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Story: Bitcoin Surges Past $80,000 Despite Clarity Act Stalemate, Solana and Hyperliquid Rally

By Jean-Luc Maracon

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Senate Gridlock Hasn't Stopped the Rally. The Clarity Act was supposed to give crypto markets a clearer legislative framework — the kind of…

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SEC and CFTC Keep Pushing on Rulemaking. Both the SEC and the CFTC are actively working on frameworks meant to give digital assets more…

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What Traders Are Actually Watching Now. The Clarity Act isn't totally off the table. It's stalled, not dead.

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Bitcoin punched through $80,000 on Monday. It hit $80,240 at the peak during early trading, and the move caught a lot of people's attention — not because it was totally…

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That's the weird part. Regulatory uncertainty hasn't killed the rally. If anything, the market seems to be shrugging it off.

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The Clarity Act was supposed to give crypto markets a clearer legislative framework — the kind of thing that would define how digital assets get classified and treated under U.S.

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And that's probably the more interesting story here. Investors aren't waiting for Congress. They're watching the SEC and the CFTC instead, both of which are pushing ahead with…

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It's a strange dynamic. Normally you'd expect a sector to pause when its core legislation is stuck.

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Read also: Bitcoin Surges Past $80K as CFTC and SEC Actions Revive Crypto Stocks

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It's not clear exactly how far along either agency is or when anything final drops. The source didn't specify a timeline.

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For market participants, that creates a complicated picture. New rules could stabilize things.

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Hyperliquid's 15% jump is worth sitting with for a second. That's a big single-session move.

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The Clarity Act isn't totally off the table. It's stalled, not dead. And if it does eventually move through the Senate, it could change the landscape significantly.

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Industry watchers are paying close attention to how those agencies navigate the space. Their decisions — on classification, on exchange rules, on what counts as a security —…

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More context: Bitcoin Struggles Below $80,000 as Fed Projects 4.1% Rates Through 2027

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