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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,...Cryptopolitan
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....Cryptopolitan
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...Cryptopolitan
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...Cryptopolitan
Mon, Aug 17
Bytedance signs first AI copyright truce with Hollywood
ByteDance and the Motion Picture Association have signed a memorandum of understanding to build copyright guardrails into the company’s Seedance and Seedream AI generators, the first deal of its kind between Hollywood’s main studio lobby and an AI firm, according to the Los Angeles Times. Dispute started after popular Tom Cruise video The truce ends...Cryptopolitan
Mon, Aug 17
Strategy pauses Bitcoin sales, increases USD Reserve to $4.8 billion
Bitcoin (BTC) treasury firm Strategy (MSTR) increased its USD Reserve to $4.8 billion after raising $333.7 million through common stock sales, while also repurchasing $132.2 million of its STRC preferred shares, according to a Form 8-K filing on Monday.
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Mon, Aug 17
Groq raises $350 million at a $3.5 billion valuation after Nvidia deal
Groq has finalized a $350 million funding round valuing the AI chip startup turned data center operator at $3.5 billion, which equals almost half of the $6.9 billion the startup was worth only last September before Nvidia licensed its technology and hired away its founder. Groq fall began from Nvidia poach Groq started in 2016,...Cryptopolitan
Mon, Aug 17
Nvidia to invest $1.5 billion in SB energy under OpenAI data center deal
Nvidia has announced plans to invest $1.5 billion into SB Energy, the SoftBank-backed developer building a data center campus in Pike County, Ohio. OpenAI has already committed to lease the data centre for 20 years to run its AI workloads. Nvidia becomes SB Energy shareholder The stake makes Nvidia a shareholder in SB Energy alongside...Cryptopolitan
Mon, Aug 17
Trump's World Liberty Financial partners with restricted Chinese company to offer AI
Crypto company backed by President Donald Trump, World Liberty Financial, is connected to WorldClaw, a Hong Kong platform that offers access to Chinese AI models that have been marked by the U.S. government as security risks, according to a report by Reuters on Monday. Flagged Chinese labs fill WorldClaw AI menu WorldClaw has a catalogue...Cryptopolitan
Mon, Aug 17
Harmony Protocol moves to reverse downtrend with rollback plan announcement
Harmony has published a detailed rollback plan that would rewind its blockchain to cancel the effects of an attacker who forged billions of ONE tokens. The move will discard every transaction confirmed on the network since the incident, deleting legitimate user activity along with the fraud. What is Harmony doing to its blockchain? The Harmony...Cryptopolitan
Mon, Aug 17
Russia’s leading stock exchange to offer perpetual futures on BTC and ETH
Russia’s largest stock market, the Moscow Exchange, is going to add perpetual futures on Bitcoin and Ethereum to its crypto derivatives lineup. The news comes ahead of the enforcement of the “digital currency” law next month, which thoroughly regulates investment in coins and related products. MOEX to offer new futures contracts on BTC and ETH...Cryptopolitan
Mon, Aug 17
Ethereum opens Glamsterdam open to public testing with Platåberget launch
The Ethereum Foundation up the ante ahead on the upcoming rollout of its Glamsterdam upgrade earlier today when it announced Platåberget, a public testnet where anyone can get an preview of the upcoming upgrade before it formally goes live on mainnet. The Foundation emphasized the urgency of early action for wallets, blockchain indexers gas estimators...Cryptopolitan
Mon, Aug 17
No BTC sale this week as Strategy builds USD reserve to $4.8B
Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) did not have fresh Bitcoin sales to report this week, with the main changes to the Saylor-led firm’s books coming from common stock sales that earned it $333.7 million, which it directed into paying dividends, buying back its own STRC preferred share and building its USD reserve to $4.8 billion. The firm’s...Cryptopolitan
Mon, Aug 17
SODA Now Trading on Kraken Worldwide as SODAX Clears MiCA Compliance in the EU
SODA, the successor to ICX, is now live worldwide on Kraken as SODAX secures MiCA-compliant standing in the EU. ZUG, SWITZERLAND, Aug. 17, 2026 — SODAX, the cross-network execution and liquidity infrastructure that succeeded the ICON Network, saw its token SODA begin trading worldwide on Kraken today across the Sonic and Arbitrum blockchain networks, following...Cryptopolitan
Mon, Aug 17
China adds eight banks as digital yuan operators, lifting the roster to 30
China’s central bank has approved eight more lenders to run digital yuan services. Beijing is attempting to make the currency an option for everyday and cross-border use. With the addition of these banks, the number of authorized digital yuan operators has risen to 30. What banks can offer digital yuan services? The People’s Bank of...Cryptopolitan
Mon, Aug 17
Zcash Price Forecast: ZEC extends gains amid rising retail strength, Ironwood pool adoption
Zcash (ZEC) is up 5% on Monday, erasing the 4% losses from the previous week. The privacy coin gains retail strength amid rising user adoption, with Open Interest up 6% in 24 hours as Ironwood pool shielded volume crosses 3 million ZEC tokens.Fxstreet
Mon, Aug 17
Blockstream Swaps enters beta testing phase, fills Boltz gap in BTC ecosystem
Blockstream announced that its trustless service for moving Bitcoin across the main chain, the Lightning Network and the Liquid sidechain has entered the beta testing phase. The Blockstream Swaps service, which was announced as the solution to the Boltz-shaped hole that appeared in the Bitcoin ecosystem, arrives about one week after Boltz shut down its...Cryptopolitan
Mon, Aug 17
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