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The billionaire investor says rising US debt levels justify holding hard assets alongside traditional portfolios. Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, has again sounded the alarm on US government debt. He warned that current fiscal trends could push total US debt toward $60 trillion, according to Bitcoin.com News.

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.

Cointribune EN and CryptoSlate report the same weekly Bitcoin and Ether ETF inflow totals but give conflicting figures for XRP and Solana ETF inflows over the same period. Cointribune EN and CryptoSlate report the same weekly Bitcoin and Ether ETF inflow totals but give conflicting figures for XRP and Solana ETF inflows over the same…

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.

Attackers reportedly drained Ethereum-based vaults after manipulating protocol governance controls. A decentralized finance lending protocol has lost an estimated $8.5 million in a governance exploit, according to multiple reports published this week. The attack drained vaults built on Ethereum, marking one of the more notable DeFi security incidents of the year.

Crude markets pulled back amid uncertainty over forthcoming US sanctions guidance, according to a report from CryptoBriefing. Oil prices moved lower as traders awaited further details on US sanctions policy from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, according to a report from CryptoBriefing.

AMBCrypto's weekly market review places the memecoin, the pump.fun token, World Liberty Financial and exchange HTX among the week's notable movers. AMBCrypto's latest weekly market review highlighted four names that stood out among crypto's winners and losers: PEPE, PUMP, WLFI and HTX.

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.

Fundstrat's Tom Lee highlighted the asset manager's inflows as a sign of resilient demand amid falling crypto prices. Bitwise has pulled in $1.8 billion in investor capital during a period marked by declining cryptocurrency prices, according to figures highlighted this week.

CryptoSlate and Coindoo both cover the same GitHub debate over CJDNS support in Bitcoin Core but credit the low-peer-count observation to different developers. CryptoSlate and Coindoo both cover the same GitHub debate over CJDNS support in Bitcoin Core but credit the low-peer-count observation to different developers.

ARK Invest's founder says Wall Street analysts do not understand the stablecoin issuer's business model. Cathie Wood has kept buying Circle shares through a steep decline, according to reports from BeInCrypto and Yahoo Finance. The stock has dropped 42% from earlier levels this year.

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 longtime gold advocate and Bitcoin critic argues that AI-driven technology, not regulation, may pose the bigger risk to the cryptocurrency. Peter Schiff, the well-known economist and gold advocate, has said artificial intelligence could become the biggest threat facing Bitcoin. The remarks were reported by Bitcoin.com News on August 23, 2026.

Rising Japanese borrowing costs and a weakening yen are drawing new attention to their potential spillover into crypto markets. Japan's borrowing costs have risen to their highest levels since 1996. That marks a significant shift for a country long associated with ultra-low interest rates and aggressive monetary easing.

Bessent has criticized his predecessor's debt-issuance strategy while outlining plans to change how the Treasury manages the bond market. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has publicly criticized the debt-management strategy pursued by his predecessor at the department. According to a report from CryptoBriefing, Bessent is now targeting broader reforms to how the U.S. bond market functions.

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.