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Nasdaq-listed Ethereum treasury company SharpLink (SBET) received 586 ETH in staking rewards this week, bringing its total ETH holdings to 890,376, according to BitcoinTreasuries.NET. The amount makes SharpLink the second-largest ETH holder among publicly listed companies.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $79,000. BTC is trading at $79,000 on the Binance USDT market.

StarkWare has completed what it described as the first transaction on the Bitcoin mainnet designed to defend against security threats from quantum computing. The quantum-resistant Bitcoin, or QSB, technology uses a hash-based cryptographic system resistant to quantum algorithms instead of conventional elliptic curve cryptography. A key feature is that it can be implemented immediately within Bitcoin’s current script standards, without changing the consensus algorithm or requiring a soft fork. Still, the transaction cost was said to run about $75 to $150 per transfer, and the transaction was processed through direct submission to miners because of its non-standard structure. StarkWare said the result opened a practical path for high-net-worth holders to protect assets immediately from quantum threats without waiting for a network-level protocol overhaul.

On-chain token issuance platform Doppler Finance said on Aug. 26 it will launch its native token, XDP. XDP will serve as the protocol’s utility and governance token for its coordination layer, and is designed to support user participation, decentralized governance and ecosystem growth. A total of 10 billion tokens will be issued, with more than half of the total supply allocated to ecosystem development, vaults, partnerships and community growth. Investor allocations will be subject to lock-up and vesting conditions. At the token generation event, 1.0% of the supply will be fully unlocked and distributed to early users, contributors and supporters through a genesis airdrop. Another 43% will be allocated to ecosystem incentives supporting future Doppler Points seasons, XDP staking and community programs.

Bitwise’s market-neutral crypto fund USCC posted a 5.9% annualized return over the past 30 days as futures basis, or the gap between futures and spot prices, widened. The fund uses a cash-and-carry strategy by buying major spot assets such as BTC and ETH while selling futures contracts to capture the premium spread without directional risk. It also adds liquid staking assets, including weETH and JitoSOL, to generate additional yield. The higher arbitrage return reflects a broader increase in futures premiums amid bullish sentiment in the crypto market. The fund currently manages about $137.7 million in assets. Bitwise acquired management rights to the tokenized fund from Superstate in June, and the product supports DeFi integration while offering higher returns than short-term Treasuries.

Thailand’s SEC has proposed a regulatory framework that would first allow passive funds tracking Bitcoin or Ethereum as single-asset ETFs, while giving structural advantages to domestic financial institutions. Under the proposal, newly created ETFs could be listed only on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, while custody would also need to be entrusted primarily to local custodians regulated by Thailand’s SEC. The framework is seen as setting local listed ETFs as the most direct investment route by partly limiting retail access to products linked to overseas ETFs. As a result, Thai licensed custodians and asset managers such as Rakka Digital and Orbix are expected to gain an early foothold in the market. Public comment will run through Sept. 20, and the rules are set to take effect in the second half of 2026.

Nvidia (NVDA) announced during an earnings release on Aug. 26 that second-quarter revenue came in at $96.2 billion, above the $92.2 billion estimate. The figure was up 106% from a year earlier.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission warned about the risks of using crypto ATMs, with key concerns including the irreversible nature of transactions and the potential to conceal counterparties’ identities, according to Crypto Briefing. The CFTC said crypto ATMs are spreading quietly across gas stations, convenience stores and shopping malls nationwide in the U.S. Separately, losses from scams involving crypto ATMs nearly doubled in just one year, according to FBI data.

A wallet estimated to be managed by the U.S. government moved a small amount of Bitcoin, according to Arkham. The tokens were seized three years ago from Alameda’s Binance US account. Arkham said the transfer was minor, while the market is watching whether the U.S. government will begin liquidating the rest of the Alameda-linked holdings.

BlackRock Head of Digital Assets Robbie Mitchnick said Bitcoin’s macroeconomic appeal is growing as regulatory concerns ease, CNBC reported.

Core Lightning has published a CVE vulnerability report and urged node operators to take their nodes offline immediately, Crypto Briefing reported. Technical details of the flaw were not disclosed, and a two-week embargo will apply. Crypto Briefing explained that embargoes are common for exploitable vulnerabilities and give operators time to apply patches. All nodes running CLN version 26.04 or earlier are affected, and support for those versions has ended. A patched version has not yet been released.

UK government officials are urging the Bank of England to speed up digital currency development, according to Crypto Briefing. The push includes faster progress on stablecoins, tokenization and a potential digital pound, while the UK is set to release a detailed design proposal and an official assessment later this year on whether to move forward with an actual rollout of a CBDC digital pound.

