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European-listed Capital B, which has been pursuing a strategic accumulation of Bitcoin, said it plans a €21 million ($24.45 million) capital increase targeting global institutional investors and could use the proceeds and existing operating funds to buy up to 270 more BTC. If the purchases are completed in full, its holdings would rise to as much as 3,415 BTC. The offering would involve the issuance of 36,219,070 new shares at €0.58 per share. Investors include Blockstream CEO Adam Back and digital asset manager TOBAM.

Bilal Bin Saqib, chairman of the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA), said at the Bitcoin Asia 2026 conference that Pakistan is building a strategic Bitcoin reserve. He said the move is aimed at preparing for the future and that other countries are recognizing BTC as a strategic asset.

Police in Avon and Somerset in southwest England seized £1.03 million ($1.36 million) in cryptocurrency and cash in a criminal asset recovery case, The Block reported. The seized cryptocurrency included 20.21 BTC, and police identified the assets as linked to darknet marketplaces that operated from 2016 to 2019.

South Korean exchanges Upbit and Bithumb said they will end support for Synthetix (SNX) at 6:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 28. The exchanges said the foundation’s explanatory materials did not resolve the issues behind the investment warning designation, and a broader review including the project’s business progress found that SNX no longer met the criteria for continued trading support.

About 144 million Lobster tokens were transferred to an address linked to decentralized exchange Aster, BlockBeats reported. The amount equals 14.44% of the token’s total supply. The transfer is estimated to be project-related, but its specific purpose has not been disclosed. BlockBeats said the large-scale transfer could have a significant impact on market liquidity and price if additional large deposits or other on-chain activity follow.

Kevin Warsh is scheduled to speak at Jackson Hole at 2:00 p.m. UTC today, and his stance on a possible expansion of U.S. Treasury purchases of long-term bonds could shape the direction of Bitcoin and gold, according to a CoinDesk analysis. CoinDesk said the U.S. Treasury plans to raise the size of its long-term bond buybacks from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per operation starting Sept. 9. It added that the Treasury’s buybacks are not quantitative easing and do not inject new liquidity into markets. If Warsh stresses the Federal Reserve’s independence and keeps distance from the Treasury, Treasury yields and the U.S. dollar could rise while momentum in BTC and gold could weaken, CoinDesk said. If he leaves room for coordination with the Treasury, the upward trend in BTC and gold could strengthen, it added.

The Sandbox will provide Ethereum-based SAND on a one-to-one basis to users who legitimately held SAND on Base and BNB Chain during the bridge hack on Aug. 21, when about 14.7 million SAND was stolen, Cointelegraph reported. The compensation will be paid from The Sandbox treasury without any new token issuance. The claims process is set to begin within two weeks and remain open for two weeks after that. Two centralized exchanges holding more than 72% of the eligible SAND will compensate customers directly. According to CoinMarketCap, SAND was trading at $0.03972 at the time of writing, down 11.46% over the past week.

The following are the 24-hour long/short ratios for BTC perpetual futures on the world’s three largest crypto futures exchanges by open interest: Overall: 49.69% long, 50.31% short - Binance: 49.69% long, 50.31% short - Bybit: 50.16% long, 49.84% short - OKX: 50.14% long, 49.86% short

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. The background color becomes brighter when the price stays within a specific range for an extended period or makes a large move. Brighter areas may act as support or resistance. - The cumulative volume delta indicator shows buy and sell orders by order size. As buy orders increase, the line for the corresponding color moves higher. The yellow line reflects orders between $100 and $1,000, while the brown line is based on large orders between $1 million and $10 million.

Metaplanet deposited an additional 1,350 BTC, worth about $108 million, to Coinbase Prime, according to Lookonchain. Coinbase Prime is a prime brokerage platform that provides trading, custody and financing services for institutional investors.

Ethena’s stablecoin USDe has surpassed $321.1 million in supply eight weeks after launching on Robinhood Chain, accounting for 42% of the chain’s total stablecoin supply, according to Wu Blockchain. Token Terminal data showed USDe supply reached $321.1 million, the second-largest on Robinhood Chain after the chain’s native USDG at $425.6 million, and the largest among externally issued stablecoins. Analyst Messi cited the chain’s infrastructure design, Steakhouse Financial’s selection of an Ethena collateral issuer, and the allocation of 62% to 65% of liquidity in Steakhouse’s USDG vault to the Morpho USDe/USDG market as growth drivers. Messi added that borrower deposits of USDe increased as the market received the largest share of collateral liquidity in the vault.

Bitcoin’s recent surge was driven more by a chain of short liquidations in the perpetual futures market than by fresh capital entering the market, and the rally could become vulnerable once that short-covering pressure fades, according to crypto trading firm QCP Capital. QCP Capital said BTC open interest in the futures market has continued to decline even as the price rises, suggesting liquidated short positions have been driving the move higher. The firm added that a recent sharp increase in ETF inflows indicates spot demand is now following. That combination may support prices in the short term, QCP Capital said, but the rally could lose momentum once the short-covering pressure disappears. While the broader directional outlook remains positive, the firm said caution is warranted on momentum-chasing buys.

Solana has begun work to lower per-byte account storage costs on testnet, with the first of five phases now activated, according to Anza, the Solana network’s validator client. Anza said the full rollout will cut the per-byte cost 90% to 696 lamports from 6,960 lamports, while the deposit required to keep token accounts rent-exempt will fall to about $0.016 from roughly $0.16. Anza added the sharp reduction in account creation and maintenance costs is expected to lower deployment costs for Solana-based services as well.

