https://leviathannews.xyz/293697/centrifuge-has-published-a-governance-proposal-exploring-a-transition-from-token-to-equity-the-cfg-token-was-designed-for-a-different-centrifuge-the-business-today-is-instituti Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T11:45:53.818091+00:00 Centrifuge governance proposal explores allowing CFG token holders to convert to equity https://leviathannews.xyz/293713/kraken-launches-us-stock-trading-across-the-eea-letting-eligible-customers-trade-7000-traditional-stocks-alongside-600-crypto-assets-and-700-xstocks Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T08:11:04.403768+00:00 Kraken launches U.S. stock trading across the EEA, letting eligible customers trade 7,000+ traditional stocks alongside 600+ crypto assets and 700+ xStocks https://leviathannews.xyz/293709/1-today-were-introducing-navi-prime-a-new-lending-framework-on-suinetwork-designed-for-capital-that-demands-greater-clarity-transparency-and-control Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T08:10:53.575072+00:00 NAVI launches NAVI Prime on Sui, a new lending framework designed for institutional capital seeking greater clarity, transparency and control over DeFi risk https://leviathannews.xyz/293710/as-you-may-have-seen-we-recently-changed-our-handle-from-jito_sol-to-jito-why-the-scope-of-jito-in-2026-is-now-much-larger-than-what-we-started-with-in-2021-jito-stopped-bein Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T08:10:45.482194+00:00 Jito changes its X handle from jito_sol to jito as it expands beyond staking to build Solana’s Market Layer across execution, capital, value capture and access https://leviathannews.xyz/293699/agentres-by-blauyourmind-is-now-live-on-httppaysh-you-can-now-book-restaurants-on-demand-no-accounts-required-search-live-availability-snipe-hard-to-get-resy-tables-the-mo Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T08:03:21.172623+00:00 AgentRes launches on pay.sh, enabling on-demand restaurant bookings without accounts or upfront signup https://leviathannews.xyz/293702/launchpad-project-printr-announces-winding-down-process-and-all-operations-will-cease-by-31-august-2026 Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T08:03:15.870291+00:00 Printr to wind down operations by 31 August 2026, cancels planned TGE and airdrop https://leviathannews.xyz/293695/openai-has-entered-into-an-agreement-to-utilize-capacity-at-the-ports-pike-technology-data-center-in-pike-county-ohio-working-with-sb-energy-nvidia-and-the-us-department-of-e Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T07:37:07.191807+00:00 OpenAI signs agreement to use Ohio data center capacity with SB Energy, NVIDIA, and U.S. Department of Energy https://leviathannews.xyz/293694/the-deel-stablecoin-wallet-is-going-global-now-live-in-80-countries-across-latam-africa-the-middle-east-and-apac-get-paid-then-hold-earn-and-spend-in-dlusd-a-dollar-ba Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T07:37:02.079609+00:00 Deel expands stablecoin wallet to 80+ countries across LATAM, Africa, Middle East, and APAC https://leviathannews.xyz/293693/introducing-co-invest-extension-the-first-way-to-trade-everything-everywhere-get-it-here-httpsliquidtradeinstall-coinvest Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T07:36:55.971838+00:00 Liquid launches Co-Invest Extension, letting users trade directly within existing apps instead of joining another social network https://leviathannews.xyz/293691/ripple-partners-with-south-koreas-jeonbuk-bank-for-cross-border-payments-20260818 Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T07:36:46.060321+00:00 Ripple partners with South Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank to deploy 24/7 cross-border payments, cutting settlement from days via SWIFT to seconds or minutes https://leviathannews.xyz/293684/damilare-samuel-claims-he-cant-withdraw-63650-from-his-account-on-weex Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T07:36:41.763925+00:00 WEEX user Damilare Samuel says $63,650 trapped in account after withdrawal failure and repeated KYC requests