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Ripple lands a Korean bank as Seoul moves to block Polymarket
South Korean regulators approved Ripple’s integration with the country’s banking system on the same day a media watchdog voted to cut off access to the prediction market Polymarket. South Korean regulators have joined a widening crackdown against Polymarket while approving Ripple’s partnership with Jeonbuk Bank. Jeonbuk Bank is Ripple’s first regional lender in Korea Ripple...
Tue, Aug 18
Nvidia enters South Korea's humanoid robot push as LG hosts Madison Huang
South Korea’s AI and robotics push came to the fore again after LG Electronics hosted Nvidia senior director Madison Huang during a Tuesday trip to its robot data factory in southern Seoul. The younger Huang’s visit to the Yangjae campus in Seocho District came after her father, Jensen Huang, who is also Nvidia’s chief executive...
Tue, Aug 18
Circle’s EURC hits €400M in a slow push against dollar stablecoins
Circle revealed that its euro stablecoin (EURC) has now crossed the mark of €400 million in circulation within around four years since it was launched. Although this amount is still insignificant compared to the dollar stablecoins, this gap is part of the overall picture. Establishing a serious payment rail that doesn’t rely on the dollar...
Tue, Aug 18
HTX-linked transfers trigger fears of wallet screening and freezes
Wallets linked to HTX have sent out USDT to multiple addresses, and some owners have already reported having their account frozen due to the recent ban on HTX interactions. The spam attack is also considered a compliance poisoning attack, turning legitimate users into targets for account freezes.
Tue, Aug 18
Uniswap founder pitches AMM as efficient alternative for RWA boom
Uniswap founder Hayden Adams has presented his own argument for why automated market makers (AMMs) should be at the center of the tokenization wave that has taken over global finance as markets continue to shift to meet the demand for always-on infrastructure. Hayden’s comments land as Uniswap has gone all out in its own push...
Tue, Aug 18
Ondo’s QQQon gets $2.3M Ethereum bet as tokenized stocks expand
One trader used $2,328,595.73 to buy 3,167.53 QQQon in one Ethereum transaction this week, a seven-figure purchase that Ondo Finance pointed out as proof that tokenized stocks are no longer in the experimental phase. The announcement of the trade was made by Ondo on August 17, and its alerts confirmed the same number of tokens...
Tue, Aug 18
US charges alleged $165M crypto Ponzi operator after Fiji extradition
Authorities in the United States have accused Edward Zimbardi, age 59, of orchestrating a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme amounting to $165 million, contributing to the list of several high-profile cases of scams in the current year. According to the Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, the man faced charges in...
Tue, Aug 18
RWA DeFi Deposits Near $4 Billion After 6x Growth in One Year
Real World Assets that are actively deployed inside DeFi protocols are on the verge of reaching $4 billion. As of August 18, DefiLlama shows this number is at $3.98 billion. This same number stood at $650.88 million just a year ago and around $12 million three years ago. That is a 6x in twelve months...
Tue, Aug 18
Jane Street’s $990M Bitcoin ETF stake puts a top market maker back in the price spotlight
Jane Street informed the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it possessed more than $990 million worth of spot BTC ETFs, which equals approximately 15,394 BTC at now existing prices. This is an important position because Jane Street is not merely another institutional investor. Indeed, it is also one of the largest market makers of...
Tue, Aug 18
Pando Rings oracle exploiter resurfaces, routes ETH into Tornado Cash
The wallet associated with the 2022 Pando Rings oracle hack was reactivated on August 18 after two months of inactivity, as reported by blockchain tracker Onchain Lens, The hacker exchanged 3 million DAI for about 1,570 ETH, worth approximately three million dollars, through CoW Protocol. Approximately 800 ETH worth around 1.52 million are known to...
Tue, Aug 18
Anthropic’s $65B revenue run rate could reset how AI firms are valued
Anthropic has quickly ramped up its sales, such that it is expected to impact the mathematics of the larger AI space. As of the end of July, its projected revenues exceeded $65 billion while investment bankers have started viewing its initial public offering as a precedent for other companies waiting for a listing to be...
Tue, Aug 18
Minnesota tells court Grok does not deserve First Amendment protection
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a brief on Friday opposing xAI’s attempt to block HF 1606, the state’s first-in-the-nation law restricting AI tools that generate sexual images of identifiable people, per Decrypt. Ellison argued the company is unlikely to succeed on its constitutional claim and has failed to show that enforcement would cause irreparable...
Tue, Aug 18
Kraken parent Payward gets access to Anthropic’s restricted cybersecurity AI
Payward, Inc., the Cheyenne-based parent of Kraken, said on Monday it has been selected to participate in Project Glasswing and is actively incorporating Claude Mythos 5 into its defensive cybersecurity work, per the company’s announcement. Anthropic launched the program in April 2026 after concluding its models could surpass all but the most skilled humans at...
Tue, Aug 18
IREN's $9.7B Microsoft AI deal hits first major milestone
IREN completed the delivery of the first of four planned “Horizon” cloud deployments of artificial intelligence to Microsoft Corporation. With that, the first milestone of a five-year, $9.7 billion contract was completed, which underpins the transition of the former Bitcoin mining company into artificial intelligence infrastructure. Horizon 1 is located at IREN’s Childress, Texas facility....
Mon, Aug 17
Canto cuts Wispr's word error rate from 30% to under 10% in noisy conditions
Wispr raised $280 million at a $2 billion valuation, taking total funding to $361 million, and previewed Canto to fix dictation accuracy complaints.
Mon, Aug 17
Serve cuts 2026 guidance to $9 million and lines up Grubhub to keep 2,000 robots busy
Serve Robotics signed Grubhub and opened San Jose and Washington with DoorDash after cutting 2026 guidance from $26 million to $9 million to $10 million.
Mon, Aug 17
Compound's COMP surges as project unveils $52M institutional pivot
Compound, one of the first protocols to make crypto lending work without a bank, has approved a record $52 million development budget and rebuilt its leadership around traditional-finance veterans. It is also wagering its next chapter on institutions, which is seen as a move away from retail yield-chasers who once drove DeFi. Its native token,...
Mon, Aug 17
Unitree unveils Superman robot ahead of Shanghai debut
Unitree Robotics revealed its ‘Superman’ humanoid robot on Monday, with a reported top running speed of 12.66 meters per second and a two-meter standing jump, beating every human on record. The reveal comes only two days before Unitree starts publicly trading in Shanghai, after one of the most oversubscribed tech listings the market has seen....
Mon, Aug 17
HPC leads policy push as trade-through rule faces SEC chopping table
The Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC) and Pyth Network contributor, Douro Labs, asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on August 17 2026, to end Rule 611. Rule 611 is the 2005 trade-through rule. HPC and Duro Labs argue that Rule 611 is unable to properly describe how stock trades are settled on public blockchains and...
Mon, Aug 17
OpenAI's Brockman calls executive exodus "not that atypical"
OpenAI president Greg Brockman has dismissed the concern over the wave of senior executives departing the company, saying it is “not that atypical.” According to Brockman, the concern is only due to the company’s popularity. Individuals within the company also claim that the reshuffling is needed and welcome. Why does it matter that OpenAI is...
Mon, Aug 17
