Key Facts

Bitcoin settled at US$80,258 on Thursday, August 27, up 1.56% on the day and back above the US$80,000 line for the first time this week.

Solana was the session’s standout jumping 6.89% to US$109.21 after Charles Schwab said it plans to add Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink to its Schwab Crypto platform.

Ethereum barely moved adding 0.17% to US$2,510, while XRP rose 2.15% to US$1.453.

Nvidia’s strong results lifted everything with the chipmaker’s sales and profit beating forecasts, pulling crypto higher along with US stocks.