Bitcoin’s August rally has revived some of the mining sector’s most beaten-down stocks, reversing a trend that has favored miners pivoting toward artificial intelligence and high-performance computing and suggesting investors may once again be rewarding direct exposure to Bitcoin.

In its latest Miner Weekly newsletter, BlocksBridge Consulting reported that Bitcoin’s (BTC) roughly 23% rally over the past week outpaced most AI-linked infrastructure stocks.

Three beaten-down Bitcoin mining companies — Canaan, American Bitcoin and Cango — gained between 41% and 67%. By comparison, CoreWeave rose about 21%, Nebius gained 17% and IREN advanced 15%, while some miners with heavier exposure to AI and HPC were flat or declined.

Blocksbridge pointed to three catalysts behind Bitcoin’s rally. The first was the US Treasury Department’s Aug. 19 announcement that it would at least double the size of its liquidity-support buybacks for longer-dated Treasury securities.

The second was renewed regulatory optimism following a White House meeting with crypto executives, where US President Donald Trump urged Congress to pass a “fair version” of the CLARITY Act, a stalled crypto market structure bill.

The third was a sharp short squeeze following Bitcoin’s breakout, with more than $1.6 billion in crypto positions liquidated over 24 hours.

Bitcoin mining-focused stocks outperformed companies that pivoted toward AI and HPC. Source: Miner Weekly

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BTC price still drives miners despite AI pivot

BlocksBridge’s findings echoed earlier Cointelegraph reporting that Bitcoin’s rally had lifted crypto-related stocks, including Bitcoin miners. The gains underscore how strongly Bitcoin’s price can still influence mining stocks, even as many miners have increasingly shifted their focus toward AI and HPC infrastructure in recent years.

Separate recent BlocksBridge analysis found that publicly traded Bitcoin miners have invested roughly $15 in AI data centers for every $1 in AI-related revenue generated. Nine public miners generated $341.2 million in AI and HPC revenue so far in 2026, compared with $5.11 billion in capital expenditures on the technology.

Related: Bitcoin breaks above 200-day moving average for first time since November

This article is produced in accordance with Cointelegraph’s Editorial Policy and is intended for informational purposes only. It does not constitute investment advice or recommendations. All investments and trades carry risk; readers are encouraged to conduct independent research.

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US financial services giant Charles Schwab plans to add Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX) and Chainlink (LINK) to its crypto trading platform in the coming months, expanding its direct cryptocurrency offering beyond Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH).

Schwab Crypto began rolling out to retail clients in May, initially offering direct Bitcoin and Ether trading alongside traditional investments through Schwab’s website, mobile app and thinkorswim platform.

The brokerage said it planned to add more cryptocurrencies and digital assets over time, though it did not specify which assets it is considering or provide a timeline beyond the three newly announced tokens.

Schwab charges 75 basis points, or 0.75%, on the dollar value of each crypto trade. The service is available in all US states except New York and Louisiana and is not offered in US territories or internationally.

The Schwab Crypto accounts are offered through Charles Schwab Premier Bank, with affiliated brokerage Charles Schwab & Co. performing certain operational functions on the bank’s behalf.

Related: Morgan Stanley takes on crypto trading rivals with E*Trade pilot

Schwab expands into prediction markets

Schwab’s crypto expansion comes as the financial services firm moves into other new trading products. In June, The Wall Street Journal reported that Schwab plans to offer prediction contracts tied to the S&P 500 index through a partnership with Cboe Global Markets.

The contracts would allow clients to wager on whether the S&P 500 will close above or below a specified level, with the product reportedly expected to launch within months. Unlike platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket, Schwab’s planned offering would initially be limited to index outcomes.

As of July 31, Schwab held $13.04 trillion in client assets across 39.9 million active brokerage accounts, according to the company. Schwab reported record second-quarter net revenue of $7.1 billion and net income of $2.8 billion.

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Ethena’s ENA traded near $0.147 on Aug. 27, retaining a weekly gain of about 25% after its sharp breakout met resistance near $0.180.

ENA price retreats after reaching $0.180

Ethena (ENA) price was trading near $0.147 at the time of writing, up about 25% from its Aug. 21 opening price of $0.11717. The token reached an intraday high of $0.18023 on Aug. 23 before sellers took control.

The move from the weekly opening level to the peak amounted to nearly 54%. ENA has since fallen about 18% from that high, showing that traders took profits after the fast advance.

The daily chart shows that buyers attempted another recovery on Aug. 27. ENA reached $0.160 during the session but failed to hold the move, returning to the $0.147 area. Its daily range extended from $0.1424 to $0.160, reflecting continued volatility after the initial breakout.

ENA nevertheless remains well above the range that contained its price through most of July and early August. The token traded mainly between $0.075 and $0.095 before breaking higher around Aug. 20.

That advance lifted ENA through the $0.10 and $0.12 levels in quick succession. Price then accelerated toward $0.18 before entering its current pullback.

FalconX lending facility supports Ethena rally

The main catalyst behind ENA’s weekly advance was Ethena’s reported partnership with FalconX to establish a $1 billion secured warehouse lending facility.

