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Regulation

South Korea Blocks Polymarket, Ruling It Illegal Gambling

South Korea's media regulator ordered ISPs to block Polymarket, rejecting its decentralization defense and joining roughly 30 countries restricting the platform.

August 19, 2026

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Markets

STARPRIME Wraps Beta of Market-Maker Model Built for Retail Brokers

Institutional liquidity provider STARPRIME has finished beta testing a market-maker model aimed at cutting execution costs for retail CFD brokers.

August 19, 2026

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Altcoins

XRP Price Slides Even as Tokenized RWA Value Jumps 102% on Ledger

XRP fell 22% in Q2 even as tokenized real-world assets on the XRP Ledger surged 102.5% to $4.46 billion, exposing a growing fundamentals-price gap.

August 19, 2026

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Altcoins

Solana Nears First 'Mini Golden Cross' Since 2025 as SOL Holds $75

SOL is trading near $77 as its short-term moving averages approach a bullish crossover last seen in 2025, backed by fresh ETF inflows and a network upgrade.

August 19, 2026

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Altcoins

Arthur Hayes Becomes Flop Labs CEO, Plans FLOP Airdrop Before Chain Exists

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes is now CEO of Flop Labs, promising a fair-launch FLOP airdrop in Q4 2026 months before the network's mainnet even exists.

August 19, 2026

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Markets

Anthropic Passes OpenAI in Revenue as OpenAI's Losses Widen to $12.3B

Anthropic posted a Q2 operating profit on $11.6B in revenue while OpenAI's losses widened to $12.3B and Altman paused frontier AI training.

August 19, 2026

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Markets

US 30-Year Yield Hits 19-Year High, Sparks Stock Selloff

The US 30-year Treasury yield topped 5.33%, its highest since 2007, triggering a broad stock selloff, record margin debt unwind and crypto liquidations.

August 19, 2026

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Altcoins

Cypherpunk Technologies Launches World's Largest Zcash Mining Fleet

Nasdaq-listed Cypherpunk Technologies has deployed a Zcash mining fleet controlling 18% of the network's hashrate, funded through a $33.3M Winklevoss deal.

August 19, 2026

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DeFi

Falcon Finance Launches Regulated GPU Tokenization in El Salvador

Falcon Finance is opening a regulated RWA tokenization pipeline in El Salvador, starting with a tokenized GPU forward anchored by NEAR AI demand.

August 19, 2026

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Blockchain

Tokenized Equity Trading Hits Record as Volume Surges 800% YTD

Onchain tokenized equity trading has climbed 207% quarter-over-quarter and 800% year-to-date in 2026, driven by demand for high-momentum tech stocks.

August 19, 2026

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Bitcoin

Riot Platforms' $9.1B Anthropic Lease Outearns Its Bitcoin Mining

Riot Platforms now earns more per megawatt hosting Anthropic's AI workloads than mining Bitcoin, under a 20-year, $9.1 billion Texas data center lease.

August 19, 2026

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Regulation

SEC Proposes New Crypto Offering Rules as CLARITY Act Stalls

The SEC has proposed a tailored offering regime and safe harbor for crypto assets after the CLARITY Act failed to advance before the Senate recess.

August 19, 2026