Sep 11 — Liquid hack, Clarity Act risk, and Nasdaq-Kraken

• Bitcoin's Liquid sidechain resumed block production after a $320M exploit — a major breach that shakes confidence in federated Bitcoin scaling • Senate Republicans released a revised crypto bill ahead of next week's Clarity Act vote, but Sen. Rounds' public skepticism raises real passage risk • Nasdaq committed $100M to Kraken's parent Payward at a $21B valuation — traditional finance doubling down on tokenized equities and on-chain markets