Crypto News. August 19, 2026

rish@rish_neynar

update on @farcaster_xyz, @clanker_world and @neynarxyz we’ve started a process to look for a new home / team to run the products going forward. earlier this year, this seemed to be a good fit for our team: it was a developer-first network, and we'd been serving developers

Arthur Hayes@CryptoHayes

I’m coming out of retirement to lead @flop_labs $FLOP is food for your AI agent. No presale No VCs 100% fair launch Let’s build the agentic economy’s currency together fam and get fucking rich! More details to come, but expect a massive airdrop in Q4, genesis block Q1 27

Flop Labs @flop_labs

Announcing the Flop Network $FLOP is food for your AI agent

Simon Gerovich@gerovich

Since April, a small team inside Metaplanet has been working on something we could not talk about. Today it is public. Metaplanet is taking a controlling stake in Super League Enterprise (Nasdaq: SLE). At closing it will be renamed Superplanet, our U.S. Bitcoin treasury

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission@SECGov

🚨 TODAY: The SEC proposed new rules, “Regulation Crypto Assets,” that would create a clear and fit-for-purpose framework for certain investment contracts involving crypto assets.

Cypherpunk@cypherpunk

Cypherpunk Technologies Launches World's Largest Zcash Mining Fleet CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cypherpunk Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: CYPH) ("Cypherpunk") today announced the launch of Cypherpunk Mining, which is now the largest Zcash mining fleet in the

Falcon Finance@falconfinance

Compute financing has become one of the fastest-growing categories in asset-backed credit, and almost all of it is arranged through private syndicates. A lender who wants out before maturity has very few options. We opened a regulated pipeline for tokenized real-world asset

trade.xyz@tradexyz

Capital markets thrive when price discovery is open and continuous. Hyperliquid was built for both. Our joint letter with @HyperliquidPC explains how pre-IPO perpetuals can complement the IPO process and support more informed capital formation.

CoinDesk@CoinDesk

NEW: $2.8T AUM @Citi plans to launch Bitcoin custody services through its Custody+ platform, offering 24/7 access, near-instant settlement and secure key management for institutional clients.

Wu Blockchain@WuBlockchain

South Korea Blocks Polymarket Over Gambling Concerns South Korea’s media regulator voted on Aug. 18 to block access to Polymarket, saying its winner-take-all markets on events including politics, elections, sports and weather encourage gambling. Polymarket argued that its

Compound Foundation@Compound_xyz

1/ Compound is entering its next era. Today we're announcing a new leadership team and a $52M DAO-approved development program,the largest in the protocol's history, to bring institutional credit onchain.

coindesk.com

Compound bets $52 million, new leadership team in switch to institutional focus

Jupiter@JupiterExchange

The best onchain portfolio tool just got even more powerful. Introducing Portfolio v2. 10x faster. 10x sleeker. 10x more useful. For the first time ever, you can now actively manage your DeFi positions directly from within Portfolio. Borrow, lend, withdraw, repay, swap,

AQUA Wallet@AquaBitcoin

On August 6th, the Bitcoin Red Team sent us a report on AQUA. Around the same time, reports were coming in from independent researchers, and we'd been running our own scans across the codebase using frontier AI models. Between the three, one high-priority issue surfaced. It was

CoinDesk@CoinDesk

JUST IN: @Visa is searching for a new stablecoin settlement partner after @Mastercard acquired BVNK, requiring licensing across the U.S., Canada, UK and Singapore. @IanAllison123 reports.

Rain@raincards

The Agentic Payments Alliance is live. 26 founding members across payments, stablecoins, and AI, working together to shape how agent-driven commerce gets built. No single company should decide how agents transact on your behalf.

Chainlink@chainlink

NEW: The Wyoming Stable Token Commission (@wyostable) deprecates its legacy bridge & migrates the Frontier Stable Token (FRNT) to Chainlink CCIP. As a leader in digital asset policy, Wyoming is doubling down on security by selecting Chainlink as its exclusive cross-chain infra.

Wyoming Stable Token Commission @wyostable

NOTICE: The Wyoming Stable Token Commission has deprecated the LayerZero bridge (Stargate) & migrated the Frontier Stable Token (FRNT) to @Chainlink CCIP. Going forward, bridging for FRNT will be available via https://t.co/xQR12Ox8en. This decision follows a thorough review...

Ava Labs 🔺@AvaLabs

Over the past seven years we've built Ava Labs into one of the industry's leading blockchain companies. Today we're announcing leadership appointments that support our continued growth and long-term vision. @John1wu has appointed @CharleyCooper01 President of Ava Labs. Charley

Xaif Crypto@Xaif_Crypto

Ripple Prime has secured $275M in institutional capital through an upsized senior unsecured notes offering. Rated BBB by KBRA, the offering gives Ripple Prime additional capital to invest in its team and technology while scaling: 🔹 Multi-asset clearing 🔹 Prime brokerage 🔹

Xaif Crypto @Xaif_Crypto

When it comes to RLUSD, XRPL is currently ahead. 👀 XRPL: $898.8M — 52.63% Ethereum: $809.1M — 47.37% And RLUSD has reached a $1.71B market cap, up 15.72% in 30 days. https://t.co/X4ZbmnJpds

Ethereum Institutional@ethereuminsti

News: @Securitize and @neubergerberman have launched a tokenized fixed income fund on Ethereum. Actively managed credit: high yield, CLOs, leveraged loans, from a $230B platform.

Ethereum Daily@ETH_Daily

⏭️ Toward Ethereum’s Hegotá Upgrade: Key Priorities to Watch .@ethlabs_org has outlined several priorities for Ethereum’s upcoming Hegotá upgrade, expected after Glamsterdam and targeting around 2027. The goal is simple: make Ethereum more reliable for users while strengthening

Cointelegraph@Cointelegraph

🚨 UPDATE: Ethereum Foundation launches the Platåberget testnet, opening early public testing for the Glamsterdam upgrade ahead of its Aug. 20 fork.