Crypto News Archive - August 2026

Every breaking-news story Cryptomat published in August 2026, ordered newest first.

Russia Moves to Legalize Crypto Trading, Sberbank Sees $46B Market Within a Year

Sberbank projects Russia's regulated crypto market will hit $46B within 12 months of legalization, per ZyCrypto on Sunday. Ruble and OTC flows in focus.

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Lazarus Moves $30M Through Hyperliquid as US Regulators Weigh Payward Access

Lazarus-linked wallets have laundered over $30M via Hyperliquid in three weeks, per Arkham, as US officials and Payward discuss regulated access to the venue.

Russia Moves to Legalize Crypto Trading, Sberbank Sees $46B Market Within a Year

Lazarus Moves $30M Through Hyperliquid as US Regulators Weigh Payward Access

Bitwise XRP ETF Crosses $500M AUM Nine Months After Launch

Non-Financial Companies Turn to USDC for Payments as Stablecoin Rails Mature

Metaplanet Shifts 4,800 Bitcoin Worth $377M to Coinbase Prime in Custody Reshuffle

Solana Foundation's Creech Signals Transaction V1 and Alpenglow Rollout in 'Most Important Week' for Network

Microsoft Tokenized Stock Pinned at $510 as 61% of Traders Short MSFT Ahead of $519 Test

XRP Ledger Validators Weigh XLS-65, XLS-66 Vote To Add Native Vaults And Institutional Lending

Metaplanet Moves 2,400 BTC Worth $186M to Coinbase Prime in Latest Treasury Shuffle

Russia's Regulated Crypto Trading Could Hit $46B in Year One, SberCIB Says

Bitcoin Braces for Volatility as Traders Weigh Fed Path Into a Loaded Macro Week

Securitize's BUIDL Retakes Top Spot as Largest Tokenized US Treasury Fund

DeFi Tokens Rally 38% as US Policy Shift Reopens the Fee-Switch Debate

XRP ETFs Post Record 2026 Inflow Week as Cumulative Total Hits ATH, Price Stalls at $1.70

THORChain Enables Native Monero Swaps in Protocol Upgrade, XMR Jumps 8.9%

Stablecoin Card Spending Tops $10.9B as RedotPay Projects $50B Annual Run Rate by 2028

US Life Insurers Piled $16B in Retirement Money Into Private Credit, BeInCrypto Reports

PONS Hits Fresh Record as $640K Buyback Push Meets Rising Protocol Revenue

NVDA Tokenized Stock Pins $219 as Post-Earnings Coil Tightens Toward $229 Breakout

Sberbank Preps USDT and Ether-Backed Loans, Pending Russian Regulator Sign-Off

Egypt and Kuwait Push US and Iran Back to the Table as Gulf De-Escalation Pressure Builds

Capital B Raises €21M To Build A Bitcoin Treasury, Existing Holders Face Dilution Math

Aerodrome Opens Tokenized Global Equities Trading on Base

Tokenized Equities Transfer Volume Hits $23B as Holder Count Doubles in a Month

A16z Raises $1.1B Machine Age Fund to Bankroll AI Infrastructure Buildout

Sanders Vows Bill to 'Stop Flock and AI Mass Surveillance' as Bipartisan Backlash Grows

Ethereum Stalls at $2,500 After Rejection, Setting Up Fight Over Range Support

BitGo Buys NYDIG's Institutional Trading Desk in $42.5M Deal to Push Into Crypto Derivatives

NEAR Slides to $1.79 as Sell-Side Flow Dominates, With $1.72 the Line Traders Are Watching

Tesla Tokenized Stock Stalls at $350 as Traders Crowd Long Below $358 Resistance

Kraken Expands Wallet Into Full Onchain Financial Hub, Challenges Exchange Rivals

Ripple Moves to Quantum-Proof XRP Ledger Ahead of Q-Day, CryptoBriefing Reports

XRP Closes August Up 35% as Traders Circle a September 15 Macro Test

AI Agents Ran 23M Stablecoin Transfers Through x402 in 30 Days, Cryptobriefing Reports

Sky Adds $110M in Stablecoin Market Cap in 24 Hours, Outpacing Every Rival Issuer

Bullish Backs USD.AI With $100M Stablecoin Facility For GPU-Backed AI Loans

Core Lightning Ships 26.06.7 Patch After AI-Generated Vulnerability Reports Flood Maintainers

Iran War Jolts Global Energy Markets, Puts Bitcoin Back in the Macro Hedge Conversation

Pi Network Ships Local AI Agent for Pi Desktop, Adds Jira Bridge for Pioneers

Nvidia's $96.2B Quarter Puts QQQ at $722 Gate, With Crypto-Adjacent Names in the Slipstream

AMD Slips to $472 With Every Major Moving Average Stacked Bearishly Overhead

OCC Overhauls Bank Supervision Rules, Splitting Violations Into Substantive and Technical Tiers

Virtuals Protocol Hardens Agent Wallets Against Prompt Injection as On-Chain AI Risk Widens

Sheikh Tahnoon Group Controls 49% of World Liberty Financial's US Trust Bank Vehicle

Citadel Securities Posts Record $7.3B Q2 Trading Revenue as Retail Volume Surges

Bitcoin Clears $80,000 as ETF Inflows Hit Record, Treasury Signal Shifts Macro Setup

SEC Charges 38 Entities Over False Filings Aimed at Luring Retail Investors

Google, Microsoft and OpenAI Push for Stronger Cyber Defenses as AI-Driven Threats Escalate

Postquant Labs Sets QuipSwap Launch, Pitching Bridgeless Cross-Chain Swaps as Quantum-Safe

Avalanche Powers Digital Liquidity Gateway For US Community Bank Loan Securitization

Solana Moves Breakpoint 2026 to London, Pitches 'Token Supercycle' to European Capital Markets

Cisco Talos: Russian-Speaking Hackers Weaponize Cursor AI for Cyberattacks

TRM Labs Hires Ex-MAS Official Ziqing Ang to Lead APAC Policy as Crypto Crime Tops $103B

FBI, DOJ Seize QScan and QTRouter Domains Tied to Chinese State-Backed Hackers

TronBid Expands TRON Energy Marketplace, Cuts USDT Transfer Costs on TRC-20

Ripple's RLUSD Supply Jumps 30% in a Month as USDT Loses Ground, XRP Liquidity Picture Shifts

Chainlink Ships Price Feeds for Coinbase Tokenized Stocks on Base, Opening DeFi Collateral Path

XRP Rallies 45% on the Week as ETF Inflows and Network Activity Spike, Cryptonews Reports

Sign, BNB Chain Launch Sovereign Stablecoin Framework for Government-Issued Digital Currencies

Nvidia's Fastest-Growing Business Isn't Chips Anymore, Earnings Show

Linux Foundation Takes Governance of TRACE, an Open Standard for AI Runtime Attestation

Bitcoin Whales Pivot From Self-Custody to Wall Street ETF Rails, CryptoBriefing Reports

US State Banking Associations Launch 39-State BankChain Alliance for Nationwide Blockchain Network

US Midterms Emerge as Political Risk to AI Infrastructure Trade, CryptoBriefing Reports

Ripple's RLUSD Stablecoin Crosses $2B Market Cap, With $1B Now Issued on XRP Ledger

Japan Targets Blockchain-Based Real-Time Stock and Bond Settlement by 2030s

Bitwise Rolls Out Automated Token Portfolios for Non-US Investors Chasing Tokenized Equity Baskets

Arcus Launches Tokenized Perp Positions on Robinhood Chain, Lets Stock Tokens Back margin

CME Rolls Out BTIC for Bitcoin Futures, Targeting Expiration-Day Basis Risk

Bitcoin Tops $80,000 as Miners Sidestep Data-Center Backlash Battering AI Stocks

Visa Picks Nium for Stablecoin Settlement Pilot Under Singapore's BLOOM Program

Bitcoin Clears $80K After $260M Short Squeeze Forces Perp Desks to Cover

Crypto Market Holds Near $2.66T as Short Squeezes Drive Rally Into Second Week

US Treasury Warns Mariners of Sanctions Exposure Tied to Iranian Networks

Crypto Market Surges 22% in Biggest Weekly Rally Since 2024

Texas AG Paxton Pushes Federal Ban on Chinese Tech in Data Centers, Criminal Liability for Harmful AI

Uniswap and PancakeSwap Handle 96% of $678M Tokenized Commodity DEX Volume

Australia's Data Center Power Demand Set to Rise Sevenfold by 2036, Straining Grid

AMD Rolls Out Quark AI Agent Skills to Automate Model Quantization for PyTorch and ONNX

Bitcoin Pushes Toward $80K as Spot ETF Inflows Reignite Institutional Bid