https://leviathannews.xyz/295683/crypto-is-still-in-winter-price-wise-but-its-an-institutional-summer-sts-digital-ceo-says-20260821 Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T18:30:35.375667+00:00 STS Digital CEO says crypto is in a price “winter” but an “institutional summer,” as institutions adopt blockchain despite weaker token prices https://leviathannews.xyz/295682/coldcard-ships-firmware-after-114-million-bitcoin-theft-says-ai-helped-catch-more-bugs-20260821 Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T18:30:27.969099+00:00 Coldcard ships new firmware after a $114M Bitcoin theft, with a three-week review uncovering additional bugs that were unrelated to the original flaw https://leviathannews.xyz/295679/xrp-leads-broad-altcoin-rally-as-bitcoins-biggest-weekly-gain-in-two-years-lifts-crypto Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T18:30:20.410511+00:00 XRP leads broad crypto rally with 39% weekly gain as Bitcoin posts its biggest weekly jump in two years and briefly tops $79,000 https://leviathannews.xyz/295676/bouncebit-to-sunset-blockchain-migrate-to-bnb-chain-after-3-million-exploit-20260821 Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T18:30:17.879189+00:00 BounceBit will shut down its standalone Layer 1 and migrate to BNB Chain after a $3M exploit stole 286.5M BB tokens through an authorization flaw https://leviathannews.xyz/295618/bitmart-pauses-closure-to-pursue-restructuring-with-white-case-on-a-potential-revival-plan-this-could-mean-phased-operations-resuming-alongside-creditor-payouts-with-more-details-d Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T17:43:19.417425+00:00 BitMart explores restructuring as an alternative to a full wind-down, with plans for phased operations and creditor distributions under White & Case https://leviathannews.xyz/295620/fednow-offramps-are-now-in-beta-mode-bridge-now-supports-instant-247365-usd-offramps-to-fednow-eligible-accounts Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T17:43:14.386075+00:00 FedNow offramps are now in beta mode. Bridge now supports instant, 24/7/365 USD offramps to FedNow-eligible accounts. https://leviathannews.xyz/295602/bnb-trenching-season-goes-live-with-200000-usdt-in-rewards-on-flap-and-fourmeme Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T17:43:00.918490+00:00 BNB trenching season goes live with 200,000 USDT in rewards on Flap and Four.meme. https://leviathannews.xyz/295596/delpho-published-usdv-liquidity-event-report-detailing-market-activity-protocol-performance-and-next-steps-as-its-usdv-stablecoin-experienced-a-temporary-secondary-market-dislocati Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T17:42:41.212878+00:00 Delpho published USDV Liquidity Event Report detailing market activity, protocol performance, and next steps as its USDV stablecoin experienced a depeg on August 21 but later returned to $1 peg. https://leviathannews.xyz/295580/why-bitcoin-is-surging-after-the-treasurys-market-intervention-caitlin-long Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T17:41:56.771273+00:00 Why Bitcoin is Surging after the Treasury’s Market intervention: CAITLIN LONG https://leviathannews.xyz/295574/zigchain-co-founder-cco-abdul-rafay-gadit-playfully-posts-with-video-saying-that-a-man-is-on-a-mission-to-tokenise-everything Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T15:48:42.065369+00:00 ZIGChain co-founder & CCO Abdul Rafay Gadit teases with video post saying that a man is on a mission to tokenise everything. https://leviathannews.xyz/295549/peaq-integrates-world-id-for-private-human-verification-in-robots Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T15:28:37.104150+00:00 peaq integrates World ID for private human verification in robots. https://leviathannews.xyz/295530/nomura-backed-laser-digital-wins-japans-first-crypto-approval-in-four-years-laser-digital-japan-will-offer-liquidity-to-domestic-crypto-providers-with-institutional-trading-service Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T15:28:29.349221+00:00 Nomura-backed Laser Digital wins Japan's first crypto approval in four years, and will offer liquidity