Major U.S. stock indexes closed slightly higher, extending their gains for August. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.22% on the day and is up 0.54% for the month. The S&P 500 added 0.21%, bringing its August gain to 1.41%, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.16% and is now up 1.61% for the month. Precious metals names posted much stronger moves. SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) gained 3.83% and iShares Silver Trust (SLV) rose 4.47%. Among mining stocks and related funds, Newmont (NEM) advanced 7.86%, Barrick Gold (GOLD) rose 8.94%, VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) gained 9.40%, First Majestic Silver (AG) climbed 12.72%, and Coeur Mining (CDE) jumped 13.05%. Crypto-linked stocks were mixed. Bit Brother (BTBT), Cipher Mining (CIFR), and CleanSpark (CLSK) closed lower, while Hut 8 (HUT), Riot Platforms (RIOT), MARA Holdings (MARA), Coinbase (COIN), Circle (CRCL), Bitmine (BMNR), and Strategy (MSTR) finished in positive territory. Strategy led the group with a 12.68% gain, followed by Bitmine at 10.61%, Circle at 9.56%, and Coinbase at 9.55%.

Wall Street ended higher as the Nasdaq outperformed, while gold and silver stocks tumbled and crypto-related shares traded mixed. The Dow rose 0.13%, the S&P 500 gained 0.65%, and the Nasdaq advanced 0.81%. For the month of August, the Dow has gained 1.24%, the S&P 500 is up 2.61%, and the Nasdaq has climbed 3.43%. Precious metals miners came under heavy selling pressure. Newmont Mining (NEM) dropped more than 3%, the VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) fell nearly 3%, and First Majestic Silver (AG) lost over 2%. Barrick Gold (GOLD) and Coeur Mining (CDE) each declined nearly 2%, and the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) was down 1.52%. Crypto-linked stocks were split. Hut 8 (HUT) slid over 8%, Cipher Mining (CIFR) declined close to 7%, Riot Platforms (RIOT) and CleanSpark (CLSK) fell more than 5%, and MARA Holdings (MARA) dropped over 4%. On the gainers side, Circle (CRCL) advanced more than 5%, Coinbase (COIN) rose over 3%, Strategy (MSTR) added more than 2%, and Bitmine (BMNR) and Bit Brother (BTBT) both gained over 2%.

Techub News reported that U.S. stocks finished August 10 slightly lower, with all three major indexes ending in the red while still holding gains for the month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.11% and remained up 1.50% in August, the S&P 500 fell 0.06% with a monthly gain of 2.01%, and the Nasdaq dropped 0.32% while staying up 2.67% for the month. Gold and silver-linked names outperformed during the session. First Majestic Silver rose 2.45%, the iShares Silver Trust ETF gained 3.36%, Newmont climbed 3.79%, and Coeur Mining added 4.51%. Crypto-related stocks were mostly weaker. Bit Brother fell 5.80%, CleanSpark lost 5.77%, Riot Platforms declined 5.46%, and MARA Holdings dropped 5.25%. Cipher Mining, Bitmine, Hut 8, Coinbase, and Strategy also closed lower, while Circle stood out as the only listed name in this group to post a gain, edging up 0.72%.

Techub News reported that U.S. stocks closed higher on Aug. 7, with all three major indexes posting gains for the session and remaining up for the month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.28% and was up 1.61% in August, the S&P 500 rose 0.62% with a monthly gain of 2.07%, and the Nasdaq climbed 1.30%, bringing its August gain to 3.00%. Precious metals-linked names also moved sharply higher, with SPDR Gold Shares, iShares Silver Trust, Barrick Gold, First Majestic Silver, VanEck Gold Miners ETF, Newmont, and Coeur Mining all advancing. Crypto-related stocks were mixed but leaned lower overall. Cipher Mining, MARA Holdings, CleanSpark, Riot Platforms, and Hut 8 ended down, while Bit Brother, Bitmine, Strategy, Circle, and Coinbase closed in positive territory.

