The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is expected to complete final rulemaking tied to the GENIUS Act before November, according to remarks cited by crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett on Aug. 20. Speaking at the SALT Conference in Wyoming, an OCC official said digital-asset-related charter approval activity has increased eightfold compared with the Biden administration period. The same official also criticized the prior administration’s attempt to pursue what was described as “de-risking,” calling that approach “extremely short-sighted.” The OCC official added that the agency plans to revise the rules based on feedback from the crypto industry as it moves toward finalizing the framework.

PANews’ August 18-19 digest was packed with policy, markets, and AI updates. The U.S. debt burden may cross $40 trillion sooner than expected after tariff-related revenue losses accelerated Treasury borrowing. The SEC also proposed “Regulation Crypto Assets,” a new framework that includes startup and fundraising exemptions plus a safe harbor for digital assets that stop all managerial activity. OpenAI said it is tightening safeguards on its unreleased models, adding sandboxing and faster alerts after recent security concerns, while also pausing parts of its latest reinforcement learning training for two weeks. Elsewhere, Bhutan’s government-linked address moved 300 BTC, USDC Treasury minted 250 million USDC on Solana, and Metaplanet said it will use 2,100 BTC and $2.5 million in cash to acquire Super League and build a U.S. Bitcoin treasury platform called Superplanet. Cash App expanded beyond Bitcoin and USDC by integrating MoonPay, Ripple Prime sold $275 million of senior unsecured notes, and FASB proposed treating qualifying stablecoins as cash equivalents. The digest also covered NoOnes’ shutdown plan, a Maya Protocol exploit, Solana’s slot-time reduction, and major AI and IPO updates from OpenAI, Anthropic, Temporal, and Zhiyu/Unitree-related market listings.

White House chief crypto adviser Patrick Witt said he remains optimistic that the Clarity Act can still become law, even as debate continues over stablecoin yield provisions and concerns among Democrats about potential conflicts tied to Donald Trump and his family’s crypto business interests. Speaking Tuesday at the SALT annual conference in Wyoming, Witt said lawmakers are currently in the August recess and are expected back in Washington in mid-September. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has scheduled a procedural vote on the bill for Sept. 15. Witt said the White House plans to sit down with Democrats, work through the sticking points and secure solid vote support before that date. The Clarity Act, which runs more than 600 pages, is designed to create a comprehensive federal regulatory framework for the U.S. crypto industry, but it has faced repeated obstacles in recent months. The Sept. 15 vote is now shaping up as a key test for whether the bill can keep moving.

AI Financial Corp (formerly ALT5 Sigma, ticker AIFC.O) has sold its Canadian subsidiary ALT5 Sigma Canada to New York-based PrimeDelta Corp, according to a Friday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The consideration includes a $12 million secured promissory note — $1 million due next week and the balance payable in installments — plus roughly 11.6 million shares of PrimeDelta stock. The filing did not state a reason for the transaction, and neither party was immediately available for comment outside normal business hours.

AI Financial, a Trump family-backed crypto firm formerly known as ALT5 Sigma, has sold its Canadian subsidiary ALT5 Sigma Canada to New York-based financial company Prime Delta. According to a Friday SEC filing, AI Financial will receive a $12 million secured promissory note and approximately 11.6 million shares of Prime Delta stock in exchange for the sale. The filing did not disclose the specific reasons behind the transaction. The news was originally reported by Reuters.

Onchain Lens said Trump-linked treasury wallet ALT5 Sigma (0x011...E17E4) moved 182.94 million WLFI, worth about $10.07 million, to a new address after first sending a small test transaction around three hours earlier. The transfer follows a much larger WLFI movement from the same wallet a day earlier. According to the monitoring update, ALT5 Sigma had previously shifted 1.815 billion WLFI valued at about $99.77 million. The sequence points to continued token transfers from the address, though no purpose for the moves was disclosed in the source update.

Onchain Lens said ALT5 Sigma, a treasury company linked to World Liberty Financial and backed by the Trump family, transferred 1.815 billion WLFI to a new address. The tokens were valued at about $99.77 million at the time of the move. After the transfer, ALT5 Sigma still held 5.09 billion WLFI worth roughly $282 million. The transaction adds another notable whale-level WLFI movement to on-chain records, with the monitored address identified as 0x0dB...4db.

Onchain Lens said ALT5 Sigma, a treasury company tied to World Liberty Financial, transferred 1.815 billion WLFI to a new wallet. The tokens were valued at about $99.77 million based on the figures cited in the report. ALT5 Sigma is described as being related to World Liberty Financial, which is backed by the Trump family. The same monitoring data showed ALT5 Sigma still holds 5.09 billion WLFI after the transfer, with that remaining balance valued at about $282 million. The wallet involved in the transfer was identified as 0x0dB...4db in the original report. The update came from ChainCatcher, citing on-chain tracking by Onchain Lens. No additional details on the purpose of the transfer or the identity of the new address were disclosed in the source report.