Golden Noon Report | A look at the important developments at noon on August 14

7:00-12:00 Keywords: Fumio Kishida, BlackRock, New Zealand, Ripple case

1. Fumio Kishida will resign as Prime Minister of Japan;

2. BlackRock IBIT has attracted about $20.5 billion so far in 2024;

3. Bitcoin miners sell Bitcoin to make ends meet as BTC prices fluctuate;

4. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand unexpectedly cut interest rates by 25 basis points, the first rate cut since March 2020;

5. Kraken survey: 73% of US cryptocurrency users plan to continue investing in 2025;

6. Blackstone: Seeing signs of a slowdown in the US economy, the Fed's rate cut will "soften the blow";

7. Bernstein: If Trump wins the US election, it will be good for the crypto market, and if Harris wins, it will be bad;

8. Bloomberg: The Ripple case is a good sign for other crypto companies fighting the US SEC.