Crypto Policy: Sen. Cynthia Lummis urged the Senate to vote on the CLARITY Act before the August recess, warning Democrats could kill the bill despite months of bipartisan work. Digital Assets & Security: A major Coldcard hardware-wallet firmware flaw is again in focus after reports of an “extremely bad” Bitcoin ecosystem audit and ongoing fallout from offline key-generation weaknesses. Market Snapshot: Bitcoin traded around $64.5K and Ethereum near $1,900, with crypto moving more on macro hopes than fresh on-chain demand. Payments & Banking Tech: Maybank Singapore joined MAS’s BLOOM initiative to advance tokenised cross-border settlement using regulated stablecoins; Vic.ai partnered with Increase and Core Bank to streamline AP payments from invoice approval to settlement. Regulation & Compliance: Nigeria’s tax authority rolled out virtual-asset taxation rules covering crypto, NFTs, stablecoins and DeFi, while Singapore expanded its fraud-fighting toolkit via GoWest and Rippleshot for credit unions. Retail Adoption: Dubai Duty Free enabled cryptocurrency payments via Crypto.com’s regulated rails at DXB, AMIA and online. Corporate Finance: SpaceX reported a $540M bitcoin-related loss while keeping its BTC holdings flat, even as IPO cash piled into money-market funds. Fintech Growth: UnionPay International and Pesapal expanded card acceptance across East Africa, starting in Tanzania and rolling into Rwanda.