Under the arrangement, reserve assets backing Ethena’s USDe synthetic dollar can be used in overcollateralized loans to institutional borrowers. The facility could broaden how Ethena deploys its reserves and create another source of revenue for the protocol.

Trading activity rose sharply following the announcement. ENA’s daily trading volume reportedly climbed above $1.04 billion, representing an increase of about 319% as traders responded to the institutional lending development.

The rebound occurred even as conditions became less supportive for altcoins. Bitcoin dominance rose to about 59.8%, while the Altcoin Season Index dropped from 51 to 33, pointing to a broader rotation toward Bitcoin and other large-cap assets.

ENA’s correction from $0.180 also followed an unusually steep advance. Its relative strength index reportedly reached 88 during the initial rally, placing the token deep in overbought territory and raising the probability of profit-taking.

Token concentration adds another risk. The 100 largest ENA wallets reportedly control roughly 90% of the circulating supply, meaning decisions by a relatively small group of holders may have an outsized effect on short-term price action.

ENA technicals show momentum stabilizing

The 4-hour chart suggests that ENA’s pullback is losing some force, although bullish momentum has not fully returned.

The 4-hour relative strength index stood at 51.32, slightly above its signal average of 48.83. A reading near 50 indicates balanced momentum rather than overbought or oversold conditions.

ENA’s moving average convergence divergence remained bearish. The MACD line was at 0.0006, below the signal line at 0.0015, while the histogram registered minus 0.0009.

However, the red histogram bars have become smaller. The contraction indicates that bearish momentum is weakening, even though the MACD has not yet completed a bullish crossover.

Price has also started to form a possible short-term base between $0.140 and $0.147. Buyers defended the area after the token briefly approached $0.138, but repeated failures around $0.150 show that sellers remain active above the current price.

On the daily chart, ENA remains above its Supertrend support at approximately $0.1202. The indicator shifted bullish during the breakout and will continue to support the broader recovery thesis while price stays above that level.

The Bull Bear Power indicator remained positive at 0.0431. Its bars have declined from their recent peak, however, showing that buyers retain the broader advantage but have lost some of the strength seen during the initial surge.

Liquidation map puts $0.150 in focus

CoinGlass’ three-day liquidation heatmap shows a nearby concentration of leveraged positions around $0.150. ENA was trading just below that level at the end of the chart, making it the first area likely to influence short-term direction.

A move above $0.150 could expose smaller liquidity bands between $0.153 and $0.158. The most prominent overhead cluster sits around $0.161 to $0.162, where the heatmap displays one of its brightest bands.

Price may be drawn toward that zone if ENA reclaims $0.150 with sustained buying. Clearing $0.162 would then open the way for a retest of $0.170, followed by the weekly high near $0.180.

The downside contains visible liquidity around $0.143 to $0.141. A loss of that region would weaken the developing 4-hour base and could push ENA toward $0.138.

Below that level, the daily Supertrend near $0.1202 becomes the main structural support. The previously cited 200-day exponential moving average near $0.1268 provides an additional area to monitor during a deeper correction.

ENA must therefore hold the $0.138–$0.140 region and reclaim $0.150 to strengthen its recovery attempt. Failure to defend the range would increase the risk that the breakout continues retracing toward $0.128–$0.120.

US traders considering ENA also face the usual risks attached to volatile, concentrated governance tokens. The FalconX facility may expand Ethena’s institutional activity, but ENA’s next price move will depend on whether demand can absorb profit-taking and the liquidity positioned above $0.150.

Truflation has called for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates after its July forecast came within 0.01 percentage point of the official monthly headline PCE reading and matched the other three published figures.

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported on Aug. 26 that the PCE Price Index rose 0.2% month over month in July, reversing a 0.1% decline recorded in June. Annual headline inflation remained unchanged at 3.7%.

Core PCE, which excludes food and energy, also increased by 0.2% on a monthly basis and held at 3.3% from a year earlier. The Federal Reserve uses PCE as its preferred measure of inflation and has set a long-term inflation target of 2%.

Five days before the government release, Truflation estimated that headline PCE would increase 0.19% monthly and stay at 3.7% annually. Its forecast placed monthly core PCE at 0.2% and the annual reading at 3.3%.

The 0.19% headline estimate rounds to the 0.2% figure published by the BEA, although the two figures were not identical before rounding. Truflation matched the remaining three figures at the precision used in the official release.

Truflation has called the data a turning point

Speaking directly to crypto.news after the PCE release, Truflation Head of Data Oliver Rust said softer household demand, mixed employment data and falling gasoline prices have created a case for lower borrowing costs.

“Truflation is of the opinion that we have reached a turning point that needs the Fed to cut rates. We are seeing a softening in demand, i.e., spending.”

Official data offered some support for the demand side of Rust’s argument. The BEA said inflation-adjusted personal consumption expenditures were almost unchanged in July, down from a 0.4% increase in June.

Current-dollar spending rose by $36.3 billion as an $86.2 billion increase in services was partly offset by a $49.9 billion decline in goods. Personal income increased 0.4%, while disposable personal income gained 0.5%.

