Crypto News. August 18, 2026

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Aug 18, 2026

Ansem launched launchpad, ansem[.]io, and an onchain index called z500 where teams airdrop tokens to ANSEM holders

Ansem 🐂🀄️@blknoiz06

https://t.co/XJwfFMefl7

3:59 PM · Aug 17, 2026 · 1.25M Views

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Z500 Index@Z500Index

The $Z500 narrative is misunderstood, it is an index for the top performing coins on the ansem.io launchpad which is why we created https://t.co/4te1HPfuxy All coins > 100K marketcap are IMMEDIATELY added to the index and automatically bought back and burned

5:03 PM · Aug 17, 2026 · 2.57K Views

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Harmony will roll back its chain to just before the August 11 exploit to remove 4B forged ONE tokens.

Harmony 💙@harmonyprotocol

https://t.co/EKDqnqTuDk

9:16 AM · Aug 17, 2026 · 21.8K Views

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Morpho launched Quoter Bot for Morpho Midnight, an open-source bot that quotes both sides of the market around a reference rate.

Morpho 🦋@Morpho

Introducing Quoter Bot for Morpho Midnight An open-source bot that quotes both sides of the market around a reference rate. It can be forked, configured, and enhanced depending on your own quoting strategies. See the repo: github.com/morpho-org/mor…

3:39 PM · Aug 17, 2026 · 19K Views

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Austria’s FMA fined Bitpanda €70,000, for late white paper filing and non-compliant marketing.

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.

1:32 PM · Aug 17, 2026 · 62.4K Views

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Treasury and Congress finalized the GENIUS Act stablecoin framework, with Treasury now moving to implement rules and inviting stakeholder input.

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

12:54 PM · Aug 17, 2026 · 491K Views

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Strategy added $150M to its USD Reserve and repurchased $132M of STRC; BTC holdings unchanged at 840,447 BTC, USD Reserve at $4.8B

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

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

12:03 PM · Aug 17, 2026 · 912K Views

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Binance gave Russian authorities transaction and personal data on a client whose crypto donations to Ukraine’s military were used in terrorism-financing charges,

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

8:44 AM · Aug 17, 2026 · 17.5K Views

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Jane Street disclosed owning over $990M in Bitcoin ETFs in a new SEC filing.

Bitcoin Magazine@BitcoinMagazine

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

7:37 PM · Aug 17, 2026 · 111K Views

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cirBTC went live on Ethereum for Circle Mint LLC customers, with underlying BTC custodied by Circle National Trust.

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

5:17 PM · Aug 17, 2026 · 14.4K Views

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Binance plans to apply for an FCA crypto license to return to the UK market

Cointelegraph@Cointelegraph

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

2:40 PM · Aug 17, 2026 · 66.2K Views

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Saylor said MSTR investors should hold at least 4 years, ideally 7-10, and said buybacks aren’t a current priority.

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

7:53 PM · Aug 17, 2026 · 19.8K Views

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Hyperliquid Policy Center and Douro Labs submitted a comment letter urging the SEC to repeal the Reg NMS trade-through rule (Rule 611), calling it poorly suited to onchain markets.

Hyperliquid Policy Center@HyperliquidPC

https://t.co/lGtbWSU3CH

12:00 PM · Aug 17, 2026 · 44.6K Views

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Tether is expanding into AI applications for developing markets covering health, finance and sports

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.

2:17 PM · Aug 17, 2026 · 32.2K Views

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Chainalysis sued the US government over DHS/ICE awarding an exclusive procurement contract directly to rival TRM Labs, bypassing normal competition

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

8:26 AM · Aug 17, 2026 · 4.39K Views

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Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov criticized Pump.fun as scam-heavy and called Phantom’s hardware wallet experience worse than MetaMask’s

Michael Egorov@newmichwill

@tomi204 Ser, wtf. Pump.fun is a casino of scams called memecoins. Phantom wallet barely works (I had very bad experience trying to connect it to hw wallet - it worked at the end but UX was worse than Metamask). Solana DOES does ecosystem support very well, but best

pump.fun

Pump.fun — Launch and trade memecoins on Solana

4:36 PM · Aug 16, 2026 · 7.17K Views

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Payward, parent of Kraken, joined Anthropic’s Project Glasswing and is using Claude Mythos 5 to scan its environments for vulnerabilities.

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.

7:05 PM · Aug 17, 2026 · 10.5K Views

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Robinhood rolled out agentic crypto trading for eligible users, letting them connect agents via Robinhood’s MCP server to trade crypto alongside equities and options.

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.

6:15 PM · Aug 17, 2026 · 65K Views

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BitMart users and staff are publicly demanding CEO Sheldon answer by August 19 over alleged withdrawal restrictions, unpaid salaries and missing funds

CoinDesk@CoinDesk

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