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Today’s highlights
- Figure reports $4.3B in loan marketplace volume as profit nearly triples — 2026-08-14
- Figure expects consumer loan marketplace volume to range from $4.8 billion to $5.2 billion in the third quarter.
- Ethereum Foundation pivots away from Poseidon in post-quantum plan — 2026-08-13
- Advances in compact proofs have erased Poseidon’s previous performance advantage, according to researcher Justin Drake.
- U.S. SEC to again delay ‘innovation exemption’ for tokenization amid Wall Street, White House concerns — 2026-08-13
- The SEC was ready to release at least some part of the innovation exemption alongside its now-canceled open meeting for “Reg Crypto” on Friday.
- SEC cancels long-awaited proposal of Reg Crypto, postponing meeting without new date — 2026-08-13
- The first major crypto rule to be proposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will have to wait a bit longer after a sudden postponement.
- City of Baltimore goes after prediction markets for sports betting — 2026-08-13
- The city’s complaint over gambling laws and deceptive trade practices included Robinhood, Webull and Coinbase as partners with prediction market platform Kalshi.
- Tether completes first full financial audit, receives clean KPMG opinion — 2026-08-13
- KPMG’s audit covered Tether’s 2025 financial statements and found its reserves exceeded liabilities by $6.8 billion.
- Delio CEO sentenced to 15 years in prison on crypto fraud in South Korea — 2026-08-13
- More than a year after being indicted on fraud charges related to his activities at crypto company Delio, Jeong Sang-ho faces prison time in South Korea.
- Tether says it completed long-promised ‘Big Four’ audit of finances behind $180 billion USDT stablecoin — 2026-08-13
- KPMG U.S. examined Tether’s books and even counted its gold bars as the $180 billion USDT issuer said it completed its long-promised financial audit.