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Bitcoin, Ethereum And More Tumble As CLARITY Act Fails In Senate

Topline　　Major cryptocurrency assets slid Tuesday as the Senate failed to pass the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, which seeks to create a federal regulatory framework for digital assets and faces opposition from some Democrats who say the legislations provisions are too weak.　　The CLARITY Act vote was held Tuesday afternoon.　　Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images　　Key Facts　　The CLARITY Act, which needed 60 votes to pass the Senate, failed after a 49-50 vote was held.　　Bitcoin dropped 4.1% on Tuesday afternoon to around $75,000, falling to its lowest point in its last five days of trading.　　Ethereum fell over 5% to $2,397, also recording its lowest point in the same period.　　XRP tumbled 10.3% while meme coin DOGE dropped 5.6% and Solana fell over 4%.　　Some digital assets were spared from significant losses Tuesday afternoon, with Tether, Binance Coin and USD coin falling just a fraction of a percent.　　Big Number　　7%. Those are the Polymarket odds the CLARITY Act will become a law before the end of the year, dropping from the 18% odds it held Monday.　　What to watch for　　The CLARITY Act will have to be reintroduced to Congress at a later date after failing Tuesday, meaning it is seriously unlikely it will be presented

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Senate Blocks Clarity Act, Likely Killing It For 2026

Lawmakers blocked the Clarity Act on Tuesday a procedural vote, with the long-awaited legislation missing the 60 votes needed to advance it.　　Senators mostly voted against advancing the legislation — 49 for and 50 against — that the digital asset industry has long called for.　　The bill aims to formally divide oversight between regulators, distinguishing which digital assets are securities, commodities or stablecoins. President Donald Trump last month urged lawmakers to pass it but Republicans said that Democrats were deliberately holding it back.　　Bitcoins price dropped sharply on the news and was recently trading for $75,997, a 4% 24-hour drop.　　Both Republicans and Democrats blocked the bill but Democrats had mostly been accused of trying to deliberately stall it by pro-crypto lawmakers for months.　　Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, of the crypto industrys loudest critics, told congress ahead of the vote that the bill “posed a massive risk to families.”　　“This bill would put us all at risk of a crypto-fuelled economic crash,” she said, adding that the U.S. still needed proper crypto legislation.　　Warrens biggest gripe — along with other lawmakers — is that Trump has unfairly benefited from deals in the crypto industry.　　President Donald Trump campaigned on a ticket to help the crypto space but some

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NVIDIA Showcases AI Factory Efficiency Gains with Vera Rubin Platform

Luisa Crawford　　Sep 15, 2026 19:21　　NVIDIA unveiled AI factory breakthroughs at the AI Infra Summit, highlighting Vera Rubins role in optimizing energy efficiency and token output.　　NVIDIA unveiled significant advancements in AI infrastructure at the AI Infra Summit, held at the Santa Clara Convention Center on September 15, 2026. With over 8,000 attendees—more than double last years event—the company highlighted the Vera Rubin platform and DSX MaxLPS technology as cornerstones of energy-efficient AI factory operations.　　Ian Buck, NVIDIA‘s VP of hyperscale and high-performance computing, emphasized the growing importance of optimizing “tokens per watt,” a new metric for evaluating AI infrastructure efficiency. As agentic AI workloads push demand for scalability and performance, NVIDIA’s full-stack approach—from silicon to software—aims to make AI factories more productive and economically viable.　　Key Announcements: Power Optimization and Performance Gains　　Among the announcements was the NVIDIA DSX MaxLPS, a power optimization system that dynamically reallocates energy across GPUs and racks. Lambda, an AI cloud provider, showcased results highlighting a 23% improvement in performance per watt. By running 19 nodes within the energy footprint of 16, Lambda achieved a 24% increase in token throughput, demonstrating the systems ability to boost efficiency within existing power constraints.　　The Vera Rubin platform itself is designed for agentic

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OpenAI's Brockman Says Safety Concerns Have Already Slowed Its Most Advanced AI Work

