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Germany named Country of Honour at Canada's largest AI event. More than 7,500 attendees and 260 speakers expected in Montreal Sept. 16-17.

AI agents settled $73M onchain in the year through April, but Fidelity warns the value may flow to stablecoin issuers and infrastructure providers, not token holders.

The Treasury doubled its buyback cap to $4B per operation starting Sept. 9. Long-dated yields dropped. Bitcoin, Ether, Solana and XRP rallied. The Fear & Greed Index swung from fear to neutral.

Matt Hougan sees tokenized assets and AI agents driving a surge in on-chain activity. Ethereum and BlackRock's BUIDL are already scaling.

White House adviser Witt says he is 'bullish' on CLARITY Act. Stablecoin rewards fight and Trump ethics provisions resurface ahead of the Sept. 15 cloture vote.

EU E-Evidence regulation takes effect August 18, letting prosecutors bypass mutual legal assistance for cross-border data requests. Crypto exchanges may fall outside its scope.

The SEC proposed new crypto guidelines after the Senate stalled on the CLARITY Act. Galaxy Digital cut the bill's passage probability to 10%. The Senate reconvenes September 14.

Trump delays 50% tariff for three days, says deal near. S&P/TSX up 1%, Algoma Steel jumps 14%. Scotiabank's Holt: markets need details before bandwagon.

Crypto lending yields hide counterparty and code risk. MiCAR excludes lending from its covers. German tax rules treat interest as other income, with a 256-euro exemption limit and potential court-testable one-year holding period.

Binance users can now trade Treasure Global (TGL) shares. The Nasdaq-listed stock gains exposure to 323M+ users. TGL closed at $3.07, up 15.5%.

Santos started Pikka oil output and continued Barossa commissioning in H1 2026, CEO Kevin Gallagher said. New supply is expected to lift volumes as base-business output stays steady.

Spring 2026 broke DeFi yield models as liquid staking TVL cratered 66%. Lending, swap fees, and emissions all failed. Only usage-driven protocols held.