Plus, bettors see RFK dropping out by November without a Trump endorsement, and China’s ‘bitcoin ban’ is more complicated than what Justin Sun thinks. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/08/19/harris-leads-trump-on-polymarket-as-dnc-begins-but-they-got-tied-earlier-amid-volatility/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/08/19/fabric-startup-building-vpu-chips-for-cryptography-raises-33m/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Perpetuals trading hub Drift protocol is adding a Polymarket-style prediction market – with some DeFi twists. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/08/19/cryptos-bet-on-election-betting-expands-to-solana/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Crypto think tank Coin Center will get another shot at suing the U.S. Treasury Department over what it says is an “unconstitutional” amendment to the tax code that would …

Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) plans to bring a bill for taxing the crypto industry to parliament by September, news outlet Punch Nigeria reported on Saturday. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/08/19/nigeria-planning-to-present-law-to-tax-crypto-by-september-report/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

A court in Dubai ordered a company to pay an employee using a cryptocurrency token, as agreed in the employment contract. The ruling raises several questions even as it …

A similar yen outperformance early this month, triggered carry unwind and rocked risk assets, including cryptocurrencies. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/08/19/attention-bitcoin-traders-the-japanese-yen-is-strengthening-again/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

GameFi heavy TON outperformed the CoinDesk 20 during the Monday trading day in Asia. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/08/19/ton-leads-crypto-majors-as-btc-eth-remain-flat/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The total market cap of the fourteen publicly listed mining stocks the bank tracks fell 18% since the end of last month, the report said. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/08/16/bitcoin-mining-profitability-fell-to-all-time-lows-in-august-jpmorgan-analyst-says/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Nigerian authorities have traced $50 million of cryptocurrency sent to support recent protests, local media reported. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/08/16/nigeria-court-freezes-38m-of-crypto-allegedly-sent-to-support-protests-in-the-country-reports/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines