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- A year after losing $1.46 billion, Bybit says AI helped it save $700 millionby Shaurya Malwa on August 19, 2026 at 12:01 pm
The exchange that lost $1.46 billion to North Korean hackers is the first large centralized firm to put numbers on a claim bitcoin developers have been making all month.
- China triples digital yuan bank roster year-to-date as eight more banks join networkby Francisco Rodrigues on August 19, 2026 at 11:55 am
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) added 20 new operators this year across two rounds of expansions, including eight additions this week.
- Fed decision making comes into focus as bitcoin holds steady, bond yields surgeby Francisco Rodrigues on August 19, 2026 at 11:14 am
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 19, 2026
- Bitcoin stuck in a six-week range as global bond yields hit highest levels for decadesby Oliver Knight on August 19, 2026 at 10:29 am
BTC volatility has dropped to multi-year lows as surging Treasury yields rattle equities and traders await the Fed’s July meeting minutes for clues on the interest-rate path.
- TikTok code includes peer-to-peer payments over messaging: Bloombergby Olivier Acuna on August 19, 2026 at 10:04 am
The feature, which follows earlier moves into financial transactions, is not yet being tested anywhere, a spokesperson said.
- Ripple raises $275 million in senior notes for prime brokerage pushby Olivier Acuna on August 19, 2026 at 9:55 am
Ripple Prime’s inaugural senior notes carried an investment grade rating and drew institutional investors across key financial markets.
- OpenAI trails Anthropic as losses deepen and Altman pauses frontier AI trainingby James Van Straten on August 19, 2026 at 9:10 am
Widening losses and intensifying competition coincide with a pause in frontier reinforcement-learning training as openai strengthens its safety controls.
- Live updates: Bitcoin remains above $64,000 as oil rises and the Kospi tumbles 6%by James Van Straten on August 19, 2026 at 9:05 am
U.S. Treasury yields retreat from the highest levels in decades, while bitcoin holds above $64,000.
- Maya Protocol exploit drains bitcoin and other assets as pool value drops $11 millionby Shaurya Malwa on August 19, 2026 at 6:36 am
A chain of six flaws caused the cross-chain trading network to credit a pool with nearly 50 million tokens that were never properly funded, letting an attacker drain real assets.
- Robot maker Unitree’s IPO surges 600% , outpacing crypto traders’ premarket betsby Shaurya Malwa on August 19, 2026 at 5:45 am
A Hyperliquid perp priced Unitree far above its IPO valuation before Shanghai trading began, but the robot maker’s first public trade still opened roughly 75% above crypto traders’ implied price.
- Bitcoin holds $64,000 and solana leads gains amid 7% Korean chip stock slideby Shaurya Malwa on August 19, 2026 at 4:25 am
Bitcoin held near $64,000 and every major except BNB gained, while Korean semiconductor stocks fell more than 7% and Fed minutes are due at 2 p.m. ET.
- ‘It has to pass’: Andrew Cuomo warns U.S. is falling behind on crypto rulesby Helene Braun on August 19, 2026 at 1:35 am
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the CLARITY Act is key to linking crypto and traditional markets.
- Robinhood CEO urges U.S. to clear path for tokenized stocks as overseas markets advanceby Helene Braun on August 18, 2026 at 11:11 pm
Vlad Tenev says tokenized stocks could bring real-time settlement and 24/7 trading, but U.S. rules remain a hurdle.
- U.S. accounting-standards group proposes way to see stablecoins as ‘cash equivalent’by Jesse Hamilton on August 18, 2026 at 9:25 pm
The Financial Accounting Standards Board, a nonprofit that governs accounting practices, proposed that certain stablecoins should fit the bill as cash-like.
- U.S. SEC proposes first major crypto rule in surprise announcementby Jesse Hamilton on August 18, 2026 at 7:09 pm
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the “Regulation Crypto” proposal after having cancelled a meeting days before meant to vote on it.
- Wyoming joins $15 billion LayerZero exodus with state stablecoin moveby Francisco Rodrigues on August 18, 2026 at 6:57 pm
This is the first time a U.S. government entity has publicly replaced its blockchain infrastructure specifically on security grounds.
