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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview with CNBC that the Treasury had not bought anything in the bond market yet. Bessent added that underlying inflationary pressure was very low and stressed that interest rates are not traditionally raised when supply shocks occur.

Stablecoin market capitalization rose by about $1 billion over the past week, while trading activity on decentralized exchanges slowed, Crypto Briefing reported, citing on-chain analytics firm Lookonchain’s weekly report. According to Lookonchain, the total stablecoin market cap increased by $987.1 million over the past seven days. DEX trading volume declined overall, with DEX spot volume down 4.94% from the previous week and perpetual futures volume falling 12.74% over the same period. Crypto Briefing said capital is flowing into the market and "총알은 준비됐다".

An anonymous whale estimated to be an institutional investor transferred 52,739 ETH, worth about $129 million, to six centralized exchanges including Binance and OKX over the past two days, on-chain analyst EmberCN said. The address still holds 101,561 ETH, or about $249 million. EmberCN said the holdings were withdrawn from Coinbase at an average price of $1,700 between 2021 and 2022, deposited into Ethereum staking in 2023, and unstaked in January last year. Over the past two days, the tokens were consolidated into two wallets before being sent to multiple centralized exchanges. Exchange deposits are typically interpreted as being intended for selling.

Trader DonAlt, who predicted XRP’s 700% rise in 2024 and 2025, said Bitcoin may be preparing for further gains after holding a key support level despite heavy selling pressure. In a post on X, DonAlt added, "곧 또 다른 고지를 점하게 될 것 같다." Bitcoin surged from around $64,700 earlier this month and has recently traded sideways near $78,000 after approaching the $81,000 level.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said he had been skeptical about real-world asset tokenization, or RWA, but has recently changed his view and now expects the sector to grow. Speaking at EASY Residency, an incubation program hosted by YZi Labs, Binance’s investment arm formerly known as Binance Labs, Zhao said countries and companies should consider how to capitalize on RWA growth, adding that demand for tokenized assets is increasing, from U.S. Treasuries to stock tokens such as bStocks.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates said in a recent interview he would not choose cryptocurrency if he had to move U.S. dollars into another asset. He added that cryptocurrency is an asset driven purely by mania. Gates made the remarks at 'EXPRESS ADDA' on Aug. 28, local time. Gates is one of the most prominent crypto skeptics. He has previously argued that cryptocurrency is completely useless, that highly intelligent people are fooling themselves, and that crypto is a scam based on the 'greater fool theory.'

LayerZero said the architecture of its in-house layer-one blockchain Zero is capable of horizontal scaling to more than 5 million transactions per second, according to Crypto Briefing. LayerZero recently unveiled Atlas (ATLAS), a cryptocurrency trading infrastructure built on the Zero blockchain. At launch, it recorded around 200,000 TPS and latency of under one millisecond.

Strategy (MSTR) sold 6,916 BTC worth $430 million over the past two months at an average price of $62,081, then repurchased 4,603 BTC worth $370 million at the higher average price of $80,318, resulting in a loss, according to Lookonchain. Lookonchain said the recent trades amount to an $84 million loss for Strategy and added that the company appears to have shown weak trading judgment.

South Korean exchange Bithumb announced the temporary suspension of deposits and withdrawals for AVAIL starting at 2:00 p.m. UTC today due to an issue on the Avail network.

A whale wallet identified as 0xF626 received a total of 102,913 ETH worth about $248.6 million from multiple wallets 11 hours ago and deposited 2,858 ETH worth about $7 million into a centralized exchange 30 minutes ago, according to Lookonchain. The wallet still holds 100,055 ETH worth about $241.6 million.

The number of wallets holding more than $1 million in BTC rose by 11,636, or 10.4%, from 111,846 at the end of July to 123,482 at the end of August, Finbold reported, citing BitInfoCharts data. Wallets holding more than $10 million in BTC also increased 11.2% over the same period, rising from 14,009 to 15,584. The figures do not represent the actual number of BTC millionaires, however, as one person can hold multiple wallets.

