GS Nestarcova Digital Assets Need to Know 14Aug2026

Digital Assets Need to Know Dominika Nestarcova · Goldman Sachs · Vice President, FICC & Equities Fri 14 Aug 2026, 3:37am ET

Read: GS Crypto: Weekly recap + midweek catchup.

CMBI Total Market 467.44, −1% WoW. BGCI Index $1,661, −1% WoW.

BTC — CMBI Bitcoin $63,349, −2% WoW. Market cap 54.5%. Active addresses (24hr) 651k. Reported spot volume (24hr) $4.7bn.

ETH — CMBI Ethereum $1,886, −1% WoW. Market cap 9.7%. Active addresses (24hr) 827k. Reported spot volume (24hr) $1.8bn.

HEADLINES THIS WEEK — Cryptocurrency / Stablecoins

Tether says KPMG has completed its long-promised audit. Robinhood is bringing crypto trading to its main UK app through Bitstamp. BlackRock says bitcoin sentiment is turning as decoupling from stocks takes hold. Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum is betting its future on quantum security and AI. Robinhood Chain hit 11.6 million daily transactions as USDe fuels TVL growth. Standard Chartered-backed Anchorpoint has begun an HKDAP stablecoin rollout. Mirae Asset is set to inject an additional $35 million into Korbit following its July acquisition.

HEADLINES — Blockchain / Tokenization

Broadridge’s distributed ledger repo processed $8.0tn in July. Japan’s MUFG will launch instant JGB transactions via blockchain. xStocks has gone live on Hyperliquid. Bullish has launched tokenized equity trading. Prospectors are staking bets on a metals-crypto fusion in digital gold, copper and uranium. The SEC has cleared Franklin Templeton funds to use the onchain BENJI system for cash management.

HEADLINES — Government / Regulation

The US securities regulator cancelled a meeting to vote on crypto rules. The White House will host crypto and prediction-market executives next week. The UK regulator is preparing a framework for tokenised gold. The Bank of Korea has formed a tokenization task force as it eyes tokenized government bonds. The New York City Council has opened a probe into prediction-market platforms.

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Source: Coinmetrics, CMBI Indices, Bloomberg, Goldman Sachs FICC & Equities, as of 14 August 2026.