The post Crypto CLARITY Act Hits Fresh Senate Hurdle Ahead of August Recess appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The U.S. Senate’s version of the CLARITY Act has hit another roadblock. According to new report, the updated draft expected this week still does not have broad support from Senate Democrats. Therefore, negotiations remain active before lawmakers can schedule a floor vote. The disagreement comes even as the crypto industry continues pushing for the bill. …

The post Stanford Study Flags Bitcoin Market Manipulation on Polymarket appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News A new study by Stanford University and Singapore Management University says Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin prediction markets may have given sophisticated traders an unfair advantage. After analyzing nearly 16,000 Bitcoin contracts over two months, researchers found trading patterns that suggest some participants were able to briefly move Bitcoin’s price just before settlement. As a result, some …

The post Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP Prices Fall After Trump’s Speech Today appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News President Trump delivered a primetime address to the nation on July 16, 2026, mixing an economic progress report with a lengthy, controversial announcement about declassified intelligence tied to elections. Trump opened by touting economic gains under his administration. “Our country is safer, stronger, and far wealthier than it has ever been before,” he said, contrasting …

The post MNT Price Struggles Despite InsightX Crossing $500M Volume Milestone appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News MNT price got a modest 5% lift after prediction market platform InsightX announced that it had surpassed $500 million in total network volume within a single month. The catch? The rally ran straight into the 20-day EMA resistance, and the broader downtrend still looks very much alive. The milestone itself is hard to ignore. InsightX …

The post PYTH Price Jumps 10% as Pyth Brings Institutional Bond Data Onchain appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Pyth Network is making another push beyond crypto, and the market appears to have noticed. PYTH price climbed more than 10% after the protocol announced that institutional fixed-income pricing is now live across Pyth Pro and the Pyth Data Marketplace, expanding its reach into one of the world’s largest financial markets. The rally has also …

The post Why Polygon’s CEO Had to Clarify His Own Layoff Announcement appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Polygon Labs eliminated a portion of its workforce this week as the firm reshapes itself around a payments-focused business model rather than its earlier identity as a blockchain foundation. CEO Marc Boiron disclosed the restructuring in a post on X, tying the timing to Polygon Labs’ pending purchase of Coinme. Polygon Labs is nearing completion …

The post Hedera Strengthens Enterprise Push as Utila Integration Expands Institutional Access appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Enterprise blockchain adoption doesn’t get limelight overnight, but Hedera today added another piece to a much bigger puzzle. The network has integrated with Utila, which is known as an institutional grade digital asset custody and wallet infra provider. By joining hands they are expanding secure access to HBAR and Hedera Token Service (HTS) tokens for …

The post Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Explains Why XRP Beats Bitcoin for Payments appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says the problem with today’s payment apps isn’t complicated. They just weren’t built to talk to each other. Speaking at an event, Garlinghouse compared modern payment networks to the earliest days of the internet. Garlinghouse compared today’s payment apps to old closed networks like AOL once, pointing out that Venmo and …

The post Bitcoin Price ‘Breakout’ Was Fake, and This $62,500 Level is Back in Focus appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Bitcoin traders got caught on both sides of the same trap this week, according to one chart analyst tracking the recent price swing, and the fallout is exposing exactly which level really matters right now. Bitcoin had been consolidating inside a triangle pattern for days. When price finally broke toward the upside, traders piled into …

The post How High Will XRP Price Go After CLARITY Act Hearing Tomorrow? appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News XRP is sitting near $1.11 today, and traders are watching two things closely: what the price charts are showing, and what happens at a big Washington hearing tomorrow. XRP is still stuck in a long-term downtrend on the bigger picture weekly chart. That bigger trend hasn’t reversed yet. But on the daily chart, things look …