Crypto for Tuesday, August 18, 2026

• HIVE’s $84.7 million Swedish tax provision eclipsed revenue even as Bitcoin output hit a record
• Robinhood CEO urges U.S. to clear path for tokenized stocks as overseas markets advance
• Pennsylvania Cracks Down on AI Data Centers as Backlash Grows
• Mozilla Tests an AI 'Smart Window' in Firefox—But Only If You Opt In
• This public company now controls 18% of Zcash mining power after $33 million Winklevoss-linked deal
• Rare Books Traced to Amazon AI Training Facility to Be Scanned and Destroyed
• Nasdaq Embraces Crypto-Style Trading With 23-Hour Market Plan
• U.S. accounting-standards group proposes way to see stablecoins as 'cash equivalent'
• SEC proposes new crypto rules in absence of CLARITY Act
• Shifting $576M of forced sales off public order books saved Hyperliquid from a systemic crash
• Arguing With People on X May Get You More Posts You Hate as Algo Feeds on Ragebait
• FalconX, Interstice Connect Canton to Ethereum, Solana and Robinhood Chain
• Bitcoin Now One Step Away from Exiting Bear Market: Bitfinex Alpha
• Solana’s Alpenglow bug hunt charges researchers 0.5 SOL to report flaws
• SEC Proposes Crypto Fundraising Exemptions in Abrupt About-Face
• Ripple- and Coinbase-funded PAC spends $2M in Florida race with little mention of crypto
• Cypherpunk launches Zcash mining fleet controlling 18% of network hashrate
• Markets Confident OpenAI Releases Its Next AI Model in Weeks
• U.S. SEC proposes first major crypto rule in surprise announcement
• Bitcoin ETF flows jumped by $137 million, but it only recouped a third of recent losses
• Wyoming joins $15 billion LayerZero exodus with state stablecoin move
• Trump Family Crypto Firm Tied to Chinese AI Models US Government Called a Security Risk
• Ethereum Price Prediction: Is $1.8K or $2K More Likely for ETH’s Near Future?
• BNB Chain Launches BNB Agent Studio v2, Giving AI Agents the Ability to Earn
• Bitcoin Wallet Maker BitBox Says AI Found Severe Flaws in Firmware
• Ethereum wants to hide your trades from bots before they can attack
• Bitcoin Surges Past $64K as Warning Signs Mount: Is This a Bull Trap?
• Kraken’s Krak debuts US debit card as Payward broadens financial services push
• Google Is Paying $10 Million to Use Spirit Airlines Data to Train Its AI Models
• Bitcoin has gone quiet as traders chase ‘5x or 10x’ payoffs elsewhere
• Federal prosecutors blast ex-Celsius CEO’s motion to vacate as ‘without merit’
• Circle still tells users to buy Noble USDC on Coinbase after cutoff date passes
• Metaplanet expands Bitcoin treasury strategy to US with 2,100-BTC Nasdaq play
• XRP Wallet Activity Turns Withdrawal-Heavy Across Exchanges: What It Means for Price?
• Kraken adds U.S. stocks in Europe as TradFi-crypto divide blurs
• Neuberger teams with Securitize on multi-chain tokenized fixed-income fund launch
• Citi to Launch Bitcoin Custody as Wall Street Pushes Deeper Into Crypto
• Blockchains may finally break their hidden reliance on a ticking randomness clock to keep networks secure
• Bitcoin tags $65K as S&P 500 rebounds from 2-week lows on US-Iran rhetoric
• Japan's Metaplanet Plants Its Flag in the US With $132M Bitcoin Treasury Deal
• Why the Trump-backed crypto venture is distancing itself from Hong Kong AI aggregator WorldClaw
• Polymarket Hit With Access Block in South Korea Over Gambling Allegations
• Bitcoin miners’ AI pivot pays off, but mining could revive with one twist
• Global bond yields surge as debt fears test bitcoin’s hedge narrative
• Japan's Metaplanet launching U.S. bitcoin treasury company through $135 million nanocap deal
• Strategy raised $334 million from MSTR shareholders last week — Bitcoin got none of it
• Tech Futures Drop on Rising Treasury Yields While Bitcoin Holds Near $64K
• Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC’s Rally Means Nothing Until It Reclaims This Key Level
• Bitcoin Wallet Untouched for 15 Years Suddenly Springs to Life
• HashKey taps Hong Kong's first regulated stablecoin to settle insurance and trade deals
• Toyota Finance opens tokenized bonds to retail investors via mobile payment app
• Citi plans to launch bitcoin custody for institutional clients later this year
• Crypto’s easy-money era is ending in a wave of failures
• AI Predicts XRP: Claude Makes a Prediction that May Anger the Ripple Maxis
• Peter Todd reopens Bitcoin’s 21M cap debate because transaction fees make up just 0.5% of miner revenue
• MoonPay adds Cash App Pay for crypto purchases by US customers
• Cash App's crypto support expands beyond bitcoin and USDC via MoonPay
• XRP Price Prediction: Can $1 Be Reclaimed This Week?
