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August 18, 2026
XRP and Polkadot are two of the most recognizable names in crypto, and both stand as proof that recognition alone doesn’t protect a holder’s returns. Each has real technology behind it, each attracted serious capital and developer attention during its own cycle, and each is now sitting well below the price it once commanded…
August 18, 2026
Crypto Economy and BlockchainReporter both cover BitMart's unpaid-salary and withdrawal dispute but disagree on the founder's name and on whether he called the claims fabricated rumors or blamed a hacked account. Crypto Economy and BlockchainReporter both cover BitMart's unpaid-salary and withdrawal dispute but disagree on the founder's name and on whether he called the claims…
August 18, 2026
The SEC's own guidance says most crypto assets are not securities. Here is the sequence of enforcement and rule changes that produced that line, and what has not yet been made into binding law.
Ranked by publisher count, the night split cleanly into confirmed regulatory plumbing, a weaker macro undercurrent, and single-source claims that are not yet established fact. Ranked by publisher count, the night split cleanly into confirmed regulatory plumbing, a weaker macro undercurrent, and single-source claims that are not yet established fact.
Rising oil prices and geopolitical concerns pushed major U.S. indexes lower to close the session. Wall Street closed lower on the session as the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped approximately 270 points. Investors reacted to renewed tensions between the United States and Iran. The decline touched major indexes, according to reporting from Invezz and CryptoBriefing.
On-chain analytics firm reports exchange reserves nearing their June peak, reversing months of outflows. On-chain analytics firm Santiment has reported that 84% of Bitcoin previously withdrawn from exchanges has now returned to those platforms.
August 18, 2026
A 2021 firmware error routed some Coldcard wallets' seed generation through a predictable software fallback instead of true hardware randomness. Patching the firmware does not fix a seed already created. Here is what an owner needs to do, what rival wallet makers' safety claims actually rest on, and why five outlets give five different loss totals.
August 18, 2026
All three outlets describe the same Platåberget testnet launch and Glamsterdam fork, but Blockchain.News cites a different EIP number for the gas-repricing feature than Cryptopolitan and Crypto Economy. All three outlets describe the same Platåberget testnet launch and Glamsterdam fork, but Blockchain.News cites a different EIP number for the gas-repricing feature than Cryptopolitan and Crypto…
August 18, 2026
By mid-August 2026, crypto is moving at two speeds. Bitcoin and Ethereum remain range-bound, trading sideways with limited conviction, while capital rotation is taking place beneath the surface across select narrative-led sectors.
CryptoBriefing reports that fresh investor demand has pushed the artificial intelligence company's valuation to $2 billion. Wispr Flow has been valued at $2 billion, CryptoBriefing reported on August 17. The report ties the figure to strong investor interest in artificial intelligence startups more broadly.
The platform will wind down operations at the end of August and will not distribute the token or airdrop it had previously promised users. Printr, a crypto project that had built anticipation around a future token distribution, is closing down. Reports from crypto.news and CryptoBriefing indicate the platform will shut its doors by August 31.
The central bank has set a ceiling on how much digital assets can count toward exchange capital requirements. The Bank of Russia has introduced a rule capping cryptocurrency at 25% of the capital that exchanges and market brokers can count for regulatory purposes.
Payward will use Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 model to help identify software vulnerabilities across its systems. Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has joined Project Glasswing, an initiative run by artificial intelligence company Anthropic. The program is designed to help participating organizations find software vulnerabilities using advanced AI models.
Transaction speed and capital velocity define the current momentum in the cryptocurrency market. Binance Coin (BNB) trades near $605, holding firm after reaching a three-week peak, while Solana (SOL) hovers around $76.40 as new real-world payment integrations expand its network utility. Both established assets command large market capitalizations backed by continuous trading volume.
A $35 million prediction market book shows traders leaning toward the Federal Reserve holding or raising rates rather than cutting them next month. A prediction market covering the Federal Reserve's September policy decision has drawn attention for an unusual set of odds.
Cardano's ADA token trades close to $0.17 even after developers detailed the upcoming Dijkstra network upgrade. Cardano's native token, ADA, traded close to $0.17 following the disclosure of plans for a hard fork called Dijkstra, scheduled for 2026.
Yahoo Finance and Bankless say Stripe's acquisition of OpenRouter is valued at more than $8 billion, while Crypto Economy's headline puts the figure at $7 billion. Yahoo Finance and Bankless say Stripe's acquisition of OpenRouter is valued at more than $8 billion, while Crypto Economy's headline puts the figure at $7 billion.
Trading firm Jane Street disclosed a fresh $630 million move into Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, pushing its total position toward the $1 billion mark. Jane Street, one of the world's largest quantitative trading firms, has significantly expanded its exposure to Bitcoin exchange-traded funds.