Clarity survives (barely), Strategy sells and the untold story of Mastercard's $1.8 billion deal: Crypto's week in 5 stories
Coindesk · Published Aug 15, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT

Article Summary
Washington kept crypto's biggest legislative hope alive, Wall Street pushed deeper into digital assets, and a security scare sent billions of dollars of bitcoin moving between wallets.
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Washington kept crypto's biggest legislative hope alive, Wall Street pushed deeper into digital assets, and a security scare sent billions of dollars of bitcoin moving between wallets.
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Market Context
Published by Coindesk. Category: Bitcoin. Published Aug 15, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT.
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