- Bitcoin has gone quiet as traders chase ‘5x or 10x’ payoffs elsewhereby Oliver Knight on August 18, 2026 at 5:00 pm
Bitcoin’s price swings have hit a cycle low, squeezed by a market tug-of-war with no clear winner. The traders who once lived off its chaos have taken their risk appetite elsewhere.
- Kraken adds U.S. stocks in Europe as TradFi-crypto divide blursby Olivier Acuna on August 18, 2026 at 4:08 pm
The exchange said it is the first crypto company to offer European customers both traditional U.S. equities and tokenized versions of those assets on a single regulated platform.
- Why the Trump-backed crypto venture is distancing itself from Hong Kong AI aggregator WorldClawby Shaurya Malwa on August 18, 2026 at 3:07 pm
WLFI says the AI platform is independent and uses USD1 as a payment rail, but would not say whether it has equity, financing, revenue-sharing or other economic interests in the company.
- Bitcoin miners’ AI pivot pays off, but mining could revive with one twistby James Van Straten on August 18, 2026 at 2:41 pm
Miners with AI and high-performance computing contracts have commanded higher valuations as declining bitcoin prices and hashprice squeeze pure-play operators.
- Global bond yields surge as debt fears test bitcoin’s hedge narrativeby James Van Straten on August 18, 2026 at 2:40 pm
Long-term borrowing costs are reaching multi-decade highs as U.S. debt approaches $40 trillion and AI hyperscalers accelerate bond issuance.
- Japan’s Metaplanet launching U.S. bitcoin treasury company through $135 million nanocap dealby Francisco Rodrigues on August 18, 2026 at 2:35 pm
The deal involves Metaplanet contributing 2,100 bitcoin and $2.5 million in cash, valuing the initial investment at $134.6 million.
- HashKey taps Hong Kong’s first regulated stablecoin to settle insurance and trade dealsby Olivier Acuna on August 18, 2026 at 2:03 pm
Following institutional trials, the HKD-pegged asset is being put to work to capture part of Hong Kong’s $49 billion trade corridor with the United Arab Emirates
- Citi plans to launch bitcoin custody for institutional clients later this yearby Helene Braun on August 18, 2026 at 1:25 pm
The Wall Street bank plans to let clients hold bitcoin alongside traditional assets through its new Custody+ platform.
- Crypto’s easy-money era is ending in a wave of failuresby Will Canny on August 18, 2026 at 1:22 pm
Inflated valuations and weak business models are driving crypto’s shakeout, Global Settlement Network CEO Ryan Kirkley says.
- Important Ripple News and XRP Price Update: August 19by Jordan Lyanchev on August 19, 2026 at 10:20 am
Here’s the latest notable developments in the broader Ripple ecosystem, as well as XRP’s price update as the fight for $1.00 continues.
- Viral Altcoin Explodes to New All-Time High, Bitcoin (BTC) Touched $65K: Market Watchby Jordan Lyanchev on August 19, 2026 at 9:35 am
The altcoin in question has skyrocketed by over 80% in the past day alone.
- SEC Unveils ‘Regulation Crypto Assets’: New $5M and $75M Path for Token Offeringby Wayne Jones on August 19, 2026 at 7:49 am
The public will be allowed to comment on the proposal for 60 days after it appears in the Federal Register.
- Crypto Genesys Goes Live on 1win in Limited Platform Releaseby playnewswire on August 19, 2026 at 7:35 am
[PRESS RELEASE – Willemstad, Curaçao, August 19th, 2026] 1win, a crypto entertainment platform, has added Crypto Genesys, Pragmatic Play’s new crypto-themed slot, giving its players access to a title currently available across only a limited selection of gaming platforms. As one of the few selected gaming platforms that offer Crypto Genesys, 1win is expanding its
- Bitcoin Back Above $100K? Scaramucci Says the 2028 Halving Holds the Keyby Jose Oramas on August 19, 2026 at 5:38 am
SkyBridge’s Anthony Scaramucci expects Bitcoin to return above $100,000 as the next halving approaches, despite BTC currently trading around $64,000.
- Wintermute: Bitcoin Range Breakout Delayed by ETF Outflows and Miner Sellingby Wayne Jones on August 19, 2026 at 4:02 am
Bitcoin’s muted response to softer rate-hike expectations has raised questions about its near-term demand.