to domestic crypto providers, with institutional trading services planned to follow. https://leviathannews.xyz/295311/today-were-launching-arbital-trade-memes-trade-stocks-trade-perps-market-make-all-in-one-place-a-memecoin-today-an-ai-stock-tomorrow-a-korean-or-chinese-stock-the-day Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T07:13:58.501699+00:00 Arbital launches an all-in-one trading platform for memecoins, stocks and perps, with market making and automated strategies across global markets https://leviathannews.xyz/295308/want-to-exit-a-position-early-now-you-can-early-exits-now-available-on-the-markets-app-exit-immediately-at-market-rate-or-by-setting-a-limit-order Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T07:13:55.722380+00:00 Morpho adds early exits to its Markets App, letting users close positions immediately at market rates or set limit orders for a target price https://leviathannews.xyz/295313/most-blockchain-ecosystems-cant-keep-a-legal-record-of-who-owns-a-security-in-a-114-trillion-market-plume-can-with-infrastructure-like-running-aml-onchain-grateful-to-contri Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T07:13:46.356432+00:00 Plume says its infrastructure can support onchain AML and legal ownership records for tokenized securities, contributing to DTCC’s settlement standards https://leviathannews.xyz/295306/send-receive-the-gold-standard-user-experience-introducing-smart-deposit-addresses-the-primitive-that-lets-apps-turn-any-onchain-action-into-a-simple-token-transfer-for-the Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T06:14:56.177854+00:00 LI.FI introduces Smart Deposit Addresses, turning complex onchain actions into a simple Send → Receive experience with no approvals or signing required https://leviathannews.xyz/295303/alert-fake-crypto-aml-checkers-might-be-draining-your-wallets-cybersecurity-firm-malwarebytes-says-scammers-are-asking-users-to-connect-wallets-for-a-fake-aml-scan-once-conn Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T06:14:48.445837+00:00 Malwarebytes warns fake crypto AML checkers are draining wallets by tricking users into connecting wallets and approving malicious transactions https://leviathannews.xyz/295300/binance-launches-binance-agent-os-and-binance-mcp-server-binance-announced-the-launch-of-its-ai-developer-platform-binance-agent-os-integrating-the-binance-api-binance-wallet-ag Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T06:14:27.884826+00:00 Binance launches Agent OS and MCP Server, letting AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude access Binance liquidity, market data and trading tools through one standard https://leviathannews.xyz/295299/a-joint-announcement-from-ripple-cicadacredit-and-clearpoolfin-defi-yield-has-a-credibility-problem-an-estimated-98-of-yield-in-defi-today-comes-from-market-mechanisms-incl Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T06:14:21.544455+00:00 Ripple, Cicada and Clearpool bring institutional real-world lending to XRPL, using RLUSD and native lending infrastructure to fund fintech and payment firms https://leviathannews.xyz/295298/securitize-tokenised-stock-now-collateral-on-loopscale-for-stablecoin-loans Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T05:42:15.236334+00:00 Securitize tokenised stock now collateral on Loopscale for stablecoin loans. https://leviathannews.xyz/295297/ondo-executive-says-tokenization-is-following-the-same-path-as-early-etfs-20260821 Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T05:42:14.088510+00:00 Ondo executive says tokenization is following the same path as early ETFs https://leviathannews.xyz/295296/kraken-parent-payward-explores-becoming-a-full-bank-outside-the-us-20260821 Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T05:42:11.235396+00:00 Kraken parent Payward explores becoming a full bank outside the U.S., targeting trading, payments, lending, custody and asset management globally https://leviathannews.xyz/295295/shinhan-asset-management-tests-tokenized-won-fund-on-solana Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T05:42:07.403398+00:00 Shinhan Asset Management