CLARITY Act Fails as Circle Launches Arc, Markets React to Regulatory Uncertainty

Critical market action as Senate kills the CLARITY Act, triggering $450 million in Bitcoin ETF outflows and crypto equity carnage. Circle counters regulatory uncertainty with Arc blockchain launch, backed by BlackRock, Visa, and Mastercard. Deutsche Bank moves toward crypto custody as Bitcoin tests seventy-five thousand eight hundred eighty dollars support. S&P Global leads one hundred ten million dollar funding round for crypto data provider Kaiko. NATO shoots down Iranian drone over Lithuania as geopolitical tensions escalate. Two Robinhood engineers charged with insider trading using perpetual futures on Hyperliquid. Fed rate decision looms with markets pricing in twenty-five basis point hike.