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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.

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.

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.

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.

The raise will reportedly support growth plans across the United States, though reports differ on which Ripple entity led the deal. A Ripple-linked entity has completed a $275 million private placement, with proceeds earmarked for expanding operations in the United States.

The wallet, inactive for roughly two years, has added $3.6 million in SOL, echoing its earlier accumulation pattern. A wallet tracked by on-chain analysts has resumed buying Solana after roughly two years of inactivity, according to reports from BeInCrypto, Watcher.Guru, CoinTurk News and AMBCrypto.

Total capital raised stayed roughly flat even as the number of funded deals declined, according to new data. Crypto fundraising totaled roughly $1.36 billion in July, according to data reported by Invezz and Cryptopolitan. The figure held near recent levels even as the number of individual deals declined during the month.

The exchange's new debit card supports more than 600 currencies as it pushes into everyday crypto spending in the American market. Kraken has introduced the Krak Card to customers in the United States, according to an announcement from the exchange.

MoonPay now lets US Cash App users buy a wider range of digital assets using Cash App Pay Cash App, the mobile payments platform owned by Block, is broadening its cryptocurrency offering. The change comes through a new partnership with MoonPay, a crypto payments infrastructure company.

Technical bullish signal appears alongside a rebound in earnings for the Solana-based token launch platform. PUMP has recorded its first golden cross since the token began trading, a technical pattern that traders often read as a bullish signal.

The long-standing base cost for simple ETH transfers is being revisited as part of Ethereum's next network upgrade. Ethereum's base transaction cost has stayed at 21,000 gas since the network went live. That figure represents the minimum amount of computational work required to move ether from one address to another.

W Group repositions Whitechain around user distribution rather than pure technical differentiation in the crowded Ethereum scaling market. Whitechain has relaunched as an Ethereum Layer 2 network under the direction of W Group. The project now frames itself explicitly as distribution-first, a positioning that emphasizes reach and adoption channels rather than raw throughput or novel…

LINK's price consolidates below key resistance while reported ETF demand raises questions about a move toward $10. Chainlink's native token, LINK, is trading near $9.56, according to reports covering the asset's recent price action.

The exchange adds a structured product built around tokenized shares of US equities Bitget has rolled out Fixed Coupon Notes tied to its rTokens representing US stocks. The product connects the exchange's structured investment offerings with tokenized equity exposure for the first time. Both Invezz and BeInCrypto reported the launch on August 18, 2026.

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.

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.