Bitcoin Nears $81,000 Ahead of Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole Speech
Bitcoin is again nearing $81,000 ahead of Kevin Warsh’s first major speech as Federal Reserve chairman at the Jackson Hole meeting, Bitcoin Magazine reported.
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Bitcoin is again nearing $81,000 ahead of Kevin Warsh’s first major speech as Federal Reserve chairman at the Jackson Hole meeting, Bitcoin Magazine reported.
Public Citizen estimates investors lost $4.7 billion through Trump-linked crypto ventures, while saying USD1 stablecoin holders have not suffered major losses. The claims draw attention to WLFI, USD1 and TRUMP.
Zcash has climbed roughly 19-fold in a year, while Grayscale says its market cap remains below 1% of Bitcoin’s. The firm sees potential for ZEC to challenge Bitcoin’s network effects as privacy demand grows.
Bitcoin’s first post-quantum transaction was broadcast this week, Bitcoin Magazine reported. The Sharknet Foundation explained the process at Bitcoin Asia, where it discussed how the transaction was completed without a Bitcoin fork.
Connecticut’s new lawsuit against Kalshi adds to a growing prediction-market legal battle in state and federal courts. With rulings roughly split, the dispute could ultimately reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
OneKey demonstrated that an outdated Ethereum app could make a Ledger device sign a transaction different from the one shown. Ledger said the vulnerability had been patched before any exploit and denied that its wallets were hacked.
Bitcoin remains above $80,000 as Jackson Hole opens with a first-in-40-years focus on payments and financial infrastructure, putting crypto-related themes under heightened market scrutiny.
ENA surged after Ethena proposed a buyback vote and changes to venture-capital token unlocks. The measures seek to reduce investor selling pressure and direct protocol revenue toward ENA while reviving USDe growth.
Bitcoin and crypto assets gained with U.S. stocks after Nvidia’s second-quarter earnings beat expectations by about $4 billion. Bitcoin is drawing attention around the $81,000 level as risk assets strengthen.
Decrypt reports that Nvidia’s potential acquisition of Hugging Face could concentrate more of the open-source AI pipeline—from chips to model distribution—within one company, with possible implications for developers and users.
A memecoin creator linked to nine days of unreleased GTA 6 footage sold his holdings hours before Rockstar’s first official gameplay reveal. The token had reached a $25 million market capitalization.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said Bitcoin could overtake gold in the next bull run, while noting that gold is currently worth about 10 times more. He also described any national shift toward Bitcoin as a years-long process.
Bitcoin Lightning developers are preparing fixes after confirming several AI-generated vulnerability reports were accurate. The reports identified a critical flaw, leading the project to issue an emergency warning, Decrypt reported.
Mirae Asset founder Park Hyeon-joo outlined plans for a $109 billion crypto business after acquiring Digital X, formerly Korbit. The strategy includes stablecoins, real-world assets and security token offerings.
CoinDesk’s Aug. 27 briefing says bitcoin experts favor a defined-risk strategy for a possible next move higher. The supplied material does not specify the instruments, terms, price target or risk limits involved.
A bill due before the House of Lords in September would give the Bank of England a legal duty to foster stablecoin innovation, while keeping financial stability as its primary objective, Decrypt reports.