- Nasdaq Embraces Crypto-Style Trading With 23-Hour Market Planby Wayne Jones on August 18, 2026 at 9:42 pm
Nasdaq’s proposed schedule still includes a one-hour daily pause for processing and transition to the next trading day.
- Bitcoin Now One Step Away from Exiting Bear Market: Bitfinex Alphaby Mandy Williams on August 18, 2026 at 8:10 pm
If the capital flowing through the equities market moves into the crypto ecosystem, BTC could see a significant price breakthrough.
- Ethereum Price Prediction: Is $1.8K or $2K More Likely for ETH’s Near Future?by Shayan Markets on August 18, 2026 at 6:33 pm
Ethereum is consolidating around $1.9K after recovering sharply from the June and July lows. The broader structure has considerably improved, but ETH still remains below several important resistance levels, and at the moment, the market is at a key decision point. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart The daily chart shows ETH trading around $1.9K,
- BNB Chain Launches BNB Agent Studio v2, Giving AI Agents the Ability to Earnby Chainwire on August 18, 2026 at 6:32 pm
[PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, UAE, August 18th, 2026] BNB Chain, one of the largest blockchain ecosystems worldwide, today announced BNB Agent Studio v2, an update to its AI agent development platform. The release expands what autonomous agents can do with money, from earning their own income to operating inside owner-defined financial limits enforced onchain. BNB
- Bitcoin Surges Past $64K as Warning Signs Mount: Is This a Bull Trap?by Jordan Lyanchev on August 18, 2026 at 5:45 pm
Selling pressure from miners, ETF holders, and Strategy is building as BTC fights for $64K.
- XRP Wallet Activity Turns Withdrawal-Heavy Across Exchanges: What It Means for Price?by Wayne Jones on August 18, 2026 at 4:16 pm
Coinbase is leading XRP’s negative net wallet flows, accounting for nearly half of the seven-day imbalance.
- Polymarket Hit With Access Block in South Korea Over Gambling Allegationsby Chayanika Deka on August 18, 2026 at 2:46 pm
Polymarket faces another regulatory setback as South Korea orders access blocked.
- Tech Futures Drop on Rising Treasury Yields While Bitcoin Holds Near $64Kby George Georgiev on August 18, 2026 at 2:14 pm
Wall Street’s tech-heavy indexes faced renewed pressure Tuesday as long-term Treasury yields surged, while Bitcoin remained comparatively stable around $64,000.
- Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC’s Rally Means Nothing Until It Reclaims This Key Levelby Shayan Markets on August 18, 2026 at 2:11 pm
Bitcoin remains trapped in a broad corrective structure, with the price currently near $64.3K after failing to reclaim several important resistance levels. The daily chart shows a persistent bearish trendline and weakening momentum, while the 4-hour structure suggests that the asset is compressing inside a narrowing range. Meanwhile, NUPL has fallen sharply from cycle-high territory,
- Metaplanet Unveils US Bitcoin Expansion: Here’s What It Plans to Do With Superplanetby Jordan Lyanchev on August 18, 2026 at 12:54 pm
The BTC holder plans to transform the Nasdaq-listed Super League into Superplanet to create a second vehicle designed to raise capital and buy more bitcoin in the US.
- Wall Street Giant Citi to Launch Bitcoin Custody Later This Yearby Jordan Lyanchev on August 18, 2026 at 12:32 pm
Citigroup confirmed that Bitcoin will be the first cryptocurrency supported by its upcoming custodian service.
- Bybit Intercepts $700 Million in Potential User Losses During First Half of 2026by Jose Oramas on August 18, 2026 at 12:00 pm
“The cybersecurity arms race has entered an era of minutes,” said David Zong, Head of Group Risk Control and Security at Bybit.
- Bitcoin Dominance Rises as BTC Hits a Weekly High Above $64K: Market Watchby Jordan Lyanchev on August 18, 2026 at 10:41 am
Meanwhile, XRP’s fight for $1.00 continues without much success.
