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Polish Olympic Chief Detained in Crypto Fraud Probe

Polish Olympic Committee President Radosław Piesiewicz has been detained as part of a criminal investigation into the collapse of cryptocurrency platform Zondacrypto. Olympic Leader Facing Fraud Probe Radosław Piesiewicz, the president of the Polish Olympic Committee (PKOl), has been detained in connection with a growing criminal investigation into Zondacrypto, a collapsed cryptocurrency firm that previously […]

Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara28 Aug

Why Did a Judge Just Kill the Trump Administration’s Anthropic Ban?

A federal judge tore up the Pentagon’s “supply chain risk” label on Anthropic late Thursday, ruling that the Trump administration illegally punished the artificial intelligence (AI) firm for refusing to let the military weaponize its Claude models. A Blunt Rebuke From the Bench U.S. District Judge Rita Lin of the Northern District of California handed […]

Bitcoin.com News•Shiraz Jagati28 Aug

Brazil Deploys Crypto Alerts System to Neutralize Cyber Threats

The Central Bank of Brazil is advancing the implementation of a crypto threat system for banks and national crypto exchanges. The system, already developed, would help institutions identify, process, respond to, and mitigate cyberattacks using cryptocurrency as an exit rail. Central Bank of Brazil to Implement Crypto Threat System As crypto rises in popularity in […]

Bitcoin.com News•Sergio Goschenko28 Aug

Bitcoin’s Price Has Stalled and Arthur Hayes Says Strategy Pays the Price

Bitcoin has stalled around $80,000 for much of this week, and Arthur Hayes believes that pause alone is enough to break Strategy’s decade-old bitcoin playbook. The BitMEX co-founder argues Michael Saylor is now boxed into three uncomfortable choices, and none of them are free. The Premium Problem For years, Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) traded like […]

Bitcoin.com News•Shiraz Jagati28 Aug

US Bitcoin Mining Grip Slips From Q1 to Q3 as Rival Nations Gain

From the start of the year and 57 days into the third quarter, the United States has seen its share of Bitcoin’s hashrate slide nearly a percentage point, along with roughly 55 exahash per second (EH/s) of computational power. At the same time, other nation-states that dominate mining, like China and Russia, captured more of […]

Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman28 Aug

California Alone Is Holding $15 Billion in Money That Belongs to Its Residents

California is sitting on $15.485 billion in unclaimed property, spanning more than 84 million individual properties that the State Controller’s Office says are waiting to be returned to nearly 39 million Californians. Texas is holding about $10.5 billion and Ohio about $4.8 billion, and estimates suggest 1 in 10 Americans has missing money from sources […]

Bitcoin.com News•Guest Author28 Aug

Tokenization Threatens Deposit Stability, Dallas Fed Researchers Warn

Research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas warns that the rapid adoption of tokenized deposits and instant 24/7 blockchain transfers could destabilize bank liquidity and shrink long-term lending capacity. Threats to Long-Term Lending Capacity The rapid adoption of deposit tokenization and instant settlement technologies could fundamentally alter the traditional banking model, potentially curbing banks’ […]

Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara28 Aug

UK Gives Bank of England New Stablecoin Innovation Mandate

The U.K. government plans to give the Bank of England a new secondary objective to support innovation in payments, including stablecoins and other forms of digital settlement. Financial stability will remain the central bank’s primary mandate. Lucy Rigby Backs New Bank of England Mandate for Digital Finance The U.K. is moving to give the Bank […]

Bitcoin.com News•Emmanuel Musa28 Aug

NZ’s ACT Party Proposes Waiving Capital Gains Tax on Crypto

ACT, a party with the fourth-largest representation in the New Zealand Parliament, is campaigning to modernize digital finance rules, proposing regulation to waive crypto gains tax on qualified assets held for over a year and to exempt low-value purchases made with crypto assets. ACT Proposes New Rule For Digital Assets In Campaign Reform Pledge Cryptocurrency […]

Bitcoin.com News•Sergio Goschenko28 Aug

Bitcoin Mining Consumes 30% of Paraguay Energy, Analysts Reveal

During the “Accelerating Bitcoin” conference, experts debated how current bitcoin mining operations would affect the Paraguayan grid, warning of a possible generation crisis by 2029 if bitcoin mining energy consumption grows moderately, as it currently accounts for 30% of the country’s energy production. Paraguayan Grid Could Face Crisis By 2029 Due To Bitcoin Mining Operations […]

