Crypto News: BITCOIN Hits $81,000 and 70,000 Wallets Are Rushing Into Pepeto Before Listing

The crypto news cycle just delivered its biggest week in over a year after BITCOIN touched $81,235 on Tuesday and went down after that to $77.730, its highest price since May, when the U.S. Treasury doubled its bond buying program and triggered $2.7 billion in forced short liquidations. The Fear and Greed Index pushed into extreme greed for the first time since late 2024, according to InvestingNews. ETHEREUM jumped to $2,441, SOLANA added 44 percent for the month, and XRP gained nearly 45 percent in a single week.

While those large caps repriced in days, a different crypto news story is building quietly. Pepeto (

) , designed by a former Binance expert, has stacked $10.8 million from wallets that chose a presale entry before the expected Binance listing puts the token on the open market.

Schwab Adds Crypto, SEC Proposes Rules, and FASB Tackles Stablecoin Accounting

The crypto news this week went beyond price. Schwab confirmed it will add SOLANA, AVALANCHE, and CHAINLINK to its trading lineup, opening a direct path for millions of retail investors with brokerage accounts. The SEC followed with Regulation Crypto Assets on August 18, a 402-page proposed rule giving token projects a federal path to operate legally, according to crypto.news.