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August 18, 2026 — MindWave Innovations (NYSE American: APUS) is positioning its proprietary MindChain as institutional-grade blockchain infrastructure designed to support the next phase of digital asset adoption. The insured Layer 2 network is intended to address institutional priorities such as security, compliance, scalability and efficient settlement while supporting applications including Bitcoin treasury management, decentralized finance and real-world asset tokenization.
August 18, 2026 — IBN. Ai, the artificial intelligence-powered communications and capital markets platform developed alongside InvestorBrandNetwork (“IBN”), announced the addition of secure, branded enterprise-grade digital wallets through its partnership with Fireblocks.
August 18, 2026 — Regentis Biomaterials (NYSE American: RGNT) is strengthening the manufacturing and intellectual property foundation behind its GelrinC cartilage-repair technology as it moves toward broader commercialization. The company recently received a Japanese Notice of Allowance for patent protection covering the organic solvent-free manufacturing process and ready-to-use liquid formulation behind GelrinC.
August 18, 2026 — VERAXA Biotech (NASDAQ: VRXA) was featured in a recent article highlighting how its collaboration with AI-focused research organization Ardigen could strengthen the company’s oncology pipeline as artificial intelligence plays an increasingly important role in drug discovery. By combining Ardigen’s expertise in AI, computational biology and bioinformatics with VERAXA’s proprietary BiTAC(R) platform, the companies aim to use AI to identify optimal dual-target combinations for T-cell engagers and antibody-drug conjugates while improving target validation and reducing development risks.
August 18, 2026 — Greenland Mines (NASDAQ: GRML) was featured in an American News Group commentary examining the need for Western-aligned critical minerals supply chains spanning mining, processing, logistics and downstream markets. The article highlights Greenland Mines’ development-stage North Atlantic Critical Metals Corridor strategy, which seeks to connect Greenland resource assets with processing, logistics, offtake and end markets in Europe and North America.
August 18, 2026 — VERAXA Biotech (NASDAQ: VRXA) was featured in a recent article highlighting how its collaboration with AI-focused research organization Ardigen could strengthen the company’s oncology pipeline as artificial intelligence plays an increasingly important role in drug discovery. By combining Ardigen’s expertise in AI, computational biology and bioinformatics with VERAXA’s proprietary BiTAC(R) platform, the companies aim to use AI to identify optimal dual-target combinations for T-cell engagers and antibody-drug conjugates while improving target validation and reducing development risks.
August 18, 2026 — Congressional Democrats are preparing for a new fight with the Trump administration’s top financial regulators over the future of cryptocurrency in the United States. The dispute comes after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on the Clarity Act, a major bill designed to create clearer rules for the growing digital asset industry.
August 18, 2026 — Donald Trump’s administration has run into a solid wall in its efforts to kill renewable energy development in the country. The full DC Circuit Court of Appeals has retained a preliminary injunction that prevented the federal Environmental Protection Agency from pulling around $20 billion in renewable energy grants.
August 18, 2026 — As terrestrial data centers become increasingly embroiled in controversy due to their huge hunger for power, water and the available space, suggestions have been made to establish these facilities in outer space. While this sounds like a solution that can bypass the challenges faced by terrestrial AI data centers, several obstacles have to first be overcome before space-based data centers can see the light of day.
August 18, 2026 — Crypto asset management firm Bitwise has reduced its global workforce by 14%, leaving it with roughly 155 employees as the prolonged market slowdown continues to pressure the sector. Analysts will be watching how other blockchain firms like Riot Blockchain Inc.
August 18, 2026 — Glioblastoma is very difficult to treat because it quickly adapts and evolves to become resistant to existing treatments indicated for brain cancers. Now, scientists have found a protein on this cancer’s cells that could be targeted in order to make the cancer more vulnerable to the treatments administered to combat this deadly malignancy.
August 18, 2026 — Recent figures show that gold was trading around $4,347, as investors continue to monitor tensions between the United States and Iran. It appears they may have reached a stalemate, given the lack of progress toward resolving the standoff surrounding the Strait of Hormuz.
August 18, 2026 — Data published by YouGov Profiles has revealed that electric vehicle owners in the United States tend to be more receptive to new technologies. According to the data, 2% of American car owners said an electric car was their household’s primary vehicle, with EV owners exhibiting greater interest in cutting-edge technology compared to non-EV drivers.
August 18, 2026 — Spotify is preparing to introduce a new label that will warn listeners when an artist’s public identity appears to have been created using AI. It remains to be seen whether entities like Core AI Holdings Inc.
August 18, 2026 — Nanox (NASDAQ: NNOX), a leader in innovative medical imaging technology, announced that subsidiary Nanox AI Ltd. entered into a sales reseller agreement with Vertec Scientific Ltd.
August 18, 2026 — Attracting early-stage private financing can be difficult for FOAK technologies because they require large infrastructure investments without a track record, creating a “bankability gap. ” A few factors tend to separate FOAK deals that get financed from ones that stall.
August 18, 2026 — NanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE American: NNVC), a clinical-stage company developing antiviral drugs, announced that a Phase II clinical trial of NV-387 Oral Gummies for treatment of the current Bundibugyo Ebolavirus and other Ebola viruses is expected to begin soon in the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”).
August 18, 2026 — Cardio Diagnostics Holdings (NASDAQ: CDIO), an AI-driven precision cardiovascular medicine company, announced the official launch of its in-house, high-complexity CLIA-certified laboratory in Iowa City, Iowa, giving the company end-to-end control over processing of its multi-omics clinical tests, Epi+Gen CHD(TM) and PrecisionCHD(TM), from sample receipt through result delivery. The facility received its federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (“CLIA”) license following an inspection that found no deficiencies and has secured out-of-state licenses from California, Maryland, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania, with New York licensing in progress.
August 18, 2026 — Safe Pro Group (NASDAQ: SPAI), a developer of artificial intelligence (“AI”)-enabled defense, security and situational awareness solutions, announced it has been awarded a new subcontract and purchase order valued at approximately $180,000 for its patented AI threat detection and mapping solution in support of a U. S.