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Bitcoin briefly touched $81,455, its highest level since May 15, before pulling back as altcoins consolidated. The move coincided with weaker Nasdaq futures and further gains in gold ahead of the weekend.
Bitcoin dropped below $78,000 as markets digested hawkish remarks from Warsh at the Kansas City Fed’s annual symposium. Warsh said, “We have work to do,” on prices, CoinDesk reported.
Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech could influence expectations for Fed support of Treasury buybacks, with potential implications for bitcoin, gold and long-term Treasury yields, CoinDesk reports.
Bitcoin’s Coinbase premium indicator has turned positive for the first time since May, CoinDesk reported, as BTC seeks to hold above $80,000. The shift highlights a change in Bitcoin’s market position.
Bitcoin fell below $80,000 while Solana led major crypto assets higher ahead of Warsh’s Jackson Hole debut. Most majors gained over 24 hours; bitcoin rose 9% and Solana 20% over the week.
StarkWare says Bitcoin has completed its first experimental quantum-safe transaction. The test used Bitcoin’s existing rules to protect funds from a potential future quantum attack without requiring a network upgrade.
About $6.4 billion in Bitcoin options are due to expire in Deribit’s Friday settlement, representing nearly one-fifth of the exchange’s BTC open interest. Max pain is well below Bitcoin’s current trading level.
The Japanese Bitcoin Industry has unveiled Aurora, a Bitcoin and Lightning-focused initiative designed to improve cross-border payments for global fans of Japan’s anime and games market, valued at 2 trillion yen.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
