24H Trending Coins and News | CLARITY Act Senate Vote Countdown, U.S. Democrats Expected to Discuss Bill Strategy Tonight; U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill to Enter Committee Vote on Wednesday (September 15)

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Headlines

U.S. Democrats Expected to Discuss Clarity Act Strategy Tonight as Senate Vote on CLARITY Act Looms

A Fox Business crypto reporter posted on X that Senate Democrats are expected to meet tonight to discuss Clarity Act strategy and coordinate a counter-proposal to the text Republicans released last night, despite Republicans insisting that text is their "last, best, and final" offer. The bill will face its first major test on the Senate floor in less than 24 hours.

U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill to Go to Committee Vote on Wednesday

Bitcoin News posted that the U.S. House Financial Services Committee plans to review H.R. 8957, the "American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026," on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, advancing the bill to a committee vote. The bill, introduced by Representative Nick Begich, with Jared Golden as the only Democratic co-sponsor, proposes establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and a separate digital asset reserve for non-Bitcoin assets.

The bill stipulates that compliant Bitcoin obtained by the federal government through forfeiture will be added to the reserve, and funds from the sale or exchange of non-Bitcoin assets may be used to purchase more Bitcoin or repay national debt. The Treasury and Commerce Departments would also study strategies for budget-neutral Bitcoin purchases over the next five years, with provisions explicitly not authorizing funding through borrowing, new taxes, or deficit spending. The committee review is scheduled to begin at 10:00 AM ET on Wednesday.

Robinhood CEO: Robinhood Stock Tokens to Soon Support Physical Redemption and Voting

Robinhood co-founder and CEO Vlad Tenev stated that Robinhood stock tokens will soon support physical redemption and voting features.

Industry News

Trump's ~$800 Million WLFI Holdings Get Clear Unlock Timeline, Earliest Unlock Could Begin in 2028

On-chain data shows that a WLFI allocation matching the scale of World Liberty Financial token holdings previously disclosed by U.S. President Trump was transferred to a vesting contract in May of this year. The associated wallet initially deposited 15.75 billion WLFI tokens, and after burning 10% per the rules, 14.175 billion remain, consistent with Trump's disclosed founder allocation, valued at approximately $800 million at current prices.

Under the new vesting arrangement, this WLFI allocation will undergo a two-year lock-up period, followed by gradual unlocking over three years, meaning unlocking will not begin until 2028 at the earliest. Previously, Trump's founder tokens were subject to indefinite lock-up with no clear sellable timeline.

Notably, the new version of the CLARITY Act recently added stricter crypto asset ethics provisions that would require senior government officials holding significant crypto assets to divest their interests or place them in a qualified blind trust. However, the aforementioned WLFI entered the vesting contract as early as May of this year, and there is currently no evidence that this arrangement is related to the new bill.

Eight U.S. Bank Trade Associations: CLARITY Act Circuit Breaker Is Not a Safeguard

According to crypto reporter Eleanor Terrett, 8 banking trade groups stated that the deposit outflow "circuit breaker" added to the new version of the CLARITY Act is not an effective safeguard, because the mechanism would only activate after large-scale deposit outflows have already occurred.

In a letter to Senate leaders, these groups called for further tightening of stablecoin rewards provisions to close loopholes that could allow stablecoin balances to earn interest-like payments.

Project News

31% of PONS Total Supply Has Been Burned

Pons officially posted that 31% of the PONS total supply has been burned, with 1% burned within one week.

Grayscale Launches 4 Crypto ETP Model Portfolios for Financial Advisors

Digital asset management firm Grayscale has launched 4 model portfolios based on crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) for financial advisors to allocate digital asset exposure in client accounts. Each model provides suggested allocations and does not constitute directly managed accounts.

All 4 strategies are market-cap weighted and rebalanced quarterly, with a single-asset weight cap of 40%. The products include Digital Assets Core Plus, Digital Assets Leaders, Digital Assets Next Gen, and Digital Assets Infrastructure.