- XRP Whale Activity Explodes 280% as Price Falls Below $1: What’s Going On?by Jordan Lyanchev on August 18, 2026 at 9:16 am
Large XRP transactions skyrocketed over the past day, which just adds more to the Ripple whale picture but the price keeps struggling.
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- Ripple just scored two major institutional wins but XRP traders are bracing for a bigger moveby Oluwapelumi Adejumo on August 19, 2026 at 12:00 pm
On Aug. 18, Ripple deepened its push into traditional finance, securing a South Korean banking deal as its prime brokerage raised $275 million. The crypto payment company revealed that South Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank became the country’s first regional lender to deploy Ripple Payments for cross-border business transfers, replacing SWIFT-based correspondent-bank transfers that can take days The post Ripple just scored two major institutional wins but […]
- Bitcoin’s Q2 selloff split Wall Street as banks bought, hedge funds cut and sovereigns heldby Gino Matos on August 19, 2026 at 11:00 am
Bitcoin fell 14.2% in the second quarter, while institutional Bitcoin ETF holdings rose 7.5% over the same period, climbing from 498,389 to 535,723 BTC equivalent. Fewer institutions drove that increase, with the number reporting Bitcoin positions through 13F filings falling roughly 6.8%, from about 2,000 to around 1,900. Those figures are Bitcoin Strategy’s second-quarter estimate, The post Bitcoin’s Q2 selloff split Wall Street as banks […]
- SEC opens door to day-one crypto insider sales that Senate draft would blockby Gino Matos on August 19, 2026 at 9:45 am
The SEC’s new crypto fundraising proposal deliberately treats tokens as free to trade as soon as a buyer acquires them, unless the issuer or another law says otherwise. Insiders typically know more than the public while a token project is still being built, and their incentives do not always line up with everyone else’s. The The post SEC opens door to day-one crypto insider sales that Senate draft would block appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- This Solana treasury company may sell SOL as a DeFi loan ties up more than half its treasuryby Oluwapelumi Adejumo on August 19, 2026 at 8:30 am
Even after its estimated C$22 million unencumbered crypto, roughly C$12.2 million of the illustrative gap remains. The post This Solana treasury company may sell SOL as a DeFi loan ties up more than half its treasury appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- Ethereum’s 12-GPU proving problem just got a 4-GPU answerby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on August 19, 2026 at 7:00 am
Its claimed 9.62-second p99 fits Ethereum’s latency target, while workload, proof and whole-system power details remain undisclosed. The post Ethereum’s 12-GPU proving problem just got a 4-GPU answer appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- Canaan counted paused Ethiopia mining as nearly 35% of its July operating hashrate totalby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on August 19, 2026 at 4:00 am
The company placed 4.96 EH/s in its operating column while a footnote said Ethiopia mining was paused. The post Canaan counted paused Ethiopia mining as nearly 35% of its July operating hashrate total appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- Yakovenko wants Solana to mint SOL to buy a company, but who would own it?by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on August 19, 2026 at 2:30 am
Stake-weighted approval could authorize a direction, but no target, legal buyer, ownership structure or operating authority has been named. The post Yakovenko wants Solana to mint SOL to buy a company, but who would own it? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- AsiaStrategy’s Astra deal lets insider-linked buyers take ownership before $8 million comes dueby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on August 19, 2026 at 1:00 am
Legal ownership can pass at closing, while the public agreements disclose no collateral, guarantee or escrow. The post AsiaStrategy’s Astra deal lets insider-linked buyers take ownership before $8 million comes due appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- HIVE’s $84.7 million Swedish tax provision eclipsed revenue even as Bitcoin output hit a recordby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on August 18, 2026 at 11:40 pm
The non-cash liability equals about 41% of cash, while HIVE’s filings leave the payment timetable unresolved. The post HIVE’s $84.7 million Swedish tax provision eclipsed revenue even as Bitcoin output hit a record appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- This public company now controls 18% of Zcash mining power after $33 million Winklevoss-linked dealby Oluwapelumi Adejumo on August 18, 2026 at 10:30 pm
Only 5.38 million shares are initially issuable, leaving most of the deal’s equity impact behind an approval gate. The post This public company now controls 18% of Zcash mining power after $33 million Winklevoss-linked deal appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- Sovereign Debt Crisis: The French Left Wants To Simply Burn The Debtby Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 9:00 am
