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BIS chief Pablo Hernández de Cos said stablecoins lack credibility for payments at scale. A new FSI study also found sharp differences in rules applying to stablecoin issuers across jurisdictions.
Charles Schwab plans to expand Schwab Crypto beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum by adding Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink. Decrypt reports that the brokerage has not yet provided a launch date for the three tokens.
Bitcoin fell to $78,400 after failing to break decisively above $80,000. Traders assessed Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech, which remained cautious about US inflation despite softer recent readings.
Fed Chair Warsh’s first Jackson Hole keynote gave Bitcoin traders no indication of the Fed’s September rate decision. With inflation still running hot, markets remain without clear guidance on near-term monetary policy.
French Bitcoin treasury firm Capital B raised $24.5 million in a private placement backed by Adam Back and TOBAM. Warrant exercises could provide up to another $158 million amid cryptocurrency market uncertainty.
Circle’s USDC will take over Chelsea’s jersey in its first Premier League sponsorship deal. Financial terms were not disclosed, although earlier reports said the club was seeking £65 million annually for the shirt sponsorship.
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.
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 ETFs have drawn $2.8 billion over an eight-day inflow streak as BTC tests $80,000. An analyst said August could become the strongest inflow month since October 2025 if the pace continues.
A small Bitcoin transfer from a US government-tagged wallet has renewed market concerns about possible sales of forfeited BTC and highlighted questions over the scope of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve’s “shall not be sold” provision.
Core Lightning confirmed multiple vulnerabilities and is preparing a security update. Operators who do not install it were advised to use offline mode, keeping nodes active but disconnected from the network.
Bitcoin researchers propose SHRINCS, a quantum-resistant approval design that could allow larger transaction signatures while preserving more network capacity than existing post-quantum alternatives, according to CoinDesk.
CryptoSlate’s sensitivity case says faster, programmable switching in AI-enabled deposits could reduce banks’ interest-rate capacity over 10-year equivalents and potentially pressure banks to charge higher rates on everyday loans.
A Coldcard bug and thefts reported during July and August 2026 have focused attention on single-vendor Bitcoin custody. Coinkite now requires dice-roll and key-press entropy for new seeds, while multivendor multisig is gaining prominence.
Jesse Myers has left his role overseeing Bitcoin strategy implementation, analytics, and investor-facing duties at a 2,712 BTC treasury company. No successor has been named, while directors retain overall strategy and risk authority.
Banks are developing tokenized deposits to offer stablecoin-like payment features while keeping funds on their balance sheets. Falcon Finance’s Artem Tolkachev said the central issue is preserving deposits that support bank lending.
ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said the Eurosystem would not be able to link digital euro users to their transactions. Banks and payment providers processing those transactions could still identify their customers.
Cointelegraph reports that Strategy’s main vulnerability may be losing capital-market access rather than a bitcoin crash. The company faces $1.76 billion in annual obligations tied to its $66 billion bitcoin-focused strategy.