https://leviathannews.xyz/293647/introducing-bot-mode-for-hermes-desktop-your-agent-profiles-become-a-series-of-named-bots-each-bot-has-its-own-role-model-memory-skills-and-profile-picture-bots-can-use-any-model-a Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T06:15:29.857270+00:00 Hermes Desktop adds Bot Mode, letting users create named bots with distinct roles, models, memory, and skills that can interact with each other. https://leviathannews.xyz/293650/correlated-pairs-how-amms-win-the-biggest-markets Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T06:15:14.659019+00:00 Uniswap founder Hayden Adams argues tokenized assets will shift market making to automated AMMs https://leviathannews.xyz/293653/stellar-earn-powered-by-upshift-fixed-apys-are-now-live-on-the-gami-curated-earnusdc-10-and-earnxlm-5-vaults Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T06:15:00.777762+00:00 Stellar Earn vaults launch on Upshift with fixed 10% APY on USDC and 5% on XLM, backed by Gami and Merkl. https://leviathannews.xyz/293654/jan3-is-excited-to-release-omega60-a-bitcoin-valuation-model-based-on-a-60-median-annual-growth-rate-originally-created-to-design-el-salvadors-bitcoin-bond-program-weve-decided-to- Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T06:14:54.912319+00:00 JAN3 releases OMEGA60 Bitcoin valuation model, citing its use in designing El Salvador's Bitcoin Bond program https://leviathannews.xyz/293656/twyne-announces-25m-seed-round-co-led-by-cyberfund-and-ethereal-ventures-to-build-the-credit-delegation-layer-that-connects-them Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T06:14:42.442504+00:00 Twyne raises $2.5M seed round co-led by cyber•Fund and Ethereal Ventures to build credit delegation layer for lending markets. https://leviathannews.xyz/293658/how-to-think-about-the-robotics-market Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T06:14:23.244000+00:00 AI-powered robots could cut manual labor costs to under $2 per hour, opening a $60 trillion market https://leviathannews.xyz/293606/almost-every-pivotal-point-in-human-history-is-marked-by-a-super-asset-super-assets-are-resources-that-become-so-economically-and-strategically-important-that-they-reorganize-indu-20260818 Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T03:59:28.143110+00:00 Compute emerges as AI’s new super-asset, spawning spot, reserved and derivatives markets as GPUs become scarce, tradable and geopolitically strategic https://leviathannews.xyz/293618/every-startup-needs-marketing-with-new-token-launches-attention-is-the-most-valuable-asset-z500-is-the-first-onchain-index-on-ansemio-we-have-built-a-protocol-that-allows-team Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T03:57:38.639383+00:00 Ansem launches z500, an onchain index that airdrops tokens to $ANSEM holders while projects buy and burn $ANSEM for leaderboard placement https://leviathannews.xyz/293617/a-few-years-ago-central-banks-and-crypto-were-often-framed-as-opponents-one-represented-public-money-monetary-sovereignty-and-supervised-payment-systems-the-other-represented Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T03:57:02.132897+00:00 Central banks study digital asset architecture for settlement, programmability, and interoperability without adopting crypto wholesale https://leviathannews.xyz/293616/binance-plans-uk-return-with-fca-crypto-license-application-under-new-regime-according-to-the-telegraph-binance-plans-to-apply-for-authorization-from-the-uk-financial-conduct-a Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T02:23:12.584552+00:00 Binance plans UK comeback with FCA crypto license application under new regime, targeting a regulated return after years of restrictions in the British market https://leviathannews.xyz/293612/introducing-linknyc-a-new-flagship-chainlink-event-bringing-together-senior-banking-and-capital-markets-leaders-to-accelerate-onchain-finance-adoption-october-29-2026-in-th Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T02:23:07.270460+00:00 Chainlink announces Link:NYC event for October 2026 with speakers from Swift, ICE, and Fidelity. https://leviathannews.xyz/293611/the-best-onchain-portfolio-tool-just-got-even-more-powerful-introducing-portfolio-v2-10x-faster-10x-sleeker-10x-more-useful-for-the-first-time-ever-you-can-now-actively-ma Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T02:21:59.882806+00:00 