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JUST IN: @Coinbase, @BitGo and 30+ others sign letter urging AI labs to give security researchers early access to frontier models, arguing attackers already do.
NEW: The @SECGov's Division of Investment Management issues a no-action letter to @FTI_US, allowing its registered funds to use its on-chain money market fund $FOBXX to manage cash and collateral via blockchain rather than legacy custody rules.
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LATEST: @Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich clarifies that 5,014 Bitcoin flagged as a transfer was a routine custody operation, none were sold and holdings remain at 43,000 $BTC.
POLICY: The @CFTC is warning prediction markets that their trader-incentive programs could enable wash-trading and market manipulation.
Second advisory to the sector in as many months.
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INSIGHT: "Many people today in the world don't have access to credit and because the system will be open, it'll be able to connect you."
@Morpho's @PaulFrambot on why moving lending onchain isn't just about better rates. It's about access for people the traditional system has always ignored.
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BTC: Goldman Sachs is buying its way into the bitcoin income ETF race.
The bank is acquiring NEOS Investments for up to $2.25B, picking up the $1.1B BTCI fund and going head-to-head with BlackRock's BITA.
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DATA: Elon Musk's net worth increased by over $72B in the last 24 hours as per Forbes.
LATEST: The SEC is set to unveil an innovation exemption for tokenized stocks as soon as Friday, potentially paving the way for 24/7 on-chain equity trading, per Bloomberg.
NEW: Crypto market maker @wintermute_t plans to invest $1B in HFT and AI infrastructure over the next five years, per Bloomberg.
INSIGHT: An $ETH wallet dormant since 2015 moves 2,680 ETH worth ~$5M, originally acquired for just $830, a 6,000x return over 11 years.
JUST IN: The OCC says crypto companies should be able to apply for U.S. bank charters, opening a potential path for digital asset firms to access the national banking system.
LATEST: @Solana nearly halted today after a routing glitch knocked 29% of staked $SOL offline, coming within 20 million tokens of the one-third threshold that would have frozen the entire network, per @MarinadeFinance.
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MARKETS: U.S. CPI hits 3.4% in line with forecasts, Treasury yields fall, and bitcoin:native holds near $64K as rate-cut bets stay intact.
NEW: Standard Chartered, Animoca Brands and HKT launch Hong Kong's first regulated HKD stablecoin for institutional users, with retail access targeted for Q4 2026.
UPDATE: Russia's central bank confirms $BTC, $ETH and $USDT as the only assets retail investors can trade on regulated exchanges from September 1.
INSIGHT: President Trump considers a proposal to index capital gains to inflation, which would automatically reduce taxable crypto gains for long-term $BTC and $ETH holders since the IRS treats digital assets as property.
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JUST IN: The Bank of England moves its Digital Pound Lab to Phase 2, testing stablecoin and CBDC interoperability in trade finance with @Polygon providing settlement infrastructure.
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LATEST: @Fidelity files to add staking and quarterly cash distributions to its $898M Ethereum ETF, potentially staking up to 100% of $ETH holdings.
NEW: Michael @Saylor's @Strategy launches a public $BTC Credit model showing credit spreads, undercollateralization risks and $BTC floor prices across its $53.5B in reserves and $21.95B in debt and preferred stock.
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JUST IN: Harmony's harmony:native token drops ~40% after an apparent exploit mints ~4 billion new tokens, equal to 26% of existing supply, with the team pausing its bridge and asking exchanges to freeze four linked wallets.
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