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The BSC Mainnet upgrade is scheduled to go live roughly 24 hours after being flagged by industry outlets. BNB Smart Chain, commonly known as BSC, is set to undergo a network upgrade called the Pasteur hard fork. U.Today reported on August 24, 2026, that the fork would arrive within 24 hours.

Lawmakers are moving to fast-track comprehensive crypto legislation before the end of the year. South Korean lawmakers are pushing to accelerate the Digital Asset Framework Act, with a goal of passing the bill this fall. The legislation would expand the country's regulatory approach to digital assets beyond the narrower protections already in force.

Daily fees and MEV activity pushed Solana's network revenue to its strongest level since early in the year. Solana's network revenue crossed $1 million on Aug. 19, marking its best single-day showing in six months. The metric captures the total value paid by users to have transactions processed and included in blocks.

CryptoBriefing and The National Business both report the rial's record low near 2 million per dollar, but disagree on whether Iran is still exporting any oil. CryptoBriefing and The National Business both report the rial's record low near 2 million per dollar, but disagree on whether Iran is still exporting any oil.

Investors remain cautious as fiscal worries keep the greenback pinned down The US dollar is trading close to its weakest levels in several months. Two outlets, CryptoBriefing and Yahoo Finance, reported the currency's decline on August 24, 2026. Both cited concerns over US government debt as the main pressure point for investors.

Blockchain.News (2026-08-24) and The Tokenist disagree on whether ADA's MACD signals exhausted momentum or bullish momentum, and on where the 200-day moving average sits. Blockchain.News (2026-08-24) and The Tokenist disagree on whether ADA's MACD signals exhausted momentum or bullish momentum, and on where the 200-day moving average sits.

The digital-asset platform's new funding round pushes its valuation to $1 billion. Fasset has closed a $68 million Series C funding round, according to reports from Fintech News Singapore, CoinTurk News, and The Cryptonomist. The round was led by SBI Group, a major Japanese financial services conglomerate with a long-standing presence in digital assets.

The event, set for December, marks the foundation's inaugural workshop dedicated to privacy-preserving technology The Ethereum Foundation has confirmed sponsorship of WPPT 2026, a workshop dedicated to privacy-preserving technologies. The event is scheduled to take place in Hong Kong this December, according to multiple reports.

Paolo Ardoino points to growing use of the dollar-pegged stablecoin in economies facing currency instability. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said adoption of the company's USDT stablecoin is increasing across four countries, according to a report from crypto.news.

A pilot program brings financial institutions and regulatory bodies together to trial post-quantum cryptography for digital asset transfers. A group of banks and regulatory bodies has joined a pilot program testing quantum-resistant crypto transfers, according to reports from Cointelegraph and CryptoBriefing.

Japanese financial giant SBI joins investors funding Fasset's push into stablecoin-based payments Fasset, a neobank built around stablecoin infrastructure, has reached a $1 billion valuation. The milestone follows an investment from SBI Group, the Japanese financial conglomerate known for its diversified holdings across banking, brokerage, and crypto ventures.

Users holding assets on Sui through Phantom must move funds before the cutoff date, reports say. Phantom is removing support for the Sui network, according to reporting from CryptoBriefing. The wallet provider has given users until September 24 to move any Sui-based assets before access through Phantom ends.

Firmware 5.6.1 requires owners to supply their own randomness for every new seed following reports of a major Bitcoin exploit Coinkite has pushed out firmware version 5.6.1 for its Coldcard hardware wallet. The update requires users to supply their own entropy for every new seed created on the device.

A weekly market roundup credits growing worry over US government debt for pushing bitcoin sharply higher. Bitcoin climbed 23% in a rally that outlets tracking weekly crypto news attributed to mounting anxiety over US government debt policy.

Spot fund flows surged as institutional buyers returned and crypto prices climbed sharply. Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds pulled in their largest weekly inflows in ten months, according to reports from CryptoPotato and CryptoSlate.

The Wyoming senator says banking industry pressure is slowing the crypto market structure bill's path through Congress. Senator Cynthia Lummis has publicly accused banks of interfering with progress on the CLARITY Act, according to reports from CryptoBriefing and The Cryptonomist.

Payments software provider Volante has connected Ripple's technology to the Federal Reserve's instant payment rail, according to multiple reports. Volante Technologies has enabled XRP for use within FedNow, the Federal Reserve’s real-time payment system, according to reports published this week.

U.Today and crypto.news both cover Michael Saylor's 'digital energy' framing of Bitcoin and Strategy's holdings, but disagree on whether the company's Digital Credit instruments like STRC are blockchain-based tokenized obligations or conventional securities.