Sovereign Debt Crisis: The French Left Wants To Simply Burn The Debt Submitted by Thomas Kolbe For economic illiterates, socialists and social-state engineers, the world consists of one fundamental problem: Where does the credit come from that is supposed to turn the visions of central planners into a new reality? Once that question has been answered and the shaky financing is in place, the work can begin. Ideally, socialists […]
- The Super El Niño To Beat All Others?by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 8:15 am
The Super El Niño To Beat All Others? The World Meteorological Organization predicts the sea surface temperature anomaly in the El Niño/La Niña indicator area in the Pacific Ocean to rise to an average of +2.9° Celsius in the August-September-October period. As Statista’s Katharina Buchholz reports, this would constitute the strongest El Niño since records started in 1950 and could lead to wet and stormy conditions across […]
- The Case For Britain Backing Its North Sea Oil & Gas Industryby Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 7:30 am
The Case For Britain Backing Its North Sea Oil & Gas Industry Authored by David Whitehouse, chief executive of Offshore Energies UK, via City AM, Jackdaw and Rosebank could strengthen UK energy security by increasing domestic oil and gas production while demand remains substantial. The projects are expected to support billions of pounds of investment, thousands of jobs, and a broad UK offshore supply chain. […]
- Germany Opens New Drone Security Center Amid Fears Of Russian Hybrid Warfareby Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 6:45 am
Germany Opens New Drone Security Center Amid Fears Of Russian Hybrid Warfare European officials have for years been warning about what they allege is heightened Russian hybrid and sabotage warfare targeting Europe and its airspace in connection with the long-running Ukraine war. They’ve been further sounding the alarm in the wake of this month’s drone incident near a runway at Leipzig Airport. Reports say a drone carrying […]
- Hellish: Ceuta Mothers Weep In Streets; Rapes Force Women To Flee; Kids’ Parks Smeared In Shitby Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 6:00 am
Hellish: Ceuta Mothers Weep In Streets; Rapes Force Women To Flee; Kids’ Parks Smeared In Shit Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Spanish mothers in Ceuta are in tears on live television. Hospitals are overflowing. Beaches and parks that once hosted families are now open-air camps of garbage, feces and makeshift shacks. And the Civil Guard has confirmed at least 15 rapes since the late-July mass migrant invasion – […]
- Alexander Vindman Suffers Double-Digit Loss To Socialist Angie Nixon In Florida Senate Primaryby Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 5:27 am
Alexander Vindman Suffers Double-Digit Loss To Socialist Angie Nixon In Florida Senate Primary Alexander Vindman – a central Russiagate figure who flipped out when Donald Trump asked Ukraine to investigate Biden family corruption – and who was offered the job of Ukraine’s Minister of Defense three times two months before the infamous ‘perfect’ Trump-Zelensky call – was just beaten out of a Florida Senate seat by Democratic […]
- We’re All On Borrowed Time…by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 3:25 am
We’re All On Borrowed Time… Authored by Brad Todd via The What For Substack, We bought our house in the same year I discovered Piemonte, and that was fortuitous. The house came with a walk-in wine cellar and the family-owned vineyards strewn across the rolling Italian hills from LaMorra to Serralunga D’Alba provided a learnable collection of producers to fill it up. It is a good thing I have enjoyed the chore of curating this […]
- Why Are So Many Democrats Being Arrested On Fraud Charges?by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 3:00 am
Why Are So Many Democrats Being Arrested On Fraud Charges? An obvious pattern is emerging. Multiple Democrat officials have been arrested and charged with fraud or related federal crimes over the past two years and the trend seems to be growing. Democrat politicians and DNC members are over-represented when it comes to fraud and it’s starting to look like the entire party has been pilfering the cookie jar for quite some time. […]
- Where Have All The Conservatives Gone?by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 2:35 am
Where Have All The Conservatives Gone? Authored by Nikolai G. Wenzel via The Daily Economy, Fusionism, a new book by Stephanie Slade, a Senior Editor at Reason, attempts to make sense of the seemingly incoherent New Right. Although Slade proposes a renewal of fusionism as a remedy to conservatism’s drift and the challenges facing a divided Republic, the book’s greatest strength lies in its analysis of the trends to date. The […]
- Illegal Immigrant Killer Found Not Guilty By Insanity, Flees US During Hospital Leaveby Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 2:10 am
Illegal Immigrant Killer Found Not Guilty By Insanity, Flees US During Hospital Leave An illegal immigrant found not guilty by reason of insanity in a 2019 killing managed to flee the United States on a one-way flight to his native Tajikistan while on an approved 48-hour pass from a state mental health facility. Now a Soros-backed prosecutor is under fire for his pattern of pursuing insanity pleas for violent offenders who are […]
