Bitcoin Retreats From $81,455 as August Gains Hold Firm As of today, Aug. 29, 2026, at 8:30 a.m., bitcoin’s price stands at around $77,588 to $77,984 per unit. While the leading crypto asset is down around 2-2.5% over the last 24 hours, since August 15, $BTC has seen its price rise by 23.2% against the
Japan-based Bitcoin treasury firm Metaplanet has made a surprising Bitcoin move as it appears to be offloading its tokens following the broader crypto market slowdown. Although Metaplanet is renowned for its steady Bitcoin purchases, the latest Bitcoin move from the firm did not go unnoticed as it appears to be a bearish move from the
Expectations that the Fed may raise interest rates at its September meeting have risen significantly following cautious remarks on inflation by Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh. The probability of a rate hike in forecasting markets has approached its highest levels in recent times, while bond yields have also seen a sharp increase. Market expectations are rapidly
TRON now holds about half of the world’s $USDT supply. As of late August 2026, around 51.4% of all $USDT is on TRON, worth about $94.2 billion. That’s a significant share. It suggests TRON is becoming the main network for moving dollars on-chain. And is that good for users? This piece looks at what TRON’s
A Nine-Day Run Comes to an End The party lasted nine trading sessions starting August 17, when U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) pulled in fresh money every single day (swelling to roughly $3.04 billion before it broke). On August 28, $202 million in net outflows made their way out of the funds, snapping the
Bitcoin trades near $78,000 heading into the weekend, sitting almost between $77,000 support and $80,000 resistance after a sharp rejection from above $81,000 hit on Aug. 28. A confirmed break below $77,000 opens the mid-$75,000s, while a reclaim of $80,000 puts the roughly $81,300 high from Aug. 28 and the $82,000 to $83,000 zone back
Swift, the backbone of financial messaging, faces a tough question: Will blockchain technology replace the 53-year-old technology that the legacy banking system relies on? With many blockchain-based infrastructures popping up, promising to be faster and cheaper for cross-border transfers, one could argue that this might be the case. “As these blockchain rails get laid, there’s
The cryptocurrency industry has spent a decade promoting bitcoin BTC$77,960.57 as “digital gold”: a non-physical asset with a fixed supply that cannot be debased, thereby providing a hedge against inflation and other macro risks that afflict traditional financial assets. However, a new study from the Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI), alongside polling firm Cygnal and education
Fifty to one hundred billion AI agents. That is Yat Siu’s estimate of how many autonomous machine actors he expects to be transacting on the internet over the next few years. Siu, co-founder and chairman of Animoca Brands, is not hedging. “The future of the web is heavily agentic,” he said in a video interview.
Sberbank, Russia’s largest financial institution, is preparing to launch a lending product that will recognize Bitcoin ($BTC), Ethereum ($ETH), and Tether ($USDT) as eligible collateral. The move aligns with new regulations from the Central Bank of Russia that take effect on September 1, according to a report by Crypto Briefing. Regulatory Shift Enables Crypto-Backed Lending