tests tokenized Won fund on Solana. https://leviathannews.xyz/295294/mantra-freezes-all-transactions-and-network-following-unspecified-incident-20260821 Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T05:42:05.252663+00:00 MANTRA Chain halts all transactions and network endpoints after an unspecified incident, freezing deposits and withdrawals as teams investigate the cause https://leviathannews.xyz/295293/beldex-raises-8-million-to-expand-privacy-infrastructure-for-web3-and-ai-20260821 Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T05:42:00.494732+00:00 Beldex raises $8 million to expand privacy infrastructure for Web3 and AI. https://leviathannews.xyz/295251/today-my-counsel-appeared-in-california-federal-court-to-oppose-world-liberty-financials-worldlibertyfi-efforts-to-force-our-dispute-into-secret-arbitration-proceedings-and-seal-do-20260821 Leviathan News en 2026-08-21T05:41:56.341022+00:00 Justin Sun wins court ruling to keep lawsuit public against World Liberty Financial. https://leviathannews.xyz/294964/gnosis-chain-approved-as-first-ethereum-economic-zone-rollup-gip-153-proposal-has-123158-gno-votes-in-favor-far-exceeding-the-quorum-to-transition-gnosis-chain-from-an-independent- Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T14:58:12.671626+00:00 Gnosis Chain approved as first EEZ rollup. GIP-153 proposal has 123,158 GNO votes in favor, to transition Gnosis Chain from an independent layer-1 to a rollup that settles directly on Ethereum. https://leviathannews.xyz/294952/neosoul-raises-11-million-to-enable-ai-agents-for-independent-trading-the-pre-a-funding-round-included-investors-like-mh-ventures-amber-group-and-0g-foundation-fueling-neotrade-pla Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T14:58:02.459925+00:00 NeoSoul raises $11 million to enable AI agents for independent trading. The Pre-A funding round included investors like MH Ventures, Amber Group, and 0G Foundation. https://leviathannews.xyz/294847/binance-introduces-agent-os-to-connect-ai-applications-to-financial-infrastructure-20260820 Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T13:24:04.688648+00:00 Binance introduces Agent OS to connect AI applications to financial infrastructure. https://leviathannews.xyz/294790/london-startup-callosum-raises-100m-seed-round-to-build-nature-inspired-ai-compute-with-backing-from-plural-dcvc-and-the-uk-sovereign-ai-funds-first-ever-investment Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T09:49:05.741054+00:00 London startup Callosum raises $100M seed round to build nature-inspired AI compute with backing from Plural, DCVC, and the UK Sovereign AI Fund's first-ever investment. https://leviathannews.xyz/294748/agents-are-getting-really-good-at-reasoning-and-taking-action-paying-for-something-has-been-a-lot-harder-agentcore-payments-is-now-ga-with-coinbase-and-stripe-giving-agents-a-manag Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T09:48:56.363369+00:00 Coinbase and Stripe now enable AgentCore Payments. It gives agents a managed way to pay for APIs, content, data feeds, and even other agents, with spending limits and observability built in. https://leviathannews.xyz/294738/world_xyz-tweets-today-is-a-new-chapter-hyperworld-is-the-hyperliquid-prediction-market-and-is-working-with-hyperflare-president-trump-and-the-sec-to-bring-hyperliquid-into-the-uni Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T09:48:49.131309+00:00 world_xyz tweets a new chapter starts today. hyperworld is the Hyperliquid prediction market and is working with hyperflare, President Trump, and the SEC to bring Hyperliquid into the United States. https://leviathannews.xyz/294734/nium-announces-launch-of-domestic-card-issuance-in-the-united-stateshttps Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T05:29:00.711926+00:00 Nium announces launch of domestic card issuance in the United States. https://leviathannews.xyz/294728/pharma-giant-eli-lilly-shares-surge-4-ahead-of-solana-tokenized-listing-via-backpack-securities-and-sunrise Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T05:22:05.913662+00:00 Pharma giant Eli Lilly shares surge 4% ahead of