The post Senate Officially Schedules CLARITY Act Cloture Vote For Tuesday appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The US Senate has officially set Tuesday, 2:15 PM ET, for the CLARITY Act’s cloture vote. Clearing that hurdle requires 60 votes to open formal debate, which can then run for up to 30 hours if approved. Final passage after that would only need a simple majority of 51 votes. The vote marks crypto’s most …

The post Swiss Bitcoin Pay Shuts Down Servers After Suspected Security Breach appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Swiss Bitcoin Pay says it has temporarily shut down its servers after detecting likely unauthorized access to its internal systems. The company believes the intruder may have accessed customer email addresses, Bitcoin addresses, IBANs, transaction history, and hashed passwords, though it’s not yet clear if other data was compromised. Swiss Bitcoin Pay confirmed user funds …

The post Trump Says AI Needs No More Guardrails, Slams Anthropic’s Amodei appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News President Trump said Sunday that AI does not need additional regulatory guardrails, arguing the US already holds significant criminal and regulatory power over AI companies. He accused Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei of doing “bad, or potentially bad, things,” and claimed there is a “sick conspiracy” against AI and data centers. Trump said whoever wins the …

The post AG Letitia James Leads 18-State Bipartisan Push to Reject the CLARITY Act appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James is leading an 18-state bipartisan coalition, urging the US Congress to vote against the CLARITY Act tomorrow. Attorneys General supporting the motion hail from Washington, California, Arizona, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, among others. In a September 14 letter addressed to the Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott and …

The post Ripple [XRP] News Roundup: XRP Jumps 4.3% As CLARITY Vote Looms appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News XRP is trading at $1.40, up 4.3% over 24 hours, a bounce from the $1.34-$1.35 range it held for much of the week, against a backdrop of unusually busy institutional and infrastructure news across the Ripple ecosystem. Smart Money and Retail Are Moving in Opposite Directions On-chain data shows a widening gap between retail and …

The post 18 State AGs Urge Congress To Reject CLARITY Act Ahead Of Senate Vote appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News A bipartisan coalition of 18 state attorneys general, led by New York’s Letitia James, is urging Congress to reject the CLARITY Act as currently written, ahead of Tuesday’s key procedural vote. James said the bill “would embolden scammers” in its current form. The coalition argues the legislation could weaken states’ ability to pursue crypto fraud …

The post UAE Integrates Avalanche Blockchain Into National Digital ID Platform appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The UAE is bringing Avalanche blockchain technology into its national digital identity system, giving blockchain a major government use case. The integration will support the Digital Vault inside UAE PASS, which serves more than 12.5 million people.  Following this announcement, Avalanche native token AVAX jumped over 3%. Avalanche Joins UAE PASS Digital Vault The UAE’s …

The post Key Economic Events to Watch This Week: CLARITY Act, FOMC, Japan CPI appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The global cryptocurrency market, with a $2.73 trillion cap, is heading into a packed week of major events led by the U.S. Senate’s CLARITY Act vote, the FOMC Federal rate decision, Japan’s CPI, and the BOJ rate decision. These events could decide whether Bitcoin breaks higher or sees another pullback after its recent 2% weekly …

The post Sam Altman Warns AI Could ‘Lose Control of the Future’ – Crypto Could Be a Target appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has warned that fast AI development could create a future where humans lose control of the technology. His comments come as AI agents become more capable of operating on their own.While his warning is about AI safety, it also raises concerns for crypto, where exchanges, wallets, and smart contracts hold large …

The post XRP News: Attorney Says Final CLARITY Act Draft Ends Ripple Supply Debate appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Attorney Bill Morgan said the newly released final text of the CLARITY Act settles a long-running argument in crypto once and for all. He said XRP will be classified as a commodity in secondary markets regardless of how much of the supply Ripple continues to hold.  “Deal with it Bitcoin maxis,” Morgan wrote, referencing critics …