Troy Downing states that the CLARITY Act is necessary for defining digital assets and regulatory frameworks

[SB Energy Files for IPO, Backed by Investments and Guarantees from OpenAI and Nvidia] SoftBank-backed SB Energy has filed for an IPO, with a contract backlog amounting to $439 billion and 8.8GW of data center capacity. OpenAI has invested $500 million and secured approximately $5.5 billion in warrants, while also signing a lease agreement. Nvidia has pledged to invest $1.5 billion at the IPO price and provided a guarantee of up to $105 billion for OpenAI's 4.25GW lease in Ohio.

According to Bloomberg, the US Department of Homeland Security signed a one-year, no bid contract worth $95 million with TRM Labs in July to provide cryptocurrency tracking software and data analytics personnel. Competitor Chainalysis has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the contract, alleging that the award process was arbitrary, inconsistent, and unreasonable. The US Department of Homeland Security stated in a public statement that TRM Labs is the only supplier capable of providing the required complete technology, data, and operational support services.

Binance ARB is currently priced at $0.1100, with a 24-hour increase of 25.81%. 24-hour transaction volume of 1.3 billion US dollars, an increase of 1328.03%, for reference only

According to Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas, approximately 2-3% of the funds flowing into iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) come from investors migrating Bitcoin from self custody to the BlackRock ETF. Eric Balchunas stated that if investors value Bitcoin's anti inflation and anti currency devaluation properties, ETFs are more attractive than self custodial wallets, while investors who value anti censorship properties find it difficult to accept holding coins through ETFs. Eric Balchunas believes that as the overall subscription scale of IBIT increases, the proportion of self hosted migration will continue to increase.

The US Department of Commerce is using Chainlink to publish key macroeconomic data such as real GDP, PCE Price Index, and actual final sales on the chain. （Cointelegraph）