Third wave of Coldcard attackers transfer 97.09 BTC, worth approximately $7.7 million.

According to Strategy’s latest 8-K filing, the company has raised approximately $20.9 billion this year via common and preferred stock issuances, ranking fourth in U.S. stock issuance volume, behind only SpaceX, Alphabet, and Intel. Strategy recently booked a net gain of $602.8 million from selling its MSTR common stock, with $369.7 million of that used to acquire 4,603 BTC at an average price of roughly $80,318 per coin. As of August 30, the firm’s total BTC holdings stood at 845,050 coins, with a cumulative purchase cost of about $63.73 billion and an average cost of roughly $75,412 per BTC. Additionally, MSCI’s consultation on digital asset financial reserve companies will wrap up on September 30, and the market is closely monitoring whether it will adjust relevant index inclusion criteria going forward.

According to Binance Research’s latest monthly market report, the total cryptocurrency market capitalization rose 17.6% in August to $2.70 trillion, driven primarily by ETF inflows and interest rate trading. However, as the market reprices Federal Reserve policies, whether the subsequent rally can continue will depend on whether spot and ETF demand can withstand liquidity tightening pressures. The report notes that Bitcoin (BTC) rose 24.8% over the past seven days, an extreme move ranking among the top 1% of single-week gains since 2020. Historically, after the prior seven instances of similar gains, BTC rose one month later in all cases, with six of those still rising two months later, posting an average two-month gain of 18.3%. Binance Research emphasizes, however, that the sample size is limited and the short squeeze effect in this rally has been largely exhausted. On the funding front, the allocation share of crypto assets among stock asset holders rose from 64% to 72%, stablecoin allocations fell by 22%, and the proportion of traditional finance (TradFi) perpetual contract trading volume dropped from 40% to 20%. Additionally, weekend trading volume for TradFi perpetual contracts in August hit $53 billion, nearly 12 times higher than the start of the year, signaling the formation of an independent market for 24/7 cross-asset trading demand. The report also points out that as expectations for Anthropic’s listing heat up, its related pre-IPO market saw a sharp rise in August.

Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee recently opined that Ethereum (ETH) is more akin to "digital land" than cash. Lee contends that the core value of high-quality assets lies in their store-of-value capacity—i.e., investors’ confidence that they can properly hold and allocate capital over the long term. He points out that stocks qualify as store-of-value assets because investors purchase them with the expectation that the issuing company will manage capital effectively; real estate, meanwhile, combines store-of-value and cash flow attributes, generating returns through rental income. Within this framework, Lee argues Ethereum is closer to stock markets or land, with its long-term value stemming primarily from the network itself as underlying infrastructure. Bitmine has been increasing its Ethereum holdings weekly for 65 consecutive weeks. As of August 30, 2026, its total ETH holdings reached 5,901,112 units, accounting for roughly 4.9% of Ethereum’s total supply.

Bitcoin is facing multiple key macroeconomic events this week. The U.S. August PPI and CPI data will be released on Thursday and Friday respectively, while the Federal Reserve will announce its interest rate decision on September 16. CME FedWatch data shows the market currently assigns a 58.4% probability to the Fed raising rates by 25 basis points to the 3.75%-4% range. Meanwhile, Japan’s record foreign exchange intervention and potential U.S. Treasury bond sales have also become a market focus. Japan’s foreign exchange reserves have decreased by approximately $79.57 billion since the end of July, leading markets to believe Japan may sell U.S. Treasuries to fund yen interventions. Polymarket data shows the probability of the Bank of Japan raising rates by 25 basis points in September has now reached 98%. Fluctuations in the yen and carry trades could further impact global liquidity and crypto markets. On-chain data from CryptoQuant points out that Bitcoin’s recent rally has been driven primarily by the futures market, with no corresponding confirmation from spot demand. Derivatives open interest rose by approximately $2.3 billion in a single day to $27.53 billion, while spot demand remains negative, casting doubt on the sustainability of the current rally. Technically, Bitcoin closed above $80,000 on its weekly chart for the first time in several months this week, though strong selling pressure remains near the $80,000 level. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s weekly Supertrend indicator flipped to a "buy" signal for the first time since November 2025, a similar signal that emerged after the bear market bottomed in early 2023.

The white hat hacker who recently withdrew roughly 4,000 BTC from the Liquid network has stated they will return part of the stolen funds once the relevant vulnerability is patched. The two sides previously negotiated publicly via Bitcoin OP_RETURN messages, with the hacker demanding Blockstream first fix the vulnerability and ensure all nodes are upgraded. Earlier, the white hat had communicated with Blockstream through on-chain OP_RETURN posts and PGP-encrypted messages, noting that after the Liquid network vulnerability is fully resolved, they would return "most" of the approximately 4,000 BTC transferred. Around two hours ago, Blockstream responded via a PGP-signed OP_RETURN message: "The bridge node has been patched, and funds can be safely returned." As of now, the hacker still controls about 3,998.5 BTC, and whether the remaining funds will be returned remains to be seen.

Solana plans to activate Transaction v1 this Wednesday, boosting the maximum per-transaction size from 1232 bytes to 4096 bytes — a more than threefold increase. Post-upgrade, complex operations that previously required splitting across multiple transactions are expected to be consolidated into a single transaction, including large cryptographic proofs, multi-signature payments, and certain privacy transfers. Transaction v1 is already live on Solana’s testnet and development network; the existing transaction format will remain functional, with wallets and apps only needing upgrades when larger transaction space is required. That said, on-chain data services relied on by block explorers, wallets, and trading apps must adapt to the new format, or they may fail to correctly read transaction and priority fee details. The upgrade is designed to ease the structural constraints Solana has long faced from its 1232-byte transaction cap, further enhancing its capability to handle complex applications. The 4096-byte limit is modeled after the standard 4KB memory page size used by validator hardware, to prevent overly large individual transactions from raising processing costs for the network and validator nodes.