In briefOpenAI President Greg Brockman said the company has delayed several launches and reworked internal processes after safety and security concerns forced a rethink.The shift followed a May incident in which an OpenAI model without completed alignment training broke out of a research sandbox and reached Hugging Faces production system.Brockman argued any coordinated industry slowdown should apply only to frontier labs building the most powerful system.　　OpenAI has already slowed down some of its most advanced AI development because of safety and security concerns, company President Greg Brockman said in a Bloomberg podcast interview published Monday.　　Brockman told “Odd Lots” hosts Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal that OpenAI has delayed several launches and overhauled internal workflows since a research model broke out of a testing sandbox in May and reached Hugging Faces systems.　　Myriad: How much will Elon Musk be worth in September？ Click to make your prediction.　　“Weve slowed down a number of runs,” he said, describing the process as a painful retooling of how the company develops and monitors models.　　The model behind the incident had not yet gone through OpenAIs alignment training, the safety process meant to make a system behave as intended. Brockman said running it with lowered safeguards seemed reasonable

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CLARITY Act vote fails as crypto adoption faces uneven path

The CLARITY Act has stalled after a Senate cloture motion received 50 votes to 49, falling 10 votes short of the 60 needed to begin debate on the crypto market structure bill.　　CLARITY Act falls 10 votes short in the Senate　　The U.S. Senates floor proceedings showed that the chamber failed to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed with H.R. 3633, the House version of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. Cloture required 60 votes, and clearing it would only have allowed senators to start debating the measure rather than approving it as law.　　Several senators who had participated in negotiations opposed the motion. Democratic Senators Angela Alsobrooks, Ruben Gallego, and Kirsten Gillibrand voted no, while Republican Senators Susan Collins, Josh Hawley, Jerry Moran, and Thom Tillis also withheld support.　　Tillis, who had worked on disputes involving government ethics and stablecoin rewards, voted against cloture and moved to recommit. Senate Majority Leader John Thune may file another cloture motion, but any new attempt would still require support from both parties.　　Hours before the vote, Democrats had delivered a late counteroffer addressing ethics rules and other contested provisions. The proposal followed talks involving Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumers office, although its full text was not

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Major Bitcoin Core update changes default wallet protocols, risking temporary disruption across popular apps

Bitcoin Core v32.0rc1 has turned the Sept. 14–Oct. 10 window into a concentrated compatibility test for node operators, wallet providers and services that depend on Bitcoin Cores RPC interfaces.　　Related Asset Bitcoin #1 BTC · $75,869.78 24-hour change: down 4.13% Loading price history… 24H Down 4.13% 7D Down 3.20% 30D Up 20.23%　　The candidate was tagged with a verified signature on Sept. 14. The live release schedule lists Oct. 10 as the aim for the final v32.0 tag, leaving a 26-day elapsed interval. CryptoSlates August preview recorded a Sept. 10 RC1 target, while the live schedule now shows Sept. 14, creating a four-day discrepancy without establishing that an unchanged deadline was missed.　　The v32.0rc1 tag identifies prerelease software, not a production-final upgrade. It also does not signal a new consensus-rule activation. One change tied to draft BIP 323 alters how Bitcoin Core treats signaling bits and unknown-deployment warnings, but the proposal itself remains in Draft status.　　Operators can begin with the high-level pattern in Bitcoin Cores most recent RC testing guide: exercise regularly used features in separate temporary data directories and compare the candidate with the prior release. The official download page lists 31.1 as the current baseline. That comparison can expose differences in

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Crypto industry reacts after Clarity Act fails Senate vote

SummaryThe Senate‘s failure to advance the Clarity Act dealt a major blow to the crypto industry’s push for a durable statutory framework, leaving firms reliant on agency rules that future administrations could reverse.Industry executives said the vote would not halt regulatory work at the SEC and CFTC or the broader adoption of regulated digital-asset infrastructure by banks, asset managers and crypto companies.The prolonged uncertainty could push investment and development toward jurisdictions such as the European Union, where the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation provides a clearer rulebook.　　The Senate‘s failure to advance the Clarity Act on Tuesday was a major setback for the crypto industry’s push to lock market structure rules into law, but the reaction from industry leaders was notably measured.　　Crypto executives said the vote does not unwind the regulatory progress already underway at the SEC and CFTC, nor is it likely to stop banks, asset managers and crypto firms from continuing to build.　　What it does leave unresolved is the question of durability: agency rules can change with a new administration, while legislation would have given the industry a more permanent framework.　　For some, that means the U.S. now risks extending the uncertainty that has pushed companies to look toward jurisdictions

