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WTI and Brent bounced from the 200-week EMA as geopolitical headlines over the Strait of Hormuz dominated trading. The $70 level is now support.

July crypto thefts hit $247.4M, tripling June's total. The Coldcard exploit alone accounted for at least $100M across 7,300 wallets, with losses still being tallied.

Natural gas prices slipped to a four-week low as mild weather cut demand and storage builds exceeded forecasts. The $1.90 support level is in focus with the next EIA report due Thursday.

The KelpDAO exploit drained $290M across 20+ chains, a warning for Coinbase's new multichain Base App. Can less Base-centric design grow users without increasing cross-chain risk?

Nonfarm payrolls tumbled 23,000 in July and prior months were slashed by 103,000, sending Fed funds futures to price a September cut at 58.1%.

Octave Specialty Group Q2 revenue rose 51% to $83M, led by Insurance Distribution. Everspan loss ratio fell to 61.4%. Adjusted EBITDA turned positive at $3.7M. CEO cites AI platform launch.

Russ Savage now controls 4.7% of Celsius, worth about $300M, and wants the CEO fired after an earnings miss sent the stock down 18%.

NOG's Q2 call deferred detailed cost and production data to the 10-Q. Traders eye the filing for signs of how oil price volatility is hitting the non-op model.

Polymarket shifts to TWAP settlement to prevent last-second price manipulation in crypto prediction markets, backed by $1M liquidity rewards.

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The Senate's CLARITY Act compromise pairs DeFi developer protections with stablecoin reward limits; its ethics division blocks passage until September.

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said the Senate's delay of the CLARITY Act may cause a brief market wobble but could clear the path for a fall recovery. Polymarket odds have fallen to 27%.