Bitcoin Weekend Volatility Looms as Senate Queues CLARITY Act for September Vote

August 9th, 2026: Bitcoin trades at sixty-four thousand nine hundred twenty-two dollars facing a critical weekend as traders price competing forces-dovish jobs data versus escalating Strait of Hormuz oil tensions. Senate Majority Leader John Thune files cloture motion to force September 15th vote on the CLARITY Act despite unresolved ethics disputes over President Trump's crypto holdings. Meanwhile, a controversial Bitcoin fork attempt producing BIP-110 stalls after mining just two blocks in eight hours, hardware wallet sales in Russia more than double ahead of September 1st regulations, and spot Bitcoin ETFs attract eight hundred fifty-three million dollars in their strongest week since April with BlackRock capturing eighty percent of inflows.