AdoptionMarkets2 SourcesPaul Tudor Jones' Firm Reverses Bitcoin ETF Sales, Adds Stake to BlackRock FundTudor Investment, the firm behind billionaire Paul Tudor Jones, purchased 109,446 shares of BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF...Aug 17, 2026, 12:03 PMTudor InvestmentPaul Tudor Jones
MiningAdoption2 SourcesRiot Platforms Signs AI Compute Deal With Anthropic, Diversifies Beyond Bitcoin MiningRiot Platforms signed a long-term data center lease agreement with AI firm Anthropic, marking the Bitcoin miner's expans...Aug 16, 2026, 11:04 AMRiot PlatformsAnthropic
MarketsAdoption2 SourcesHyperscale Reduces Bitcoin Holdings to Fund AI ExpansionHyperscale offloaded more Bitcoin than it acquired last week, trimming its holdings to approximately $61 million to gene...Aug 16, 2026, 10:02 AMHyperscaleBitcoin
AdoptionStablecoins2 SourcesBNY Mellon Adds Crypto Staking via Galaxy to Custody PlatformBNY Mellon selected Galaxy to provide staking infrastructure for its Digital Asset Custody platform, expanding instituti...Aug 16, 2026, 08:02 AMBNY MellonGalaxy
AdoptionMacro2 SourcesWells Fargo Joins JPMorgan, Citi to Tokenize Settlement InfrastructureWells Fargo has joined JPMorgan and Citibank in developing tokenized payment rails for Wall Street settlement, with depo...Aug 16, 2026, 04:02 AMWells FargoJPMorgan
DeFiAdoption2 SourcesNomura's Laser Digital Backs ZIGChain for Emerging-Market Private CreditNomura's cryptocurrency arm Laser Digital has invested in ZIGChain, a protocol targeting emerging-market private credit....Aug 16, 2026, 12:12 AMNomuraLaser Digital
AdoptionRegulation2 SourcesBank Leumi Partners Galaxy for Bitcoin Trading, Reviving Stalled 2022 PlanIsrael's largest bank, Bank Leumi, is partnering with Galaxy Digital to launch cryptocurrency trading in early 2027, mar...Aug 15, 2026, 09:06 PMBank LeumiGalaxy Digital
DeFiAdoption2 SourcesTokenized Assets Hit $7.4B in Deposits as DeFi Volumes DeclineDeposits of tokenized real-world assets, including gold, Treasuries, and equities, tripled to $7.4 billion according to ...Aug 15, 2026, 08:07 PMCoinSharesTokenized Assets
MarketsAdoption3 SourcesPaul Tudor Jones Increases Bitcoin ETF Holdings, Slashes Call OptionsPaul Tudor Jones' firm raised its BlackRock Bitcoin ETF stake 18.9% to 688,529 shares worth $22.9 million in Q2, while c...Aug 15, 2026, 04:05 PMPaul Tudor JonesBlackRock
