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Bitmine reportedly made its largest ether purchase since June. Chairman Tom Lee said crypto’s strong third-quarter performance could attract more institutional investors, according to CoinDesk.
CryptoSlate reports that a bitcoin treasury company registered 93% of its issued shares for potential resale and placed one-third of its crypto holdings into options. The shares may never be sold, while loan, treasury and cash risks remain.
Strategy bought 4,603 Bitcoin for about $370 million, its first reported purchase since June. The coins cost an average of $80,318 each—around 29% above the price received for Bitcoin sold this summer.
Robinhood Chain recorded $2.66 million in revenue and 5.52 million transactions on Aug. 30, surpassing Ethereum’s daily revenue as memecoin tools drove most activity and users launched 22,600 tokens.
Sberbank plans to add Ether and USDT to the assets accepted as collateral for crypto-backed loans, CoinDesk reports. The plan follows the Bank of Russia’s draft inclusion of both tokens for public trading on Russian exchanges.
CoinDesk’s Aug. 31 briefing linked a U.S. debt metric to a stronger bullish case for bitcoin, but the supplied material does not identify the metric, provide its reading, or quantify its market implications.
Crypto projects have spent a record $638 million on token buybacks in 2026, with Hyperliquid and Pump.fun responsible for nearly 90% of the total, according to figures cited by the Financial Times.
Ireland’s planned tax-advantaged state savings accounts will exclude crypto assets. The scheme, opening next year, will target about $203 billion in deposits and allow shares, bonds, funds, ETFs and insurance products.
CryptoSlate reported that XRPL consensus simulations froze after 12% of central nodes were removed. At 60% participation, adding two random links lifted simulated quorum-failure thresholds from 11% to 38% and from 12% to 33%.
Ethereum’s staking activation backlog has reached 35.75 days, with CryptoSlate estimating that deposits awaiting entry are missing more than $350,000 in rewards daily under the network’s 256 ETH-per-epoch activation limit.
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.