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DOJ Charges Robinhood Engineers With Fraud Over Hyperliquid Perpetual Trades

Two Robinhood engineers face federal fraud charges for allegedly using confidential cryptocurrency listing information to make profitable perpetual futures trades on Hyperliquid.　　Ad　　Ad　　Robinhood Engineers Face Federal Fraud Charges　　Federal prosecutors charged Hefu Chai and Huaisong Xiang, also known as “Jerry Xiang,” with commodities fraud and wire fraud. Defendants were both engineers at Robinhood Markets at the time of the alleged trading activity.　　They held the power of access to confidential information regarding planned cryptocurrency listings on Robinhood Crypto. Prosecutors say the engineers were aware of which cryptocurrencies Robinhood intended to support before it publicly announced them.　　Between 2025 and 2026, Chai and Xiang allegedly used that information to trade perpetual futures on Hyperliquid. They reportedly opened positions linked to cryptocurrencies before Robinhood announced support for those tokens.　　Discover more　　News　　Distributed & Cloud Computing　　Finance　　Prosecutors claim prices moved after several listing announcements, allowing the engineers to profit from their positions. All the defendants allegedly made over $50,000 in trades related to Robinhoods private listing efforts.　　Ad　　Ad　　Prosecutors Detail Hyperliquid Perpetual Trades　　Hyperliquid has a decentralized derivatives exchange (DEX) offering perpetual futures based on cryptocurrencies and other underlying assets. These products give traders a chance to wager on price changes without having to buy and possess the underlying asset.　　Unlike traditional futures contracts,

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Standard Chartered sees ARB at $0.50 by end-2026, ahead of bitcoin and ether

Standard Chartered has initiated coverage of Arbitrums ARB token, setting a $10 target for the end of 2030 and a target of $0.50 before the end of this year.　　The bank expects ARB to outperform bitcoin and ether over that period, though its own note acknowledges holders capture little of the revenue underpinning the call.　　Robinhood Chain pushed Arbitrum revenue past 5 times its pre-launch level　　The $10 figure is about 66 times what ARB traded on Tuesday at ~$0.15. Standard Chartered set out a staircase of $0.50 by the end of 2026, $1.50 in 2027, $3.50 in 2028, $6.50 in 2029, and then the 2030 goal.　　Geoff Kendrick, who runs digital assets research at the bank, said in a note to clients that ARB should outperform the two largest cryptocurrencies over that window. This same house pegs ether at $4,000 this year and $40,000 by 2030.　　Bitcoin gets $100,000 this year and $500,000 by 2030.　　Discover more　　Currencies & Foreign Exchange　　Merchant Services & Payment Systems　　News　　Kendricks team started covering Chainlink last month with a 2030 target of $200 and has made similar 2030 calls for Uniswap and other DeFi names.　　All these depend on the same tokenization forecast. Each frames its token as a better performer than bitcoin

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NVIDIA Groq 3 LPX Boosts AI Efficiency with Deterministic Execution

Caroline Bishop　　Sep 15, 2026 18:59　　NVIDIAs Groq 3 LPX accelerators enhance AI efficiency via deterministic execution, cutting power needs while boosting real-time inference.　　NVIDIAs Groq 3 LPX accelerator technology is setting a new benchmark in AI efficiency, leveraging deterministic execution to optimize power consumption while handling demanding high-interactivity inference workloads. Announced for integration into the NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform in the second half of 2026, the Groq 3 LPX promises up to 35x higher throughput per megawatt compared to prior-generation systems when working with large AI models exceeding two trillion parameters.　　At the core of this advancement is the Groq 3 LPX deterministic execution model. Unlike traditional accelerators that rely on reactive hardware mechanisms such as caches and branch predictors, Groq 3 LPX schedules every computation and data movement cycle by cycle, ensuring predictable performance. This approach not only enables ultrafast interactivity but also allows for precise power management, addressing a critical bottleneck in AI factories: energy efficiency.　　Power Efficiency: A Game of Margins　　AI factories are constrained by power budgets, making performance per watt the ultimate metric of success. The Groq 3 LPX integrates technologies like Preemptive Power (PEP) and Clock Period Synthesis (CPS), which work together to significantly reduce voltage droops—temporary dips in

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