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The infrastructure and the law around it: bank charters, custody rules, AML regimes, tokenised funds and the enterprise deployments that are actually in production. This is where crypto meets the institutions that have to sign things off.
The synthetic dollar issuer looks past crypto funding rates to widen how USDe is collateralized Ethena Labs has added a $1 billion credit facility from FalconX to support its USDe stablecoin, according to reports from CoinDesk and CryptoBriefing.
Garlinghouse addressed the company's ambitions to modernize traditional finance infrastructure alongside talk of a future public listing. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse discussed the company's direction in remarks covered separately by CoinGape and Finbold on August 19.
August 19, 2026
Regulators released a rulemaking proposal for digital assets hours after pulling a planned meeting from the calendar. The Securities and Exchange Commission has released a proposal aimed at establishing clearer rules for crypto assets. The announcement followed the sudden cancellation of a meeting that had been expected to include a related vote.
CryptoBriefing and Yahoo Finance (Reuters) give conflicting accounts of when Nebius's convertible bond raise happened, its status, size, and maturity dates. CryptoBriefing and Yahoo Finance (Reuters) give conflicting accounts of when Nebius's convertible bond raise happened, its status, size, and maturity dates.
August 19, 2026
Cointelegraph and CryptoBriefing both report Centrifuge's Symbiotic integration across three tokenized funds but disagree on the total assets under management involved. Cointelegraph and CryptoBriefing both report Centrifuge's Symbiotic integration across three tokenized funds but disagree on the total assets under management involved. What all sources agree on Centrifuge added Symbiotic's Liquid Lane liquidity network.
The exchange's new base positions the UAE as a center for real-world asset tokenization amid regional growth forecasts Coinbase has set up an international tokenization hub in Abu Dhabi, according to reports from CryptoBriefing and The Cryptonomist.
New filings show Bitcoin ETF holdings rose 8% even as the asset's price fell 14% during the quarter. Bitcoin's second-quarter price drop did not trigger a uniform retreat from institutional investors. Newly reported filings data shows a clear divide in how different classes of large holders responded to the decline.
August 19, 2026
Former New York governor says market structure legislation 'has to pass' as other jurisdictions move faster on digital asset regulation Andrew Cuomo, the former governor of New York, has publicly urged Congress to pass the CLARITY Act.
August 19, 2026
Trading activity in blockchain-based stock representations has surged since the start of the year, according to industry data. Tokenized equities, digital tokens designed to track the price of traditional stocks, have seen a sharp increase in onchain trading volume this year. Cryptopolitan reported that volume hit $9 billion, marking an 800% increase since January.
SALT founder also flags growing overlap between artificial intelligence and blockchain technology as a market theme to watch Anthony Scaramucci, founder of the SALT investment conference and asset manager SkyBridge Capital, has described $100,000 as a critical price level for bitcoin's earliest investors.
The messaging platform's filing could let its global user base spin up personal web pages directly from the app. Telegram has filed an application for the .gram top-level domain, according to reporting from crypto.news and BeInCrypto.
A consensus-level flaw threatened to unmask users of Decred's built-in coin-mixing privacy feature before developers issued a patch. Decred has shipped a critical patch fixing a consensus bug tied to its coin-mixing privacy tool, according to reporting from crypto.news and The Cryptonomist.
The debt raise funds a prime brokerage expansion, yet traders show little reaction in XRP markets. Ripple's brokerage division has secured $275 million through a senior notes offering, according to reporting from CoinDesk and BeInCrypto.
Coinfomania describes Nexo Booster as a rebrand of Nexo Growth, while crypto.news and The Cryptonomist EN describe them as two distinct products launched alongside each other. Coinfomania describes Nexo Booster as a rebrand of Nexo Growth, while crypto.news and The Cryptonomist EN describe them as two distinct products launched alongside each other.
Monthly outlays on crypto-linked payment cards rose sharply even as Bitcoin's price weakened Crypto payment cards recorded a sharp jump in usage during July, with total spending reaching $759 million. That figure represents a 2.5-fold increase, according to data cited by crypto.news.
The exchange's 2026 security report credits new defenses with intercepting threats following last year's $1.46 billion breach Bybit has disclosed that security measures put in place following a major hack have prevented approximately $700 million in potential losses.
The former BitMEX chief is putting his name behind a new venture focused on the AI agent economy. Arthur Hayes, the former BitMEX chief executive turned crypto commentator and investor, has emerged as the public face of a new venture called Flop Labs.
The integration gives millions of Bitcoin.com wallet users access to a stablecoin regulated by the UAE's central bank. Bitcoin.com has added USDU to its wallet platform, giving its user base direct access to a stablecoin registered with the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates.