SEC Watch: The SEC abruptly canceled its Aug. 14 crypto rulemaking meeting on a proposed “tailored offering regime,” citing an “unforeseen scheduling issue” and leaving the next step unclear as the CFTC ramps up its digital-asset agenda. Solana Narrative: Solana Foundation clarified Alpenglow won’t hit mainnet until Agave 4.3, targeted for October, cooling September activation chatter. DeFi Security: AftermathFi’s Perpetuals V2 heads to mainnet Aug. 18 after OtterSec found no critical or high-severity issues across nine repos. Institutional Rails: Canton Network says prime brokers are committing to accept on-chain collateral, while Temple’s Canton-built CLOB exchange now shows public trading metrics on Token Terminal. Tokenization Push: Bitwise teams with Superstate to explore tokenized share records for its Solana staking ETF (BSOL), and Marketnode plans to tokenize BNY funds on Stellar. Payments in the Real World: AEON expands its agentic settlement layer into Colombia via Bre-B QR payments, and Peso integrates USDT payments with Yango Food in Bolivia. Stablecoin Snapshot: NOWPayments data shows USDT still leads, but USDC transaction growth is accelerating fast. Scam Alerts: Singapore warns that fake crypto job offers have cost victims $11.8M, and a Hyperliquid user reportedly lost ~$550K via a Google ad scam. Market Mood: Bitcoin trades around $62.8K and Ethereum around $1,875 as the broader crypto reset continues.