🚨🚨🚨BREAKING🚨🚨🚨
Do you need to catch up on the news? Here’s our selection of today’s 10 most notable stories:
🔸 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.”
Do you need to catch up on the news? Here’s our selection of today’s 10 most notable stories:
🔸 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.”