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Bullish options positioning suggests traders expect the metal's rise to continue past August's sharp move higher. Gold has posted an 8% gain in August, one of its stronger monthly moves in recent memory. Options traders are responding by adding positions that would benefit from further price increases, according to reports from Yahoo Finance and BeInCrypto.

The crypto trade group says removing the rules would clear the way for tokenized markets to develop within existing regulatory structure. The Blockchain Association, a trade group representing major players in the digital asset industry, has called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to drop two trading rules under the National Market System framework.

Reports say a crypto wallet tied to Changpeng Zhao was discarded once followers began copying its trades for gains. A crypto wallet linked to Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance widely known as CZ, has been abandoned, according to reports from Cryptonews.com and Yahoo Finance.

Analysts weigh whether the pullback reflects healthier deleveraging or early signs of stress reminiscent of the 2022 credit collapse. The crypto lending market has fallen 17% to approximately $56 billion, according to figures reported by BeInCrypto and Yahoo Finance on August 18.

The Trump family-linked crypto venture, holding assets above $1.4 billion, faces new questions over its association with a platform tied to Chinese AI systems. World Liberty Financial, the decentralized finance venture associated with the Trump family, is reportedly expanding its links to Chinese AI models through a platform identified as WorldClaw.

Large-holder activity on the XRP network spiked sharply while the token's price stayed anchored above the $1 mark. XRP whale transactions jumped 280% over a 24-hour period, according to reporting from CryptoBriefing and CoinTurk News.

Regulators cite illegal gambling risk as the trigger for the move against the crypto-based platform. South Korean regulators have ordered a block on Polymarket, according to reports from crypto.news and Cointelegraph. The action stems from concerns that the platform's betting-style markets amount to illegal gambling under local law.

A perpetual future never expires, so a funding payment between longs and shorts does the job that a settlement date does for ordinary futures. In the US, a 2026 lawsuit is now testing whether that structure counts as a future at all.

The crypto exchange now lets EEA-based users trade US-listed equities alongside digital assets. Kraken announced on August 18 that customers in the European Economic Area can now trade US-listed stocks through its platform. The exchange confirmed the rollout in its own blog post, and The Block reported the same development.

Total value locked on Robinhood's blockchain network climbed sharply even as the broader tokenized real-world asset sector cooled Robinhood Chain's total value locked climbed 45% in August, according to reporting from The Block and Coincu. The increase stands out against a broader slowdown in tokenized real-world asset activity during the same period.

The Ethereum-rival blockchain's liquidity program tested investor conviction in its native token, MON Monad, a blockchain positioned as a competitor to Ethereum, recently closed a liquidity program that offered early investors up to $60 million to sell their holdings early.

Tokenized treasuries, credit, and other real-world assets are drawing rising deposits into decentralized finance protocols. Deposits linked to real-world assets held within decentralized finance protocols have reached nearly $4 billion. That total represents roughly a sixfold jump compared to the same period last year.

CoinDesk reports Bitcoin pushed past the $64,000 mark even as other large-cap tokens moved lower. Bitcoin rose above the $64,000 level, CoinDesk reported, marking a notable move for the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. The gain came even as most other major digital assets slipped lower during the same window.

The move is tied to concerns over crypto's use in evading Russia sanctions European Union regulators now have authority to block crypto platforms operating from outside the bloc, according to reports from Bitcoin.com News and crypto.news. The change gives national and EU-level authorities new tools to restrict access to non-EU trading venues.

Analysts warn the breakdown may deepen before XRP finds stable footing again XRP has broken below the $1 level, a threshold traders and analysts often treat as a psychological floor for the token. The move comes despite Ripple's continued effort to broaden its presence in traditional banking, a disconnect that has drawn attention from market…

Three outlets agree EURC passed €400M in circulation around August 2026, but they give sharply different figures for how fast that supply grew over the past year. Three outlets agree EURC passed €400M in circulation around August 2026, but they give sharply different figures for how fast that supply grew over the past year.

Ledger's research team defeated one layer of a three-layer chip design in Trezor's flagship wallet. This page covers what was found, what Trezor says it does and doesn't expose, and where the safety claims run out. It does not deliver a Ledger-vs-Trezor comparison on recovery, because the evidence gathered here documents Trezor's own backup system and contains no equivalent detail on how Ledger devices handle recovery.

A new cross-border remittance partnership failed to lift XRP's price as broader market pressure took hold. XRP traded below $1 this week, even as a South Korean regional bank confirmed it would use Ripple Payments for cross-border transfers.