- Minority Leader Jeffries Drops The Mask, Signals Democrats Are Coming For The Courtby Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 1:20 am
Minority Leader Jeffries Drops The Mask, Signals Democrats Are Coming For The Court Hakeem Jeffries has developed a habit of saying out loud what his party once preferred to keep vague. Hakeem Jeffries (photo: Anna Moneymaker, Getty) Speaking at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Atlanta, the House minority leader told the audience that Democrats see “[a] variety of different options that are on the table, […]
- Forbes Editor Fired Over $6m Payoff Had Threatened Companies Who Dared Hire Outgoing Trump Admin Officials In 2021by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 12:55 am
Forbes Editor Fired Over $6m Payoff Had Threatened Companies Who Dared Hire Outgoing Trump Admin Officials In 2021 Authored by Monica Showalter via American Thinker, Remember how vindictive the political scenario after Joe Biden first took office? It wasn’t just the draconian prosecutions of Jan. 6 protestors, most of whom were non-violent and unarmed, many of them little old ladies. One guy got sent to jail who wasn’t even at the […]
- Derek Chauvin Seeks To Dismiss Charges In Death Of George Floydby Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 12:30 am
Derek Chauvin Seeks To Dismiss Charges In Death Of George Floyd Derek Chauvin’s legal team filed a new court petition Tuesday morning seeking to dismiss the charges against the former Minneapolis police officer and vacate his convictions, arguing that the case that sent him to prison for the death of George Floyd rested on a foundation that never had legal standing to begin with. Attorney Greg Joseph submitted the 31-page filing […]
- ICE Proposes Insurance Coverage For Local Officers Involved In Immigration Arrestsby Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 12:05 am
ICE Proposes Insurance Coverage For Local Officers Involved In Immigration Arrests Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has proposed an insurance plan to shield local police officers involved in immigration arrests from financial liability if they face allegations of misconduct during those arrests. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents walk outside the Ventura […]
- Fauci Aide Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy That Shielded EcoHealth Records, Countered Lab-Leak Narrativeby Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 11:40 pm
Fauci Aide Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy That Shielded EcoHealth Records, Countered Lab-Leak Narrative Dr. David Morens, the longtime senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, pleaded guilty in Greenbelt federal court on Tuesday to conspiracy to commit offenses and to defraud the United States (18 U.S.C. § 371). The plea caps a records scandal that began with his own emails […]
- Inside The DSA’s Dilemma: Grow The Democratic Party Or Become Itby Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 11:15 pm
Inside The DSA’s Dilemma: Grow The Democratic Party Or Become It Authored by Russ Jones via The Epoch Times, The Democratic Socialists of America’s national leadership was split 14-13 in Chicago this summer. Not over whether to endorse Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) for president in 2028, but over whether the group’s own 120,000 members should even get to vote on the question. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks […]
- Rubio Announces Sanctions Against International Criminal Court President & Top Lawyerby Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 10:50 pm
Rubio Announces Sanctions Against International Criminal Court President & Top Lawyer Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday new sanctions against International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane and Senior Trial Lawyer Abdoulaye Seye as tensions flare between the court and the Trump administration. “These individuals have directly engaged in efforts by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute […]
- Why Teens Are Struggling To Find Summer Jobsby Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 10:25 pm
Why Teens Are Struggling To Find Summer Jobs Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times, Joslyne Baird has been looking for a job for about a year to help her family pay the bills. She began her job search at 14 years old, applying to summer camps and grocery stores around her small Kentucky town of about 1,500 people, without success, she told The Epoch Times. “I’m looking for babysitting jobs, mowing jobs, cleaning jobs, and so […]
- Comcast Turns Millions Of Routers Into Motion Sensors – The Same WiFi Signals Can ID You With 99.5% Accuracyby Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 10:00 pm
Comcast Turns Millions Of Routers Into Motion Sensors – The Same WiFi Signals Can ID You With 99.5% Accuracy Dear Comcast customers: The internet gateway in your living room is now a motion sensor. It’s free of charge, and the data can go to law enforcement without further notice. What’s more, researchers have already shown that these same signals can identify exactly who is in the room. On Tuesday, Comcast unveiled Xfinity […]
