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Kraken Daily Market Report for August 08 2021

Overview Total spot trading volume at $1.07 billion, the largest Sunday trading volume since June 20th. The 30-day average is up to $843.6 million. Total futures notional at $551.6 million. The top five traded coins were, respectively, Bitcoin (-0.5%), Ethereum (-3.2%), Tether (0%), Dogecoin (-6.0%), and Polkadot (-4.0%). Livepeer was up 9.7%, most other coins were down a few percent. August 08, 2021  $1.07B traded across all markets today Crypto, EUR, USD, JPY, CAD, GBP, CHF, AUD  BTC $44387. ↓0.5% $348.2M ETH $3060.9 ↓3.2% $293.6M USDT $1.0007 ↓0.01% $229.3M DOGE $0.2462 ↓6.0% $95.3M DOT $20.135 ↓4.0% $40.9M USDC $1.0001 ↑0.01% $28.7M ADA $1.4449 ↓1.9% $24.3M XRP $0.7963 ↓2.6% $20.9M LINK $23.578 ↓4.3% $8.27M LTC $151.51 ↓2.9% $7.19M ETC $58.21 ↓4.1% $6.31M KSM $221.0 ↓5.4% $5.45M DAI $1.0011 ↑0.02% $4.56M EOS $4.3441 ↓5.4% $4.02M SOL $38.42 ↓2.8% $3.8M MATIC $1.1046 ↓5.4% $3.76M SC $0.0166 ↓5.1% $3.75M BCH $564.82 ↓3.3% $3.6M UNI $27.079 ↓4.4% $3.42M FIL $66.041 ↓4.8% $3.22M XMR $261.71 ↓3.4% $3.03M MINA $2.26 ↓9.6% $3.02M XLM $0.2913 ↓4.9% $2.63M XTZ $3.2273 ↓5.7% $2.38M TRX $0.0725 ↓4.0% $2.08M SNX $9.853 ↓7.4% $2.01M KAVA $5.7398 ↓5.7% $1.99M

Token Launches From Ethereum to Telegram: Where Do We Go From Here?

In February, United States Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Hester Peirce was asked to give her opinion on the SEC’s case against Telegram. She declined to comment at the time, as SEC officials do not speak publicly about ongoing enforcement actions. In late July, however, with the Telegram case settled, Commissioner Peirce gave a speech titled “Not Braking and Breaking” that pointedly questioned the approach taken by the SEC in the Telegram case. Concluding her remarks, Commissioner Peirce asked:“Who did we protect by bringing this action? The initial purchasers, who