Households saved $712 billion during the month, leaving the personal savings rate at 3%. Truflation’s report said declining excess savings and increased reliance on credit could reduce consumer demand during the second half of 2026.

Retail sales also fell 0.6% in July, according to the report, ending an eight-month run without a monthly decline. Truflation attributed the drop to fading support from tax refunds, higher energy expenses, and more cautious discretionary purchases.

Rust said the labor market continues to show a “low-hire, low-fire environment.” Truflation’s report placed unemployment at 4.1% and said labor-force participation had fallen to 61.4% after nearly 1.4 million people left the workforce during 2026.

TruPCE maps live prices to BEA categories

Asked how the company makes its data comparable with the government index, Rust said Truflation assigns its price information to the BEA’s PCE category definitions and then applies the agency’s category weights.

The resulting measure, called TruPCE, is designed to track the government index while offering earlier guidance. Rust said Truflation’s data leads the BEA measure by an average of approximately 30 days.

Truflation says its indexes use more than 15 million product prices from over 30 data partners and sources. The company publishes its readings daily, while the BEA releases PCE figures monthly and can revise previous estimates as more information becomes available.

July represented only the fourth PCE forecast Truflation has published, according to Rust. He said the company also matched the previous month’s result and missed the April and May readings by 0.1 percentage point each.

The limited sample means the supplied figures do not provide a 12-month average forecasting error or a full comparison with economists’ estimates. Market consensus had placed July annual headline PCE at 3.6%, while forecasts for core inflation matched the eventual 3.3% reading.

In July, crypto.news reported PCE cooling from 4.1% in May to 3.7% in June as Bitcoin approached $65,000. July’s new reading left the annual rate at the same level rather than extending the decline.

Services and food kept inflation elevated

Housing carried the largest weight in Truflation’s July model, while gasoline created the strongest downward pressure, Rust said. Services and groceries produced the largest upward contributions.

Truflation’s underlying data showed gasoline and other energy goods falling 3.36% from June, although the category remained 23.6% higher than a year earlier. Clothing and footwear declined 0.7% monthly but increased 4.24% annually.

Food services and accommodation prices rose 1.21% during July and 3.61% over the year. The report attributed the monthly increase to summer travel, hotel demand, and restaurants passing higher labor and operating expenses to customers.

Transportation services climbed 1.13% monthly and 12.25% annually, led by airfares and public transportation costs, according to Truflation. Grocery prices increased 1.09% from June, with beef, coffee, and internationally traded food commodities adding pressure.

Wage growth presents another risk to Rust’s rate-cut argument. Truflation estimates that annual pay growth has remained between 4% and 4.5% since the middle of 2025, a rate the company says can sustain inflation in labor-intensive services.

Tariffs, oil prices, and electricity demand could also prevent a steady decline. The report said repeated tariff changes involving China, Canada, Mexico, and the European Union were becoming more visible in apparel and vehicle prices.

Utility prices rose 0.98% monthly and 7.64% annually in Truflation’s data, reaching their highest rates since mid-2024. The company linked some of the pressure to rising electricity use and infrastructure needs associated with artificial intelligence.

Fed officials have remained cautious about cuts

Rust’s call for lower rates stands apart from the current debate inside the Federal Reserve. Kansas City Fed President Jeffrey Schmid said on Aug. 27 that the existing 3.5%–3.75% policy range did not appear restrictive enough to return inflation to 2%, according to Reuters.

Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee also described persistent inflation as concerning, although he said rates could fall over time if the data showed prices moving back toward the central bank’s target.

Truflation’s Aug. 21 report had taken a less aggressive position than Rust’s post-release comments. The document projected that the Fed would leave rates unchanged in September and avoid another increase during the rest of 2026, rather than forecasting an immediate cut.

Bitcoin showed little initial reaction to the PCE release, trading around $78,353 approximately 36 minutes after the figures arrived, compared with a pre-release range of roughly $78,500 to $79,000. The 10-year Treasury yield moved about one basis point higher to 4.65%.

Earlier in the week, a Bitcoin catalyst report identified July PCE and Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole appearance as the main U.S. macro events facing crypto traders. Warsh is scheduled to deliver his keynote on Aug. 28 as markets seek guidance on the next interest-rate decision.

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Cumulative net inflows into XRP ETF have hit a record high of $1.566 billion; however, the price of XRP has not surged in tandem. Instead, it has experienced a pullback, further fueling investor caution.

Historically, sustained inflows into XRP ETF have tended to bolster market sentiment. Yet, as of August 26, XRP ETF saw a single-day inflow of $23.87 million, a significant increase, while the price of XRP actually fell. This phenomenon highlights a supply-demand imbalance in the spot market and dampens institutional interest in entering the space.

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After a prolonged 20-month slump, the XRP market is gradually regaining momentum. Unlike the relatively passive and orderly nature of ETF inflows, XRP recent surge of over 40% shows signs of active engagement by major market participants.

Prior to the recent rapid price rally, wallet addresses holding between 1 million and 10 million XRP showed clear accumulation patterns, collectively purchasing nearly 500 million tokens. Some analysts believe this massive accumulation by “whales” provided crucial support for the rebound, helping XRP break free from a downtrend that had persisted for 608 days.

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