Bitcoin begins the August 24–30 trading week near $77,000 after gaining about 23% over the previous seven days. Treasury buybacks, exchange-traded fund (ETF) demand, regulatory optimism and short covering supported the rebound — with U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, approved in January 2024, now a closely tracked channel of investor flows — and attention now shifts to a dense calendar of macroeconomic data and crypto-specific events that could shape trading before September.

The agenda centers on U.S. PCE inflation and second-quarter GDP figures due Wednesday, Nvidia's fiscal second-quarter earnings on August 26, and Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's keynote at the Jackson Hole symposium on Friday. Crypto-specific events, including BNB Chain's Pasteur hard fork, BitMart withdrawal deadlines and Bitcoin Asia 2026, round out the schedule.

PCE Inflation and GDP Data Lead the Macro Calendar

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis will release July personal income and spending data on Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. ET. The report includes the PCE index, an inflation measure closely watched by the Federal Reserve — whose 2% inflation target is formally defined in PCE terms, which is why the print feeds directly into rate expectations. The second estimate of second-quarter GDP arrives at the same time; as the second of three estimates, it can revise the advance reading as more complete source data comes in, providing markets with fresh signals on inflation and economic growth.

Nvidia Fiscal Q2 Earnings in Focus

Nvidia will report fiscal second-quarter results on August 26, after Wednesday's market close. The company has previously guided for approximately $91 billion in revenue, and its earnings call begins at 5:00 p.m. ET. Nvidia carries one of the largest weights in U.S. equity indexes, which has made its reports recurring tests of tech-sector sentiment, and crypto markets have often moved alongside equities in recent risk-on and risk-off phases. Traders will watch the data-center outlook closely for that reason.

Jackson Hole Puts Fed Policy in Focus

The Kansas City Fed will hold its Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium from August 27 to 29. This year's theme covers financial innovation, payments and policy — a topic that lands as the United States begins implementing its first federal stablecoin framework, signed into law in July 2025. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh will deliver keynote remarks on Friday at 10:00 a.m. ET, and traders will focus on his comments on inflation, interest rates and the September policy outlook ahead of the next FOMC meeting. The Wyoming retreat has a long record as a venue for policy signals: Ben Bernanke used his 2010 keynote to signal further easing ahead of QE2, and Jerome Powell used the 2020 event to introduce average inflation targeting.

Bitcoin's recent rally followed improving liquidity expectations. As a result, any change in rate expectations could directly affect the dollar, Treasury yields and demand for risk assets.

BNB Chain Hard Fork and BitMart Deadlines Arrive

BNB Chain will activate the Pasteur hard fork on BNB Smart Chain at 02:30 UTC on August 25. Mainnet node operators are required to upgrade to client version v1.7.7 — hard forks are backward-incompatible, so nodes that miss the upgrade cannot follow the updated chain rules. The changes strengthen bridge checks, improve validator key handling and increase transaction capacity.

BitMart will stop trading services at 01:00 UTC on August 26. The exchange recommends that users submit withdrawal requests before 05:00 UTC that day, deadlines that mark the final operational steps of its announced wind-down. BitMart has discussed a possible restructuring, but its published wind-down schedule remains in place.

Bitcoin Asia 2026 and Additional Crypto Events

Bitcoin Asia 2026 runs August 27–28 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The event, the Asia edition of the Bitcoin conference series organized by BTC Inc., the publisher of Bitcoin Magazine, includes sessions on Bitcoin businesses, mining, policy and corporate adoption.

Separately, LayerZero, an interoperability protocol that lets applications move data and assets across blockchains, is reducing support for several low-activity chains and advises users on affected routes to move or redeem supported assets before service ends. Token unlocks scheduled during the week — which release previously locked allocations, typically those of teams, investors and ecosystem funds, into circulating supply — may also add asset-specific volatility.