Bitcoin Falls Below $80K as Inflation Surges — Crypto News Today, CLARITY Act, Metaplanet & Trump China Visit

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Bitcoin has slipped back below $80,000 after producer price inflation surged to 6%, putting pressure back on rate-cut hopes and shaking the wider crypto market.In today’s Crypto News Today roundup, we break down why Bitcoin lost momentum, what the latest CLARITY Act amendments could mean for U.S. crypto regulation, why Metaplanet has delayed its preferred share listing in Japan, and why the U.K. Parliament is now probing Nigel Farage’s reported $6.8 million crypto-billionaire donation.We also look at Donald Trump’s arrival in Beijing, how traders are reacting, and why prediction markets like Polymarket are becoming a live signal for global political risk.Today’s key stories include Bitcoin price action, inflation data, crypto regulation, the CLARITY Act, Metaplanet’s Bitcoin treasury strategy, political donations in crypto, Trump in China, Polymarket odds, and what all of this means for the next move in the crypto market.This is not financial advice. Crypto trading involves risk of loss.