Crypto News. August 18, 2026

Ansem 🐂🀄️@blknoiz06

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Harmony 💙@harmonyprotocol

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CoinDesk@CoinDesk

NEW: Austria's financial regulator fines @Bitpanda_global €70,000, the first legally binding MiCA penalty published in the country, for failing to file a white paper on time and distributing marketing communications without required disclosures.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent@SecScottBessent

.@POTUS and Congress delivered the GENIUS Act, establishing a landmark framework and clear rules of the road for payment stablecoins, and Treasury is moving quickly to implement that framework. @USTreasury welcomes input from stakeholders as we work to provide the regulatory

Michael Saylor@saylor

Strategy added $150M to its USD Reserve and repurchased $132M of $STRC, extending USD Duration to 2.8 yrs (+41 days) and tightening STRC BTC Credit to 114 bps (-4 bps). As of 8/16/26: ₿840,447 BTC Reserve; $4.8B USD Reserve. $MSTR

strategy.com

Strategy Increases USD Reserve by $150 Million and Repurchases $132 Million of STRC

The Block@TheBlockCo

NEW: Binance gave Russian authorities transaction and personal data on a client whose crypto donations to the Ukrainian military were used as evidence in terrorism-financing charges, Reuters reported. The data was reportedly provided after Binance said in 2023 that it had fully

Bitcoin Magazine@BitcoinMagazine

JUST IN: Wall Street giant Jane Street dropped a bombshell SEC filing: They disclosed owning over $990 million in Bitcoin ETFs 🤯

Circle@circle

cirBTC is now live on Ethereum for all Circle Mint LLC customers. The underlying BTC is custodied by Circle National Trust, a federally chartered national trust bank and qualified custodian supervised by the OCC. What’s next: Circle is building toward a simple, unified workflow

Cointelegraph@Cointelegraph

🇬🇧 JUST IN: Binance plans a UK return with an FCA crypto license application, per The Telegraph.

Wu Blockchain@WuBlockchain

Saylor: MSTR Investors Should Hold for at Least Four Years, Preferably Seven to 10, and Be Prepared for Difficult Years Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said MSTR investors should have at least a four-year time horizon, with seven to 10 years preferable, and should be

Hyperliquid Policy Center@HyperliquidPC

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Paolo Ardoino 🤖@paoloardoino

Tether, Stable Currency and Stable Intelligence

Wu Blockchain @WuBlockchain

Tether Plans AI Applications for Developing Markets as Global Users Top 650M According to Fortune, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the company is expanding beyond financial services into technology and infrastructure, with plans to develop AI applications for developing markets.

Nym@nym

Chainalysis Sues Over Alleged Corrupt No-Bid ICE Award to Rival TRM Labs On April 23, 2026, TRM Labs published a press release announcing the hire of Edward Currie. Currie worked 26 years at the Secret Service, Treasury and Capitol Police - joined TRM Labs as Account Director

Payward@Payward

Payward has joined @AnthropicAI's Project Glasswing, and are actively incorporating Claude Mythos 5, Anthropic's most capable model for finding and fixing software vulnerabilities, into our defensive cybersecurity work.

Robinhood@RobinhoodApp

Your agent works the night shift now. Agentic Trading for crypto is rolling out now to eligible users. Connect your agent through the Robinhood MCP server to trade crypto alongside equities and options from a dedicated Agentic Account—using only the funds you deposit.

CoinDesk@CoinDesk

NEW: @BitMartExchange users and employees publicly demand answers from CEO @sheldonbitmart by August 19, alleging withdrawal restrictions, unpaid salaries and missing funds.

ether.fi@ether_fi

More currencies. More rails. We’ve added new on- and off-ramps that support 30+ new currencies and payment methods. EtherFi Summer rolls on☀️