Garrett Jin, founder of the fraudulent cryptocurrency exchange BitForex, said it is time to buy ETH again ahead of an upcoming price correction and then stake it.

Bitcoin has started to decouple from Nasdaq tech stocks and move more like gold, Grayscale said, as investors refocus on the cryptocurrency’s scarcity and store-of-value role. Over the past year, Bitcoin looked more like a volatile risk asset than a hedge against currency debasement amid an AI-driven rally in risk assets, Grayscale said. More recently, however, the 90-day correlation between Bitcoin and the Nasdaq 100 fell from more than 60% to about 33%, while its correlation with gold rose from just above 0% at the start of the year to more than 50%. Grayscale attributed the shift to deteriorating U.S. fiscal conditions. With U.S. federal debt recently topping $40 trillion and long-dated Treasuries also posting notable weakness over the past year, interest in assets that can hedge against the risk of fiat-currency debasement is rising again amid high fiscal deficits, growing debt and higher long-term yields.

U.S. spot Ether ETFs recorded $234.52 million in net inflows on Aug. 27, according to SoSoValue, marking a ninth straight trading day of net inflows. No ETF posted net outflows. - BlackRock ETHA: +$130.22 million - Fidelity FETH: +$56.23 million - BlackRock ETHB: +$20.67 million - Grayscale ETHE: +$14.31 million - Morgan Stanley MSSE: +$8.63 million - Grayscale ETH: +$3.02 million - Bitwise ETHW: +$1.44 million

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $242.24 million in net inflows on Aug. 27, marking a ninth straight trading day of net inflows, according to SoSoValue. - BlackRock IBIT: +$277.61 million - Fidelity FBTC: -$83.63 million - 21Shares ARKB: +$29.75 million - Grayscale GBTC: -$27.21 million - Bitwise BITB: +$21.74 million - Grayscale BTC: +$11.66 million - Morgan Stanley MSBT: +$6.66 million - VanEck HODL: +$5.66 million

Russia’s central bank has identified 2,600 cryptocurrency wallets linked to illegal financial activity and fraud and added them to a blacklist system, Bits Media reported. The registered address data is used for risk assessments by financial institutions and financial crime investigations by law enforcement agencies, while bank transactions tied to those wallets are immediately frozen or blocked. The total value of cryptocurrency that flowed into the wallets is about 1 billion rubles.

South Korea’s People Power Party has not yet discussed digital asset taxation and will announce its position later, floor leader Jeong Jeom-sik said on Aug. 28, according to Digital Asset. Jeong made the remarks to reporters at Sono Calm in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province. Party leader Jang Dong-hyuk had said at a press conference on Aug. 26 marking his first anniversary in office that the party workshop would likely include in-depth discussions by standing committees on digital asset taxation, but no separate discussion took place. A policy committee press release released by the party on the same day also did not mention digital assets. Jang had also said at the Aug. 27 workshop that the party would share an update after discussing policy on virtual asset taxation.

Hyperliquid’s largest long whale has rebuilt a long position totaling 16,000 ETH worth $40 million, according to EmberCN. The entry price was $2,490. The whale had earlier transferred a combined 26.83 million USDC to Hyperliquid through three new wallets and has now opened 8,000 ETH long positions from each of two addresses. Three days earlier, the whale had closed long positions in 120,000 ETH and 2,000 BTC, locking in $61.72 million in profit.

Multicoin Capital deposited $59.04 million worth of HYPE into Coinbase over the past 30 days, according to Onchain Lens. The firm also transferred 81,300 HYPE to the exchange seven hours ago. Exchange deposits are generally interpreted as a sign of intent to sell.

Sonic’s decentralized exchange volume climbed to its highest level in about two months after the EVM-compatible layer-one blockchain introduced Bundle Transactions, a feature that processes multiple trades at once, AMBCrypto reported. According to DefiLlama, Sonic’s DEX volume topped $2.46 million on Aug. 27, the highest since June 28, and was up more than tenfold from an Aug. 15 low of $241,000. Total value locked, however, rose by only $770,000 over the past day to around $17.22 million.

The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - BTC: $130.72 million liquidated (71.77% shorts) - ETH: $127.17 million liquidated (61.68% shorts) - SOL: $37.85 million liquidated (79.98% shorts)

The U.S. SEC’s recent proposal to create a securities registration exemption for crypto offerings could significantly improve fundraising conditions in the market, but Bloomberg said the move may amount to a belated fix. Bloomberg said the SEC is trying to revive the once-booming initial coin offering market, but added it may be looking for buyers for a product investors abandoned long ago. Under the proposal, crypto startups could raise as much as $5 million without SEC registration and up to $75 million annually depending on size, according to the report. Bloomberg added the more urgent priority is passage of the CLARITY Act, with fundraising issues coming afterward. Carlos Guzman, a research analyst at crypto trading and investment firm GSR, said ICO activity has continued to decline after peaking in 2018. Guzman added ICOs in 2026 are different from those in 2018, and the era of raising money with only a white paper and ambition is over.

Ethena’s proposal to introduce a revenue-based buyback mechanism has so far received 100% support after the project unveiled four major ecosystem overhaul measures, including buying locked tokens held by early investors, unifying its token and equity structure, and canceling monthly VC unlocks. Voting ends on Sept. 2. If approved, 95% of net revenue from each Ethena business unit will be used to buy ENA tokens once the first target is met, with USDe supply rising from the current $4.06 billion to $7.5 billion.