AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoRegulation Watch: The SEC delayed its tokenized-securities “innovation exemption,” adding friction to the already-stalled CLARITY Act as Congress and regulators keep moving on separate tracks. Market Structure: A new dataset of 377 disclosed 1H 2026 funding rounds argues crypto’s “permissionless era” is effectively over, with money clustering in regulated areas like payments, stablecoins, exchanges, and prediction markets. Tokenized Equities: Bitget’s Reality Protocol rNVDA on Arbitrum One jumped to roughly a $18M–$20M market cap as NVIDIA-share backing and dividend payouts move on-chain. Security & Scams: DeFiLlama founder 0xngmi says a fake App Store DeFiLlama drained a wallet until Apple removed it after the team proved theft; separately, macOS Screen Sharing flaws are being actively exploited to install Monero miners—patch now. Policy & Compliance: ICE withdrew a sole-source $125M Thomson Reuters surveillance data plan and will compete it. Crypto Policy Meeting: The White House is set to host major crypto and prediction-market leaders Aug. 19 as CLARITY odds remain low. Payments Expansion: Coins.ph is integrating Bayad to add nearly 300 billers and speed up posting for everyday payments.
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