Solana tokenized listing via Backpack Securities and Sunrise. https://leviathannews.xyz/294733/blueprint-finance-announces-strategic-funding-round-to-scale-concretes-institutional-defi-infrastructure-20260820-1 Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T05:04:46.965569+00:00 Blueprint Finance announces strategic funding round to scale Concrete's institutional DeFi infrastructure. https://leviathannews.xyz/294676/cftc-closes-civil-cases-against-ftx-insiders-ellison-and-wang-with-trading-bans Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T04:54:11.147940+00:00 CFTC closes civil cases against FTX insiders Ellison and Wang with trading bans. https://leviathannews.xyz/294725/traveling-to-china-bring-paypal-us-paypal-users-can-now-use-the-paypal-app-to-make-in-store-qr-code-payments-at-weixin-pay-merchants-across-china-through-paypal-world-no-new-apps-n Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T04:50:27.178389+00:00 PayPal expands in-store payments in China, letting U.S. users pay Weixin Pay merchants via QR codes directly through the PayPal app https://leviathannews.xyz/294724/enjoy-true-digital-ownership-of-your-canton-coin-cc-for-the-first-time-available-natively-via-the-ledger-wallettm-app-traditionally-reserved-for-institutions-and-network-valida Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T04:50:20.450328+00:00 Ledger brings Canton Coin to its Wallet app, giving individuals native access to securely store and manage CC while supporting Canton Network validation https://leviathannews.xyz/294680/all-in-one-ai-creative-suite-imagineart-announces-that-imagine-computer-is-here Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T04:45:17.939507+00:00 All-in-one AI creative suite ImagineArt announces that Imagine Computer is here. https://leviathannews.xyz/294721/we-will-continue-to-offer-zero-data-retention-for-frontier-models-as-ai-takes-on-longer-more-autonomous-work-and-delivers-greater-value-to-businesses-safety-systems-also-need-t Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T04:44:59.256446+00:00 OpenAI keeps Zero Data Retention for frontier models while previewing Private Safety Processing to detect risks across AI interactions without exposing user content https://leviathannews.xyz/294718/at-tempo-we-are-building-more-workflows-where-software-can-move-quickly-on-a-persons-behalf-that-is-useful-but-it-can-also-be-risky-ai-agents-can-open-pull-requests-make-api Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T04:44:55.842444+00:00 Tempo introduces Voight-Kampff, using Mac Touch ID and Secure Enclave keys to verify humans physically approve high-impact AI agent actions https://leviathannews.xyz/294716/cash-app-pay-is-now-available-on-uniswap-apps-buy-crypto-directly-with-your-cashapp-balance-powered-by-moonpay-one-step-closer-to-taking-the-world-onchain Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T04:44:47.641884+00:00 Cash App Pay goes live on Uniswap Apps, letting users buy crypto directly with Cash App balances through MoonPay https://leviathannews.xyz/294715/in-partnership-with-mastercard-after-months-of-exploring-how-financial-institutions-actually-evaluate-blockchain-infrastructure-the-foundations-of-institutional-blockchain-adopt Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T04:44:43.803192+00:00 Sei partners with Mastercard after months of exploring institutional blockchain needs, promising new infrastructure for financial institutions next week https://leviathannews.xyz/294667/monitor-and-control-your-ai-spend-on-every-provider-on-httproutercom-our-early-users-save-40-on-average-every-week-the-price-intelligence-latency-frontier-shifts-and-we-expect-this Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T04:44:33.406388+00:00 Monitor and control your AI spend on every provider. Today Router opens it to everyone. No tryramp account needed. Free through 2026, first $26 on us. https://leviathannews.xyz/294713/slack-launches-ai-coding-agents-for-real-time-team-collaboration Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T04:40:10.361077+00:00 Slack launches AI coding agents for real-time team