The three major U.S. stock indices closed lower today. - S&P 500: -0.02% - Nasdaq: -0.08% - Dow Jones: -0.21%

Injective (INJ) has joined the x402 Foundation as a core member, Crypto Briefing reported. Through the move, Injective plans to strengthen payment standards for AI-based commerce. x402 is a standard technology that allows AI agents and applications to make payments directly over HTTP.

Strategy director Jarrod Patten sold 71,400 shares of company stock across 31 transactions this year, worth about $10.4 million, Bitcoin Treasuries reported. All of the shares sold were acquired through the exercise of stock options granted in 2016 and 2017. Media coverage described the sales as Patten cashing in stock options awarded when Strategy was a software company and monetizing them after its transformation into a Bitcoin company.

Six Bitcoin wallets that had been dormant for more than a decade moved 553.59 BTC worth $40.15 million over the past week, according to Galaxy Research. The wallets had been inactive since 2011, 2012 and 2014. Two of them were said to be linked to Noah Doe, a plaintiff in litigation over ownership of long-dormant BTC wallets, including holdings tied to Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

Global potentially taxable on-chain cryptocurrency activity in 2025 is expected to reach at least $457 billion, while only about 14% would fall under the OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework, Cointelegraph reported, citing blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. The remaining 86% includes decentralized exchanges, peer-to-peer transfers, various forms of on-chain income, and payments made using cryptocurrencies.

UAE digital bank Zand announced support for USDC payments as it moves to strengthen its stablecoin infrastructure. Zand also plans to use AEDZ, an AED-pegged stablecoin, with the aim of making global payments in the UAE faster, cheaper and simpler, according to Crypto Briefing.

Bitcoin layer-2 project Stacks said it will unveil its second institutional participant in Bitcoin staking this week. In May, Bitcoin-focused asset manager UTXO Management announced it would become the first institution to take part in Stacks' Bitcoin staking. UTXO Management is the Bitcoin-focused asset management subsidiary of Nakamoto (NAKA).

A survey of 1,203 Americans age 25 and older found 77% view cryptocurrency investments in employer-sponsored retirement plans as risky, including 46% who described them as very risky, Cointelegraph reported, citing the National Institute on Retirement Security. The survey also found 53% oppose employers offering crypto as an investment option in retirement plans. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in August last year to expand 401(k) retirement plan access to alternative assets including crypto, and the U.S. Department of Labor proposed related rules in March.

A Fireblocks custody address deposited 10 million USD1 into Binance about 13 minutes ago, according to on-chain data analytics firm Onchain Lens. The address has deposited a total of 66 million USD1 into Binance over the past week, Onchain Lens said. USD1 is a dollar-pegged stablecoin issued by World Liberty Financial (WLFI), which is backed by the Trump family.

A former employee who said the person had worked at three crypto exchanges — WebSea, JuCoin and CoinUP — alleged some smaller exchanges attract user funds through platform tokens and then restrict withdrawals, according to Wu Blockchain. The former employee claimed some exchanges use rising platform token prices, discounted token sales, high-yield products, copy trading and multi-tier agent structures to keep user funds tied to their platforms. The person also alleged that during WebSea’s 2024 crisis, withdrawals for ordinary users were restricted while employees were still able to withdraw funds. At JuCoin, withdrawals above the original deposit amount were allegedly difficult to get approved, and profits were sometimes deducted, according to the account. At CoinUP, some team leaders or agents were allegedly required to buy the platform token CPX, after which the token’s price later plunged. The former employee added that in a bear market, some smaller exchanges may rely more heavily on platform tokens and high-yield products to draw in users, while warning users to be cautious about claims of principal protection, high returns and discounted token sales.

Coinbase announced the addition of GRASS for spot trading.

A wallet estimated to belong to Bitkub co-founder Sakolkorn Sakavee transferred a total of 34,000 ZEC, worth about $26.1 million, to Hyperliquid over the past 24 hours, Lookonchain reported. The address then sold 24,000 ZEC, worth about $18.5 million, and bought 238 BTC. It currently holds about 10,000 ZEC, worth roughly $7.6 million, on Hyperliquid, with a related sell order set at around $780.

Ethereum developers have proposed a draft EIP to revamp the deposit contract used for validator staking as part of preparations for potential quantum computing threats, Decrypt reported. The proposal would expand support for validator public keys from the current 48-byte limit to as much as 8,192 bytes, allowing Ethereum to adopt quantum-resistant cryptographic methods in the future. It also includes a function to permanently halt new deposits using the current BLS signature scheme. The specific quantum-resistant signature method is set to be determined in a separate future EIP, while the current proposal remains a draft under review.