Crypto News. August 21, 2026

H.E. Justin Sun 👨‍🚀 🌞@justinsuntron

Today, my counsel appeared in California federal court to oppose World Liberty Financial's @worldlibertyfi efforts to force our dispute into secret arbitration proceedings and seal documents from public view.  We argued forcefully that this case belongs in open court—and the

Ouroboros Capital / yuzu.money@OuroborosCap8

Today's move once again strengthened my view that we are in the midst of a regime shift. It is quite clear that we are already on the train with the destination not being so clear. A couple of observations and thoughts from my end: - Buying of long end Treasuries by the govt

Ouroboros Capital / yuzu.money @OuroborosCap8

Gold's breakout is one to keep an eye on. Potential regime change especially having been lackluster for a while. There has been lots of back and forth re oil, long end yields, etc. Then finally the USDJPY intervention and gold's subsequent move. I'm not a 100% convinced but I

The Interfold@theInterfold

Network Alpha is live. The Interfold is live on mainnet: private inputs, verifiable outputs, no trusted hardware. Public ciphernode participation and confidential governance are coming next.

Teddy Riker@teddy_riker

35M+ transactions have settled over x402. Until now, none of them touched a corporate ledger. As of today, Agents can now make payments via x402 on Ramp with attribution and audit trails built in. This lets Ramp customers: 1. Provision & fund agent wallets 2. Empower agents to

Mike Selig@ChairmanSelig

If CLARITY continues to stall because of Democratic obstruction, the @CFTC will utilize its existing authorities to begin establishing a regime for crypto asset markets. We owe it to the American people to do so. Here's how we'll get it done ⬇️

Arsen@arsen_bt

Phishers stole 1,010 ETH via Tornado Cash's domain. The team couldn't renew it under sanctions. Criminals hacked criminals.

Wu Blockchain@WuBlockchain

HTX-Linked Address-Poisoning Reports Persist as Kraken Freezes User Funds of Up to $4.2 Million HTX-Linked Address-Poisoning Reports Persist as Kraken Freezes User Funds of Up to $4.2 MillionHTX, one of the longest-running major crypto exchanges since its founding in 2013, said

BitGo@BitGo

BitGo Korea has received VASP registration acceptance from the Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU) 🇰🇷 BitGo has spent more than a decade building infrastructure for institutions globally. We chose to establish a local entity and go through the regulatory process directly

Whale Insider@WhaleInsider

JUST IN: Coinbase integrates Hyperliquid perpetual futures trading into Base App.

Ryan Wyatt@Fwiz

We'll need to revisit the tokenomics for crypto-com-chain:native - there is no doubt about that. There's plenty to discuss and layout in the coming months. Particularly the buy and burn with @CronosApp revenue, the Community Burn, and beyond. It's part of our Q4 roadmap to

CZ 🔶 BNB@cz_binance

Many people miss the bigger picture. Policy cannot be applied to only one company/project. What's good for one is good for the rest of the industry.

JAKE @JakeGagain

JUST IN: @CZ_Binance shares his thoughts on the Trump administration potentially bringing @HyperliquidX into the United States in a "fully compliant and legal fashion" "This is not just about Hyperliquid.. There will be so many Perp DEX's & decentralized services available to

Eleanor Terrett@EleanorTerrett

🚨SCOOP: A small group of crypto executives met with Commerce Secretary @howardlutnick ahead of today’s White House remarks by President Trump and industry leaders, according to two sources familiar with the meeting. In the room were @brian_armstrong, @cdixon, @bgarlinghouse and

Eleanor Terrett @EleanorTerrett

🚨NEW: The meeting of tech leaders is set to kick off at the White House today at 2:30PM ET where President Trump is expected to make remarks alongside @SECPaulSAtkins and @ChairmanSelig. Other crypto/TradFi executives expected to attend: 📌@brian_armstrong, Coinbase

Gokhshtein@gokhshtein

Crypto executives met with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick before Trump's White House remarks to discuss the CLARITY Act and easing bipartisan passage hurdles.

TRON DAO@trondao

TRON is preparing for its next TVM upgrade, with on-chain governance votes scheduled for August 25. The update introduces new capabilities designed to strengthen compatibility, security, and developer functionality across the network. Read more from @Crypto_Briefing 👇

Clearpool@ClearpoolFin

Clearpool joins forces with @Ripple and @cicadacredit to build out the flagship institutional lending platform on the XRP Ledger. This partnership brings together three parties; each with a distinct yet symbiotic role to deploy significant institutional lending on XRPL.

RippleX @RippleXDev

Institutional-grade credit is coming to the XRP Ledger (XRPL). @Cicadacredit brings credit expertise and a borrower pipeline, powered by @ClearpoolFin infrastructure built on the XRPL Lending Protocol and Single Asset Vault. Cicada has the full story on how it works 👇

Bloomberg@business

Franklin Templeton is preparing to put tokenized assets inside conventional investment funds after receiving what the firm says is the first US regulatory clearance for digitally native products to be used within traditional funds

bloomberg.com

Franklin Plans to Push Tokenized Assets Into Traditional Funds

The Block@TheBlockCo

THE BLOCK: Kraken parent Payward is exploring becoming a "full bank" outside the U.S. as it expands into payments, lending, yield and custody, co-CEO Dave Ripley told The Block. The company is also building out asset management and turning its infrastructure into "a set of

Dan Primack@danprimack

Scoop: Stripe tells investors that "the singularity" has begun, and also shares some first-half performance data. Read the letter:

axios.com

Scoop: Stripe says "the singularity" has begun