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CoinDesk’s week-ahead crypto briefing focuses on the U.S. jobs report and Russia’s digital ruble rollout, two developments on the digital-asset and macroeconomic calendar starting Aug. 31.
Bitcoin held just below $78,000 as August ended, while CoinDesk said dollar strength was capping crypto gains and pushing the yen past its intervention line. Ether was highlighted for forming a bullish golden cross.
Bitcoin is holding just below $78,000 as August ends, while dollar strength pushes the yen past 160. CoinDesk says rising rate-hike expectations are supporting the dollar and capping Bitcoin’s advance.
Cronos validators halted the network after an alleged $75 million exploit at Tectonic. CoinDesk said the attacker inflated thinly traded TONIC by 100 times, used it as collateral and left most borrowed funds stranded.
Cointelegraph reports that Bitcoin is developing post-quantum defenses, while Solana validators agreed to cancel 18.9 million SOL to reduce inflation. Bernstein’s bullish case sees Bitcoin reaching a $500,000 peak this cycle.
Former White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez was fined after using advance access to Donald Trump’s speeches to trade presidential mention prediction-market contracts, earning more than $107,500 before the CFTC intervened.
Polygon quietly fixed denial-of-service and consensus-hardening flaws in the Austin and Kyoto hard forks before disclosure. The network said the vulnerabilities, patched in Bor and Heimdall clients, were never exploited.
Circle’s cirBTC held 40 BTC and was overcollateralized at its Aug. 27 snapshot, but remained thousands of times smaller than WBTC and cbBTC. Arc is set to become the product’s next distribution test.
Bitcoin’s rally to around $79,000 lifted Strategy’s 840,447 BTC holdings roughly $2.8 billion above cost. Michael Saylor’s “We’re Back” post prompted speculation that the company could resume buying, though no purchase was confirmed.
Stablecoin reserves under GENIUS cover debt maturing within 93 days, while the US Treasury expands liquidity buybacks for 10- to 30-year debt. CryptoSlate reports the short-term funding channel cannot resolve a $28 billion long-bond problem.
Michael Saylor’s “We’re Back” post suggests Strategy may resume Bitcoin purchases after a two-month pause aimed at strengthening its balance sheet. The message does not confirm a completed transaction or disclose timing.
BitGo is paying roughly $42.5 million upfront for institutional trading capabilities while NYDIG prioritizes a claimed power-and-compute footprint of more than 3 gigawatts. CryptoSlate said profitability remains unproven for both strategies.
