Our mission is to strengthen Michigan’s crypto ecosystem through education, community—and constructive policy engagement. We are proud to host the SEC Crypto Task Force & Commissioner Hester Peirce for a Founders Breakfast & roundtable at the University of Michigan!

One of our very own on the Hill this past week with @standwithcrypto educating Congress on blockchain technology & what it means for entrepreneurs in Detroit. Makin us proud, Khari! 🇺🇸 ⬇️

🚨NEWS: Senate Republicans have released new Clarity Act text featuring a revised ethics proposal agreed to by President Trump. The text also contains changes to the sections on the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA), stablecoin yield, and the so-called “Ag title.” Republicans are calling it their “last, best and final” offer to Democrats ahead of Tuesday’s cloture vote. Some high-level details.👇🏼 On BRCA: The provision has been narrowed to the Bank Secrecy Act and civil enforcement. Specific language extending its protections to criminal cases, including prosecutions under Section 1960, has been removed. On ethics: Trump has agreed to what a GOP aide describes as “80%” of the Tillis-Gallego ethics proposal including to either divest “substantial” crypto-related financial interests or place them in a blind trust. It would also allow a role for state attorneys general to enforce ethics provisions, something which the White House had previously balked at. On yield: Added “circuit breaker” language (floated by Tillis in July) that would effectively act as a backstop by allowing federal regulators to intervene if there was evidence of widespread deposit flight from community banks to stablecoins. The federal regulator that will be the arbiter of this: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. On Ag: The updated text adds tighter guardrails around vertical integration, including affiliate trading and conflicts of interest involving digital commodity exchanges, brokers and dealers. It also clarifies that state consumer protection laws still apply and that developer protections do not create exemptions from derivatives laws or impact prediction markets. More to come in the @CryptoAmerica_ newsletter tomorrow AM.

We have some difficult news to share. Unfortunately, one of our shipping providers has experienced a data breach that exposed sensitive order data. This affects new customers in the US, UK, Sweden, Colombia, Brazil, Italy, and Portugal who received an order within the 90 days prior to August 8th, 2026. The data exposed: - Full names - Shipping addresses - Phone numbers - Email addresses The incident affects 11,742 customers with full exposure (name, email, phone number, shipping address) and 1,947 customers with partial exposure (name, city, email). The breach is limited due to Trezor’s strict 90-day data storage policy (we were also able to negotiate the same terms with fulfillment partners, who follow the same policy). All affected customers have been contacted separately by email. Our systems and devices remain secure, but affected customers could experience an increase in phishing attempts. NEVER enter your wallet backup on a website or share it with anyone, and only check for updates on official Trezor channels. We are deeply sorry to the community and those affected. We are investigating this situation and will post updates on our blog: trezor.io/blog/news/recent-c…

This is going to be a top-tier conference and it’s right here in the Midwest! See you in Columbus in September 🔥 #roadtrip

Thanks for the photos from our Crypto security workshop last night!

Thank you to Kokabon cafe for serving delicious coffee and tea at our workshop last night! What a treat. We recommend our members check them out when they are in Canton, Michigan! Such a beautiful family-owned café 🤩

Tonight we learned how to keep our financial assets including cryptocurrency safe and secure. Thank you to cybersecurity expert Jacoby Manns for teaching this Detroit Blockchain Collective workshop!

Learned the latest cybersecurity terms and tips today with @DetBlockchain! 👍 Sometimes you become overly protective if you work in tech and know the ins and outs of how the systems work. My takeaway is this: Be smart, Be aware, but don’t live in fear. Got it… 😅⚡️

Super excited to nerd out at the Digital Defense Workshop this Thursday! #StandWithCrypto #DetroitBlockchainCollective Let's talk hardware wallets 😈

Join our Digital Defense Workshop in partnership with Wayne State University! Bulletproof your digital life: personal security, network safety, and crypto asset protection. With Cybersecurity Engineer and Crypto Security Educator, Jacoby Manns. 🍕Complimentary pizza and drinks! 📆 Aug 6 | ⏰ 6PM 📍 Wayne State University, Detroit Limited spots, RSVP required: luma.link/t68EIqX6S7 Sponsored by @standwithcrypto 🛡️

Wanna know the truth about what's actually in the Clarity Act and what's not? Take a took at the thread below from @crypto_council. Let's get the Clarity Act passed NOW!.

1/ Today, we're launching ClarityForAmerica.com — a new website that helps companies, constituents, and crypto voters urge Senate leadership to bring the Clarity Act to the floor. Your voice. Your story. Your vote. 🧵 clarityforamerica.com/

Representing Detroit next week in Las Vegas 🎙️

So good

🚨NEWS: I’m hearing from multiple industry sources that the White House has agreed on an ethics package for the Clarity Act and sent the language to certain Senate Republicans this afternoon. It’s still unclear what the details of the agreement are (I’ve reached out for comment), but industry participants are hopeful this could clear the way for updated bill text to be released soon.

Ten years ago, a major bank offering Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana would have been unthinkable. Today it was a Thursday. This is one of those moments the industry will point back to. Morgan Stanley's E*TRADE just switched on spot crypto trading for clients, and it's a pretty big deal. For the first time, people can directly buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana on the platform, not just a fund that tracks their prices, and it now sits right alongside their stocks and retirement balances on a platform serving 8.6 million households. This is one of the largest wealth franchises in the world putting crypto directly into the hands of everyday investors. For years the industry argued about whether traditional finance would ever really commit to digital assets. Morgan Stanley just answered that for everyone. A firm sitting on trillions in client money wouldn't put Bitcoin a click away from your retirement account on a whim, this is something they did because they can see which way finance is going. And this launch didn't happen in isolation, look at the last twelve months alone: a spot Bitcoin ETF, stablecoin reserve services, retail spot trading, and now a national trust bank being built to bring custody in-house. A Wall Street giant is constructing an entire digital asset business, and moving fast enough that competitors now have to respond. Watch what happens after this. I still talk to plenty of people who are comfortable waiting to see how all of this shakes out. I understand the instinct, but the ground keeps shifting under that position. The trouble with waiting is that customers aren't waiting. The moment people can get crypto from a firm they already trust, the firms sitting it out are the ones losing ground. A good part of my work at KPMG lives in exactly that space: helping organizations engage with digital assets responsibly, with the controls and clarity to back it up. The questions have moved well past whether any of this is real. For a long time, crypto had to prove itself to institutions, but this is one of those moments that flips this. Now we are seeing that institutions are building their credibility around whether they can offer it. The burden of proof definitely moved. #DigitalAssets #Crypto #FinancialServices #KPMG

Mad love to Detroit filmmaker @JordanGarlandMI for his storytelling behind the lens at our Day of Action. Watch how he captured the day 🎥