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01Rules2 storiesPolicy, regulation, courts and enforcement.
02Rails1 storyProtocols, products and infrastructure.
03Risk0 storiesSecurity, solvency and market integrity.

Lead story · Rules

SEC Charges Adit Ventures Management and CEO in Alleged Fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged investment adviser Adit Ventures Management LLC, its CEO Eric Munson, and three affiliated general partners in connection with alleged fraud.

  • The SEC charged investment adviser Adit Ventures Management LLC, CEO Eric Munson, and three general partners over alleged fraud.

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What happened

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged investment adviser Adit Ventures Management LLC, its CEO Eric Munson, and three affiliated general partners in connection with alleged fraud.

Why it matters

The SEC charged investment adviser Adit Ventures Management LLC, CEO Eric Munson, and three general partners over alleged fraud.

What to watch

24h breadthMixed · 45/100
Latest available market pulse.A compact snapshot of whether BTC, ETH, SOL moved higher or lower over the prior 24 hours.
Lower50 = flatHigher

Tracked assets were close to neutral overall.

Breadth starts at 50, adds three points for each 1% of average 24-hour movement across the tracked assets, and is capped between 0 and 100.
BTC$63,981.00−1.50%
BTC was 1.50% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:57 UTC.
ETH$1,874.71−2.20%
ETH was 2.20% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:57 UTC.
SOL$76.05−0.90%
SOL was 0.90% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:57 UTC.

CoinGecko snapshot at 04:57 UTC. Prices and 24-hour moves refresh automatically without rerunning the newsroom.

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3 distinct stories, grouped by subject and ranked by the Editor-in-Chief.

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Regulation & Policy

Legislation, courts, enforcement, elections and public policy.

Regulation & Policy · rules

CFTC Schedules Inaugural Innovation Advisory Committee Meeting

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that Chairman Selig will hold the inaugural CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee meeting on August 20 in Washington.

Source trail

Evidence reviewed for this edition: cftc. The publication record preserves 2 sources and the reviewed content hash.

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Markets & Macro

Flows, derivatives, market structure, institutions and macro drivers.

Story featured above.

The social evidence desk

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Source-preserved posts worth knowing today.

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@EleanorTerrettEleanor Terrett

🚨🗞️NEW: Clarity Gets a September Lifeline as SEC Tees Up Proposal for Crypto Offering Rules The Senate punted a procedural vote on the Clarity Act. How it happened and what comes next as regulators prepare to move ahead with crypto rules of their own. https://t.co/B9EKDgFUdE

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@laurashinLaura Shin

Austin on why the ethics standoff over the crypto bill looks unbridgeable "How far apart are we on the ethics language? Very, very far. The minimum acceptable bid for Democrats is that Trump has to have his family divest all of their crypto projects and not re-enter, and that there's no sunset language on this" "I don't think the Trump admin is willing to divest" "So I don't see any overlap in that Venn diagram"

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Markets

The tape, without the theatre.

Latest market data · 24h snapshot

What moved, and by how much.

This panel compares each provider quote with the quote 24 hours earlier. Editorial stories remain in the Editor-in-Chief’s priority order instead of being repeated or pulled into this fixed data region.

Mixed · breadth 45/100. A score of 50 means the tracked assets were flat on average.

24-hour price changeLatest · 04:57 UTC
Each row compares the current provider quote with its quote 24 hours earlier. Bar length is scaled to the largest move shown.
BTC$63,981.00
−1.50%BTC was 1.50% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:57 UTC.
ETH$1,874.71
−2.20%ETH was 2.20% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:57 UTC.
SOL$76.05
−0.90%SOL was 0.90% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:57 UTC.

Exact percentages are printed beside every row; color is supplemental.

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