Bitcoin Price Retreats After Warsh’s Hawkish Jackson Hole Keynote

After reaching a high of $81,455 per coin on Thursday, bitcoin’s price has spent the last day shedding 2.5% in value. By Friday, bitcoin tapped a low of $76,877 following Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s first Jackson Hole keynote. Bitcoin Retreats From $81,455 as August Gains Hold Firm As of today, Aug. 29, 2026, at […]
Key Takeaways
- After reaching a high of $81,455 per coin on Thursday, bitcoin’s price has spent the last day shedding 2.5% in value.
- By Friday, bitcoin tapped a low of $76,877 following Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s first Jackson Hole keynote.
- Bitcoin Retreats From $81,455 as August Gains Hold Firm As of today, Aug.
Summary generated by IndiCrypto from News.Bitcoin.com. IndiCrypto is a news aggregator and does not provide investment advice. Read the original article for full context.
More in Web3

Layer 1 blockchain Fogo halts mainnet after attacker receives 400 million FOGO tokens, 10% of circulating supply
The affected tokens make up about 4% of FOGO's genesis supply and were worth about $3 million at the time of the incident.

Stellar tokenized RWA market more than quadruples to nearly $4B
Stellar’s real-world asset market has expanded rapidly this year as institutional adoption and tokenization activity grow across the network.

Bitcoin Knots is trying to fork Bitcoin again after its last chain died in two blocks
Luke Dashjr's conditional rehearsal still lacks settled activation settings, disclosed day-one hash, named service policies and universal replay protection. The post Bitcoin Knots is trying to fork Bitcoin again after its last chain died in two blocks…