The US CFTC bans Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder Gary Wang from trading for five years, as part of a settlement over their roles at FTX (Nicola M White/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-19/ex-ftx-a…
50 years ago tonight, the grateful dead in san francisco, finale of 6 shows at the orpheum & last of the post-comeback small theater shows, mixed down & broadcast on the king biscuit flower hour.
soundboard: https://archive.org/details/gd76-07-18.sbd.bertha.14838.…
COVID shots happened today (yearly for me now, six-monthly for husband).
#CovidIsNotOver #Australia
Heute die Brücke, ... und in der nächsten Runde werden sie Bobby-Cars and den Straßenrand stellen und Umgehungsstraßen fordern.
#CDU Wähler:innen #NeuDarchau #elbtalaue
The US CFTC exempts "passive software" providers from broker registration if they never hold user assets, expanding crypto and prediction market online trading (Lydia Beyoud/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Hyperliquid Strategies shares jumped 31% after Trump said CFTC Chair Michael Selig is working to bring crypto platform Hyperliquid onshore in a compliant manner (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-19/…
As sweeping US crypto legislation stalls, the SEC and CFTC are moving to establish rules; the SEC is set to exempt certain token offerings from securities laws (Hannah Lang/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/t