.

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Ethereum's debate over staking rewards has intensified after Aave founder Stani Kulechov and SharpLink publicly opposed EIP-8363, a draft proposal that could eventually eliminate issuance-based validator rewards as more ETH enters staking.