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The clearest legislative window in crypto's history opens this morning as the Senate Banking Committee convenes to mark up the CLARITY Act, the bill that would finally draw jurisdictional lines between the SEC and CFTC for digital assets. CME Group moves in parallel, filing to launch the first regulated multi-coin index futures contract just as Bullish delivers a mixed earnings report and Strive pioneers daily dividends on a bitcoin-backed preferred. Stay up on the crypto news that matters with "Crypto Currents," daily from The Fly. Join us at 2 PM ET for your essential briefing on the fast-moving world of cryptocurrency on FlyCast radio.REGULATION AT THE THRESHOLD:The Senate Banking Committee is marking up the CLARITY Act in whatcalls a milestone for digital assets, convening a session that will determine whether the most consequential crypto market-structure legislation to date can advance out of committee. The bill needs at least 60 Senate floor votes to overcome a filibuster, requiring at least seven Democrats, and Coinbasehas been its most visible corporate advocate, with CEO Brian Armstrong appearing on Capitol Hill the prior day and VP Kara Calvert leading the company's public push for the markup.A successful committee vote would be the clearest signal yet that Congress is ready to define the jurisdictional split between the SEC and CFTC for digital assets. For equity holders, the stakes are highest at Coinbase, which has lobbied heavily for the regulatory framework, but passage also materially benefits CME Group, crypto custodians, and bank broker-dealers that have held back institutional product launches pending legal clarity.CME LAUNCHES MULTI-COIN INDEX FUTURES:CME Groupto launch its first market-cap weighted crypto index futures contract on June 8, pending CFTC review, covering bitcoin, ether, solana, XRP, cardano, chainlink, and lumens. The product will be co-branded with the Nasdaq index and is being launched with CME Group's crypto average daily volume already up 43% year-to-date.A single regulated futures contract spanning seven tokens gives institutional desks a capital-efficient vehicle to express broad digital asset views without managing seven separate positions. It also creates a natural benchmark for crypto-linked equity products and structured notes that bank issuers have been reluctant to manufacture without a standardized underlying index.BULLISH EARNINGS MISS:Bullish, the institutional crypto exchange and CoinDesk parent, reported Q1 adjusted revenue of $92.8M and adjusted EBITDA of $35.1M, both below Wall Street's expectations, with shares falling roughly 8% in premarket trading, per. Revenue grew 49% vs. last year, but the miss overshadowed those gains in initial trading. The companyfull-year guidance and noted continued progress on its previously announced $4.2B acquisition of Equiniti, which management has described as the foundation for the first blockchain-enabled transfer agent platform.STRIVE TREASURY AND PREFERRED DIVIDENDS:Strive, Inc.posted a Q1 GAAP net loss of $265.9M, driven by a $295.8M unrealized fair-value loss on its bitcoin holdings, with revenue of $2.8M. Against that backdrop, the companyit will begin paying daily cash dividends on its SATA preferred shares at a 13% annual rate starting June 16, with a bitcoin treasury of 15,009 bitcoin and total assets of $1.1B.Daily dividend accrual on a bitcoin-backed preferred is a structural novelty, designed to attract yield-seeking capital that cannot directly hold crypto but wants indirect exposure to bitcoin treasury appreciation. The SATA instrument will trade with the credit risk of the underlying bitcoin position, making the dividend rate and payout consistency closely watched by income-oriented equity holders.HYPERION DEFI TURNS PROFITABLE:Hyperion DeFi, which the company describes as the first U.S. publicly listed company building on Hyperliquid,record Q1 net income of $8.8M and adjusted EBITDA of $19.5M, reversing a prior-period loss, while raising its FY26 adjusted gross profit guidance to $5M–$7M, approximately 5x 2025 levels. The company's treasury holds more than 2M HYPE tokens.PRICE ACTION:As of time of writing, bitcoin was trading at $81,063.35, while ether was trading at $2,288.32,.

Hyperion DeFi announced that it intends to offer and sell, subject to market and other conditions, shares of its common stock or, in lieu of common stock to certain investors that so choose, pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of its common stock, in a proposed underwritten public offering. All of the shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants to be sold in the proposed offering are being offered by Hyperion DeFi. Hyperion DeFi intends to use the net proceeds from the proposed offering, together with its existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, to fund its HYPE treasury strategy, including the acquisition of additional HYPE tokens, and for working capital and other general corporate purposes. Chardan is acting as sole underwriter for the proposed offering.

The close of the first quarter brought a wave of institutional expansion and corporate rebranding, as major infrastructure operators and global brokers moved to solidify their presence in the digital asset market. Stay up on the crypto news that matters with "Crypto Currents," daily from The Fly. Join us at 2 PM ET for your essential briefing on the fast-moving world of cryptocurrency on FlyCast radio.BITFARMS ACHIEVES RECORD SEVENTY TWO PERCENT REVENUE GROWTH AHEAD OF REBRAND:Digital asset infrastructure operators are reporting strong fiscal performance as they transition to new corporate identities. Bitfarms. The company is currently advancing its strategic plan to rebrand the entire organization as Keel Infrastructure, with the change effective April 1. This maturation of the infrastructure sector is being reflected in broader regulatory filings, with firms likeandalso finalizing their annual reports to close the quarter.AMERICAN BITCOIN CROSSES SEVEN THOUSAND COIN MILESTONE AS CORPORATE TREASURIES EXPAND:Corporate balance sheets continue to aggressively accumulate digital commodities despite broader market volatility. American Bitcoin, announcing it has surpassed the 7,000 bitcoinmilestone, nearly tripling its reserves since its Nasdaq debut. Other firms are also disclosing significant holdings; Ton Strategyit now holds 219.7M toncoinwith a fair value of $356.8M,out of Hyperscale Datamaintains a treasury of 633.86 coins that, combined with its cash position, significantly exceeds its current market cap.INTERACTIVE BROKERS AND GALAXY DIGITAL EXPAND GLOBAL ACCESS AS BLACKROCK SHIFTS HOLDINGS:Service providers are aggressively broadening their reach to meet global demand for digital assets. Interactive Brokers, offering access to 11 tokens including solana, XRP, dogecoin, and cardano. Domestically, Galaxy Digital, offering estimated rewards of 6.50%. This expansion occurs as institutional giants rebalance their underlying holdings; Lookonchain detected that BlackRockinto Coinbase Primefor custody rebalancing.PRICE ACTION:As of time of writing, bitcoin was trading at $67,130.17, while ether was trading at $2,071.93,.