INTEL: SENATE CLARITY ACT WOULD BAN PRESIDENTS AND OTHER FEDERAL OFFICIALS FROM ISSUING OR SPONSORING CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND OTHER DIGITAL ASSETS

SENATE REPUBLICANS UPDATED THE CLARITY ACT ON WEDNESDAY TO INCLUDE THE FIRST LIMITS ON HOW U.S. PRESIDENTS MAY PROFIT FROM CRYPTO


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INTEL: IRAN’S GHALIBAF SAYS IN REGION WHERE WE DO NOT SELL OIL, NO ONE WILL SELL OIL

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INTEL: BitMEX will permanently shut down on Sept. 23, with new registrations halted and users urged to close positions and withdraw funds before trading restrictions begin Aug. 26


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INTEL: Nasdaq 100 falls more than 2.5% as the Iran war escalates and tech earnings disappoint while the S&P500 has erased close to $1T in market cap today

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INTEL: TRUMP SAID ON THURSDAY THAT HE IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING RESTARTING MAJOR COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAN | PER RTRS

$WTI $OIL

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INTEL: The CEO of Robinhood X account Vladtenev appears to be hacked

Confirmed: https://x.com/robinhoodcomms/status/2080353603160584640?s=46

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INTEL: The US Fraternal Order of Police endorses the CLARITY Act after revisions addressing crypto fraud and preserving law enforcement powers

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INTEL: Iran’s New Supreme Leader Is More Open to Pursue a Nuclear Weapon | Per NYT

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INTEL: Robinhood Chain’s stablecoin supply has topped $400M, a 340% jump since early July.

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INTEL: Bahrain and Kuwait secretly sent fighter jets to strike inside Iran, their first direct retaliation against Tehran, with the UAE providing intelligence and air cover | per WSJ

The strikes hit drone and missile storage depots earlier this month, per people familiar. Both states have small air forces flying US and European aircraft, but weren’t willing to keep absorbing Iranian attacks without responding, Tehran has concentrated its retaliation on both for weeks, hitting Kuwait’s airport fuel tanks and a Bahraini desalination plant. Saudi Arabia joined UAE strikes earlier in the war and is now reassessing. Oman and Qatar are still holding their balanced line. Neither government commented.

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INTEL: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards says Britain would become a “definite and legitimate target” if it supports the US in the war | per state TV

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INTEL: Michael Saylor is hinting at buying more $BTC


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INTEL: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says the war will only end when Iran's regime collapses or abandons its nuclear program

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INTEL: Iran’s foreign minister warns Zelensky that Ukraine’s attack on an Iranian vessel “will not go unanswered”

Araghchi’s warning follows Tehran summoning Ukraine’s chargé d’affaires yesterday over the alleged strike on an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea. Kyiv has not confirmed involvement. It opens a second front in Iran’s confrontation, until now its retaliation has been aimed at US bases in the Gulf

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INTEL: Insurers have stopped covering ships with any Saudi connection in the Red Sea as the Houthi blockade bites | per FT

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