Aave TVL still down 43% since KelpDAO hack One of DeFi’s largest lending platforms, Aave, lost its top TVL spot after the KelpDAO $290M cross-chain bridge hack.
Diesel Margins Top $100 a Barrel to Reach Record High as Supply Crunch Grows Diesel Margins Top $100 a Barrel to Reach Record High as Supply Crunch Grows Bloomberg.com.
OpenAI institutes new safeguards after Hugging Face breach The new safeguards include more detailed monitoring of models during the development process, as well as greater emphasis on alignment and security during the post-training process.
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🔥 THE CENTERPIECE Hyperliquid Policy Center and trade[XYZ] Propose Introducing Pre-IPO Perpetual Contracts to the SEC PANews reported on August 18 that Hyperliquid Policy Center and trade[XYZ] jointly recommended that the SEC study Pre-IPO perpetual contracts (IPOP) under the IPO modernization framework. 🍽 Read at PANews · echoed by 1 more outlet
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🟠 Aerodrome’s onchain dominance for BTC-ETH trading rises to 56% — Crypto Briefing 🟠 Senate to vote on CLARITY Act for digital assets on September 15 — Crypto Briefing 🟠 Circle still tells users to buy Noble USDC on Coinbase after cutoff date passes — CryptoSlate 🟠 Metaplanet expands Bitcoin treasury strategy to US with 2,100-BTC Nasdaq play — Cointelegraph
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🇰🇷 CFTC Chair: Anti-crypto forces stifling innovation, we'll pioneer finance — Bloomingbit 🇰🇷 30-year yields hit 5.30%, US long rates pressure Bitcoin — TokenPost 🇰🇷 20-year-old rules hobble token securities, blockchain group backs SEC reform — Blockmedia 🇰🇷 Coinbase ends Noble USDC support, Circle guidance shows purchase examples — TokenPost
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🌐 Oil Futures Rise as Trump Says No Iran Talks Scheduled — WSJ Markets🔒 +1 🌐 Tech Stocks Pull Nasdaq Composite Down — WSJ Markets🔒 +1 …
Investors bullish despite potential rate hikes, AI spending concerns: CNBC Investor optimism may drive market volatility if rate hikes occur, highlighting a potential disconnect between sentiment and monetary policy.
Laura Shin interviews North Korean crypto hacker Justin Lim undercover The exposure of North Korean crypto infiltration highlights the urgent need for rigorous identity verification in remote hiring to safeguard global security.
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🔥 THE CENTERPIECE HashKey taps Hong Kong's first regulated stablecoin to settle insurance and trade deals 🍽 Read at CoinDesk · echoed by 1 more outlet
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🟠 Citi plans to launch bitcoin custody for institutional clients later this year — CoinDesk +1 🟠 Toyota Finance opens tokenized bonds to retail investors via mobile payment app — Cointelegraph +1 🟠 Arthur Hayes comes out of retirement to lead Flop Labs and plans FLOP token for the agentic economy — Crypto Briefing 🟠 Cypherpunk Technologies launches largest Zcash mining operation with $33M Winklevoss backing — Crypto Briefing
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🇰🇷 Ethereum Foundation executes $5.5M Q2 grants — TokenPost 🇰🇷 Business development firm resumes bond issuance with mixed rates — TokenPost 🇰🇷 99 trillion won AI contract reshapes bitcoin miner valuations — TokenPost 🇰🇷 Stablecoin card spending surges 7x to $642M — TokenPost
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🌐 Klarna stock plunges 20% on trimmed guidance as German retail sales slow — Yahoo Finance +1 🌐 After a long job search, this 45-year-old is ditching corporate for nursing school—she wishes she'd done it earlier — CNBC 🌐 30-year Treasury yield tops 5.33%, new 19-year high on inflation, spending concerns — CNBC
‘Too many people go bankrupt’: Should Medicare provide catastrophic coverage? “Such a system would help ensure that no one is financially devastated by a serious illness or injury.”.