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The agency's plan includes new fundraising exemptions, marking a notable shift in its approach to digital assets. The Securities and Exchange Commission has put forward a proposed rulebook for crypto assets, according to Bitcoin Magazine. The plan arrives as the Clarity Act, legislation designed to settle jurisdictional questions over digital assets, remains stuck in Congress.

A $56 million short squeeze added fuel as Bitcoin tracked a broader recovery in equities tied to easing US-Iran tensions. Bitcoin reached $65,000 on Tuesday, moving in tandem with a rebound in US equities.

The bank's analysts point to sustained demand for AI processors as the driver behind their bullish call. Bank of America has issued a price target of $350 per share for Nvidia, according to a report cited by CryptoBriefing on August 18.

The bank plans to fold digital asset custody into its Custody+ platform, with a rollout targeted later in 2026. Citi is preparing to launch a bitcoin custody service for institutional clients, according to reports published August 18.

The agency's plan arrives as lawmakers remain stalled on broader digital asset legislation. The Securities and Exchange Commission has put forward a new set of proposed rules addressing crypto asset investment contracts. Investing.com Crypto reported the proposal on Monday, framing it as a formal regulatory step for digital asset offerings.

With comprehensive market-structure legislation stuck in the Senate, federal regulators are moving to write their own crypto rules Federal financial regulators under the Trump administration are moving to shape crypto policy through agency action rather than wait for Congress.

Traders debate whether the pullback marks a dead-cat bounce or a genuine bottom as the network details its next major upgrade. Cardano's native token, ADA, has continued to drift lower, with reported prices touching $0.17 even as the project's development team laid out details of an upcoming initiative known as Dijkstra.

Washington and Ottawa discuss a possible tariff reprieve as a key deadline for new US duties draws near. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have held direct talks as a deadline for new US tariffs on Canadian imports nears.

Small, traceable transfers tied to the sanctioned platform HTX are reportedly reaching unrelated wallets. An unidentified party has been sending small, traceable amounts of cryptocurrency linked to sanctioned exchange HTX to unrelated wallet addresses, according to a report from Protos.

Of eight stories in today's run, only three are independently established; the rest, including a Bitcoin treasury deal that cannot agree on its own size, remain single-threaded. Of eight stories in today's run, only three are independently established; the rest, including a Bitcoin treasury deal that cannot agree on its own size, remain single-threaded.

The asset manager's tracker suggests the current Bitcoin correction could be approaching its later stages. VanEck, the asset management firm known for its exchange-traded fund products, has published an update on its Bitcoin capitulation framework. The firm reports that 8 of 12 signals it monitors are currently active.

Reports indicate the AI company's debt raise will surpass its original goal ahead of a planned public listing. Anthropic's pre-IPO credit facility is set to exceed its original $10 billion target, according to reports published by CryptoBriefing and Invezz on August 18.

A weaker-than-expected report from the optical components maker triggered a broader pullback across AI-linked hardware stocks. Fabrinet, a manufacturer of optical components used in data centers and networking equipment, saw its stock decline after releasing quarterly earnings. The results failed to meet market expectations, according to reports from Yahoo Finance and CryptoBriefing.

AMBCrypto and CryptoBriefing both report a surge in Binance XRP open interest around August 17-18, 2026, but give conflicting dollar figures for the metric. AMBCrypto and CryptoBriefing both report a surge in Binance XRP open interest around August 17-18, 2026, but give conflicting dollar figures for the metric.

Jane Street led the new funding round, which pushed Etched's valuation past its level from just one month earlier. Etched, a startup building specialized chips for artificial intelligence workloads, has closed a $700 million funding round. The raise doubled the company's valuation within roughly one month, according to reports from Cryptopolitan and CryptoBriefing.

Micron's stock pulled back on a day when AI-linked semiconductor names broadly declined, according to a report from CryptoBriefing. Micron Technology's stock price moved lower on August 18, 2026, according to a report from CryptoBriefing. The decline came as part of a broader retreat across companies linked to artificial intelligence chip production.

The agency is asking industry and the public to weigh in on changes affecting commodity pool operators and trading advisors, a category that increasingly includes digital asset fund managers. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed changes to the registration rules governing commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors.

Reports indicate holders will receive the token ahead of the network it is meant to power. Arthur Hayes, the former chief executive of derivatives exchange BitMEX, is again drawing attention in crypto circles. This time it concerns a new token tied to his name.