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The Irish government has confirmed digital assets will not be eligible under its planned national investment initiative. Ireland's government has excluded cryptocurrency from a new state investment scheme intended to encourage citizens to move savings into productive assets. The program targets an estimated $203 billion sitting in deposit accounts across the country.

Traders weigh monetary policy, macroeconomic data, and broader risk sentiment as bitcoin holds near the $78,000 level Bitcoin is hovering close to $78,000, a level that market watchers describe as a critical test point shaped by three separate macro forces.

The bank's economists revised their outlook after former Fed governor Kevin Warsh struck a tougher tone on inflation. Barclays has updated its Federal Reserve outlook to include two more interest rate hikes, according to reports from CryptoBriefing and CoinGape on August 31, 2026.

The fintech's euro-pegged token reaches a test group within its 75 million-user app as European regulators detail how a digital euro would protect user privacy Revolut has started rolling out EURR, its euro-denominated stablecoin, to users inside its banking app.

A Ripple lawyer argues that passing digital asset market structure legislation would encourage companies to hire and build in the United States. A Ripple lawyer has argued that the CLARITY Act, a pending digital asset market structure bill, could help create more jobs in the United States.

Regulator says ex-staffer used non-public information to place bets on event outcomes The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has fined a former White House teleprompter operator $172,000 over trades placed on prediction markets.

Russia's largest bank says a new legal market limited to Bitcoin, Ether and USDT could handle tens of billions in trading within twelve months Sberbank has projected that Russia's first year of regulated cryptocurrency trading could reach $46 billion in volume.

Digital-asset investment products logged their strongest weekly inflow in nearly a year, according to Bank of America research. Bank of America's research division reported a $3.2 billion weekly inflow into crypto investment funds. The bank described it as the largest such inflow since October 2025.

Paolo Ardoino pushes back against the Bank for International Settlements as it raises concerns about stablecoin risks. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has publicly criticized the Bank for International Settlements over its push for tokenized bank deposits. The comments were reported separately by Bitcoin.com News and crypto.news on August 31, 2026.

Legislative delays on U.S. crypto market structure coincide with a pullback in spot Bitcoin ETF performance. The CLARITY Act, a legislative effort meant to define regulatory oversight of digital assets in the United States, appears to be stalling. Reports from Cryptonews.com and Yahoo Finance both point to slower progress on the bill.

The crypto payments provider expands its fiat-to-crypto infrastructure as more platforms seek embedded ramp services. Paybis has announced a major upgrade to its crypto on/off ramp, a core piece of infrastructure that lets users convert between fiat currency and digital assets.

Stablecoin issuer Circle becomes Chelsea Football Club's principal partner, putting USDC front and center on the team's kit. Circle has agreed to a principal partnership with Chelsea Football Club, according to reports from CryptoPotato and crypto.news. As part of the arrangement, the USDC brand will appear on the front of Chelsea's match shirts.

The Japanese firm's 1,350 BTC transfer to an exchange-linked custody address has drawn scrutiny from market watchers Metaplanet has shifted 1,350 bitcoin, valued at approximately $108 million, to Coinbase Prime, according to reports from CoinGape and Cryptopolitan.

The move follows a major breach and reflects growing pressure to track digital asset flows tied to fraud Brazil's central bank is moving to establish a monitoring system for cryptocurrency transactions. The plan follows a cyberattack that reportedly caused around $180 million in losses, according to crypto.news.

The best-supported overnight story is a custody firm buying a trading desk, not a new platform launch, and the publisher counts say so. The best-supported overnight story is a custody firm buying a trading desk, not a new platform launch, and the publisher counts say so.

The digital asset custodian expands into derivatives as institutional demand for consolidated crypto services grows. BitGo has agreed to purchase the institutional trading unit of NYDIG, a firm known for its bitcoin custody and financing services. The acquisition adds derivatives and trading capabilities to BitGo's existing lineup of custody, settlement, and prime brokerage products.

Two separate developments touching XRP's payments network and its exchange-traded fund landscape were reported within hours of each other. Two updates concerning Ripple and its XRP token surfaced within the same news cycle on August 27, according to CryptoPotato and Cryptonews.com. One development centers on Mastercard's involvement with the Ripple ecosystem.

The two banking regulators have tightened the standard used to justify supervisory action against banks. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation have completed a joint rule that redefines what counts as an 'unsafe or unsound practice' in bank supervision.