OpenAI Rules Out 2026 IPO as Grayscale Says U.S. Crypto Rules Can Advance Without CLARITY Act
The past 24 hours brought a dense mix of regulatory, market and infrastructure developments across crypto and adjacent tech sectors. Grayscale’s head of research, Zach Pandl, said U.S. crypto regulation can keep moving even if Congress fails to pass the CLARITY Act this year, pointing to progress already underway in stablecoins, token issuance, tokenized securities and perpetual futures. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, meanwhile, said the company will not go public this year and that an IPO could slip to 2027, citing safety concerns and the company’s ongoing work on alignment and government cooperation. Elsewhere, Strategy published a fresh Bitcoin investor guide framing BTC as the foundation of an emerging digital capital market, while CoinShares argued hotter U.S. CPI data may cap near-term upside for Bitcoin even as failed Treasury buybacks could create a medium-term tailwind. South Korea’s digital asset basic law may be delayed into the first half of next year, Brazil’s new capital rules could force hundreds of exchanges to exit, and Chainflip disclosed a Tron USDT exploit that led to unauthorized payouts. Ripple, TRM Labs, Tom Lee, Jiang Zhuoer and others also added new data points on stablecoins, market structure, AI-linked macro risk and positioning.



