Bitcoin rose 5.63% in the week through 6:45 AM UTC on Aug. 28, 2026, Ethereum gained 5.47% and total crypto market capitalization climbed 5.91% to $2.69 trillion. CoinShares reported $1.65 billion in global digital-asset investment-product inflows across the first three trading days, including $976 million for Bitcoin and $478 million for Ethereum, while total crypto exchange-traded product assets under management reached roughly $155 billion and year-to-date flows returned to positive territory at $3.4 billion. The United States accounted for $1.5 billion of the latest inflows. CoinGecko data through Aug. 26 showed STX leading the top-100 token advance with a 121.2% weekly gain, followed by CASHCAT at 102.2% and ENA at 74.4%. Bitcoin ETFs recorded more than $1.1 billion in weekly net inflows and Ethereum ETFs attracted just over $700 million. Bitcoin briefly reached $81,000 on Aug. 25, closed near $78,500 on Aug. 26 and reclaimed its 200-day moving average for the first time in 270 sessions. Separately, CoinShares said U.S. data-center construction is increasingly constrained by regulation and grid access, with about 2,060 gigawatts awaiting connection against 1,300 gigawatts of installed generating capacity; it estimated AI could represent 70% of listed Bitcoin miners’ revenue by year-end.