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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed up +0.62% on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up +0.28%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up +1.19%.  September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) rose +0.55%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) rose +1.17%.Stock indices settled higher on Friday amid strength in corporate earnings results and reduced Fed rate hike fears.  Stock indices found support on Friday as bond yields fell after US July nonfarm payrolls unexpectedly declined and average hourly earnings rose less than expected, bolstering speculation that the Fed won’t be forced to raise interest rates any time soon.  The…

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Andrew Ferguson, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.Bloomberg Processing ContentKey insight: The Federal Trade Commission has dropped compliance obligations for three companies that entered into settlements with the FTC under the Biden administration. What’s at stake: The shift away from enforcing disparate-impact liability is part of the Trump administration’s broader agenda to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the federal government. Forward look: The FTC plans to continue prosecuting direct discrimination cases under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, but says that oversight of indirect discrimination exceeds its authority.The Federal Trade Commission has pulled the plug on enforcing “disparate-impact” claims, as…

Key TakeawaysLummis vows to keep pushing the CLARITY Act despite its stalled progress.The CLARITY Act would strengthen crypto safeguards and enforcement.The lawmaker warns further delays could push comprehensive rules to 2030. Lummis Renews CLARITY Act Push as Senate Action Slows U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) shared on X on Aug. 7 that she remains determined to advance the CLARITY Act while expressing frustration over its stalled progress. She indicated that lawmakers have invested too much work in a comprehensive U.S. crypto framework to stop now, pledging to work with Senate colleagues to advance it. Lummis stated: “You all know me…

In brief Trump Media has ended plans for a Crypto.com-backed CRO treasury company. The companies also scrapped a broader digital asset deal and scaled back prediction market plans. Existing Truth Social Funds ETFs will continue unchanged. President Donald Trump’s Trump Media & Technology Group has scrapped plans to launch a Crypto.com-backed CRO treasury company and abandoned a broader digital asset deal with the company.According to a report by Axios, Trump Media, Crypto.com, and special purpose acquisition company Yorkville Acquisition Corp. have mutually agreed to terminate the proposed Trump Media Group CRO Strategy, a previously announced services agreement, and related digital…

AI-assisted security campaign focused on the Bitcoin ecosystem, Bitcoin Red Team, said it generated 6,700 findings across 425 projects in its first 55 hours. The campaign labeled 1,029 of them high or critical.The Aug. 6 update measures how much material entered a security triage pipeline, and its effect on software security remains unreported.The retrieved thread omitted audit-ready definitions and denominators for the severity counts, as well as case-level outcomes, an aggregate false-positive rate, and a fix rate.Those missing fields prevent a calculation of how many alerts became confirmed vulnerabilities, how many maintainers rejected or downgraded, and how many led to…

Trump Media (DJT) is unwinding parts of its crypto push, including scrapping plans to establish a publicly traded CRO token accumulation company, which it unveiled near the height of last year’s digital asset treasury boom. Trump Media, Crypto.com and special purpose acquisition company Yorkville Acquisition mutually terminated plans for Trump Media Group CRO Strategy, the firms said Friday, citing “prevailing market conditions, and shifting business and stakeholder priorities.”The proposed venture would have created a publicly traded company focused on accumulating the native token of Cronos CRO$0.05162 and earning additional returns by staking those holdings. Trump Media itself bought $105 million…

Ted Hisokawa Aug 07, 2026 12:22 USDC and CCTP are now live on OKX’s X Layer, offering regulated stablecoin functionality and cross-chain interoperability for DeFi and payments. Circle has launched native support for USDC and its Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) on X Layer, OKX’s Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible Layer-2 blockchain. The move introduces regulated stablecoin infrastructure to X Layer, potentially boosting adoption for payments, DeFi protocols, and cross-chain transactions. USDC, Circle’s dollar-pegged stablecoin, now enables dollar-denominated payments, lending, and borrowing on X Layer. The integration also brings institutional-grade on/offramps via Circle Mint, deepening…

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