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Game Souk 60 | August 20th 2026
Welcome to Game Souk, where we explore all aspects of the gaming world from tech, finance, culture, and beyond. Airs live every Thursday at 9am Eastern on X @daltonan. Topics covered in this episode: The SEC proposes Regulation Crypto Assets, its first rulemaking for crypto offerings, with exemptions up to $5 million and $75 million and a safe harbor from investment contract status. A perfect storm for crypto: Bessent doubles the long end buyback cap to $4 billion, Bitcoin clears its 200 day moving average toward $70,000, and roughly $3 billion in shorts liquidate. Trump names Hyperliquid at the White House, saying the CFTC is working to bring the perps venue onshore, as Coinbase routes its markets into Base App at up to 50x leverage. Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 Override launches on a Gaming Legends theme, with Sonic headlining the Battle Pass alongside Tetris, Mega Man, and Persona 5, plus Roblox title 99 Nights in the Forest. Disney links Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run to a new Fortnite island, Smugglers Gambit, where riders who connect MyDisney and Epic accounts carry their in park performance into the game. Hot Toys becomes exclusive collectibles sponsor of the Fortnite Global Championship, and Mattel forms Mattel Game Studios to build on Roblox and Fortnite after buying out Mattel163. Ampere Analysis console data shows Roblox surging past Fortnite behind Grow a Garden and Steal a Brainrot, then declining after Q4, with Fortnite back to roughly 16 hours a month in July. Apple tells the district court it should charge 15% on link out purchases, while conceding the Ninth Circuit's necessary costs standard would put the number near zero. Meta's trial with 29 state attorneys general opens in Oakland, with youth gating implications the gaming industry is watching. Stripe agrees to buy OpenRouter for more than $7 billion while pursuing PayPal, and Anthropic posts Q2 revenue above $11.5 billion against OpenAI at $6.7 billion. #GameSouk #Fortnite #Roblox #Crypto #Apple #AI Disclaimer: This material is prepared by SIGNUM GROWTH (“SIGNUM”) and is not intended to be relied upon as a forecast, research or investment advice, and is not a recommendation, offer or solicitation to buy or sell any securities or to adopt any investment strategy. The opinions expressed are as of the date on the front page, and may change as subsequent conditions vary. The information and opinions contained in this material are derived from proprietary and non-proprietary sources deemed by SIGNUM to be reliable, are not necessarily all inclusive and are not guaranteed as to accuracy. As such, no warranty of accuracy or reliability is given and no responsibility arising in any other way for errors and omissions (including responsibility to any person by reason of negligence) is accepted by SIGNUM, its officers, employees or agents. *Past performance is not indicative of future returns. This material may contain ‘forward-looking’ information that is not purely historical in nature. Such information may include, among other things, projections and forecasts. There is no guarantee that any forecasts made will come to pass. Reliance upon information in this material is at the sole discretion of the reader. This material is intended for information purposes only and does not constitute investment advice or an offer or solicitation to purchase or sell in any asset classes or any investment strategy nor shall any securities be offered or sold to any person in any jurisdiction in which an offer, solicitation, purchase or sale would be unlawful under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. solicitation, purchase or sale would be unlawful under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. Private placement securities are speculative, illiquid, and carry a high degree of risk, including the loss of the entire investment. There are also key specific risks associated with any particular private securities offering.
