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U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Republicans are discussing floor-vote strategy for the CLARITY Act over a lunch meeting, according to Eleanor Terrett, host of the U.S. podcast "Crypto in America." Cornyn said the prevailing view within the Republican Party is that Democrats will block the bill from reaching the floor, while the current focus is less on Democratic votes and more on how many Republican yes votes can be held.

Binance has launched an ETF asset management service built around 11 U.S.-listed funds focused on short-term U.S. Treasuries and investment-grade bonds, Cointelegraph reported. Users can search for and place orders for available ETFs through the new Binance Earn service, while orders are processed through the exchange’s stock trading service.

Ahead of a U.S. Senate vote on the CLARITY Act, Senator Elizabeth Warren said a stronger cryptocurrency regulation bill would still be pursued even if the current draft does not pass. Warren said the bill must include provisions on public officials’ asset restrictions, blocking illicit funds and national security to win passage. Warren, who could become chair of the Senate Banking Committee depending on the outcome of the U.S. election in November, is also pressing Republicans to accept tough ethics provisions aimed at the Trump family’s crypto holdings worth hundreds of millions of dollars, including mandatory divestment going beyond a blind trust.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $77,000. BTC is trading at $77,006.85 on the Binance USDT market.

Eleanor Terrett, host of the U.S. podcast "Crypto In America," said negotiators at the Capitol were still in tense last-minute talks an hour before the Senate vote on the CLARITY Act. Terrett said Democrats were still holding to their earlier position on amendments to the bill’s ethics provisions. Further changes would likely require renewed White House approval, and those involved were clearly aware that little time remained, Terrett said. Terrett added that a Democratic source described the effort as highly intense but constrained by a lack of time, while a Republican source confirmed a similar mood. An industry source at the Capitol today also said, after speaking with senators, that the bill was expected to fall short of the 60 votes needed to advance to the full Senate.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said support for passage of the CLARITY Act stems from the bill giving the Treasury Department broader authority to track and crack down on evasion.

U.S. Senate Republican Majority Leader John Thune said in Congress that the CLARITY Act has had bipartisan support from the start and that now is not the time for political games, according to former Bitcoin Magazine editor Pete Rizzo.

Two former Robinhood engineers have been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with cryptocurrency insider trading, according to U.S. prosecutors. Prosecutors said the two obtained nonpublic information in advance about Robinhood token listings and used it to build positions early in perpetual futures tied to those tokens on decentralized derivatives exchange Hyperliquid, reaping illicit gains.

Circle’s USDC-optimized layer-one blockchain Arc has designated MetaMask as its default wallet for user and developer onboarding, according to Crypto Briefing. Under the partnership, MetaMask will be set to support the Arc network immediately across its browser extension and mobile client, with built-in USDC balance displays as well as bridge and swap features. Arc’s mainnet is set for an official launch today.

Pro-crypto Republican U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis said the CLARITY Act faces a make-or-break moment, and if it fails a key vote today, the bill will be finished, Cointelegraph reported.

Coinbase has partnered with X, formerly Twitter, to offer trading through stock and cryptocurrency Cashtags, according to Crypto Briefing. Under the partnership, X users who tap a specific cryptocurrency in their feed will be directed straight to Coinbase to access trading services. Cashtags automatically match an asset when users enter a ticker or token contract address (CA) on X, allowing them to view real-time price charts and related posts in real time.

Binance’s 30-day XRP liquidity index reached its highest level in about six months, according to CryptoQuant data. Thirty-day liquidity volume rose to about $4.6 billion, while the liquidity index climbed to around 0.0675. The index had previously fallen sharply to roughly $2 billion-$3 billion in July and August. The rebound reflects increased XRP trading volume and deposit and withdrawal activity on Binance, suggesting a recovery in market activity and trading liquidity.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the goal is to keep the United States the world’s crypto capital.

U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott’s office said Republicans had revised 126 parts of the Clarity Act for Democrats, but Democrats were again changing their conditions, Cointelegraph reported.

The Cardano Foundation has joined the Mastercard Crypto Partner Program. As part of the blockchain track, the foundation plans to work with Mastercard and other participating companies in payments and stablecoins on global money movement, B2B transactions and payments. Mastercard launched the program on March 11, 2026, with more than 85 partners. Key companies from the crypto and fintech industries, including Binance, Circle, Ripple, PayPal and Paxos, have participated since the outset.

TD Cowen sees a 60% chance that a Senate cloture vote on the CLARITY Act, which would determine whether the bill advances to floor debate, will fail, The Block reported. According to the report, the investment bank’s other scenarios include a 20% chance that the cloture vote passes while allowing Democrats to offer an alternative proposal in the form of an amendment, a 15% chance that debate on the bill is postponed until after the election, and a 5% chance that the bill passes before the election. TD Cowen said it is watching how Republicans respond to a Democratic alternative focused on ethics rules related to President Donald Trump’s family and added that the stance of centrist Democratic senators is another key variable. The firm said it is paying particularly close attention to Senator Mark Warner’s position.

Morgan Stanley’s spot Bitcoin ETF, MSBT, surpassed $600 million in net assets about five months after launch. As of Sept. 14, the fund’s net assets stood at $635 million and cumulative net inflows reached $538 million. Since listing on the New York Stock Exchange on April 8, MSBT has posted just one day of net outflows, a $5.26 million withdrawal on May 29, indicating relatively steady fund flows.

Whale trader and Taiwanese singer Jeffrey Huang, known as Machi Brother, has partially reduced high-leverage long positions in BTC and Ethereum. According to data from on-chain analytics platform Hyperbot, Huang is still holding a $59 million 25x ETH long position with an unrealized loss of $1.8 million and a $5 million 40x BTC long position with an unrealized loss of $110,000. Amid heightened market volatility, Huang posted total losses of $4.42 million today, including both realized and unrealized losses.

Major exchanges have seen $101 million worth of futures liquidated in the past hour. In the past 24 hours, $476 million worth of futures have been liquidated.

Major U.S. crypto- and blockchain-related stocks were posting sharp intraday losses today, according to BIT market data. Among the main names, Circle (CRCL) had the biggest drop at around 9%, followed by SharpLink (SBET) at 7.70%, Coinbase (COIN) at 7.41%, Gemini (GEMI) at 7.07%, Bitmine (BMNR) at 6.77%, and Bullish (BLSH) at 6.07%. MicroStrategy (MSTR) was also down 5.53%.

An anonymous wallet transferred 1,000 BTC to Coinbase, according to Whale Alert.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $76,000. BTC is trading at $75,993.49 on the Binance USDT market.

CoinEx, a crypto exchange with Chinese roots, announced it will suspend operations and begin a phased business shutdown on Sept. 15, while Binance CEO Richard Teng said exchanges will continue to emerge and disappear. Sharing the comment on X, Teng said the crypto market has already gone through multiple boom cycles and will see more in the future. During those periods, some exchanges will disappear voluntarily and others will be forced out, Teng said. Over the long term, Teng added, what matters is how much the industry raises its own standards for trust and transparency, and how users are treated not only during boom times but also when everything comes to an end.

Forward Industries, described by The Block as the largest corporate holder of Solana, has made a second takeover offer for fellow Solana treasury company SkyAI, formerly Sharp Technology, offering cash and stock worth $2.13 per share, a 50% premium to Friday’s close, according to The Block. The stock exchange ratio was cut to 0.306 FWDI from 0.367 FWDI in the first proposal in June. The Block said the revision reflects valuation changes between the two companies after SKYA shares rose 9% while FWDI shares jumped 42% following the initial offer.

The European Central Bank is recruiting e-commerce and mobile commerce merchants to join a 12-month digital euro pilot set to begin in the second half of next year, CoinDesk reported. According to CoinDesk, the pilot will test online and offline payments using a test alternative currency that resembles the digital euro but is not legal tender, ahead of a formal launch in 2029. The outlet said the ECB’s merchant recruitment carries significance beyond a simple technical test, as consumers will need a sufficient number of participating merchants to use the digital euro. CoinDesk added the project’s success is likely to depend on broad merchant adoption and low payment fees.