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Ray Dalio warns Treasury Secretary Bessent's debt buyback plan signals a looming debt crisis, recommends allocating 10-15% to gold and 'a bit' of bitcoin as U.S. deficits balloon.

Sandmark opened verified accounts from EU countries including Austria and France without MiCA warning. Binance says it's still pursuing a license.

The US Senate faces a September 15 cloture vote on the CLARITY Act. Twelve G20 nations have already legalized digital assets. Cloture requires 60 senators.

Anchorage Digital opens first bank accounts for AI agents with KYA verification, real-time compliance, and spending limits. The $4.2B bank partnered with Google Cloud.

The CW dropped Miss USA from its broadcast schedule. All 51 state winners will compete Aug. 27 on the Queen Beauty Network streaming platform. Contestants span nursing, military service, finance, and fashion.

Pope Leo XIV told lawmakers to put human dignity ahead of technological progress, cautioning that AI could create new forms of dependence and domination.

Brent crude held above $94 as traders priced in a prolonged Strait of Hormuz closure. WTI tested $86.50 resistance. Natural gas stayed range-bound near $2.75.

Nvidia will pay $6B to license Poolside's AI model software and hire 109 staff. The deal adds open-source model talent without a full acquisition.

Binance's Agent OS standardizes access for AI developers building trading, wallet and compliance agents on the exchange. The platform opened for early access August 20.

Sun said a federal judge blocked WLF's arbitration bid. WLF said no order was issued. The public docket shows nothing from the hearing. The dispute goes to the core of stablecoin freeze power.

More than 100,000 merchants now accept stablecoin payments without realizing it, as Rain, Kraken and Deel embed digital dollars behind familiar checkout experiences.

Greenland Mines cleared a key regulatory hurdle for its Sarfartoq neodymium-praseodymium project, advancing a Western rare earths supply chain.