collaboration. https://leviathannews.xyz/294712/inside-the-stack-is-a-new-content-series-by-privy-that-breaks-down-how-companies-are-using-onchain-infrastructure-alongside-traditional-financial-rails-to-build-new-financial-produ Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T04:40:04.942784+00:00 Privy introduces new content series detailing how companies, starting with Kraken, are using onchain infrastructure alongside traditional financial rails to build new financial products https://leviathannews.xyz/294711/okx-restricts-claude-use-for-hong-kong-employees-spends-6-million8-million-monthly-on-ai-models-according-to-bloomberg-okx-has-restricted-hong-kong-employees-and-staff-travel Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T04:39:54.572320+00:00 OKX restricts Claude for Hong Kong staff after its Anthropic account was suspended, while the exchange spends $6M-$8M monthly across AI model providers https://leviathannews.xyz/294709/ai-agents-could-make-todays-billion-dollar-crypto-hacks-look-like-pennies-industry-leaders-warn-20260820 Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T04:39:49.717557+00:00 Crypto leaders warn AI agents could make today’s billion-dollar hacks look like “pennies” by automating attacks on wallets, passwords and financial accounts https://leviathannews.xyz/294670/altfun-introduces-perpetual-dividends-by-holding-altcoins-users-get-airdropped-perps-first-dividend-of-tokenized-hyperliquid-perps-has-been-distributed-to-the-top-100-alt-holders Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T04:11:26.865297+00:00 alt.fun introduces perpetual dividends. By holding altcoins, users get airdropped perps. First dividend of tokenized Hyperliquid perps has been distributed to the top 100 ALT holders. https://leviathannews.xyz/294685/berachain-announces-rebranding-native-stablecoin-honey-to-bera-usd-busd-same-token-same-contract-new-name-and-symbol Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T04:02:58.995674+00:00 Berachain Foundation announces rebranding native stablecoin Honey to Bera USD ($BUSD) with same token, same contract, new name and symbol. https://leviathannews.xyz/294687/usdctofiatxyz-introduces-a-product-tokenstocash-where-users-can-sell-spare-ai-tokens-and-cash-out-p2p-to-the-apps-they-already-use Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T04:00:03.539875+00:00 usdctofiat.xyz introduces a product tokensto.cash, where users can sell spare AI tokens and cash out P2P to the apps they already use. https://leviathannews.xyz/294683/rox-launches-rox-team-to-remove-the-barrier-to-costly-investment-on-revenue-agents Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T03:59:06.551796+00:00 Rox launches Rox Team to remove the barrier to costly investment on revenue agents. https://leviathannews.xyz/294679/cronos-ceo-ryan-wyatt-plans-to-revise-cronoss-tokenomics-in-the-coming-months-aims-as-part-of-q4-roadmap-to-get-everything-out Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T03:59:02.461081+00:00 Cronos CEO Ryan Wyatt plans to revise Cronos's tokenomics in the coming months, aims as part of Q4 roadmap to get everything out. https://leviathannews.xyz/294677/axis-robotics-partners-with-kaito-ai-to-introduce-the-axis-content-creator-program-push-the-frontier-of-physical-ai-to-new-heights-epoch-1-is-now-live-and-runs-until-september-18th Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T03:58:50.127810+00:00 Axis Robotics partners with Kaito AI to introduce the Axis Content Creator Program to push the frontier of physical AI to new heights. Epoch 1 is now live and runs until September 18th at 12:00 UTC. https://leviathannews.xyz/294673/cftc-seeks-input-on-compute-power-derivatives-for-ai-era Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T03:58:39.927317+00:00 CFTC seeks input on compute power derivatives for AI era. https://leviathannews.xyz/294671/trading-platform-gte-teases-on-x-saying-were-back Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T03:58:32.762215+00:00 Trading platform GTE teases on X saying we're back. https://leviathannews.xyz/294669/linera-announces-upcoming-token-sale-and-teases-with-article-title-to-becoming-the-next-hyperliquid Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T03:58:27.836406+00:00 