Jupiter launches Portfolio v2, a 10x faster DeFi dashboard that lets users borrow, lend, swap, repay, withdraw, close and claim positions from one screen https://leviathannews.xyz/293608/introducing-quoter-bot-for-morpho-midnight-an-open-source-bot-that-quotes-both-sides-of-the-market-around-a-reference-rate-it-can-be-forked-configured-and-enhanced-depending-on Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T02:21:55.342174+00:00 Morpho launches Quoter Bot for Morpho Midnight, an open-source market-making tool that quotes both sides around a reference rate and supports custom strategies https://leviathannews.xyz/293604/land-power-and-shell-the-next-critical-resource-for-ai-factories-ai-factories-are-the-defining-infrastructure-of-the-ai-erawhere-compute-transforms-energy-and-data-into-intell Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T02:20:43.638146+00:00 Jensen Huang says NVIDIA will secure land, power and shell capacity for AI factories, partnering with SB Energy to host OpenAI’s 4.25GW PORTS-Pike campus https://leviathannews.xyz/293600/no-headline-20260818 Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T02:20:38.734781+00:00 Harmony plans to roll back its blockchain after an exploit forged 3.01T ONE tokens, with all blocks and transactions after the attack’s mint discarded https://leviathannews.xyz/293596/compound-bets-52-million-new-leadership-team-in-switch-to-institutional-focus-20260818 Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T02:19:23.150225+00:00 Compound commits $52M to a new leadership team and institutional pivot as the DeFi lender seeks renewed growth after retail activity and TVL declined https://leviathannews.xyz/293594/iren-delivers-first-of-four-ai-cloud-deployments-to-microsoft-under-97-billion-deal-20260818 Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T02:19:15.286186+00:00 Bitcoin miner IREN delivers first 50MW AI cloud deployment to Microsoft under a five-year, $9.7B deal, with 200MW planned across four Horizon phases https://leviathannews.xyz/293592/tokenized-equities-triple-market-share-as-ondo-binance-and-xstocks-dominate-20260818 Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T02:19:10.229688+00:00 Tokenized equities triple market share as Ondo, Binance, and xStocks lead growth https://leviathannews.xyz/293591/kraken-parent-payward-joins-anthropics-project-glasswing-for-ai-security-push-20260818 Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T02:19:03.168868+00:00 Kraken parent Payward joins Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, using AI cybersecurity models to hunt vulnerabilities and share findings with the open-source community https://leviathannews.xyz/293402/hpc-and-douro-labs-back-the-secs-move-to-retire-the-trade-through-rule-20260817 Leviathan News en 2026-08-18T02:18:49.001491+00:00 Hyperliquid and Douro Labs back SEC proposal to scrap trade-through rule, citing onchain market mismatch https://leviathannews.xyz/293377/a-coldcard-firmware-bug-weakened-bitcoin-seed-randomness-leaving-wallets-vulnerable-for-years-attackers-exploited-it-stealing-more-than-100m-in-btc Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T14:39:20.091500+00:00 A Coldcard firmware bug weakened Bitcoin seed randomness, leaving wallets vulnerable for years. Attackers exploited it, stealing more than $100M in BTC. https://leviathannews.xyz/293372/us-department-of-the-treasury-proposes-rules-for-genius-act-stablecoins Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T14:37:57.001932+00:00 US Treasury proposes rules to implement GENIUS Act framework for payment stablecoins https://leviathannews.xyz/293267/the-wait-is-finally-over-hertzflow-mainnet-is-live-introducing-season-1-genesis-vault-pre-deposit Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T14:13:54.720492+00:00 HertzFlow mainnet launches on BNB Chain with two capped stablecoin vaults; 90-day deposits earn 10x Merit points