- China Added 200,000 Bpd To Crude Reserves In July Despite Hormuz Crisisby Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 9:40 pm
China Added 200,000 Bpd To Crude Reserves In July Despite Hormuz Crisis By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com China is estimated to have added about 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil to its huge inventories in July as imports rebounded from a decade-low in June and refinery runs remained depressed. The world’s top crude oil importer, unlike other major oil consumers, started drawing down on stockpiles only in May, the […]
- Disengagement: Trump Vows New Strategy To ‘Strangle’ Iran Over Timeby Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Disengagement: Trump Vows New Strategy To ‘Strangle’ Iran Over Time Summary No talks: Trump confirms US-Iran negotiations are off, vows to ‘strangle them’ over time. Hormuz attack: Tanker hit, injuring a crew member. Houthis escalate: Attacks shut Yemen’s Mokha port. Diplomacy stalled: Qatar says not mediating until Oman-Hormuz deal finalized. Iran hardens: Tehran says it maintains an offensive posture. Strait of Hormuz […]
- Unitree IPO 5,550 Times Oversubscribed As UBS Says Grey Market Points To 3.5x Openby Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Unitree IPO 5,550 Times Oversubscribed As UBS Says Grey Market Points To 3.5x Open The global market leader in humanoid-robot shipments, China-based Unitree, is set to begin trading on Shanghai’s STAR Market on Wednesday, potentially sparking a wave of robotics listings in Asia as the race for physical AI remains in its early innings. Unitree New Robot Preview: “Superman” Breaking the Limits of Humanity🥳 Standing high […]
- Battle Over Ten Commandments Arrives At Supreme Courtby Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Battle Over Ten Commandments Arrives At Supreme Court Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 17 to review a federal appeals court decision that upheld a Texas law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit cleared the way in April for the Texas law to take effect. […]
- DSA Lawmaker Claims Shoplifting For “Biological Need” Shouldn’t Be Illegalby Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 8:40 pm
DSA Lawmaker Claims Shoplifting For “Biological Need” Shouldn’t Be Illegal A radical Democratic Socialist lawmaker from New York is under fire after declaring that theft driven by “biological need” shouldn’t be treated as a crime, effectively green-lighting shoplifting while slamming big retailers. Emily Gallagher, a New York State Assembly member and part of the Democratic Socialists of America’s New York State Socialists in […]
- Why Is This Scumbag Still In America?by Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 8:20 pm
Why Is This Scumbag Still In America? Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, A 26-year-old Ghanaian migrant stalked and attacked women across Oklahoma City over a two-week span in August, getting arrested three times for sexual battery before firefighters witnessed him trying to rape a fourth woman on a public trail and held him for police. Jeff Kufi (Kofi) Asare was booked on a first-degree rape charge with a $75,000 […]
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- Fauci faces mounting legal pressure as Senate probes intensifyby Willow Tohi on August 18, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) Dr. Anthony Fauci refused a private transcribed interview with Sen. Ron Johnson’s subcommittee investigating the federal COVID-19 response. For…
- Iran Stands Firm on Strait of Hormuz as Trump Warns Americans of Higher Gas Pricesby Sterling Ashworth on August 18, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) Iranâs Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said early Saturday that the Strait of Hormuz âwill be opened and closed only under Iranâs comm…
- Study Associates Meal Timing With Mortality Risk in Adults 40 and Olderby Coco Somers on August 18, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) Meal Timing Associated With Mortality Risk, Analysis FindsMeal timing was associated with mortality risk in a large analysis of U.S. adults ages 40 …
- Diesel Crack Spread Screams Economic Red Alert, and Inflation Will Soon Surgeby Mike Adams on August 18, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) Diesel at $102 Over Crude: The Economy’s Canary Is Dead, and Inflation Will FollowThe most important number in the American economy right now is not…
- Republican disillusionment deepens as Trump’s second term economics and Iran war erode rural supportby Lance D Johnson on August 18, 2026 at 6:00 am
(NaturalNews) Nearly a quarter of Republicans now say they are financially worse off under President Donald Trump’s second term, a stunning reversal for a preside…
- Washington Demands Allies Join AI War on Beijingby Chase Codewell on August 18, 2026 at 6:00 am
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The Defiant Defi News. The Defiant curates, digests, and analyzes all the major developments in decentralized finance, so that you can stay informed and smart about the most cutting-edge and fastest-changing corner of crypto and finance.