Bitcoin.com News•Sergio Goschenko28 Aug

Polymarket Pulls NFL Contracts, Certifies Bitcoin Bets The Same Day

Polymarket’s US-serving platform withdrew both of its NFL player participation filings on Aug. 26, one day after certifying them with the CFTC and one day before the listing date it had given the agency. On the same day, the exchange certified bitcoin, ether, and solana price contracts. Both sets were filed as swaps in the […]

Bitcoin.com News•Luci Kelemen27 Aug

Trump Media Drops ‘Truth Predict’ Buildout, Chooses Crypto.com Instead

Trump Media has abandoned plans to build a prediction market directly into Truth Social, opting instead to market Crypto.com’s existing prediction products to its users. Trump Media Scraps Original Prediction Market Idea for New Partnership with Crypto.com The shift effectively kills the original version of Truth Predict before launch and offers a revealing look at […]

Bitcoin.com News•Graham Stone27 Aug

$13T Asset Manager Charles Schwab Adds 3 Altcoins to Its Crypto Push

There’s been a great deal of institutional interest in crypto assets over the last two years, and on Thursday, the $13 trillion asset manager Charles Schwab announced that it is expanding its digital asset listings beyond bitcoin and ethereum. According to the announcement, solana (SOL), avalanche (AVAX), and chainlink (LINK) accessibility will be added to […]

Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman27 Aug

Moonwell Locks Base Borrowing After $8.7M MAMO Attack

Attackers extracted roughly $8.7 million from Moonwell after artificially inflating the price oracle of the low-liquidity MAMO token, then using it as collateral to borrow higher-value assets before converting them to DAI. Automated Safeguards Protect User Funds Decentralized lending protocol Moonwell has restricted borrowing across all Core Markets on the Base network as it investigates […]

Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara27 Aug

Bessent’s Bond Buyback Gamble Could Pour Fuel on Bitcoin’s Price

Bitcoin’s price reclaimed $80,000 per unit on Thursday after breaking past a key $79,000 resistance level, driving its market capitalization back to $1.61 trillion and positioning the asset for an over 20% gain in August. Key Resistance Broken Bitcoin reclaimed $80,000 on Thursday, breaking through a key $79,000 resistance level that had held since shortly […]

Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara27 Aug

Giant Hole in Global Crypto-Tax Net; China’s Taxable Crypto Only 1/5th of the US

Only 14% of total global taxable onchain crypto asset activity falls into the new global tax net, which becomes active in 2027, an analysis showed. European countries account for the largest share, while China’s taxable activity is less than one-fifth of the U.S.’s. Last year, potentially taxable global onchain crypto asset activity surpassed $457 billion, […]

Bitcoin.com News•Linas Kmieliauskas27 Aug

Bitcoin Price Rockets Past $80K as Leveraged Shorts Get Crushed

Bitcoin’s price has once again smashed through the $80,000 range, reaching an intraday high of $80,808 per coin on Thursday at 11 a.m. EDT. The leading crypto asset has risen 3.5% over the last 24 hours and now stands with a market cap of around $1.60 trillion. Bitcoin Smashes $80,000 as Crypto Market Turns Green […]

Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman27 Aug

SEC Eyes Sweeping Crypto Custody Rewrite as White House Weighs In

According to reports, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking to update custody rules, and the regulator has sent its amended plan to the White House for review. The proposal dubbed “Amendments to the Custody Rules” is reportedly being assessed by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). SEC Sends Major Custody […]

Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman27 Aug

TronBid Expands Marketplace: Rent TRON Energy and Reduce USDT Fees

Berlin, Germany, August 27th, 2026, Chainwire. TronBid expands its two-sided TRON resource marketplace, giving users new ways to rent Energy, trade Energy and Bandwidth, and reduce USDT fees for TRC-20 transactions. TronBid, a peer-to-peer marketplace for TRON network resources, has expanded its platform with new tools for users looking to rent TRON Energy, manage transaction […]

Bitcoin.com News•Media27 Aug

Solana Proposals Could Cut Staking Yield to 2.25%, Emissions by $1.5B

Two Solana proposals could sharply reduce token issuance while increasing burns, potentially cutting staking yields roughly in half within two years. The trade-off is lower income for stakers in exchange for a tighter long-term supply profile for SOL. 21Shares Sees Solana Emissions Falling by up to $1.5 Billion Solana is moving toward a leaner monetary […]

Bitcoin.com News•Emmanuel Musa27 Aug