Pump(.)fun vendió hoy otros 84.789 $SOL por valor de 6,25 millones de dólares, elevando sus ventas totales a 4,82 millones de $SOL —valorados en 807 millones de dólares— a un precio promedio de 167,4 dólares.
Putin has signed Russia’s first comprehensive cryptocurrency law.
The Law on Digital Currencies and Digital Rights will enter into force on September 1, 2026.
What it does:
- Recognizes digital currency as property - Creates a licensed exchange market supervised by the Central Bank - Establishes digital deposits to record who owns what - Regulates mining, custody, and digital financial assets.
Retail investors must pass a knowledge exam and are limited to 300,000 units (about $3,800) per platform per year. Qualified investors have no limit.
Only the largest and most liquid coins will be allowed to operate.
The Central Bank has said that Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT currently meet that standard.
Cryptocurrencies still cannot be used to pay for goods inside Russia. Banks can block suspicious transactions, and a 48-hour “cooling-off” period applies to wallet transfers.
Meanwhile, the CLARITY Act is not on the Senate’s agenda, and the chamber is set to go into recess in just 2 days.
Según el *Financial Times*, el Banco Central Europeo desconocía la venta de euros por parte de Estados Unidos para respaldar el yen japonés hasta que la intervención ya se había llevado a cabo.
La primera intervención conjunta de Estados Unidos y Japón en el mercado del yen en casi 30 años tomó por sorpresa a los funcionarios del BCE; algunos la consideraron una ruptura sin precedentes respecto a décadas de coordinación entre las autoridades monetarias occidentales, lo que suscitó inquietud sobre la futura cooperación entre los bancos centrales.
The CFTC chair, Mike Selig, says the agency will move forward with regulating cryptocurrencies even if the CLARITY Act does not pass.
Back in July, he warned that regulators would end up "writing all the rules" for the crypto sector if Congress did not approve the CLARITY Act.
Now he says the CFTC will proceed anyway.
Cryptocurrencies will be regulated in any case, but the two possible paths are very different.
If Congress passes the law:
Oversight is divided by law between the CFTC and the SEC. Only Congress can change it. The rules remain in effect regardless of who wins the next elections.
If Congress does not pass it:
The CFTC writes the rules on its own.
Selig and the SEC president, Atkins, have already drafted most of the regulatory framework, including a joint memorandum and a taxonomy of tokens that classifies 16 assets as commodities.
However, these documents were drafted by the agency heads and were not approved by Congress. The next CFTC or SEC chair could reverse everything above without a single vote.
Selig can act quickly right now because he is the only sitting member of the five-member CFTC commission; he can make decisions on his own.
The Senate has one day left before the recess, and the bill still has not been included on the agenda.
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🔸 President Trump has repeatedly been calling Kevin Warsh, former Federal Reserve chair, to ask for advice on issues such as the war with Iran and the economic impact of AI, the WSJ reports.
🔹 In recent days, hackers used social-engineering calls to attack major Wall Street firms, including Point72, Two Sigma, and Citadel, Reuters reports.
🔸 Sam Blackshear, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Mysten Labs, is stepping down to join Anthropic and work on defensive security research; Evan will take responsibility for defining Mysten’s technical vision.
🔹 President Trump says oil prices are falling, but that “maybe we’ll have to raise them again.”
🔹 Russian President Vladimir Putin has enacted Russia’s first comprehensive law regulating cryptocurrency exchange platforms, digital deposits, and custody of digital assets, according to TASS.
🔹 Senator Tillis says the White House is already reviewing the bipartisan ethics proposal he and Senator Gallego sent last week, according to Brendan Pedersen of Punchbowl.
🔹 Nikita Bier, Head of Product at X, is stepping down from her current role but will remain at the company as an advisor.
🔹 Western Union has launched a wallet and a card for *stablecoins* (stable currencies) backed by Visa in 37 markets, enabling users to hold, send, and spend USDPT on the Solana blockchain.
🔹 Senate Majority Leader John Thune filed a motion to end debate and move to a vote on the college sports bill, indicating that no bipartisan agreement on the CLARITY Act yet exists.
🔹 LUMMIS: “I think we will manage to vote on the CLARITY Act before the August recess.”
Arthur Hayes bought another 10.9 million $ENA for a value of $985,000, bringing the total of his purchases to 22.64 million $ENA ($2 million) in the last five days.
President Trump has repeatedly been calling the Federal Reserve President, Kevin Warsh, to ask for advice on issues such as the war with Iran and the economic impact of artificial intelligence, according to the WSJ.
Ukrainian astronomers claim to have detected more than 20 giant UFOs near the Moon—some allegedly as large as Manhattan—suggesting that the Moon could serve as a «UFO base».
Russia has just taken an important step toward the adoption of cryptocurrencies.
Starting September 1, the regulated trading of cryptocurrencies will be legal through authorized platforms, following the signing of the new law by President Putin.
While others are developing regulatory frameworks, the United States risks losing its leadership if progress stalls.
The global race for leadership in the field of cryptocurrencies is accelerating.