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With the Senate likely voting on a crypto bill within days, Elizabeth Warren asked for information on Donald Trump’s earnings between January and July ahead of a 2027 deadline.

French gambling regulator orders ISPs to block Polymarket https://cointelegraph.com/news/french-gambling-authority-blocks-polymarket?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The planned rollout would let thousands of transportation contractors receive digital yen payments more frequently and quickly.

South Korea probed 40 cases of crypto manipulation over 2 years https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-korea-probed-40-cases-of-crypto-manipulation-over-2-years?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Financial Services Commission Chair Lee Eog-won posted the figures on the second anniversary of the enactment of the Virtual Asset User Protection Act.

Will the US get CLARITY this week? Bitcoin’s new $80K target: Hodler’s Digest, July 19 https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/will-the-us-get-finally-clarity-this-week-bitcoin-80k-hodlers-digest?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The fate of the CLARITY Act hinges on Trump’s ethics, so the odds aren’t looking great. Prediction market volumes hit new highs, and more news.

South Korea eyes September launch for second phase of CBDC pilot: Report https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-korea-september-second-phase-cbdc-pilot?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The Bank of Korea’s CBDC pilot will add two regional banks, new payment features and tests of government subsidy payments using tokenized bank deposits

Cardano activates van Rossem hard fork https://cointelegraph.com/news/cardano-activates-van-rossem-hard-fork-paving-way-for-leios?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The upgrade reduces smart contract execution costs while laying the groundwork for Ouroboros Leios, a major scalability upgrade expected later this year.

Allbridge pauses cross-chain bridge after $1.65M exploit https://cointelegraph.com/news/allbridge-core-pauses-cross-chain-bridge-after-165m-exploit?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound