Record gold prices outpaced rising mining costs in Q1'26, generating unprecedented margins and cash flows for producers despite persistent inflationary pressures and regional geopolitical disruptions, according to a report by the World Gold Council (WGC).

Crude oil prices ended a three-week rally, posting their first weekly decline in nearly a month. Brent fell more than 5% for the week, while WTI dropped more than 4%. Improving passage through the Strait of Hormuz eased supply worries, though Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan warned that prolonged shipping disruptions could still keep upside risks in play.

20/20 BioLabs reported second-quarter OneTestTM revenue of $0.7 million, up 47.1% year over year. Gross margin expanded to 41.7% from 30.5%. The company secured a 12-month statewide program in Vermont to screen up to 4,500 firefighters for cancer, along with $520,000 awarded to Maryland fire departments. Management expects incremental testing volume to be absorbed across a largely fixed cost base and said it expects to have tested more than 35,000 firefighters by year-end.

Pinterest said CFO Julia Brau Donnelly has resigned to pursue another opportunity and will remain in the role until October 30, 2026, to support an orderly transition. The company named Vikram Naidu, its vice president of finance and business operations, as interim CFO. Following the announcement, Pinterest shares fell about 3% in after-hours trading.

U.S. equities ended lower on Friday after bond yields rose and Fed Chair Warsh reiterated a commitment to return inflation to target, lifting the perceived odds of a rate increase next month. The S&P 500 fell 0.25%, the Dow dipped 0.02%, and the Nasdaq 100 slid 0.70%. The 10-year Treasury yield rose 5 basis points to 4.72%. Chipmakers and AI infrastructure shares led declines, with Marvell Technology dropping 10% after issuing adjusted gross margin guidance below consensus.

Raincards infrastructure is suspected of being involved in an attack that drained funds from multiple neobanks and their users. The exploiter bridged $1M USDC from Solana to Ethereum via deBridge and laundered the funds using TornadoCash. Affected services include etherfi Cash, Avalanche Card and Solayer Pay, with users also reporting drained balances. The post said Circle had more than two hours to freeze the funds but did not act, and urged users to withdraw funds from impacted neobanks as soon as possible.

At 14:00 Singapore time on Aug. 28, 2026, TRON’s Committee Proposal No. 107 took effect, upgrading the mainnet to GreatVoyage-v4.8.2. The release adds Ethereum Prague / Osaka compatibility features to the TRON Virtual Machine (TVM), including reading historical block hashes from on-chain state and introducing the CLZ instruction. It also adds a secp256r1 precompile for native Passkey verification and reduces energy consumption for MODEXP operations. The compatibility work is designed to lower migration friction for Ethereum contracts, wallets and tools moving to TRON, reinforcing its positioning around stablecoin liquidity and high-performance settlement.

OpenText reported fiscal 2026 fourth-quarter revenue of US$1.35 billion, up 2.9% year over year. Cloud revenue rose 6% to US$503 million, while enterprise cloud bookings increased 24.1%. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 37.6% and adjusted EPS rose 26.8% to US$1.23. The stock trades around C$33, about 41% below its 52-week high.