Trump: Working on avoiding a shutdown

Thune Says Shutdown Talks Are Going In 'Right Direction' - POLITICO US Senate Majority Leader Thune: Getting Closer To Reaching Deal To Avert Shutdown - Under Emerging Deal, DHS Would Get Stopgap - Hopes, Expects House Will Come Back To Help Avoid A Shutdown

Trump regulators say they are ready to lay out crypto rules - WSJ SEC CHAIR PAUL ATKINS SAYS REGULATORS READY TO LAY OUT RULES FOR CRYPTO AFTER LEGISLATION FACES SETBACK -- WSJ SEC, CFTC EXPECTS TO SIGN MOU ON CRYPTO OVERSIGHT -- WSJ ATKINS AND CFTC CHAIR MICHAEL SELIG SAY THEY WILL WORK TO OVERSEE INDUSTRY WITHOUT GAPS -- WSJ

Tech's wreck at the open started it... following Goldman's Privorotsky's warning earlier to 'keep an eye on the megacap tech names today'... chart US equities puked as the cash market opened, with Nasdaq erasing overnight gains rapidly... chart ...as losses in MSFT accelerated... chart ...crypto followed with Bitcoin crashing to its lowest since Dec ...