[Golden Noon Report | Overview of important developments at noon on August 18] 7:00-12:00 Keywords: Peter Schiff, Ripple, Bitwise, India 1. Today's Fear and Greed Index rose to 31; 2. Gold advocate Peter Schiff urged the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates rather than cut them; 3. Germans are strongly skeptical of the digital euro due to privacy concerns; 4. Analyst: Ethereum Gas fee bottoming out may indicate that ETH price is at the same mid-line low; 5. Ripple Chief Legal Officer: It is expected that the US SEC may appeal the XRP case; 6. The Indian Enforcement Agency arrested suspected kidnapping and extortion personnel related to a $144 million crypto crime case; 7. Bitwise CIO summarized the Q2 ETF institutional holdings: the overall trend is still increasing, and most institutions are diamond hands.