Digital asset markets saw a marked return of institutional capital this week, as US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded their strongest weekly inflows in almost a year. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs and Franklin Templeton expanded the links between traditional investment products and digital-asset market infrastructure, Binance deepened its strategic relationship with Circle, and Strategy resumed larger-scale Bitcoin accumulation.

Digital asset markets rebounded strongly this week, with Bitcoin gaining more than 10% despite the Federal Reserve raising interest rates and the US Senate failing to advance the Clarity Act. Meanwhile, the ECB moved towards investing directly in tokenised securities, the SEC opened a temporary pathway for onchain trading of listed US stocks, and Google and Apple recruited for expertise around stablecoin and tokenisation infrastructure.

Digital assets traded broadly sideways this week, while institutional adoption continued across payments, market infrastructure and regulation. U.S. Bank completed a live cross-border transaction using its proprietary stablecoin, Nasdaq agreed to invest $100m in Kraken parent Payward, and the House of Lords backed plans for a comprehensive UK digital-asset strategy.

Digital assets held relatively steady this week as US spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted nearly $1 billion of inflows, extending the recent recovery in investor demand. Meanwhile, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs were among 21 institutions that backed a new stablecoin venture, Standard Chartered expanded institutional crypto trading in UAE and Bitwise pushed further into onchain credit.

Digital assets held relatively steady this week as US spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted nearly $1 billion of inflows, extending the recent recovery in investor demand. Meanwhile, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs were among 21 institutions that backed a new stablecoin venture, Standard Chartered expanded institutional crypto trading in UAE and Bitwise pushed further into onchain credit.

Digital assets retained most of last week’s sharp gains with Bitcoin rising approximately 24% in August, its strongest month since November 2024. Outside of price action, NYSE parent’s tokenisation plans and BitGo’s NYDIG acquisition point to further consolidation between digital assets and traditional market infrastructure.