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According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $81,000. BTC is trading at $81,035.97 on the Binance USDT market.

U.S. banking regulators are moving to curb a practice that had restricted banking access for lawful businesses, including crypto companies, based solely on vague reputational risk as bank supervisory standards tightened. Eleanor Terrett, host of Crypto In America, said the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are advancing procedures to finalize rules defining the term "unsafe or unsound practices" in bank supervision. The term had operated for years without a clear definition and had served as a provision used to pressure crypto firms. Under the new rules, supervisory and enforcement actions would be limited to cases involving actual legal violations or material financial harm to a bank's capital, liquidity, asset quality, or similar conditions. That would make it harder to pressure banks into cutting off lawful clients, including crypto companies, without clear evidence of financial risk and based only on ambiguous reputational concerns. The move is being viewed as another major step toward reversing what has been called Operation Choke Point 2.0, a campaign to pressure the crypto industry by limiting access to banking services.

Japan’s financial group SBI Holdings will invest $270 million to acquire a 20% stake in Indonesian online securities and crypto platform Ajaib, Crypto Briefing reported. The deal values Ajaib at about $1.35 billion. Ajaib supports trading in stocks, funds, bonds and cryptocurrencies, and has more than 3 million users.

An anonymous new wallet beginning with 0x72e0 withdrew 440,000 HYPE worth $37.25 million from FalconX 30 minutes ago, according to Lookonchain. Exchange outflows are typically interpreted as moves into holding wallets.

An anonymous newly created address starting with 0xb1b01 bought 10,170 ETH worth $25.48 million from Fidelity, according to Lookonchain.

CoinMarketCap’s Altcoin Season Index came in at 35, down five points from yesterday. The index compares the price performance of Bitcoin with that of the top 100 coins by market capitalization, excluding stablecoins and wrapped coins. A reading is considered altcoin season when 75% of those top 100 coins have outperformed Bitcoin over the past 90 days, while the opposite is considered Bitcoin season. The closer the index is to 100, the stronger the altcoin season signal.

About $100 million flowed into Bitwise’s U.S. ETP lineup on Aug. 27, with investors increasing crypto exposure, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley said. By asset, SOL led with about $40 million in inflows, followed by BTC at about $22 million, HYPE at about $20 million, XRP at about $12 million and ETH at about $1.4 million. Bitwise President Teddy Fusaro added that trading volume in the firm’s Solana staking ETF, BSOL, topped $126 million the same day, surpassing the record set on Aug. 25 and marking the highest single-day trading volume among Solana ETFs.

Ansem, a trader known for meme coins and the inspiration behind the Solana-based meme coin ANSEM, said on X that many 2017 altcoins were effectively meme coins with white papers, with founders constantly lying. Ansem added that being bullish on 2017 altcoins while turning bearish on meme coins in 2026 is contradictory, arguing they are essentially the same assets. Ansem said meme coins at least openly admit they aim to attract attention and push prices higher rather than pretend otherwise, and added that Ansem is personally more bullish on them than ever.

Bitcoin posted its biggest weekly gain ever in U.S. dollar terms last week, rising $14,775, or 23.5%, from $62,818 to $77,593 between Aug. 17 and 23, according to Galaxy Research. By percentage gain, the move ranked 41st. Galaxy Research cited the U.S. Treasury's expanded buybacks of long-term bonds and President Donald Trump's support for the CLARITY Act as factors behind the rally.

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes said Strategy’s business model may no longer work as effectively as it once did as Bitcoin’s rally slows, according to Wu Blockchain. Hayes said Michael Saylor faces difficult choices including issuing additional shares, selling BTC, or halting dividend payments. He argued MSTR has lost influence and no longer has a basis to trade at a premium. For investors seeking Bitcoin exposure through the stock market, Hayes said directly buying an ETF such as IBIT is a more rational choice than investing in MSTR, which he said depends heavily on one individual’s absolute control. Hayes added that once the premium disappears, Strategy’s existing strategy will no longer work.

ETH has outpaced BTC in U.S. spot ETF inflows relative to market capitalization, according to Real Vision crypto market analyst Jamie Coutts. In a post on X, Coutts said a comparison based only on dollar-denominated net ETF inflows can make BTC appear stronger because of its larger market cap. Measured instead by dividing daily net ETF inflows by each day’s market capitalization, ETH’s inflow intensity over the past month was 0.55%, about 2.4 times BTC’s 0.23%, Coutts said. Over the past three months, ETH stood at 0.41% while BTC was -0.12%, and over six months the figures were 0.38% and -0.015%, respectively. Coutts argued institutions and investment advisers are increasing ETH allocations not merely on expectations of price gains, but on the tokenization theme.

Spot CVD is an order-book analysis chart for the BTC/USDT spot trading pair. The upper panel shows the volume heatmap, while the lower panel shows cumulative volume delta, or CVD. - The volume heatmap tracks trading volume at each price level, and the background becomes brighter when the price stays in a specific range for an extended period or makes a large move. Brighter zones may act as support or resistance. - The cumulative volume delta indicator in the lower panel reflects buy and sell orders by order size, with the corresponding colored line rising as buy orders increase. The yellow line is based on orders between $100 and $1,000, while the brown line is based on large orders between $1 million and $10 million.

CoinMarketCap’s in-house crypto fear and greed index rose one point from yesterday to 82, indicating that the market remained in extreme greed territory. The index signals extreme fear as it approaches zero and extreme optimism as it approaches 100. According to CoinMarketCap, the index is calculated based on price movements among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, market volatility, derivatives-market indicators including the put/call ratio, the stablecoin supply ratio, or SSR, and CoinMarketCap’s own search data.

