According to CNBC, new research from the Anti-Corruption Data Collective found that a $3,500 bet — the maximum personal campaign donation — can move 97% of midterm-related prediction markets by five cents or more. The report said 806 of the 1,094 markets priced at five cents or less that it examined could be moved five cents for less than $100, while 94% would move 10 cents under a $1,000 bet and most would move 25 cents after bets of $25,000. The coalition also identified 353 instances on Polymarket during this election cycle in which one or two wallets moved a prediction market by five cents or more. In those cases, 211 stayed at the new price, 62 kept moving and 80 returned to their original level. The report cited specific moves in Texas Senate primary markets involving eventual Republican nominee and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, including bets of $1,760, $1,240, $23,953 and $38,830 that shifted contract prices on Polymarket and, in some cases, on Kalshi.

Crypto and banking groups have expanded their lobbying efforts into senators' home states ahead of a procedural Senate vote on the CLARITY Act scheduled for September 15. According to Foresight News, Stand With Crypto Executive Director Mason Lynaugh said the group's roughly 3 million supporters contacted lawmakers nearly 50,000 times by phone or email during the August recess and published opinion pieces in local media in Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Kansas. The bill, backed by the White House and the crypto industry, seeks to clarify whether tokens are securities or commodities and determine their regulatory oversight. Some Democrats and Republican senators, including James Lankford of Oklahoma and Mike Rounds of South Dakota, have raised concerns that it lacks sufficient anti-money-laundering and compliance safeguards and could put digital tokens in competition with bank deposits, potentially affecting lending. Analysts said the bill's prospects remain uncertain. The Independent Community Bankers of America is also mobilizing members to speak directly with senators in their states and has placed television ads in Washington and target states opposing the measure. The Blockchain Association launched clarityforamerica.com in July to help the public tailor letters to senators by issue. With polls suggesting Democrats could retake the House in the November midterm elections, the crypto industry is pushing to secure passage this year after spending at least $190 million on the effort.

Aave has launched an official MCP server that allows AI agents to access real-time protocol data and prepare trades on Aave V3 and V4. According to Odaily, the server can connect to ChatGPT, Claude, and other MCP-compatible tools, while users retain control over trade signing.

According to CNBC, defense tech startup Covenant opened a 105,000-square-foot factory in Dallas to speed lower-cost missile production for the U.S. military and said it has raised $250 million across three funding rounds. The company, which is emerging from stealth and is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, Lux, 8VC, Aleph and Lightspeed, said the Dallas site will produce 1,000 Anthem long-range missiles in its first year, with serial production set to begin in Q1 2027 and output eventually rising to 5,000 a year. Covenant also said it secured two Department of Defense deals on Wednesday, including one to accelerate a test and qualification program with the Army and another with the Navy to adapt Anthem for maritime use.

Anthropic's IPO filing materials are expected to be released soon. According to Sina Finance, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar said at Goldman Sachs' annual Communacopia + Technology Conference in San Francisco that pricing has become a key factor in determining demand for large language models. Friar said OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Luna saw call volume jump tenfold after its price was cut, helping OpenAI take the top market share on OpenRouter, an aggregation platform that lets developers access multiple large language models. According to Sina Finance, Friar's remarks suggested that higher usage can offset lower unit prices. Anthropic has already responded by cutting the price of its new Fable 5.1 model by 25% versus Fable 5 under normal workloads, according to the company. The article said price competition could reshape Anthropic's revenue advantage as open-source AI adds more low-cost options. The piece also said Meta launched its Muse personal AI assistant app on Tuesday, and that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been bullish on personal AI agents. Meta AI executive Alexandr Wang posted on X showing user testimonials, while the article questioned how many ordinary users will actually adopt the service.

Hugging Face has expanded its robotics push with Microduck, a small robot that can walk autonomously and learn skills such as roller skating and laser projection. According to Sina Finance, Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolf said sales have topped 15,000 units and revenue has exceeded $6 million. Wolf said the product is part of Hugging Face's strategy to offer low-cost, open-source AI robots for consumers and developers. He added that the company acquired Pollen Robotics in April 2025, and that the acquisition helped shape the move. Hugging Face initially expected Microduck to sell at least 50,000 units in its first year, generating about $20 million in revenue. Wolf said the company has since raised its sales outlook. According to the project’s GitHub documentation, training Microduck requires a simulation environment based on Nvidia GPUs and CUDA software. Hugging Face previously launched the Reachy Mini robot for consumers, developers, and researchers; it does not walk autonomously and relies mainly on vision, hearing, and voice for interaction.

At least a third of Federal Reserve officials have said they would consider meeting less often to set interest rates, giving Kevin Warsh an early opening for one of the biggest structural changes he has proposed as the central bank's new chairman, according to Bloomberg. The proposal would reduce the frequency of policy meetings.

Circle has agreed to acquire Singapore-based cross-border payments firm Tazapay to expand its global USDC payment network.

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Gemini has secured a Major Payment Institution licence from Singapore’s MAS, allowing it to provide regulated digital payment token and cross-border money transfer services. The approval completes a licensing process that began in October 2024 and gives Gemini full regulatory status for its Singapore operations.

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Polish prosecutors have charged a fifth suspect in the Zondacrypto fraud case, with Roman Ż. accused of helping an organised group misappropriate 7.8 million złoty ($2.1 million) from users.

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