India, Oct. 30 -- AB Digital Media

New Delhi [India], October 30: The US Senate just blocked the CLARITY Act, Ethereum has slipped past its inauguration-day level and India's own crypto rulebook is still going nowhere in committee.

Ethereum has backtracked since Donald Trump made his way back to the White House. That's despite two years of upbeat talk on crypto and a major stablecoin law coming through. On October 8, 2026, it was trading around $2,422.08, according to live data from Binance, the world's leading blockchain ecosystem, far from when Trump stepped into office.

For Indian readers, the Ethereum to INR rate is the number that's easy to focus on. As of October 8, 2026, one ETH was worth Rs.234,486.76, down 4.83% from a day ear...