Today's business
BTC prices are $64231.74, an increase of 2.24 per cent on a 24-hour basis.
ETH price $1902.70, up 1.53 per cent 24 hours
The XRP price is $0.99966, an increase of 0.75 per cent 24 hours.
The BNB price is $604.20, a 24-hour increase of 0.46 per cent.
SOL prices are $75.668, an increase of 1.76 per cent 24 hours.
TRX price: $0.33114, up 0.06 per cent 24 hours
The DOGE price was 0.07016, an increase of 0.99 per cent 24 hours.
The HYPE price is $59.108, an increase of 3.38 per cent 24 hours
Public information developments
15 years of sleeping bitcoin wallets transferring 854 BTCs to Kraken
OnchainLens reported that on 17 August 2026, a bitcoin wallet that had slept for more than 15 years transferred 854 bitcoin (approximately $539 million) to Kraken Exchange. The wallet initially received bitcoin through multiple addresses in 2011, when it was traded for approximately $14. In current value terms, the 854 bitcoins have increased by about 4,600 times since their acquisition. The wallet is addressed to 1 mimjfybyfefzweoxxj9cz7pf9xtwvt.
Robinwood Chain TVL exceeded $540 million and the market value of the stable currency rose to $640 million
The total lock value of Robinwood Chain (TVL) currently exceeds $540 million and has grown by more than 45 per cent since August. The chain-based monetization of RWA was about $32 million, an increase of 120 per cent in the ring, but its share of TVL fell from almost one third on 7 July to about 6 per cent. During the same period, the market value of the chain-stabilized currency rose to about $640 million, with growth of over 22 per cent since August, of which USD was approximately $286 million, an increase of nearly 50 per cent over the beginning of the month, and USDGs, which account for 44 per cent of the supply of the stable currency, maintained at about $330 million to $350 million.
Bitgo CEO Mike Belshe: Against Dario Amodei ' s AI Regulatory Proposal
Chief Executive Officer Mike Belshe of Bitgo objected to Dario Amodei ' s claim that the policy should be based on freedom rather than on unsubstantiated risks.
The price of crude oil rose as the US-Iraq war stalled.
WTI crude oil (CLU26) increased by $2.10 (+2.55 per cent) Monday in September and RBB gasoline (RBU26) by 0.0860 (+2.70 per cent) in September. On Monday, crude oil and gasoline prices rose to a three-week high, and the market was concerned that the war between Iraq and the United States would continue, resulting in limited oil supplies in the Middle East.
Bloomberg: Test your ETF knowledge
According to Bloomberg, Joel Weber of Bloomberg, invited Scarlet Fu, James Seyffart and Baird Strategas, ETF strategist Todd Sohn, to conduct an ETF knowledge test this week.
Encryption dynamics
The Central Bank of Russia limits the share of market brokers held in encrypted assets to 25 per cent.
The Central Bank of Russia announced new regulations that market brokers should not hold more than 25 per cent of their encrypted assets. The new regulations target professional market participants by requiring that the encrypted currency authorized to trade be included in the calculation of the financial resilience ratio. This limitation is intended to reduce the risk of holding encrypted assets.
The Trump family trust has been authorized to establish a bank or will be issued steadily Currency
The Tramp family-related trust was granted conditional approval, and plans were made to establish a bank and possibly issue its own stability currency.
The U.S. Monetary Regulatory Agency has conditional approval of World Liberty Financial Trust licences.
The United States Monetary Supervisory Authority (OCC) conditionally granted World Liberty Financial licence applications, and the company was authorized to issue United States dollar stabilization currency and to host digital assets. In addition, 10 Democrat Senators signed the “End of the Presidential Bank Corruption Bill” aimed at preventing corruption in bank applications. The Trump family holds 38 per cent of the shares of World Liberty Financial and 49 per cent of the United Arab Emirates investors.
Chief Information Officer Bitwise: The White House meeting shows a continuing commitment to encryption
In an interview with the CNBC, Bitwise's chief information officer stated that this week's White House meeting "shows an ongoing commitment to encryption, which is good news for the coin." He added, "If a clear bill is passed unexpectedly, we'll have a new round of cattle in the encrypted market."
The U.S. Treasury Department has ordered the encryption exchange not to sell unlicensed stabilizers to Americans from July 2028.
The United States Department of the Treasury has announced that, as of July 2028, the encryption exchange must stop selling unapproved stabilizers to United States users. Under the proposed rules, any unapproved Stable Currency advertising to the United States or helping them bypass the IP inspection would be considered a violation.
Views
United States of America consultations on car tariff reductions
The United States and Canada are working to bridge the gap between potential car tariff cuts. Three sources revealed that the United States motor vehicle tariff could be lowered from the current 25 per cent to 15 per cent (after deduction of some value components). After the Wednesday deadline, the United States will impose high new tariffs on other Canadian commodities valued at $20 billion. If agreed, the tariff level would be significantly lower than the 25 per cent tariff currently imposed by Trump on automobile imports. According to the source, United States officials proposed to deduct only the United States local value component from the 15 per cent tariff on Canadian cars, but the Canadian officials wanted to deduct all North American components, including parts from Canada and Mexico. Automotive officials stated that, if a wider regional value component deduction were applied, the United States effective tariff rate for North American-made automobiles could be reduced to single digits, far below the current 15 per cent rate for North American cars imported from Japan, Korea and the European Union, compared to 10 per cent for most British cars.
The Pentagon assessment of existing military options cannot ensure the safety of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz
The Pentagon assessment concluded that the existing military plan did not guarantee the safe passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz or the stability of energy supply in the area.
Vance: The United States Government should value the strategic importance of Bitcoin
Vance stated that the United States Government should attach importance to the strategic importance of Bitcoin and suggested that if China was away from Bitcoin, it should take a positive attitude.
Turkish involvement in the Holmuz Strait confrontation, Erdoğan and Trump discussing dialogue with Iran
President Erdoğan of Turkey stated to Trump that continued dialogue with Iran was essential. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkey spoke with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iran to discuss efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. These calls took place against the backdrop of the continuation of the United States-Iraq ceasefire agreement, which is currently in zero shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump: Oil price rises without considering extending the agreement with Iran
According to Bloomberg, the oil price rise on 18 August, exacerbated by the reluctance of United States President Trump to consider extending the expired agreement with Iran, raised concerns about the prospects for a solution to the war between Iraq and the United States.