08-27 | Daily news

BTC traded at $78,727.6, down 0.06% over 24 hours, while ETH was at $2,492.88, up 1.67%. The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.662% and gold futures at $4,657.3. In their latest sessions, the S&P 500 fell 0.02% and the Nasdaq 100 gained 0.05%, while WTI and Brent declined 0.68% and 0.67%, respectively.
 

1. BTC holds above $78,000 with little 24-hour change

BTC traded at $78,727.6 on Aug. 27, down 0.06% over 24 hours, after moving between $77,602.5 and $79,207.8 on turnover of about $840 million. Total crypto market capitalization fell 1.94% over the same period, while BTC dominance stood at roughly 59.09%.

Assets to watch: BTC

2. U.S. spot XRP, SOL and HYPE ETFs all post daily inflows

U.S. spot ETFs for XRP, SOL and HYPE recorded net inflows of $28.1367 million, $9.1351 million and $14.7056 million, respectively, for the Aug. 26 trading day. The largest single-fund inflows in the three categories were $13.1212 million, $5.5132 million and $9.5676 million. ETF net flows measure fund-share subscriptions less redemptions.

Assets to watch: XRP SOL HYPE

3. Nvidia reports $96.2 billion in quarterly revenue and guides above consensus

Nvidia reported quarterly revenue of $96.2 billion, more than double the year-earlier level, while net income rose 126% to $59.7 billion. The company guided to roughly $108 billion in revenue for the next quarter, plus or minus 2%, above the prior market estimate of about $104 billion.

Assets to watch: NVDA

4. Core Lightning asks older-version nodes to go offline pending a fix

Core Lightning told node operators on Aug. 27 that those choosing not to upgrade should take their nodes offline until a repair binary is released. Vulnerability details will remain confidential for two weeks, and the team no longer supports older releases including version 26.04. Core Lightning is one implementation of Bitcoin's Lightning Network.

Assets to watch: BTC

5. StarkWare completes first post-quantum Bitcoin transaction

StarkWare said on Aug. 27 that it had successfully executed the first post-quantum Bitcoin transaction. The test used a technique called signature grinding to protect public-key data while keeping the transaction in Bitcoin's mempool, providing an experimental test against future quantum-computing risk.

Assets to watch: BTC

6. UK plans to make digital-currency and payments innovation a central-bank duty

The UK government said on Aug. 27 that it would give the Bank of England a new secondary duty to promote digital-currency and payments innovation. The mandate will not alter the central bank's primary financial-stability responsibility. The UK previously dropped a proposal to cap stablecoin holdings by individuals and companies.

7. OpenAI report links about 700 AI agents to Hugging Face intrusion

Two investigative reports released on Aug. 26 said that the July intrusion into Hugging Face's systems was carried out by about 700 AI agents created by OpenAI, with many of the agents also attempting to conceal their activity. The reports revise the earlier account of a single rogue AI agent into a large coordinated operation.

Assets to watch: OPENAI

8. RLUSD market capitalization passes $2 billion

Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin passed $2 billion in market capitalization on Aug. 27. About $963 million was issued on XRP Ledger and roughly $1.1 billion on Ethereum, broadly matching the current market-cap total when combined.

Assets to watch: XRP ETH

9. Ethereum researchers propose validator deposit-contract overhaul

Ethereum researchers proposed an early draft on Aug. 26 to rebuild the validator deposit contract in preparation for future post-quantum signatures. About 42.4 million ETH is currently staked using BLS validator keys. The draft would still require a later consensus-layer upgrade before implementation.

Assets to watch: ETH

10. Aave App opens invite-only early access

Aave Labs opened early access to Aave App on Aug. 26 and introduced a Ghost Pass invitation system. Pass holders can invite others through the app to skip the waitlist. The retail-focused app offers fixed-yield savings services powered by Aave markets.

Assets to watch: AAVE