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[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says "clarity is coming to crypto regardless."

"We can't wait on Congress anymore."

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[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇬🇧 UK to formally order Bank of England to advance stablecoin and digital money innovation.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇯🇵 Japan to launch blockchain-based system for instant settlement of stocks and government bonds.

[Brad Garlinghouse @bgarlinghouse]

No August doldrums in DC this week! It was great to join the inaugural @CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee (a group I've called "the Olympic roster of crypto.") But for a “crypto” gathering, there were a LOT of TradFi players in the room like @NASDAQ, @CMEGroup, @CBOE, @OptionsClearing, @NYSE, @The_DTCC (alphabet soup!)

Everyone was in agreement. Rules written for a different era aren’t good enough. Not for consumers. Not for business. Not for innovation.

I made this case in an open letter to Congress back in 2019. Seven years later, we STILL need clear rules…. Thanks to the Trump administration, appointees like @ChairmanSelig, and a myriad of bold leaders in Congress, we’ve never been closer.

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[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: Scammers are sending fake IRS letters with QR codes designed to steal crypto wallet credentials and exchange logins.

[John E Deaton @JohnEDeaton1]

I will hold a spaces to update folks on the LINQTO Bankruptcy on Thursday August 20 at 9PM EST. https://t.co/WY2FX9aU0B

[Brad Garlinghouse @bgarlinghouse]

Great to be back at the White House today alongside @realDonaldTrump, @SECPaulSAtkins, @ChairmanSelig and leaders across the crypto industry.

The big picture has never been clearer: 67 million Americans hold crypto today (that’s nearly 1 in 4!). Crypto isn't a fringe industry. And Washington DC knows the crypto voter is alive and well.

This President's incredible commitment to innovation and leadership around digital assets in the US has been profound. The future is bright.

[Crypto Rover @cryptorover]

🚨 TWO MEETINGS THIS WEEK COULD DECIDE THE FUTURE OF CRYPTO IN AMERICA.

The White House sits down with crypto leaders on Wednesday. The CFTC meets on crypto rules on Thursday.

Congress already failed.

The CLARITY Act missed its August window and gets no Senate vote until September at the earliest.

The week:

Monday: US stocks open after Iran says the Strait will not reopen, Japan Q2 GDP

Tuesday: US housing market data

Wednesday: White House meeting with crypto leaders, FOMC minutes

Thursday: CFTC meeting on crypto regulation

Friday: Japan inflation data, S&P Global manufacturing PMI

CFTC Chair Mike Selig has already said the agency will write the rules itself if Congress does not.

This week shows whether that is still the plan.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Number of US homebuyers falls to lowest level ever recorded.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 CFTC says it is prepared to advance crypto regulations even if Congress fails to pass the crypto Clarity Act.

[Digital Perspectives @DigPerspectives]

74% of US voters support the Clarity Act. Sounds like we have enough voters to replace any politician who doesn't vote for it. ✅️

[𝓐𝓶𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓮 @_Crypto_Barbie]

🇯🇵 NEW FORBES ARTICLE: „JAPAN‘S WOBBLING YEN COULD TRIGGER A GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS!“ 🌊

IS IT COINCIDENCE THAT JAPAN IS ALL-IN ripple:native ? 🤔

PLANS WITHIN PLANS… 🐻

[Wilberforce Theophilus @Eze_Wilberforce]

🚨 HUGE NEWS: 🇺🇸 President Trump has now AGREED to the new ethics provision sent to the White House.

No more roadblocks for the CLARITY Act.

Pass the bill NOW.

[Coin Bureau @coinbureau]

ALERT: 🇺🇸🇯🇵The US and Japan may be preparing a MAJOR shock for global markets.

A "joint operation" to strengthen the yen expected to be announced tomorrow.

If the US sells dollars to buy yen, the dollar weakens and USD/JPY falls. Normally, this supports Bitcoin, gold and tech stocks.

But there is a major catch:

A rapid yen rally could unwind one of the world’s largest carry trades.

Investors who borrowed cheap yen to buy stocks, crypto and other higher-yielding assets may be forced to sell.

At the same time, a stronger yen pressures Japanese exporters by reducing the value of overseas earnings.

A gradual yen recovery is bullish for risk assets.

A disorderly surge could trigger a global selloff.

The speed of this move is everything.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

UPDATE: A new CLARITY Act draft has been released, merging the Senate Banking and Agriculture Committee versions and adding an ethics provision for the first time.

A motion to proceed is expected Monday or Tuesday, with a possible floor vote the week of August 3.

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[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🇺🇸 JUST IN: Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon says it’s time to advance the CLARITY Act.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US Senate Republicans release new crypto Clarity Act draft bill.

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