- Hayden Adams Says AMMs Will Win The Biggest Markets. A Former XTX Trader Says They’re Going To Zeroby The Defiant Team on August 18, 2026 at 9:55 pm
The Uniswap founder’s first blog post since 2019 argues tokenized stocks will trade against index funds instead of dollars. The replies split between investors who called the thesis disruptive and traders who asked who would want to sell NVIDIA for SPY.
- Aligned Details ALIGN Airdrop 20 Months Laterby The Defiant Team on August 18, 2026 at 9:42 pm
The ZK infrastructure firm set unlock schedules and claiming networks for 8.74% of supply. It has not dated the token launch, and the site it built for its public auction now says the sale was canceled.
- Tenev Pushes for Tokenized Stocks in Americaby The Defiant Team on August 18, 2026 at 9:01 pm
The Robinhood CEO published a case for US equity tokenization five days after the SEC shelved its innovation exemption for a second time.
- SEC Proposes Token Offering Rules With $75 Million Exemptionby The Defiant Team on August 18, 2026 at 8:25 pm
The proposal pairs two registration exemptions with a conditional safe harbor that would take the “investment contract” label off a token, and preempts state securities law. All three sitting commissioners backed it in a vote held outside a public meeting.
- Omnichain Launchpad Printr Shuts Down, Cancels Token Launch And Airdropby The Defiant Team on August 17, 2026 at 10:13 pm
Printr said it will cease all operations by Aug. 31 and will not hold the token generation event or airdrop it had promised. The launchpad raised $4.5 million last October and collected 84% of its lifetime fees in a single month.
- Ansem Launches Site Where Teams Buy His Attention With Airdropsby The Defiant Team on August 17, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Projects launching on ansem.io hand at least 3% of supply to holders of his memecoin and burn $ANSEM to rank higher. Every coin created there is a pump.fun token.
- Deel Takes Its DLUSD Stablecoin Wallet to More Than 80 Countriesby The Defiant Team on August 17, 2026 at 9:00 pm
The payroll platform’s dollar balance, issued through Stripe’s Bridge and settled on Tempo, is now live across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. The US, UK, EU and Australia remain excluded.
- Neynar Seeks a New Owner for Farcaster Seven Months After Buying Itby The Defiant Team on August 17, 2026 at 8:59 pm
Protocol fees fell from $35.43 million in the first quarter to $376,740 so far in the third, according to DefiLlama. Neynar says it will return most of its remaining balance sheet and its team will disband.
- Search Interest in Prediction Markets Falls 83% From Its World Cup Peak as Kalshi Pulls Awayby The Defiant Team on August 17, 2026 at 7:45 pm
Google Trends set its five-year high for “prediction market” the week the 2026 World Cup opened, and its single-day high on the day of the final. Category volume hit a record in July. August is pacing lower on both, and Polymarket is falling behind Kalshi faster than the mindshare data suggests.
- Compound Foundation Names Coinbase And Anchorage Alumni To Run $52 Million Institutional Pushby The Defiant Team on August 17, 2026 at 5:49 pm
The DAO approved the two-year budget in May with 1.88 million COMP in favor and none against. Compound holds about $1.2 billion in deposits, against Aave’s $14.8 billion.





































































































