Neynar is stepping back from Farcaster and Clanker, seeking a new team to take over as it returns its balance sheet and moves on.
update on , and
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
6:20 PM · Aug 17, 2026 · 235K Views
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Arthur Hayes to lead Flop Labs FLOP launch
I’m coming out of retirement to lead
$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
Announcing the Flop Network
$FLOP is food for your AI agent
1:50 PM · Aug 18, 2026 · 330K Views
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Metaplanet will contribute 2,100 BTC (~$132.1M) plus $2.5M cash to Nasdaq-listed Super League Enterprise for a ~95.7% stake, renaming it Superplanet as its US Bitcoin treasury platform, expected to close Q4 2026.
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
12:32 PM · Aug 18, 2026 · 391K Views
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SEC proposed Regulation Crypto Assets, a new framework with two Securities Act registration exemptions
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.
6:40 PM · Aug 18, 2026 · 553K Views
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Cypherpunk Technologies launched Zcash mining ops via Cypherpunk Mining, deploying ~4.2 GSol/s (~18% of ZEC network hashrate), funded by a $33.33M raise from Winklevoss Capital
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
12:33 PM · Aug 18, 2026 · 5.16K Views
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Falcon Finance opened a regulated RWA tokenization pipeline in El Salvador, starting with a tokenized GPU forward financing instrument backed by NEAR AI and vGPU
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
1:00 PM · Aug 18, 2026 · 70.2K Views
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Hyperliquid Policy Center and trade[XYZ] petitioned the SEC to create a regulatory framework for pre-IPO perpetuals (IPOPs), including retail access and clarity on whether they’re security futures or swaps.
Capital markets thrive when price discovery is open and continuous. Hyperliquid was built for both.
Our joint letter with explains how pre-IPO perpetuals can complement the IPO process and support more informed capital formation.
3:26 PM · Aug 18, 2026 · 16.8K Views
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Citi announced Custody+, launching digital asset custody later this year starting with Bitcoin,
NEW: $2.8T AUM plans to launch Bitcoin custody services through its Custody+ platform, offering 24/7 access, near-instant settlement and secure key management for institutional clients.
1:08 PM · Aug 18, 2026 · 38.3K Views
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HTX is investigating reports of small poisoning transfers appearing to originate from HTX addresses, saying its internal review found no related transfers or testing activity on its end.
‘Someone’ is sending tainted dust from sanctioned HTX
4:59 PM · Aug 18, 2026 · 690 Views
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South Korea’s media regulator voted to block Polymarket over gambling concerns tied to its winner-take-all event markets.
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
7:43 AM · Aug 18, 2026 · 20K Views
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Compound Foundation named a new leadership team (Aaron Schnarch as Executive Director, Christopher Donovan COO, Steven Liu CPO, Leo Eikelman CTO) alongside a $52M DAO-approved program to push institutional DeFi.
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
4:17 PM · Aug 17, 2026 · 144K Views
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Jupiter launched Portfolio v2, letting users borrow, lend, withdraw, repay, swap, and claim DeFi positions directly from the portfolio dashboard.
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,
5:09 PM · Aug 17, 2026 · 91.4K Views
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AQUA patched a high-priority theoretical vulnerability in an experimental Bitcoin/Tether poker chip sweep feature, flagged by the Bitcoin Red Team and independent researchers; core wallet and seed entropy were unaffected.
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
7:48 PM · Aug 17, 2026 · 19.2K Views
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Visa is searching for a new stablecoin settlement partner after Mastercard acquired BVNK
JUST IN: is searching for a new stablecoin settlement partner after acquired BVNK, requiring licensing across the U.S., Canada, UK and Singapore.
reports.
2:27 PM · Aug 18, 2026 · 80.9K Views
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Rain’s Agentic Payments Alliance officially launched with 26 founding members including Visa, Mastercard, Fiserv, Circle, Solana, and Remitly
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.
1:00 PM · Aug 18, 2026 · 96.1K Views
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Wyoming’s Stable Token Commission fully migrated its FRNT token from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP
NEW: The Wyoming Stable Token Commission () 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...
7:46 PM · Aug 18, 2026 · 124K Views
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Ava Labs named COO Charley Cooper as president, moving John Wu to senior advisor, and made interim CFO Lydia Chiu permanent.
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.
has appointed President of Ava Labs. Charley
3:42 PM · Aug 18, 2026 · 24.3K Views
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Krak, Kraken’s payments app, launched its multi-asset debit card in the US, built with Stripe, offering up to 2% cashback and support for 600+ assets.
Krak Card landed in the U.S.🇺🇸
Up to 2% cashback. 600+ currencies. No hidden fees. Built with .
Get your Krak Card:
7:56 PM · Aug 18, 2026 · 43.7K Views
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Ripple closed an upsized $275M private placement of senior unsecured notes through Ripple Prime.
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
🔹
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
1:55 PM · Aug 18, 2026 · 12K Views
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Securitize launched the Neuberger Securitize High Income Tokenized Fund (HINC), Neuberger Berman’s first tokenized fund as subadvisor, live on Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana, and Sui.
Ethereum Institutional @ethereuminsti
News: and have launched a tokenized fixed income fund on Ethereum.
Actively managed credit: high yield, CLOs, leveraged loans, from a $230B platform.
4:45 PM · Aug 18, 2026 · 3.78K Views
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Ethereum’s Protocol Architecture team proposed FOCIL and Frame Transactions as headline features for the Hegotá upgrade following Glamsterdam, targeting a 500-600M block gas limit.
⏭️ Toward Ethereum’s Hegotá Upgrade: Key Priorities to Watch
. 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
3:00 AM · Aug 18, 2026 · 5.63K Views
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Ethereum’s new Platåberget testnet undergoes the Glamsterdam upgrade Aug. 20, testing proposer-builder separation and gas repricing ahead of Sepolia and Hoodi.
Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph
🚨 UPDATE: Ethereum Foundation launches the Platåberget testnet, opening early public testing for the Glamsterdam upgrade ahead of its Aug. 20 fork.
5:00 AM · Aug 18, 2026 · 76.8K Views
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The bigger theme here is convergence. Citi adding Bitcoin custody, Visa searching for stablecoin infrastructure and traditional asset managers tokenizing funds all point toward crypto becoming embedded in existing finance rather than operating as a separate ecosystem.