CALWIRE Crypto Report (Saturday, August 29, 2026)

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Today's top story: Ditching 'digital gold': BPI study suggests everyday Americans prefer control and micro-investing. This roundup covers 12 stories from CoinDesk, The Block, Decrypt, and Cointelegraph.

Ditching 'digital gold': BPI study suggests everyday Americans prefer control and micro-investing
A new survey suggests some of bitcoin's most familiar sales pitches of changing the world may be poorly suited to a majority of pr... — CoinDesk

Swift’s $1.5 quadrillion network faces a blockchain test
Crypto executives say new blockchain payment infrastructure could make Swift obsolete. Bankers say its 11,500-institution network... — CoinDesk

The next trillion-dollar currency may not be a stablecoin — it might not even have a name yet — CoinDesk

Former White House teleprompter operator ordered to pay $172,000 for Kalshi trades on mention markets
The fine marks the CFTC's second insider trading case against a federal employee trading event contracts and its second related se... — The Block

BitGo Buys NYDIG's Institutional Trading Arm to Beef Up Derivatives and Financing
The roughly $42.5 million cash-and-stock deal adds derivatives, structured products and capital-markets capabilities, while lettin... — Decrypt

Tokenized assets are busier than the data shows
When you strip out what was never mobile, correct for who's holding what and why, add back what works off-contract, the utilizatio... — CoinDesk

Here’s what happened in crypto today
Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain... — Cointelegraph

Trump-promoted brand touts GOLD before token collapse
Real Trump Coins promoted GOLD before deleting related X posts, while team-linked wallets sold 224.5 million tokens as its market... — Cointelegraph

Stablecoins not credible for payments at scale, BIS chief says
BIS chief Pablo Hernández de Cos said stablecoins lack credibility for payments at scale, while a new FSI study highlights sharp d... — Cointelegraph

Bitcoin ETFs end 9-day inflow streak as BTC dips below $78K
US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $201.8 million in net outflows Friday, led by ARK 21Shares, as total fund assets slipped back below $1... — Cointelegraph

Bitcoin wallets untouched for 10 years moved $40 million. Most avoided exchanges
Six decade-old wallets moved $40 million this month, but Galaxy's data shows dormant coin activity at its lowest since 2022 and 20... — CoinDesk

Ripple is preparing XRP Ledger for quantum computers before ‘Q-Day’ arrives
An Anthropic model cut the work needed to break a leading post-quantum signature candidate by a factor of 67 million last month, w...

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