Linera announces upcoming token sale and teases with article title to becoming the next Hyperliquid. https://leviathannews.xyz/294668/base-app-perps-goes-live-powered-by-hyperliquid Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T03:58:21.300095+00:00 Base App launches Hyperliquid-powered perpetual futures trading. https://leviathannews.xyz/294441/etched-announces-700m-raise-at-a-21b-valuation-from-jane-street-kleiner-perkins-sequoia-a16z-peter-thiel-bcv-and-blackstone-the-first-rack-was-shipped-to-jane-street Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T02:00:20.280592+00:00 Etched announces $700M raise at a $21B valuation from Jane Street, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia, A16Z, Peter Thiel, BCV, and Blackstone. The first rack was shipped to Jane Street. https://leviathannews.xyz/294434/x-suspends-bitcoin-accounts-handles-like-vivek4real_-bitcoin_teddy-bitcoinsapiens-and-documentingsaylor-in-250000-content-theft-scheme-the-operation-was-exposed-by-nikita-bier-who- Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T02:00:12.995363+00:00 X suspends Bitcoin accounts like Vivek4real_, Bitcoin_Teddy, BitcoinSapiens and DocumentingSaylor in $250,000 content theft scheme. Nikita Bier exposed the operation and forwarded to law enforcement. https://leviathannews.xyz/294427/solana-developer-bleep-accuses-influencer-ansem-of-overlooking-his-launchpad-work-when-ansem-launched-ansemio-around-august-17-without-compensation-or-credit-ansem-counters-that-he Leviathan News en 2026-08-20T01:59:59.303231+00:00 Solana developer Bleep accuses influencer Ansem of overlooking his launchpad work when Ansem launched Ansem.io around August 17 without compensation or credit. https://leviathannews.xyz/294645/occ-races-to-finalize-genius-act-stablecoin-rules-by-november-20260819 Leviathan News en 2026-08-19T22:39:19.305995+00:00 OCC targets November deadline to finalize GENIUS Act stablecoin rules, aiming to begin processing issuer applications in early 2027 https://leviathannews.xyz/294644/injective-becomes-sec-registered-transfer-agent-as-it-expands-tokenization-push-20260819 Leviathan News en 2026-08-19T22:39:13.093016+00:00 Injective becomes SEC-registered transfer agent through its affiliate, targeting regulated ownership records and infrastructure for tokenized securities https://leviathannews.xyz/294641/ethereum-engineering-firm-nethermind-leaves-layerzero-verifier-role-for-chainlink-20260819 Leviathan News en 2026-08-19T22:39:07.942038+00:00 Ethereum engineering firm Nethermind leaves LayerZero verifier role after review, joining Chainlink as a node operator and CCIP technology provider https://leviathannews.xyz/294639/hsbc-standard-chartered-execute-first-live-banking-transaction-on-swifts-247-ledger-20260819 Leviathan News en 2026-08-19T22:39:03.337458+00:00 HSBC and Standard Chartered complete first live transaction on Swift’s 24/7 ledger as the payments network tests blockchain settlement against stablecoins and tokenized deposits https://leviathannews.xyz/294638/ex-signature-bank-chair-warns-big-banks-could-use-blockchain-to-take-market-share-from-smaller-rivals-as-n3xt-goes-global-20260819 Leviathan News en 2026-08-19T22:38:59.064296+00:00 Ex-Signature Bank chair Scott Shay warns big banks could use blockchain payment rails to take market share from smaller rivals as N3XT expands globally https://leviathannews.xyz/294636/china-triples-digital-yuan-bank-roster-year-to-date-as-eight-more-banks-join-network-20260819 Leviathan News en 2026-08-19T22:38:53.581646+00:00 China triples its e-CNY network in 2026 as the PBOC adds 20 operators, including eight banks joining the CBDC push this week https://leviathannews.xyz/294577/the-block-president-donald-trump-says-congress-needs-to-pass-the-clarity-act-during-remarks-with-technology-leaders-on-wednesday-its-a-very-powerful-structured-legislation-which-wi-20260819 Leviathan News en 2026-08-19T19:41:49.642234+00:00 Trump says Congress needs to pass the Clarity Act during remarks with technology leaders on Wednesday