Attorney Bill Morgan says SEC Regulation Crypto’s $75 million yearly cap does not fit Ripple’s $300 million monthly XRP escrow. The useful clause is the safe harbor if essential managerial efforts have ceased.
White House due to sit Atkins, CFTC chair Selig, Coinbase, Polymarket, Ripple, Gemini, Nasdaq, NYSE, CME and DTCC on 19 Aug. No official readout. CLARITY stuck. SEC Reg Crypto is the paper.
Reuters citing Kpler: 6 commodity ships through Hormuz on Tuesday 18 Aug, down from 9 Monday, vs a 10-day average of 11. Iran says closed. Trump says open, no talks. Oil stamps disagree; they are not averaged.
Fed releases July FOMC minutes at 23:30 IST. July 28-29 hold at 3.50-3.75%, 9-3. Hammack, Kashkari, Logan wanted +25bp. CME FedWatch as of 19 Aug: 65.4% September hold.
Maya Protocol founder AaluxxMyth said the protocol was exploited for about 20 BTC and $300,000 in other assets. Global halt. About 48.87 million CACAO drained from Asgard.
Binance Pay integrated with DK Bank’s Bhutan QR network on Monday. More than 3,700 merchants. Scan existing codes, enter BTN, settle in USDT. Promo through 31 December 2026.
CoinDesk reported Tuesday that Visa is looking for a new stablecoin settlement partner after Mastercard completed its BVNK purchase on 3 August. Price was up to $1.8 billion in March, including $300 million contingent.
A Blockworks-labeled series put July onchain tokenized-equity volume at $9.0 billion. CoinDesk Data had $11.3 billion, with Binance QQQB at $9.27 billion.
Arthur Hayes said Tuesday he is coming out of retirement to lead Flop Labs. FLOP: no presale, no VCs, fair launch. Airdrop Q4 2026. Genesis Q1 2027.
US July housing starts 1.239 million vs 1.34 million expected, −12.4% on the month. Permits rose. 30-year yield had printed 5.33%.
Trump paused 50% Canada tariffs for three days, subject to documents. About $20bn of goods. USD/CAD post-pause level is not cleanly sourced.
UK claimant −11k vs +11.2k expected. Unemployment stayed 4.9%. GBP/USD faded from 1.3570 toward 1.3530 into Wednesday CPI.