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OCC Promises Final Rule for GENIUS Act by November

OCC Promises Final Rule for GENIUS Act by November
OCC Promises Final Rule for GENIUS Act by November
August 19, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) will have a final rule implementing the GENIUS Act out by November, Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan V....

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Nvidia Weighs Investment in Round Valuing Mercor at $20 Billion
Nvidia Weighs Investment in Round Valuing Mercor at $20 Billion
August 19, 2026  |  Investments

Nvidia has discussed participating in a funding round that would value Mercor, a data labeling provider that supplies data that helps the chip designer develop open-source models,...

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OpenAI CFO Tells Employees Public Debut Coming by 2027
OpenAI CFO Tells Employees Public Debut Coming by 2027
August 19, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI “will be a public company in 2027,” if not sooner, Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar told employees Wednesday (Aug. 19) during an all-hands meeting,...

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Carvana Shares Rebound as Mark Walter Selloff Fears Ease
Carvana Shares Rebound as Mark Walter Selloff Fears Ease
August 19, 2026  |  eCommerce

Carvana shares climbed as much as 9.3% Wednesday (Aug. 19), after dropping 14% over the previous two days, when a report said billionaire Mark Walter...

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CFTC Prepares to Draft Rules for Trading Compute Derivatives Contracts
CFTC Prepares to Draft Rules for Trading Compute Derivatives Contracts
August 19, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is seeking comment on the listing of compute derivatives contracts as it prepares to establish the “gold standard” for...

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Rain CEO Says Merchants Receive Stablecoin Payments Without Knowing It
Rain CEO Says Merchants Receive Stablecoin Payments Without Knowing It
August 19, 2026  |  Blockchain

With stablecoins increasingly moving through existing payment networks, many merchants don’t know they are receiving stablecoin payments, Rain CEO Farooq Malik told The Block, according to a report posted Wednesday (Aug. 19)....

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Boston Fed Economists Say Tariffs Not Main Cause of 2025 Inflation
Boston Fed Economists Say Tariffs Not Main Cause of 2025 Inflation
August 19, 2026  |  Economy

Tariffs alone cannot explain the persistence of 3% inflation in 2025, three Federal Reserve Bank of Boston economists wrote in an article posted Wednesday (Aug....

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FTC Warns Businesses Against Using Personalized Pricing
FTC Warns Businesses Against Using Personalized Pricing
August 19, 2026  |  Business

Federal regulators are warning that companies using consumers’ personal data to set prices could be violating the law. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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