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Weekend Edition · Jul 25 — BitMEX closes, Clarity Act draft…
Weekend Edition — the week in review. • BitMEX confirmed it will permanently shut down on September 23rd after 11+ years — its closure removes a significant pool of derivatives liquidity and ends the era of the exchange that invented crypto perpetual futures. • Senate Republicans released a 616-page Clarity Act draft defining agency jurisdiction over crypto assets, setting token issuance rules, and barring officials from issuing digital assets, with a sunset date of January 2029 — the… • The DTCC began running its ~$4.7 quadrillion annual securities settlement operation on blockchain…
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