Evening market briefing
Crypto closed with rates back in the driver’s seat, while privacy compliance, AI-enabled scams and Solana activity kept the policy-risk tape busy.
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Executive scan
Today in crypto turned on the Fed after Kevin Warsh held rates at 3.50%-3.75% and gave little comfort on the path ahead. Bitcoin briefly moved above $64,400 before slipping below $64,000, while Ethereum also wobbled. Coverage clustered around institutional adoption, regulation and market structure, with macro back near the top of the desk’s risk stack.
Away from rates, the day’s attention spread across compliance technology, security and tokenization. Merkle Science’s regulator-compatible privacy push sat beside Senate Democrats pressing Meta on AI safeguards as crypto scam losses mount. Solana saw two notable threads: nearly $4 billion of WalletConnect transactions in H1 2026 and HastraFi’s AUTO markets backed by US auto loans. RWA coverage also pointed to derivatives demand, with TradFi perpetuals on crypto exchanges outpacing tokenized spot activity.
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Market watch
Macro sensitivity reasserted itself into the close, with BTC, ETH and Solana drawing the heaviest asset-level coverage.
Policy and risk
Regulation risk stayed broad, spanning Fed communication, AI scam controls, sanctions enforcement and privacy tooling for compliant blockchains.
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