🗞️ Need to catch up on the news? Here's our top 10 from today: 🔸 President Trump has been calling Fed Chair Kevin Warsh repeatedly for counsel on issues like the Iran war and AI's economic impact, WSJ reports. 🔹 Hackers used social-engineering phone calls to target major Wall Street firms including Point72, Two Sigma, and Citadel in recent days, per Reuters. 🔸 Mysten Labs CTO Sam Blackshear is leaving to join Anthropic to work on defensive security research, with Evan stepping in to set Mysten's technical vision. 🔹 President Trump says oil prices are going down but “we may have to send it up again.” 🔸 Russia's President Putin has signed Russia's first comprehensive law regulating crypt

🗞️ Need to catch up on the news? Here's our top 10 from today:

🔸 President Trump has been calling Fed Chair Kevin Warsh repeatedly for counsel on issues like the Iran war and AI's economic impact, WSJ reports.

🔹 Hackers used social-engineering phone calls to target major Wall Street firms including Point72, Two Sigma, and Citadel in recent days, per Reuters.

🔸 Mysten Labs CTO Sam Blackshear is leaving to join Anthropic to work on defensive security research, with Evan stepping in to set Mysten's technical vision.

🔹 President Trump says oil prices are going down but “we may have to send it up again.”

🔸 Russia's President Putin has signed Russia's first comprehensive law regulating crypto exchanges, digital depositories, and digital asset custody, per TASS.

🔹 Sen. Tillis says the White House is now engaging on the bipartisan ethics text he and Sen. Gallego sent last week, per Punchbowl's Brendan Pedersen.

🔸 X Head of Product Nikita Bier is stepping down from the role and will remain with the company as an advisor.

🔹 Western Union has launched a Visa-backed stablecoin wallet and card across 37 markets, allowing users to hold, send and spend USDPT on the Solana blockchain.

🔸 Senate Majority Leader John Thune filed cloture on the motion to proceed to the college sports bill, signaling there is still no bipartisan agreement on the CLARITY Act.

🔹 LUMMIS: "I believe we will get a vote on the CLARITY Act before August recess."

— @Cointelegraph Aug 6, 2026