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August 27, 2026

Bitcoin is having a great month—but Solana is doing even better as coin soars above $100 — fortune.com

Bitcoin may have broken $80,000, but Solana is stealing the spotlight. SOL, the blockchain’s native token, climbed more than 23% over the past week, with much of that gain coming in the past 24 hours. The token recently crossed $100 for the first time

Trump Invests in Defense Contractors as He Wages War in Iran — newrepublic.com

While Americans pay the price for President Trump’s war in Iran, he appears to be cashing in on it. Trump made more than 1,000 dubiously timed stock trades in June, including thousands of dollars in exchanges with companies directly impacted by the Iran

Bitcoin Retakes $80,000 Amid Increasing Signs of Fresh Demand — bloomberg.com

Bitcoin pushed back above $80,000 as enduring ETF demand and a brighter mood across speculative markets extended its rebound.

JPMorgan leads a $5B debt package for Volta’s AI data centre buildout — thenextweb.com

JPMorgan has begun approaching lenders about a $5B debt package to fund Volta Infra Holdings’ AI data centre buildout, weeks after the seven-month-old company raised $300M at a $2.4B valuation. Its first major site is a 121-megawatt campus in Norway leased

Grayscale CEO: Crypto winter has thawed—but market watchers are still missing the point — fortune.com

The winter chill that dragged digital assets down during most of the hot summer months is finally beginning to lift, with the price of Bitcoin surging about 20 percent last week, its strongest three-day rally since 2023. Suddenly, the obituaries of the

Bernstein is forecasting bitcoin could reach $300,000 by 2029 on debasement trade — qz.com

Analyst Gautam Chhugani said the firm expects bitcoin to recover to a new all-time high of $150,000 by mid-2027 before peaking at $300,000

You could own AI.slop, if applicant for new global top-level domains get their way — theregister.com

ICANN is poring through over 1,600 applications for new global top-level domains (GTLDs) and will reveal which ones it thinks are valid in a few weeks – but hundreds of names applicants hope to secure have already appeared online. GTLDs are the last part