• Metaplanet Unveils US Bitcoin Expansion: Here’s What It Plans to Do With Superplanet
• Morning Minute: PUMP Prints First Golden Cross as Revenue Hits Seven-Month High
• Wall Street Giant Citi to Launch Bitcoin Custody Later This Year
• Visa looking for new stablecoin settlement partner after BVNK sale to Mastercard
• Ethereum’s next upgrade breaks the '21,000 gas' rule wallets rely on
• Half of Aave’s debt sits in just 9% of positions built around one Ethereum correlation trade
• Bybit Intercepts $700 Million in Potential User Losses During First Half of 2026
• Chainalysis Sues US Government Over $94.6M ICE Contract Handed to Rival TRM Labs
• The 'crack' in the energy market is wider than ever. Bitcoin might feel it.
• California Governor Odds: Becerra Leads as Primary Day Nears
• South Korea joins more than 30 jurisdictions restricting Polymarket access
• Bitcoin faces its highest Treasury hurdle since 2007 with $22.5B less crypto credit to unwind
• Kraken launches US-listed stock trading for EEA customers
• Bitcoin Dominance Rises as BTC Hits a Weekly High Above $64K: Market Watch
• Bitcoin pauses at $64,000 as rising yields, oil drag equities lower
• Bitcoin Price Analysis: Can BTC Break Out of This Range and Hit $65K?
• Bitcoin scores a rare win over S&P 500 with 2.6% rise versus 0.5% fall
• Polymarket’s 20% CLARITY Act odds sit on a market one $100K trade could radically reprice
• Bitcoin price spike to $64.5K was ‘low-volume liquidity trap’: Analysis
• Bitpanda Hit With Europe's First Published MiCA Penalty in Austria
• XRP Whale Activity Explodes 280% as Price Falls Below $1: What’s Going On?
• China adds 8 banks to digital yuan network as operator count hits 30
• Pi Network Announces Important Update for Pioneers: What Changes August 24?
• South Korea moves to block Polymarket over gambling concerns
• CZ Wallet Abandoned After Traders Earned Big on Signals
• Bitcoin turned $10,000 into $870,000 in a decade where 87% of active stock funds failed to beat passive rivals
• Live updates: Bitcoin holds $64,000 as surging yields and oil drain risk appetite
• BitBox patches ‘severe’ wallet flaws that could put funds at risk
• Clarity Act Uncertainty Keeps DeFi’s Bigger Market Bet on Hold
• KuCoin’s new perp rule can turn one funding-rate extreme into 36 hours of hourly settlements
• Important Ripple (XRP) Partnership Targets Cross-Border Remittances
• Jane Street Reveals Over $1 Billion Invested in Bitcoin ETFs
• The bitcoin price level where leveraged bulls could get whacked
• XRP slips below $1 even as a Korean regional bank adopts Ripple Payments
• Monad, an Ethereum rival, offered early investors up to $60 million to cash out. Almost all said no
• Ethereum Foundation warns some tools may break with Glamsterdam upgrade
• Bitcoin climbs above $64,000 while most majors slip
• South Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank taps Ripple for cross-border payments
• BitMart Account Demands Answers Over Frozen User Funds and Unpaid Salaries
• Alleged $165M crypto Ponzi mastermind faces US charges after Fiji deportation
• ‘Fabricated rumors’ about BitMart founder, Binance bStocks dominate: Asia Express