https://leviathannews.xyz/293307/compute-is-learning-to-price-itself-right-now-across-secondary-ai-inference-orderbooks-711m-in-excess-token-liquidity-is-clearing-at-an-average-866-discount-vs-official-fro Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T13:54:56.093191+00:00 Secondary AI inference markets clear $7.1M in tokens at 86.6% average discount to lab list prices https://leviathannews.xyz/293258/basemate-turned-imessages-into-live-trades-in-two-hours-with-flash Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T13:53:31.306316+00:00 Basemate brings crypto trading to iMessage via Definitive's Flash API, integrating in two hours https://leviathannews.xyz/293241/nigerias-terra-industries-raises-52m-seed-opens-london-office Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T13:53:06.904705+00:00 Terra Industries closes $52M seed round, opens London office for Global South defense systems https://leviathannews.xyz/293232/announcing-blockstream-swaps Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T13:52:58.216160+00:00 Blockstream launches in-house atomic swaps for Lightning and Liquid after Boltz outage https://leviathannews.xyz/293301/strategy-halts-bitcoin-buys-sells-346m-mstr-shares-to-raise-334m Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T12:10:54.877992+00:00 Strategy halts Bitcoin buys, sells 3.46M MSTR shares to raise $334M https://leviathannews.xyz/293244/bitmart-users-and-staff-demand-answers-from-founders-before-august-19-2026-deadline Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T09:55:27.222750+00:00 BitMart users and employees posted open letter from BitMart's official Chinese X account demanding answers from founders Sheldon Xia and Nancy Li over frozen funds and unpaid wages by August 19 https://leviathannews.xyz/293249/bitpanda-receives-austrias-first-published-mica-fine Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T09:51:53.948154+00:00 Bitpanda receives Austria's first published MiCA fine https://leviathannews.xyz/293200/bitcoiners-deserve-a-lot-of-credit-for-pioneering-many-of-these-ideas-see-utreexo-but-yes-this-is-what-the-current-proposed-ethereum-scaling-strategy-looks-like-in-action-we Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T08:02:16.733886+00:00 Vitalik Buterin credits Bitcoiners for pioneering ideas like Utreexo, while outlining Ethereum’s push toward hyperscaling without sacrificing decentralization or censorship resistance https://leviathannews.xyz/293199/israels-largest-regulated-crypto-broker-bits-of-gold-faces-potential-data-leak-affecting-200000-customers-according-to-israeli-media-calcalist-bits-of-gold-israels-largest Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T08:01:45.441342+00:00 Israel’s largest regulated crypto broker Bits of Gold probes potential data leak reportedly affecting ~200,000 customers, raising fresh concerns over crypto user privacy https://leviathannews.xyz/293183/stripe-clinches-over-7-billion-deal-to-buy-ai-firm-openrouter Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T08:01:14.647701+00:00 Stripe agrees to acquire AI firm OpenRouter in deal valued over $7 billion https://leviathannews.xyz/293180/biggerz-building-a-fairness-first-crypto-casino-sportsbook-and-prediction-markets-platform-20260817 Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T08:01:08.909358+00:00 BiggerZ launches crypto casino, sportsbook, and prediction markets with fairness-first approach https://leviathannews.xyz/293197/what-ethlabs-is-prioritizing-for-hegota-and-why-ethereums-direction-matters-to-everyone-who-builds-on-it-uses-it-holds-eth-or-simply-believes-in-what-it-can-become-while-that Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T08:01:00.789854+00:00 Ethlabs recommends faster blocks, stronger censorship resistance, native account abstraction, and continued L1 scaling for Hegotá upgrade https://leviathannews.xyz/293201/chainalysis-sues-us-government-over-contract-award-to-trm-labs-chainalysis-government-solutions-has-sued-the-us-government-in-the-court-of-federal-claims-alleging-that-the-depart Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T07:45:31.662398+00:00 Chainalysis sues US government over a sole-source ICE contract awarded to rival TRM Labs, alleging DHS bypassed competitive procurement rules