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A political action committee funded by the two crypto firms spent heavily on a Florida congressional contest while campaign messaging largely avoided digital asset policy. A political action committee funded by Ripple and Coinbase has spent about $2 million on a congressional race in Florida, according to reports from Cointelegraph and CryptoBriefing.

SEC News and CryptoBriefing both report the SEC's fraud lawsuit against Tricolor's Daniel Chu, Jerome Kollar, and Ameryn Seibold, but they give different start dates for the alleged scheme. SEC News and CryptoBriefing both report the SEC's fraud lawsuit against Tricolor's Daniel Chu, Jerome Kollar, and Ameryn Seibold, but they give different start dates…

Ripple's chief legal officer says the mid-September date will signal whether the crypto market structure bill can clear the Senate. Ripple's top lawyer has put a specific date on the calendar for anyone tracking crypto's biggest pending piece of legislation.

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.

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.

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.

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 new platform pairs transaction privacy with compliance tools aimed at institutional and regulated trading activity. Provable has begun early access rollout for Shield Swap, a trading venue built to keep transaction details confidential while still meeting compliance expectations. The announcement was reported by BeInCrypto and AMBCrypto on August 18, 2026.

The firm says the operation is the largest dedicated Zcash mining fleet built to date, funded through a Winklevoss-linked investment. Cypherpunk Technologies has announced the launch of a large-scale Zcash mining fleet, supported by a $33 million investment connected to the Winklevoss twins.

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 new HINC fund brings tokenized exposure to high-yield credit, with Avalanche among the supported networks. Securitize has introduced the Neuberger Securitize High Income Tokenized Fund, a new product built to give investors blockchain-based access to high-yield credit markets. The fund, trading under the ticker HINC, is being made available across four separate blockchain networks.

The tokenized fund, reported to trade under the ticker HINC, is live on Avalanche alongside three other networks Securitize has introduced a new tokenized fund built in connection with asset manager Neuberger Berman, according to reporting from CryptoBriefing and CoinGape.