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Published August 18, 2026

Bitpanda Hit With One of EU's First MiCA Fines Over Paperwork

One of the first MiCA fines has been issued in the EU. Austria's FMA fined Bitpanda €70,000 for bureaucratic misses: a late white paper and marketing breaches, not customer funds.

Melker Bengtsson

Published August 18, 2026

Bitcoin Tops $64K as Listed Miners Cut Power 21% for AI

Bitcoin rises above $64,000 as altcoins retreat, miners shift capacity toward AI, and higher oil prices fuel inflation and geopolitical concerns.

Hassan Maishera

RWA: Tokenized Stocks Go Onchain

Published August 18, 2026

Kraken Opens 7,000 US Stocks to Crypto Traders Across Europe

Kraken launches commission-free US stock trading across the EEA, offering over 7,000 shares alongside 700 tokenized xStocks and 600 cryptocurrencies.

Hassan Maishera

Full story: RWA: Tokenized Stocks Go Onchain

OCC Crypto Bank Charters

Published August 18, 2026

Treasury Proposes Rules Deciding Which Stablecoins Need a US Licence

The US Treasury seeks public feedback on proposed GENIUS Act rules covering stablecoin licensing, issuance and sales ahead of implementation.

Nikolas Sargeant

Published August 17, 2026

Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Wins Preliminary US Bank Charter

Trump-backed World Liberty Financial has received conditional OCC approval for a national trust bank supporting its $4 billion USD1 stablecoin.

Nikolas Sargeant

Full story: OCC Crypto Bank Charters

Strategy's Bitcoin Squeeze

Published August 18, 2026

Strategy Grows Cash Reserve to $4.8B While Bitcoin Holdings Stay Frozen

Strategy raised its USD Reserve to $4.8 billion after selling MSTR shares and repurchasing STRC stock, while retaining 840,447 Bitcoin.

Hassan Maishera

Full story: Strategy's Bitcoin Squeeze

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Published August 18, 2026

Ripple Cuts Cross-Border Transfers to Seconds for Korean Bank

South Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank partners with Ripple to offer businesses faster, round-the-clock cross-border payments, although XRP’s role remains unclear.

Nikolas Sargeant

Published August 18, 2026

IoTeX Moves Voter Rewards On-Chain, Cutting Out Server Fees

On Monday, the IoTeX team announced via X that its community members have approved IIP-59, the proposal for Protocol-Native Voter Reward Distribution.

Hassan Maishera

Published August 18, 2026

PancakeSwap Burns $812K in CAKE, Keeping Weekly Supply Cuts Above 100%

On Tuesday, the PancakeSwap team told its community via X that it had a deflation of 556k CAKE ($812k), down 7% from the previous week.

Hassan Maishera

Published August 18, 2026

Cap Lets Users Mint stcUSD From Four Chains at Once

On Monday, the LayerZero team announced via X that Cap is launching cross-chain deposits and mints, powered by OVault.

Hassan Maishera

Published August 17, 2026

HIVE Digital Lands $350M AI Cloud Deal, Its Second in Two Months

HIVE has signed a $350 million AI cloud contract to deploy 2,016 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs, lifting BUZZ HPC’s annualized revenue toward $180 million.

Hassan Maishera