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Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin’s Moment Has Come for the Far East, Says Metaplanet CEO Bitcoin’s time has come in Asia — especially with a changing regulatory landscape — and its people and companies should take advantage.  That was the message Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich gave at this year’s Bitcoin Asia conference, where on Friday he spoke of how his company went from failing to the third biggest bitcoin treasury in the world.  Bitcoin Asia kicked off on Thursday in Hong Kong, bringing the biggest names in the space to Hong Kong to talk about everything from treasury companies to building apps from scratch.  JUST IN: Japanese public company Metaplanet CEO says the bottom for Bitcoin's price is in "The buyers arriving now aren't going anywhere. I believe the bottom is in. And I'm expecting a much brighter rest of the year." pic.twitter.com/zz0RUxspSz — Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) August 28, 2026 ...

Bitcoin Magazine Capital B Raises €21M From Adam Back and TOBAM To Buy More BTC Capital B , the Euronext Growth-listed company that bills itself as Europe’s first bitcoin treasury company, has raised €21 million ($24 million) in a private placement backed by Blockstream’s Adam Back and asset manager TOBAM — money it says could buy 270 more bitcoin and push its stack to roughly 3,415 BTC. The company said Friday that a total of 36,219,070 shares were sold at €0.58 each as part of the deal, a 6.45% discount to Wednesday’s closing price. Capital B said the net proceeds are expected to reach about €19.9 million after fees and transaction costs. JUST IN: French company Capital B announces a €21.0 million capital raise to "accelerate its Bitcoin Treasury Company strategy" pic.twitter.com/I3RcJYlSsI — Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) August 28, 2026 Capital B is the 27th biggest publicly traded bitcoin treasury in the world, accordi...

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Drops Before Shrugging Off Fed Chair’s Inflation Comments  Bitcoin dropped, then popped after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh gave his first major speech as head of the U.S. central bank and said he had “more work to do” to fight inflation.  The leading cryptocurrency was recently trading for $79,474 after dropping as low as $78,630 before quickly rising again.  Bitcoin has typically done well in a low interest rate environment but the Federal Reserve has been reluctant to lower borrowing costs due to sticky inflation in the world’s biggest economy.  “But on the price-stability side of our mandate, the numbers are more concerning,” Warsh said after talking about employment.  He added: “We must be confident that underlying inflation is moving to our objective, clearly and at sufficient speed. Otherwise, we have work to do.” Bitcoin has in the past dropped on news that t...

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Again Flirts With $81,000 Ahead of Fed’s Jackson Hole Meeting  Bitcoin again closed in on the $81,000 mark on Thursday before dropping again as its stellar week continued.  The leading cryptocurrency was recently trading for $80,236 after notching as high as $80,793 earlier in the day in New York.  Bitcoin is now up more than 2% over the past day after gaining 10% in a week. The coin’s rise comes ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s keynote on Friday where he is expected to talk about digital payments — including crypto.  JUST IN: The Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index is now up to 71, "Greed" Bullish pic.twitter.com/FM05AzGYWt — Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) August 27, 2026 The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City will hold the annual event at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where central bankers, Federal Reserve officials, policymakers and academics will gather to discuss “Financial...

Bitcoin Magazine No Fork Required: Bitcoin’s First Quantum-Safe Transaction Just Happened Should fund managers dealing in Bitcoin be worried about the threat of quantum computing ?  The short answer is yes — but there’s time to prepare and solutions are already being found. One of them? Post-quantum Bitcoin transactions on the mainnet. And the first one happened this week thanks to the Starknet Foundation.  JUST IN: The first post-quantum resistant Bitcoin transaction was mined today. "It required no soft forks. It required no hard forks. It required no core protocol upgrades. And it's live today." pic.twitter.com/YyZbHhm8HI — Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) August 27, 2026 Speaking at Bitcoin Asia in Hong Kong on Thursday, Damian Chen, VP of growth at the Starknet Foundation, demonstrated how funds vulnerable to future quantum attacks can be secured without requiring a network-wide fork, thanks to the company’s ...

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Asia: Binance’s CZ Says $1M Bitcoin Is Coming — and Gold Won’t Keep Up Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has said that Bitcoin will hit $1 million dollars per coin sooner than we think — and eventually surpass gold’s market value.  Speaking at this year’s Bitcoin Asia on Thursday, the crypto entrepreneur also said that Bitcoin is “dangerous” for countries that don’t use it.  Bitcoin Asia kicked off on Thursday in Hong Kong, bringing the biggest names in the space to Hong Kong to talk about everything from treasury companies to building apps from scratch.  JUST IN: Former Binance CEO CZ says "I think for Bitcoin to hit $1,000,000 would be a good thing. And it'll happen." "I don't think we need 25 years. I think it's gonna happen much quicker." pic.twitter.com/Qo4VRNoTso — Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) August 27, 2026 “I think...

Bitcoin Magazine Billions Pour Into Bitcoin ETFs as Rally Rolls On Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have continued their winning streak, attracting billions of dollars in new investment over the past week.  U.S. investors have thrown $2.56 billion since last Monday, according to Farside Investors data, helping push the leading cryptocurrency’s price higher.  And this week alone, nearly $652 million in fresh cash has hit the products managed by the likes of BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, and Fidelity.  Bitcoin was recently trading for $78,302 after jumping nearly 25% over a seven-day period. The coin touched as high as $81,160 on Monday.  JUST IN: U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have taken in $2.08 billion over the past 5 trading sessions pic.twitter.com/GskNy0yPfc — Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) August 26, 2026 Bitcoin’s rise comes after a sluggish June and July when it mostly traded below $65,000.  The cryptocurrency has ...

Bitcoin Magazine Forget the Trump Bump — Bitcoin Would Be Fine Under Democrats, Says VanEck  President Donald Trump may be the most crypto-friendly leader the U.S. has had so far — but what would happen to Bitcoin if the Democrats were to get back in power?  Well, it wouldn’t necessarily be bad, according to asset manager VanEck’s Head of Digital Assets Research, Matthew Sigel.  Speaking on CNBC Wednesday, the analyst also said that contrary to what many believe, ex-President Joe Biden wasn’t anti-Bitcoin.  Republicans have repeatedly blasted Democrats as anti-crypto. Regulators under ex-president Joe Biden cracked down on digital asset companies, filing various lawsuits.   “Biden was actually okay for Bitcoin,” Sigel said. “It’s the rest of cryptos that might have a problem [if Democrats get back in power].”  He added: “With the ascendant socialist wing of the Democrat Par...

Bitcoin Magazine Coinbase and Better Mortgage Announce General Availability of Bitcoin-Backed Mortgages  Coinbase and Nasdaq-listed Better Mortgage have announced the availability of Bitcoin-backed mortgages for Americans.  The crypto exchange and lender said Wednesday that the service was designed in accordance with the Federal National Mortgage Association, or Fannie Mae.  Coinbase and Better announced the funding of the first Bitcoin-backed mortgage in June. The service now hopes to cater to younger wannabe homeowners who have Bitcoin holdings.  JUST IN: Coinbase announces the expansion of their Bitcoin-backed mortgages "Borrowers in the US can now use Bitcoin as collateral for a down payment – without having to sell it or face margin calls." pic.twitter.com/PXNojVSVrl — Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) August 26, 2026 “In 2025, high interest rates, record home prices, and limited inventory pushed the median age o...

Bitcoin Magazine SEC Sends Proposal to White House To Modernize Crypto Custody The Securities and Exchange Commission has sent a proposal to the White House aiming to “clarify the framework for the custody of crypto assets” for investment advisers and companies.  In a rule change sent Tuesday, the regulator said it wanted to “improve and modernize the regulations” surrounding custody for the crypto space. The proposal comes after a vote was delayed on the long-awaited Clarity Act. Despite the delay, regulators like the SEC and Commodity Futures Trading Commission have said they will still proceed with trying to shape crypto policy.  JUST IN: SEC has sent a new proposal to the White House concerning "amendments to the custody rules" to "clarify the framework for the custody of crypto assets" pic.twitter.com/c45BK1tlok — Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) August 26, 2026 “This rulemaking would clar...

Bitcoin Magazine Kraken Says ‘Dust Attack’ From Sanctioned HTX Wallet Locked Out Customers Crypto exchange Kraken clients were reportedly locked out of their accounts after receiving tiny amounts of sanctioned digital coins.  In a statement to Bitcoin Magazine, Kraken said the coins were transferred in what is known as a “dust attack” — when small quantities of cryptocurrency is sent to numerous wallet addresses to track and de-anonymize them. Kraken said the aim of the transactions was to trigger compliance checks by spreading sanctioned funds onto other platforms. Bloomberg first reported the news.  “We don’t know who is behind these attacks, but they likely expect that if sanctioned funds land in a client account, it triggers a full account lock, causing operational disruption for a large number of users,” a Kraken spokesperson said.  The spokesperson added that its customers were briefly locked out of their accounts...

Bitcoin Magazine US Opens a New Front Against Iran’s Crypto Economy The U.S. this week closed in on Iran, further targeting its crypto-related methods of dodging sanctions in a new economic campaign against the country.  In a Monday announcement, the U.S. Department of the Treasury said it had placed Iran’s digital asset sector under the same sanctions authority it has long used against the country’s oil, banking and metals industries.  . @SecScottBessent : "This is a sustained campaign to collapse every last option for Iran. Let there be no ambiguity as to the position of the United States: an economic engagement of any kind with this murderous regime will expose those responsible to the full reach of American… pic.twitter.com/tlx2gcNs1d — Treasury Department (@USTreasury) August 24, 2026 The move, as part of Operation Economic Outcast, a campaign against the Islamic Republic dubbed “economic D-Day,” is a first, and ...

Bitcoin Magazine The Human Rights Foundation Announces Support for 16 Projects Worldwide The Human Rights Foundation has announced support for more projects around the globe, this time giving over 500 million satoshis — worth $396,854 at today’s prices — in grants to 16 projects based in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.  Coming from the HRF’s Bitcoin Development Fund, the grants will help projects that want to strengthen the Bitcoin protocol, expand practical Bitcoin access and facilitate secure messaging and community infrastructure for dissidents, among other things, according to the NGO.  The grants are the second round of funding to come in 2026, after the NGO announced it had supported 26 projects in April. HRF said the funding works to reinforce Bitcoin’s role as a tool for financial freedom, enabling journalists, nonprofit organizations, and activists to more securely communicate, organize, and receive support globally through Bitcoin. ...

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Tops $81,000 — Is the Debasement Trade Back? Bitcoin soared past $81,000 for the first time since January on Monday before dropping slightly. The recent moves have market observers asking if the debasement trade is back.  The biggest cryptocurrency was recently trading for $79,098 on Tuesday morning in New York after hitting $81,160 the evening before. Over a 24-hour period, the coin now sits unmoved. But zoom out seven days and it has jumped by 23%.  Bitcoin has benefited from news that the Treasury would at least double the size of its liquidity-support buyback operations. The announcement last week hurt the dollar but non-yielding assets have benefited.  JUST IN: $80,834 Bitcoin! pic.twitter.com/1Ouoi92RmA — Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) August 25, 2026 This has some asking whether 2025’s much talked about debasement trade is back. The strategy — when investors buy an asset as a way to hedge against a...

Bitcoin Magazine UK Banks Still Blocking Bitcoin, Policy Group Tells Parliament Bitcoin Policy UK has slammed British banks for applying blanket restrictions to lawful bitcoin activity.  The organization said in an announcement Friday that it had submitted evidence to the Crypto and Digital Assets APPG’s parliamentary inquiry into banking access, revealing that no improvements had been made over the past three years in how banks treat bitcoin activity.  The issue: UK policy treats “crypto” as one thing, so bitcoin is caught by rules written for unbacked tokens and issuer-dependent stablecoins. The British government has said since 2023 that banks should assess case by case rather than restrict by sector. The group says practice has not followed, and that the gap is widening as the UK moves toward full implementation of its cryptoasset regime in 2027.  Almost three years after we first raised blanket banking restrictions with the Cit...

Bitcoin Magazine Strive Stock Soars After 1,110 Bitcoin Buy  Strive, Inc. bought 1,110 bitcoin last week, the Dallas-based company’s largest single-week purchase in months, lifting its treasury to 21,356 coins, according to Monday filing.  The company’s stock (Nasdaq: ASST) soared following the news, with shares trading over 7% higher on Monday. Strive is an asset manager which rebranded in 2025 as the first publicly traded asset-management bitcoin treasury company. In January 2026, Strive completed the acquisition of Semler Scientific in an all-stock deal — the first instance of a publicly traded Bitcoin treasury company acquiring another publicly traded Bitcoin treasury company.  An 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission revealed Strive made the buys from August 17 through August 21 at an average price of about $73,409 per bitcoin, including fees and expenses, for a total near $81.5 million.  More than 1 out of every 1,000 Bitco...

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Rally Accelerates, With $80,000 in Sight After ETFs Have Stellar Week  Bitcoin’s price surged further on Monday, flirting with $80,000 after U.S. exchange-traded funds had their best week since October.  The leading cryptocurrency was recently trading more than 2% higher over a 24-hour period after flying past $79,155. It earlier on Monday morning in New York reached as high as $79,954.  Over the past week, the coin has risen 25%. Its rise comes after a sluggish June and July when it mostly traded below $65,000.  Last week, U.S. investors reversed course and bought up shares in the Bitcoin ETFs, which had their best week since October, when bitcoin notched its record of $126,080. Data from Farside Investors shows that the funds — managed by the likes of BlackRock, Fidelity, Grayscale, and Morgan Stanley — received $1.9 billion in new cash.  “This is one of the benefits of a commodity in a constant state of supply sh...

Bitcoin Magazine Strategy Again Skips Bitcoin Buy And Establishes USD Cash Dollar Reserve  Bitcoin treasury Strategy has established a new cash reserve that it will use to buy Bitcoin, according to a Monday filing.  The Nasdaq-listed company said it not only had increased its typical cash buffer to $5.1 billion but also created another pot of $1.59 billion which it may use to buy bitcoin and stock.  Strategy has not bought bitcoin since June, instead focusing on stock buy-backs and creating a cushion — as well as occasionally selling bitcoin.  Strategy increased USD Reserve to $5.10B, established additional USD Cash of $1.59B, and repurchased $136M of $STRC . As of 8/23/26: Strategy holds ~4% of Total BTC Supply and has ~0% Net Leverage. $MSTR https://t.co/WZ9GFtJBXh — Michael Saylor (@saylor) August 24, 2026 “USD Cash is a separately designated pool of U.S. dollar liquidity that the Company may retain for future deployment for general Bitc...