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Congress is moving on crypto taxes, and the details matter. The House Ways and Means Committee has published a bill that would finally address de minimis transactions and staking income — two areas where the industry has been operating without clear guidance for years. How it lands could reshape everyday crypto use.
Meanwhile, Bitcoin pulled back to seventy-seven thousand eight hundred dollars as the Senate prepares to vote on the Clarity Act. The timing is notable — oil prices climbing at the same moment adds broader economic pressure to a market already watching Washington closely. Regulatory clarity is coming, one way or another.
On the gaming side, Crystal Dynamics has confirmed that Tomb Raider Legacy of Atlantis was built entirely from scratch on Unreal Engine five, with no legacy code surviving from the original nineteen ninety-six title. That clean break is rare in game development, and it gave the studio room to build custom technology rather than work around decades-old constraints.
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