According to crypto options exchange Deribit, $6.09 billion in Bitcoin options is set to expire at 8:00 a.m. UTC today. The put-to-call ratio stands at 1.03, and the max pain price, the level at which the largest number of option buyers lose their premiums, is $69,000. At the same time, $920 million in Ethereum options is also set to expire. The put-to-call ratio is 0.98, and the max pain price is $2,050.

Donald Trump’s Official Trump (TRUMP) memecoin distributed a total of $1 million worth of TRUMP tokens to 10 U.S. companies under the roughly three-month America First Business Challenge program, although questions have been raised about whether it provided meaningful support. The program was first announced in April at an event President Trump held at the Mar-a-Lago resort, and about 616 companies applied, with 36 ultimately approved. Among them, the top vote-getter received $250,000 worth of TRUMP, while six companies each received $100,000 and three companies each received $50,000 worth of the token. BeInCrypto pointed out the use of a memecoin as corporate support funding was unusual, while participating companies had to hold TRUMP tokens to qualify for the grants. In effect, companies had to buy TRUMP first and were then rewarded in TRUMP, according to BeInCrypto. The outlet added TRUMP has no separate use case, meaning companies would ultimately need to sell the token to use the support as actual funds.

South Korean crypto exchange Upbit operator Dunamu said on Aug. 28 it signed a strategic partnership with global payments company Visa to drive innovation in next-generation finance and payments built on stablecoins and artificial intelligence. The two companies unveiled a detailed roadmap for the partnership on Aug. 27 at Visa’s Global Market Support Center in Mission Rock, San Francisco, according to Dunamu. They plan to combine Dunamu’s digital-asset technology with Visa’s global payments network to explore stablecoin-based payments and cross-border remittances, while also extending cooperation in future finance and payments services using AI.

Coinbase, the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, announced it is delaying the listing of Dolphin (POD) spot trading pairs that had been scheduled for this week. Coinbase added "POD is still on our listing roadmap, and we will continue to provide updates on the launch of trading."

Crypto asset manager 21Shares has renamed its existing Polkadot ETF as the Polkadot Staking ETF and registered the ticker TDOT with the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, Crypto Briefing reported. The changes take effect on Aug. 27. The ETF directly holds spot DOT and stakes 40% to 95% of its holdings through validators. Staking yields will be distributed to shareholders on a quarterly basis.

A first-ever quantum-resistant transaction has been processed on the Bitcoin mainnet, but around 7 million BTC with already exposed public keys could still be vulnerable to potential quantum computing attacks, CryptoSlate reported. The outlet stressed that the quantum-resistant transaction method used in this case cannot protect Bitcoin whose public keys have already been exposed. It also noted the approach adopted for quantum resistance in the transaction has not been standardized and remains costly. As a result, broader protocol-level solutions are needed to protect the entire Bitcoin network from quantum computing attacks. CoinNess reported yesterday that StarkWare, the developer of Ethereum layer-two Starknet (STRK), completed the first quantum-resistant transaction on the Bitcoin mainnet without changing consensus rules.

U.S.-listed crypto custody firm BitGo (NYSE: BTGO) announced on Aug. 27 that it acquired Bitcoin financial services provider NYDIG’s institutional trading business and related assets. Through the acquisition, BitGo plans to expand trading services for institutional clients and strengthen its capabilities in derivatives, structured products, financing, and capital markets. As part of the deal, about 30 NYDIG employees and institutional clients were also transferred to BitGo. Specific terms of the transaction, including the purchase price, were not disclosed.

Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said in a recent report that rising stablecoin use could weaken the ability of countries facing financial and currency crises to enforce capital controls. The report said demand for dollar-pegged stablecoins has been seen rising in countries undergoing currency crises. It said stablecoins allow individuals to access dollars without going through domestic banks, which could reduce the effectiveness of measures governments have traditionally used to control capital flows. The researchers added that with the stablecoin market already exceeding $300 billion and expected to grow to the trillions of dollars in the coming years, capital controls could become even harder to enforce in future currency crises.

A U.S. Treasury official said Treasury yields will decline over time as inflation slows and the government is focused on lowering long-term Treasury yields, Walter Bloomberg reported.

TradFi-linked products have overtaken Bitcoin in trading volume on Binance’s perpetual futures market, Unfolded reported, citing crypto research firm K33 Research. The 30-day average trading volume for perpetual futures tied to traditional finance assets recently reached $15.59 billion, about double the $7.39 billion recorded for BTC perpetual futures over the same period. As of mid-August, products linked to traditional finance assets accounted for more than one-third of Binance’s total perpetual futures trading volume. Their volume has also risen sharply, climbing from about $3 billion at the start of the year, while BTC volume fell after at one point reaching $16 billion. Unfolded said the trend suggests market interest is shifting toward altcoins and perpetual futures tied to traditional finance assets. In the near term, direct catalysts to push Bitcoin prices higher appear limited, while product diversification on the Binance platform could accelerate.

Aave said via its official X account early today that total value locked in V4, the fourth-generation version of its crypto lending protocol, has surpassed $800 million to reach a record high. Aave added that V4’s TVL has risen about 30% over the past seven days. Launched on mainnet in early May, Aave V4 has expanded its TVL 16-fold in about four months. According to CoinMarketCap, AAVE was trading at $128.24, up 3.13%, at the time of writing.

Virtu Financial, M1X Global and Tradeweb have completed an on-chain repurchase agreement transaction backed by digital bonds from the Marshall Islands, Cointelegraph reported. The transaction was processed on the Canton Network and used the USDM1 stablecoin issued by M1X Global in cooperation with the Republic of the Marshall Islands.