BIG CRYPTO NEWS! CLARITY ACT ETHICS NEGOTIATIONS HEAT UP! BITCOIN CLIMBS HIGHER & XRP BREAKSOUT!
July 22, 2026
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5 min readThe Clarity Act is back above 50% on Polymarket, and Bitcoin has pushed past $66,000. The host, Tony Edward, is recording from a hotel in Las Vegas while attending a money show, and he walks through a dense set of developments: renewed ethics negotiations around the Clarity Act, a Bitcoin rally that is starting to pull altcoins higher, global regulatory moves from Russia to Pakistan, and a handful of venture raises and legal challenges that signal where institutional money is flowing.
Clarity Act negotiations heat up — and hit a snag
The biggest policy story this episode is the renewed momentum behind the Crypto Clarity Act, which has crossed the 52% probability threshold on Polymarket after the White House agreed to certain ethics language. President Trump is said to have made historic concessions in the deal, agreeing to an ethics provision that would curtail his own activities. The White House is now pushing Democrats to accept it.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:40) **Bitcoin Rallies & XRP Breaks Downtrend** - Bitcoin trades above $66,000; altcoins begin to awaken.
- 2 (02:44) **Clarity Act Odds Cross 50% on Ethics Talks** - Renewed negotiations around ethics provisions push passage odds to 52% on Polymarket.
- 3 (04:16) **Democratic Pushback on DOJ Enforcement** - Senator Angela Alsobrooks calls the White House's DOJ enforcement idea "unserious" and won't support the bill without stronger options.
- 4 (05:55) **Treasury Secretary: Clarity Act at the "One-Yard Line"** - Scott Besent confirms the bill is close to passage, per Bloomberg.
- 5 (06:19) **Russia Passes Crypto Legislation** - Russia enacts a law regulating digital currency circulation for the first time.
- 6 (06:48) **Digital Chamber Sues Illinois Over Digital Asset Tax** - The crypto lobby group files a lawsuit to block the state's new tax.
- 7 (08:15) **Pakistan Sets Up Crypto Enforcement Unit** - Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency establishes a dedicated unit for crypto-related cybercrime and fraud.
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⏰ Time Stamps ⏰
00:00 Intro
00:40 Bitcoin and XRP analysis
01:42 Clarity Act Ethics news
05:41 Digital Chamber Illinois lawsuit
07:05 Pakistan Crypto enforcement
08:22 Movement labs bankruptcy
09:38 Galaxy Bitcoin Quantum
12:58 UK Crypto banking
14:24 Augustus Stablecoin AI Agents
16:26 Canton Network funding
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