The SEC crypto custody rewrite for investment advisers and funds, including their crypto assets, entered White House review on Aug. 25. The move starts an active pre-publication review of an economically significant proposal with direct consequences for advisers, investment companies and the institutions that hold their assets. The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs record …
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Behind Bitcoin’s sudden resilience is a $2 billion cash surge that wiped out speculative leverage
July’s PCE inflation reading held at 3.7% headline and 3.3% core on Aug. 26, both still above the Fed’s target. Futures markets responded by pushing the odds of a September rate hike to roughly 44%, up from 36% before the report. Bitcoin hit an intraday high of $79,251.60 the same day, trading near $78,000 as …
Bessent’s Bond Buyback Gamble Could Pour Fuel on Bitcoin’s Price
Bitcoin’s price reclaimed $80,000 per unit on Thursday after breaking past a key $79,000 resistance level, driving its market capitalization back to $1.61 trillion and positioning the asset for an over 20% gain in August. Key Resistance Broken Bitcoin reclaimed $80,000 on Thursday, breaking through a key $79,000 resistance level that had held since shortly …
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Giant Hole in Global Crypto-Tax Net; China’s Taxable Crypto Only 1/5th of the US
Only 14% of total global taxable onchain crypto asset activity falls into the new global tax net, which becomes active in 2027, an analysis showed. European countries account for the largest share, while China’s taxable activity is less than one-fifth of the U.S.’s. Last year, potentially taxable global onchain crypto asset activity surpassed $457 billion, …
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Bitcoin Price Rockets Past $80K as Leveraged Shorts Get Crushed
Bitcoin’s price has once again smashed through the $80,000 range, reaching an intraday high of $80,808 per coin on Thursday at 11 a.m. EDT. The leading crypto asset has risen 3.5% over the last 24 hours and now stands with a market cap of around $1.60 trillion. Bitcoin Smashes $80,000 as Crypto Market Turns Green …
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SEC Eyes Sweeping Crypto Custody Rewrite as White House Weighs In
According to reports, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking to update custody rules, and the regulator has sent its amended plan to the White House for review. The proposal dubbed “Amendments to the Custody Rules” is reportedly being assessed by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). SEC Sends Major Custody …
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TronBid Expands Marketplace: Rent TRON Energy and Reduce USDT Fees
Berlin, Germany, August 27th, 2026, Chainwire. TronBid expands its two-sided TRON resource marketplace, giving users new ways to rent Energy, trade Energy and Bandwidth, and reduce USDT fees for TRC-20 transactions. TronBid, a peer-to-peer marketplace for TRON network resources, has expanded its platform with new tools for users looking to rent TRON Energy, manage transaction …
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Solana Proposals Could Cut Staking Yield to 2.25%, Emissions by $1.5B
Two Solana proposals could sharply reduce token issuance while increasing burns, potentially cutting staking yields roughly in half within two years. The trade-off is lower income for stakers in exchange for a tighter long-term supply profile for SOL. 21Shares Sees Solana Emissions Falling by up to $1.5 Billion Solana is moving toward a leaner monetary …
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Blackrock Captures $322.79M as Bitcoin, Ether ETFs Add $424M
Bitcoin and ether ETFs extended their inflow streaks to eight sessions on Wednesday, attracting $232.12 million and $192.35 million, respectively. XRP, HYPE and solana funds also drew fresh capital, keeping the late-August buying run broad. Bitcoin ETFs Add $232M as Blackrock Keeps Setting the Pace Eight sessions into the current run, institutional appetite for crypto …
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How one small BTC transfer exposed the fine print behind Trump’s ‘never sell’ strategic Bitcoin reserve
A wallet tagged to the US government moved a small amount of Bitcoin linked to assets seized from Alameda Research’s Binance.US accounts. The movement revives a familiar fear that Washington could be preparing to liquidate more of its forfeited Bitcoin stash. Bitcoin deposited into the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve “shall not be sold” under President Donald …
Bitcoin hit $80,000 but failed to restore BTC treasury premiums at Strategy, Twenty One Capital, or Metaplanet
Bitcoin price is trading near $78,900, close enough to $80,000 to revive the old treasury-company pitch on paper: higher Bitcoin should lift the value of corporate holdings, pull the shares back above net asset value, and reopen common-stock issuance as a source of fresh coins. That sequence did not return. At Strategy, Twenty One Capital, …
Pyth Network’s API overhaul threatens to freeze unpatched smart contracts across 300 DeFi protocols
Crypto price oracle Pyth Network missed its documented 16:00 UTC cutover deadline on Aug. 26, adding a new requirement for developers who call its Hermes price-delivery service directly: their requests now need an API key. Under Pyth’s migration guide, people who use a protocol that already integrates the oracle don’t need to take direct action. …
Staking Ethereum could soon look entirely different under a new deposit proposal
Ethereum developers have opened an early proposal to make the staking deposit system flexible enough to accept future quantum-resistant validator keys, and it would also give a later network upgrade a one-way switch to stop new deposits using today’s BLS format. The change would affect how new validators enter Ethereum, creating an entry path for …
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Smart AI deposits could soon force banks to raise loan rates for everyday borrowers
AI-directed bank accounts could move deposits rapidly among banks, weakening a funding advantage that helps finance long-term credit, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas analysis published Aug. 25. Although customers can withdraw demand deposits at any time, balances tend to remain at banks for years, and deposit rates usually rise by less than …
Cardano and Solana just exposed crypto governance’s biggest weakness
Cardano and Solana are testing two competing approaches to on-chain governance, with one exposing the cost of voter absence and the other shifting more power to default representatives who may have their own economic interests. Cardano’s constitutional committee renewal requires separate approval from delegated representatives, or DReps, and stake pool operators. Solana instead allows validators …
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