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The Hyperliquid Policy Center urged the SEC and CFTC to adopt harmonized rules for perpetual contracts. The group said classification should depend on economic structure rather than the referenced asset. The center said Hyperliquid's HIP-3 markets generated more than $480 billion in trading volume and held about $4 billion in open interest.

Riot Platforms secured a 20-year data-center lease estimated to generate about $9.1 billion. Reports identified the customer as Anthropic, which Riot has not publicly named. Riot obtained access to up to $573 million in interim financing for the project. The facility matures on Dec. 31, 2026, before the first capacity is scheduled to come online.

Stand With Crypto said it is backing 32 House candidates it views as pro-crypto in the upcoming midterm elections. The group will announce its Senate candidates closer to Election Day. Stand With Crypto and the wider crypto industry spent millions of dollars through super PACs during the 2024 elections.

MPC wallets distribute signing authority across multiple key shares instead of relying on one private key. A common 2-of-3 design requires two authorized participants to approve a transaction. The article cites a Coldcard seed-generation weakness that caused losses of up to $130 million.

A Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland experiment found that showing participants Bitcoin's past performance made them 2.5 percentage points more likely to own crypto later. Participants who saw Bitcoin's exact 12-month return raised their expected one-year crypto return by 3.2 percentage points. The working paper found the strongest response among people with limited crypto knowledge.

Przemysław Kral reportedly faces an alleged fraud charge as Zondacrypto customer losses reach at least $650 million. Kral is cooperating with Polish prosecutors and seeks a reduced sentence in exchange for testimony. The testimony could include details about Zondacrypto funding right-wing politicians.

BitMart is exploring a restructuring that could restart some services. Customers continue to report delayed or unresolved withdrawals. The proposal could include phased service resumption and creditor distributions, subject to legal, financial, operational and regulatory reviews. BitMart expects to provide another update by Sept. 9.

Kevin Warsh will give his first keynote as Federal Reserve chair at Jackson Hole on Friday. Bitcoin's median reaction to Fed chair keynote days since 2018 has been a 1% gain. Bitcoin fell 6% during Jerome Powell's 2022 speech and remained 9% below its pre-speech level two days later.