Roundhill Investments launched the Roundhill Neocloud ETF, trading under the ticker NCLD, on Aug. 6, 2026. The actively managed fund is listed on Nasdaq and carries a 0.65% expense ratio. Its focus is the so-called neocloud segment: companies that rent out GPU computing power and operate AI data center infrastructure. Current holdings show a highly concentrated portfolio. Nebius Group accounts for 30.83% and CoreWeave for 27.30%, putting the two names at more than 58% combined. The rest of the top positions include IREN, HUT 8, Terawulf, Applied Digital, Cipher Digital, Galaxy Digital, Core Scientific, and Cleanspark. Several of those companies are known for their roots in bitcoin mining before expanding into AI data center and compute services. According to Roundhill, AI compute demand is growing faster than supply can expand. The article contrasts neocloud providers with traditional cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, saying the newer firms are built more directly around GPU-as-a-Service for AI and high-performance computing workloads. It also cites Morgan Stanley’s estimate that global data-center-related capital spending could reach $2.9 trillion by 2028. The source notes that NCLD offers targeted exposure to this theme, but its concentrated holdings and relatively small fund size could bring higher volatility and liquidity risk than broader index ETFs.

Seventeen of the largest U.S. banks have said The Clearing House will build on-chain clearing and settlement for tokenized deposits, linked to RTP and CHIPS for round-the-clock operation. The article argues that this is not simply a blockchain story. It is a liquidity story, centered on netting and liquidity-saving mechanisms that let banks settle large payment flows with far less prefunded cash than a gross, real-time model requires. CHIPS, for example, settles about $2 trillion a day with roughly $96 billion of prefunded liquidity, versus an estimated $442 billion under transaction-by-transaction gross settlement, according to the figures cited in the piece. That contrast sits at the core of the stablecoin debate. Stablecoins can move in seconds, but they generally require 100% prefunding. The article says this tradeoff resembles RTP, which also gives up netting in favor of prefunded instant settlement. At the same time, stablecoins have gained traction in areas traditional rails do not cover well: Global South payment corridors, weekends, merchant settlement, and access to transferable dollars outside the U.S. banking system. The piece also argues that stablecoins are not inherently incapable of netting. What is missing is clearing infrastructure around par exchange, redemption, and multilateral net settlement. It points to firms including Better Money Company, Ubyx, Glacis Labs, Cycles, and Circle’s CPN as signs that a token-era clearing layer is beginning to take shape.

U.S. equities opened mixed, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.07%, the S&P 500 down 0.10%, and the Nasdaq lower by 0.54%, according to Techub News. At the same time, crypto-related stocks posted broad losses at the open. Among the decliners, Cipher Mining (CIFR) fell more than 4%, while Hut 8 (HUT) dropped nearly 4%. CleanSpark (CLSK) lost more than 3.5%, and both MARA Holdings (MARA) and Circle (CRCL) were down more than 3%. Bitmine (BMNR) slipped nearly 3%, while Riot Platforms (RIOT), Strategy (MSTR), and Bit Brother (BTBT) each fell more than 2%. Coinbase (COIN) was down more than 1.5%. The moves left all of the crypto concept stocks mentioned in the report in negative territory at the open.

Bitcoin miner CleanSpark (CLSK) released its unaudited bitcoin mining and operations update for July 2026, according to PR Newswire. The company said it mined 586 BTC during the month, bringing its year-to-date production to 4,310 BTC. It also reported a peak operating hashrate of 50 EH/s and an average operating hashrate of 38.6 EH/s, with 230,507 deployed miners as of the end of July. On the power side, contracted capacity reached 1.8 GW, while actual usage stood at 808 MW. CleanSpark said its bitcoin holdings rose to 13,931 BTC by July 31, up slightly from 13,924 BTC at the end of June. During the month, it sold 229 BTC through spot transactions and 350 BTC through exercised call options at an average sale price of $66,133 per coin. The company also announced a 20-year triple-net lease agreement at its Sandersville, Georgia campus with a global investment-grade technology company, with two optional five-year extensions and an estimated total contract value of $6.6 billion over the initial term.