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According to Fannie Mae, on August 27, the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage in the U.S. stood at 6.66%, up from 6.65% the previous week.

According to sources, President Trump met with the secretaries of energy, environmental protection, and agriculture on Wednesday to discuss refinery exemption requests related to the U.S. biofuels program.

According to Law360, on Wednesday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission submitted a major crypto custody rule rewrite proposal to OIRA (Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs), an agency under the White House Office of Management and Budget. The filing is labeled "economically significant," with the SEC targeting an October 2026 publication date. Under Chair Paul Atkins, the SEC formally withdrew former Chair Gary Gensler's 2023 custody proposal and noted a new approach was necessar

According to CoinMarketCap, VeChain (VET) led gains among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap today, August 27, surging 27.15% to $0.007168. Stacks (STX) was the largest decliner, dropping 5.57%. Other top gainers included Official Trump (TRUMP) up 21.59% to $2.64, SPX6900 (SPX) up 16.00% to $0.6167, Ethena (ENA) up 12.28% to $0.1568, and Solana (SOL) up 11.58% to $106.94.

According to ChainCatcher, MoonPay has integrated Solana lending protocol Kamino into its AI payment vault PayBox, allowing users to execute token lending and borrowing via natural language commands to ChatGPT or Claude. Kamino currently holds approximately $1.3 billion in total value locked and $1 billion in active loans, per DefiLlama data. The integration replaces Kamino's traditional interface with AI instructions; users can require passkey approval for each transaction or allow the AI to op

According to CoinDesk, the UK Tax and Customs Authority disclosed that 17,600 people reported taxable cryptocurrency capital gains totaling £1.38 billion during the 2024—2025 tax year, averaging approximately £78,000 per person. Among them, 240 individuals each reported crypto capital gains exceeding £1 million, collectively accounting for £717 million. This marks the first time the UK has separately disclosed cryptocurrency data following the addition of a dedicated crypto asset section to pers

German government bond yields climbed on Thursday evening, with 2-year yields rising 1.9 basis points to 2.861% and 10-year yields up 1.6bp to 3.251%. Across the eurozone, French 10-year yields gained 1.3bp to 4.102%, Italian 10-year yields rose 1.9bp to 4.074%, Spanish 10-year yields climbed 1.3bp to 3.7%, and Greek 10-year yields increased 0.8bp to 3.929%. Germany's 30-year yields also rose 1.6bp to 3.754%.

According to Nvidia's fiscal 2027 second quarter earnings announcement on Wednesday, the chipmaker delivered better-than-expected results with year-over-year revenue growth accelerating for the fourth consecutive quarter. CEO Jensen Huang highlighted on the earnings call that return on investment capital has fallen below one year for $50 billion data centers, underlining the profitability of Nvidia's technology. Amazon Web Services announced an expanded partnership with Nvidia, committing to pur

According to CNBC, Salesforce shares jumped more than 20% on Thursday, August 26, after the company beat second-quarter earnings expectations and announced an expanded partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic. The stock is on pace for its second-best trading day ever, trailing only August 2020 when shares surged roughly 26%. CEO Mark Benioff and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei unveiled a plugin called Claudeforce, designed to help salespeople access critical data through Claude's ch

On Wednesday, August 26, Core Lightning confirmed that several vulnerabilities flagged in AI-generated security reports are real and issued urgent guidance for node operators. The project urged operators to verify and promptly install its forthcoming update. For those unable to upgrade immediately, Core Lightning recommended running nodes with the --offline flag—which blocks payments and peer connections while allowing the software to continue monitoring the Bitcoin blockchain—rather than shutti

On August 6 during European session close, the UK 10-year gilt yield fell 0.5 basis points to 5.025%. The 2-year yield declined 0.2bp to 4.351%, while the 30-year and 50-year yields fell 1bp and 0.9bp respectively. The 2/10-year yield curve spread narrowed 0.539bp to 67.152bp.

According to Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg ETF analyst, Fidelity has begun selling customer order flow, reversing its previous stance that differed from peers. The move generates an additional $10 million in monthly revenue.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian armed forces conducted cluster strikes on military industrial facilities, logistics centers, ports, and vessels serving Ukrainian armed forces on August 27.

According to Bloomberg, Nvidia has recently established NVIDIA Corporation Employees Federal Political Action Committee (NVPAC) to support U.S. federal candidates through voluntary donations from eligible employees. The move comes as Congress and the Trump administration discuss artificial intelligence regulatory frameworks. Nvidia, with a market capitalization exceeding $5 trillion, continues to expand its policy influence in Washington, where its chips remain critical infrastructure for the AI

According to CoinDesk, 240 UK taxpayers reported cryptocurrency capital gains exceeding 1 million pounds (approximately $1.36 million) in the 2025 fiscal year—the first year the tax authority required disclosure. Among 17,600 people who reported taxable crypto disposals, roughly 90 percent were male. Total taxable digital asset gains reached 1.38 billion pounds ($1.77 billion), averaging 78,000 pounds per person.

According to CCTV, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence directorate issued a report on Aug 27 detailing its assessment of U.S. and Israeli movements. The report stated that Iran has shifted from a defensive posture to actively developing strategic initiatives to influence the timing, location, and costs of warfare and diplomacy. The directorate also affirmed Iran's continued sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz and maintained that its asymmetric warfare capabilities remain inta

At Bitcoin Asia 2026, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) predicted that Bitcoin will reach $1 million, stating it will happen much faster than the 25-year timeline some analysts suggest. CZ also argued that Bitcoin has more advantageous features compared to gold, including limited supply, digital nature, and global transferability, and believes Bitcoin could eventually surpass gold as a more important reserve asset in the global financial system.

According to StarkWare, the company completed the first quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction on the mainnet using Quantum Safe Bitcoin (QSB) technology, with miners verifying the transaction. QSB employs a hash-based cryptographic system resistant to quantum algorithms, replacing traditional elliptic curve cryptography, and can be implemented within Bitcoin's existing scripting standards without requiring a consensus change or soft fork. Mainnet testing revealed the transaction cost approximate

According to an official announcement, Nasdaq-listed DeFi Development Corp acquired roughly 19,000 SOL at an average price of $98.14 today (August 27), bringing its total Solana holdings to approximately 2.33 million SOL and SOL equivalents. The purchase was partially funded by its ZeroStack divestment, with the newly acquired SOL to be held long-term and deployed through the company's staking infrastructure.

According to HTX, HYPE surged past $85 on August 27, hitting an all-time high. The token was trading at $85.27 with a 24-hour gain of 4.89%.