Funding & Investment

AI Startup Temporal Completes $550 Million Funding at $12.55 Billion Valuation

AI startup Temporal announced the completion of a $550 million late-stage funding round, with its valuation more than doubling to $12.55 billion within seven months. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with Wellington Management, Goldman Sachs Alternatives' Growth Equity, and Tiger Global as co-leads, and participation from SV Angel and T. Rowe Price Associates advisory accounts, while Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Sequoia Capital, and GIC continued as existing investors. The funds will be used to expand global operations and deepen platform R&D.

tZERO Completes New Funding Round Led by Marc Cohodes and Max Cohodes

tZERO stated that this funding round is part of its long-term capital plan and will be used to support business operations, next-stage growth, and the development of its Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) business. Marc Cohodes and Max Cohodes led the round, with existing investors Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Bill Fleckenstein, and partner Dinari participating, and Neighborhood Intelligence committing to participate. The platform is building infrastructure covering tokenization, trading, custody, and asset servicing around tokenized securities and other assets, helping financial institutions issue and trade assets through regulated blockchain infrastructure.

Tina Completes $3 Million Funding Round with Thinkware Among Participants

Tina announced the completion of a $3 million funding round, with participation from Thinkware, Gemhead Capital, Archer Capital, and Mayer Venture. Tina is a geospatial DePIN network built on Solana that transforms community-contributed geospatial data into real-world datasets through a mobile ecosystem. Users can collect and verify location data such as points of interest, roads, and traffic during their daily drives and earn token rewards.

AI Company Nuance Completes $50 Million Series A Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners

Seattle-based AI company Nuance announced the completion of a $50 million Series A funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Accel, Nvidia's NVentures, South Park Commons, and Define Ventures.

Nuance was founded last year by three former Apple researchers to develop multimodal AI models with stronger emotional understanding capabilities. The company completed a $10 million seed round led by Accel in July of last year.

Crypto Data Provider Kaiko Completes $110 Million Funding Led by S&P Global

Crypto market data provider Kaiko received a new round of investment led by S&P Global, bringing the latest funding round total to $110 million, with participation from DRW Holdings, Susquehanna, Royal Bank of Canada, Nasdaq, BNP Paribas, Bpifrance, Broadridge, Canton Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, and Stellar. Previously, Kaiko completed a $53 million Series B funding round in June 2022 led by Eight Roads (a venture capital firm backed by Fidelity), with participation from French VC firm Revaia and existing investors Alven, Point Nine, Anthemis, and Underscore.

Regulatory Developments

Crypto Tax Bill Under House Review Does Not Clarify Mining and Staking Reward Tax Rules

The 114-page crypto tax bill reviewed by the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday does not include tax provisions for mining and staking rewards.

Senate Democrats to Propose Counter-Proposal on CLARITY Act

Senate Democrats involved in CLARITY Act negotiations are preparing a counter-proposal to the Republicans' latest revised text. Republicans previously called the version released on Sunday their "last, best, and final offer" to Democrats.

Some Democrats remain dissatisfied with the crypto asset ethics provisions in the latest text. Senator Mark Warner stated that Democrats who have been involved in the negotiations are putting forward a counter-proposal. The proposal will be presented before a key procedural vote on Tuesday that will determine whether the CLARITY Act can advance to full Senate consideration.

Voices

SEC Chair Atkins: Crypto Regulation Will Continue Regardless of CLARITY Act Outcome

SEC Chair Paul Atkins stated at a Solana Policy Institute event that Congress should vote to advance the CLARITY Act and send it to the President for signature as soon as possible, but regardless of whether the bill ultimately passes, the SEC will continue to advance its crypto regulatory agenda.

Atkins said the SEC will focus on three key initiatives under the "Project Crypto" framework, including Regulation Crypto Assets (Reg CA), reforming transfer agent rules to incorporate blockchain into the digital ownership registration system, and establishing crypto asset custody rules for investment advisors and regulated funds. He called these three initiatives the "three pillars" for building the U.S. regulatory framework for digital asset issuance, transfer, and custody.

Tom Lee: Core PCE Could Fall 100 Basis Points Without Rate Hikes

Tom Lee posted that he agrees with Mark Zandi's view that the Federal Reserve does not need to choose immediately between two options and can wait. Goldman Sachs estimates that the supply shock driving core PCE higher is currently 1.75 percentage points and will diminish by 100 basis points to 0.75 percentage points by early 2027; without rate hikes, core PCE will fall by 100 basis points. He noted that when the market prepares for bad news, the market may rally after the event occurs.