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
Apparently today is #ShowYourStripes day.
If there are still people unaware that #ClimateChange is happening... maybe we can get them up to speed by sharing our stripes.
If some who are aware it's happening think it's already "too late"... maybe we can tell them that ac…
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/…