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Portugal and Hungary moved to restrict Polymarket under national gambling laws, highlighting different regulatory timing around election periods.

The Senate’s crypto market structure bill looks chaotic, but the real story lies in committee sequencing, amendment signaling, and the quiet role of the Agriculture Committee in defining market oversight.

The ECB fears a major stablecoin run could disrupt Europe’s financial stability. Yet history shows these crises start in crypto markets, not payment systems.

Tether is shifting from easy interest on U.S. Treasuries to financing real-world commodity trades through a growing Tether commodity lending portfolio. That move could deepen USDT’s role in global trade while exposing the stablecoin to the boom-and-bust cycles of gold, oil and agriculture.

The Senate crypto market structure bill, modeled on the House-passed Clarity Act, remains stalled amid the government shutdown while the SEC under Paul Atkins pushes for a friendlier digital-asset framework.