Gold rose to a two-month high above $4,400 an ounce as traders positioned ahead of the US consumer price index release due Wednesday. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey sees July CPI rising 0.1% month-on-month after a 0.4% decline the prior month. Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack said multiple rate hikes may be needed to return inflation to the central bank’s 2% target. Silver climbed 0.4% to $65.98 an ounce.

Bitcoin-holding firm Strategy sold 1,690 BTC at an average price of $64,262, generating $108.6 million, and used the proceeds to repurchase about 1.15 million shares of its STRC preferred stock. The company also sold 6.59 million MSTR common shares for $653.1 million, with $650 million allocated to its U.S. dollar reserve. After the transactions, Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings fell to 840,447 BTC, acquired for an aggregate $63.36 billion at an average cost of $75,385, according to CoinDesk.

Jupiter launched Lend v2 on Solana on August 10, adding optional Smart Collateral and Smart Debt features that let borrowed assets act as DEX liquidity and earn trading fees while in a lending position. The upgrade also introduces Lifetime PnL, which records the cumulative profit and loss for each position over its lifespan. On the same day, JupSOL had $396.0 million in total value locked and Jupiter’s perpetual futures venue held $702.6 million in open interest.

Liontown Resources sold 108,489 dry metric tonnes of spodumene concentrate in the June quarter at an average realised price of US$1,880 per tonne, lifting sales revenue 19.3% quarter on quarter to $235 million. The company reported $137 million of net cash flow and said it met all of its FY26 production and cost guidance. Morgans upgraded the stock to a buy with a $68 price target after what it described as a strong fourth quarter. The rebound follows steep July declines, with Liontown down 43% and PLS Group down 17.3%, even as producers’ operating performance has improved from two years ago.

South32 shares climbed 2.6% on Monday to A$5.09, marking a 10-year high. The stock is up about 30% over the past month, 43% year to date in 2026 and 72% over the past 12 months. In July, the miner reported FY26 production results that beat several guidance targets, with stronger output across key operations. South32 has also proposed selling its aluminium value chain business (excluding Mozal Aluminium) to Alcoa for up to US$5.6 billion and transferring around US$1.2 billion of rehabilitation provisions, a move it expects would reshape the group into a more focused base and precious metals producer.

Centuria Industrial REIT reported full-year results, with Funds From Operations (FFO) rising 4% to $114.1 million, or 18.2 cents per unit. Distributions were 16.8 cents per unit, in line with FY26 guidance, while net tangible assets increased to $4.01 per unit and like-for-like net operating income grew 5.2%. The REIT completed $200 million of asset sales at an average 17% premium to book value and reported 95.2% portfolio occupancy with a 7.0-year WALE. It also said it is entering the data centre sector after acquiring two strategic assets valued at roughly $60 million.

ASX-listed Chrysos Corporation (C79) reported record results for FY26, with revenue, EBITDA and sample throughput all reaching new highs. Total revenue rose 33% to $88.1 million and EBITDA jumped 68% to $27.2 million, both landing at the top end of prior guidance. EBITDA margin improved to 31% from 24%. The company processed a record 11.3 million samples, up 67% year on year, while net operating cash inflow climbed 103% to $17.9 million.

Ethereum treasury company SharpLink reported a $1.08 billion net loss for the six months ended June 30, driven largely by noncash, price-related accounting charges. The filing attributed $827.7 million of the loss to an unrealized decline in ETH and $267.8 million to impairments of LsETH and weETH. The loss was 934.3% higher than the roughly $104.4 million recorded a year earlier. As of June 30, SharpLink held $56.2 million in cash while its roughly $1.7 billion Ethereum treasury could take about 90 days to fully convert into cash.