The three major U.S. stock indices opened lower today. - S&P 500: -0.26% - Nasdaq: -0.15% - Dow Jones: -0.39%

Tom Lee, chairman of Bitmine’s board, shared Bitmine’s latest Ethereum holdings on X, saying the company has reached a milestone of 5.9 million ETH and is just 100,000 ETH short of its goal of holding 5% of the circulating supply. Bitmine previously disclosed that it bought an additional 53,501 ETH last week, bringing its total Ethereum holdings to 5,901,112 ETH.

Coinbase said it will support the Canadian cryptocurrency trading infrastructure of global securities trading platform Webull. Under the arrangement, Webull Canada users will be able to access crypto trading and custody services built on Coinbase’s infrastructure. The two companies have previously launched similar services in the U.S., Brazil and Australia.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said on-chain reputation systems could eventually replace traditional credit scoring, according to BeInCrypto. He said financial institutions could assess a user’s creditworthiness by using data such as loan repayment history recorded on blockchain, wallet age, and activity with counterparties.

Block production on the Avail network has been halted for 40 minutes, according to community reports. The reason was not disclosed.

RWA platform MSX announced the launch of subscriptions for Neuralink and Anduril as part of its third pre-IPO investment offering. Neuralink, based on a $42 billion valuation, is being offered in a total size of $3 million with a subscription price of 219 USDT, while Anduril, based on a $115 billion valuation, is being offered in a total size of $3 million at 130 USDT. The subscription period runs from Aug. 31 to Sept. 6, and users can participate within allocation limits tied to assets held on MSX.

A prominent whale trader with cumulative profit of $8.25 million and a 23-trade winning streak has taken profit on a SOL short position and opened a BTC short position worth $28 million.

USBC has registered about 359.82 million shares, equal to 92.7% of its total shares outstanding, for potential resale by existing shareholders, CryptoSlate reported. The shares have already been issued, however, and no actual sale has been determined. As of Aug. 24, USBC held 1,029.25 BTC, of which about 478 BTC had been pledged as collateral for an $18 million loan. Separately, the company is using 34.1% of its total Bitcoin holdings in options trading.

Prediction market platform Kalshi has been named the official exclusive prediction market partner of the US Open tennis tournament, Crypto Briefing reported. Under the agreement, competing prediction market platforms face limits on advertising at the tournament venue and during ESPN broadcasts. The size of the deal was not disclosed.

Bitmine (BMNR) said it bought an additional 53,501 ETH over the past week, bringing its total holdings to 5,901,112 ETH. The company said that amounts to about 4.9% of total ETH supply. Bitmine has also bought ETH every week for about 65 weeks since starting its ETH accumulation strategy on June 30, 2025.

Robinhood Chain posted $2.66 million in daily app revenue, ranking second among all blockchains behind Solana’s $5.07 million, according to DefiLlama data cited by CoinDesk. The figure was roughly double Ethereum’s level. Over the past 30 days, Robinhood Chain’s daily transactions hit a record 5.52 million, while decentralized exchange volume reached about $875 million. On meme coin issuance platform Pons, 22,600 tokens were launched in a single day, and Pons, Uniswap, and meme coin trading platform GMGN accounted for about 88% of total app revenue.

Strategy said it increased its U.S. dollar cash position by $29 million and repurchased $152 million of its preferred stock, STRC. Net leverage stood at 0.0%. The company added its U.S. dollar defense period, or USD Duration, had extended to 4.0 years, up 23 days, while STRC’s Bitcoin credit risk spread, or BTC Credit, improved to 56 basis points, down three basis points.

Strive bought an additional 1,800 BTC at an average price of $79,431 for a total of $143 million, bringing its total Bitcoin holdings to 23,156 BTC. The purchase reshuffled the rankings of corporate Bitcoin holders, with Strive moving up to fifth place and Bullish slipping one spot to sixth.

Strategy announced it bought an additional 4,603 BTC ($369.7 million) last week.