The US Senate has delayed the vote on the CLARITY Act until September, as confirmed by Senate Majority Leader John Thune. Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger pushed back against The Wall Street Journal's criticism, arguing the bill sets clear compliance standards for intermediaries and rejects monopoly protections for traditional banks. Bernstein indicated the odds of the CLARITY Act passing in 2026 are declining, but projected regulators will continue to support RWA tokenization, perpetual futures, and prediction markets. Strategy's board authorized the sale of up to approximately USD 5 billion worth of Bitcoin. Between July 27 and August 2, Strategy sold 1,638 BTC at an average price of USD 63,957, realizing roughly USD 104.7 million in proceeds. About half went toward preferred-stock dividend payments, with the remainder for STRC repurchases. The company raised USD 290.6 million via MSTR share offerings, repurchased USD 81.2 million worth of STRC, and increased dollar reserves to USD 4 billion. A wallet transferred out another 1,030 BTC valued at around USD 66.14 million. Strategy holds 842,138 BTC valued at approximately USD 52.65 billion. Citigroup's Form 13F showed it held 961,554 shares of Bitcoin-treasury f.