Bitcoin (BTC) was priced at US$65,260.11, down by 3,6 percent over the last 24 hours.

Bitcoin price performance, February 27, 2026.

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A US$8.9 billion crypto options expiry drove “extreme fear” in the market today, with price manipulation and re-hedging resulting in volatility. Bitcoin fell below the US$66,000 support level after a corrective rebound earlier in the week lost momentum, reflecting the fragility of the balance between risk appetite and available liquidity in global markets.

According to XS.com senior market analyst, Rania Gule, Bitcoin’s swift pullback suggests the recent uptick was merely a technical bounce within a more complex macro environment, rather than the beginning of a sustainable bullish wave.

“In the near term, I expect Bitcoin to remain within a broad range between US$64,000 and US$70,000, with a slight bearish bias if geopolitical pressures persist and equity market momentum weakens,’ she said.

Ether (ETH) was priced at US$1,917.34, down by 5.5 percent over the last 24 hours.

Altcoin price update

• XRP (XRP) was priced at US$1.35, down by 3.7 percent over 24 hours.

• Solana (SOL) was trading at US$81.42, down by 5.5 percent over 24 hours.

Today’s crypto news to know

Vitalik Buterin sells US$43 million in ETH

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin sold approximately 17,000 ETH worth approximately US$43 million at the time of sale, to fund privacy and security initiatives.

Marathon partners with Starwood on AI data center

Shares of Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital Holdings (NASDAQ:MARA) surged after the company announced a partnership with Starwood Capital Group, a leading global private investment firm focused on real estate, to build data centers for the artificial intelligence (AI) sector).

In a Wednesday (February 25) blog post, Zach Pandl, Grayscale’s head of research, called the relationship between AI and blockchain “complementary from a fundamental standpoint.”

This week’s tech sector performance

Tariff concerns sent global stocks drifting on Monday (February 23), with US futures pointing lower at the start of the week even though the Nasdaq Composite (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) ended a three week losing streak the previous week.

Additionally, a Citrini Research report published on Sunday (February 22) projects that the dominance of artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to the collapse of the “human-centric consumer economy” and cause widespread unemployment, adding to the growing anxiety around AI-induced displacement.

Markets had a subdued reaction to Anthropic’s announcement ⁠of 10 new AI tools on Tuesday (February 24), including plugins that could help with investment banking tasks, private equity engineering and design.

Mohit Kumar, chief Europe economist at Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF), noted that, although AI disruption will remain a market theme for the foreseeable future, the company’s emphasis on “partnership rather than displacement” may have spurred a software sector rally in Tuesday afternoon trading.

Also aiding the software recovery was a handful of experts pushing back against the Citrini report, including a response published by Citadel Securities’ Frank Flight, who said the thesis is far-fetched at best.

On Wednesday (February 25), ahead of NVIDIA’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) much-anticipated earnings report, tech stocks boosted indexes in North America, Europe and Asia, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index (INDEXTSI:OSPTX) seeing advances in AI-related software and diversified tech amid positive quarterly reports from Canada’s main financial institutions; meanwhile, semiconductor companies led gains on Wall Street.

While positive sentiment lifted Canada’s main index to a new record on Thursday (February 26), the US had a weaker session after investors were unimpressed with NVIDIA’S results.

Although NVIDIA beat expectations, guidance shows deceleration. A 3.2 percent drop in the PHLX Semiconductor Sector (INDEXNASDAQ:SOX) index dragged the Nasdaq down to close 1.2 percent lower.

Indexes in Canada and the US slipped on Friday (February 27) as renewed positive sentiment from earlier in the week ultimately gave way to concerns over AI-led disruptions.

3 tech stocks moving markets this week

1. NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

NVIDIA, which makes up almost 8 percent of the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX), was up on Wednesday ahead of its Q4 earnings report, which showed US$68.1 billion in revenue, an increase of 73 percent. Net income was up 94 percent to US$42.9 billion, and the company generated US$96.6 billion in free cashflow for the year.

The results exceeded analysts’ estimates, but shares were flat in after-hours trading, despite CEO Jensen Huang’s claim of “skyrocketing” AI agent adoption and sales growth of 78 percent for the current quarter.

2. Salesforce (NYSE:CRM)

Salesforce rose modestly intraday ahead of its Q4 earnings release on Wednesday, which showed revenue growth of 12 percent year-on-year, beating analysts’ estimates at US$11.2 billion. Full-year revenue was at US$41.5 billion, up 10 percent, with the company reporting remaining performance obligations of US$72.4 billion, a 14 percent increase.

Annual recurring revenue from the company’s AI agent platform, Agentforce, led quarterly gains, reaching US$800 million, up 169 percent. Despite CEO Marc Benioff’s revenue projection of US$63 billion by the 2030 fiscal year, 2027 fiscal year guidance of US$45.8 billion to US$46.2 billion was below the consensus estimate of US$46.06 billion, which sent shares down around 5 percent in after-hours trading. The company also said it anticipates a slowdown in core business expansion, projecting organic growth of only 7 to 8 percent for the upcoming fiscal year.

2. Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL)

Dell Technologies was trading higher ahead of its Q4 earnings. The firm delivered revenue of US$33.4 billion, beating estimates, and full-year revenue of a record US$113.5 billion.

Sales of AI servers hit US$9.8 billion, up 100 percent year-on-year, with a US$64 billion AI pipeline and US$43 billion backlog. Earnings per share topped estimates of US$2.36, coming in at US$2.86.

Momentum continued after hours following CEO Mike Dell’s comments on “skyrocketing” hyperscaler demand for AI infrastructure despite some margin pressure, with Dell’s share price soaring about 11 percent.

Top tech news of the week

Tech ETF performance

Tech exchange-traded funds (ETFs) track baskets of major tech stocks, meaning their performance helps investors gauge the overall performance of the niches they cover.

This week, the iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) advanced by 1.83 percent, while the Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXQ) advanced by 1.77 percent.

The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SMH) also increased by 1.76 percent.

Tech news to watch next week

Next week there will be light earnings, with results expected from MongoDB (NASDAQ:MDB), Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) and Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO); however, macro data alongside speeches from US Federal Reserve presidents will dominate alongside tariff developments and AI CAPEX and inflation concerns.

Investor Insight

Flow Metals offers high-leverage exposure to gold and copper discoveries in Canada’s most prolific mining jurisdictions. The fully permitted and drill ready projects are part of a strategic expansion into Tier 1-scale targets in the Yukon’s iconic Dawson Mining District.

Overview

Flow Metals (CSE:FWM) is a mining exploration company with assets in established mining districts in Canada. It holds 100 percent ownership in 3 projects, including the Sixtymile gold project, recently optioned the Monster iron-oxide-copper-gold project in Yukon and the New Brenda project in the copper-rich British Columbia Quesnel terrane.

The company’s primary strategy focuses on developing projects with robust comparables demonstrating proven paths to success, significantly reducing exploration costs and logistical barriers. By applying modern structural interpretations and high-resolution geophysics to underexplored assets, Flow Metals aims to identify the bedrock sources of some of Canada’s most storied placer gold and copper-rich districts.

The company is led by a management and technical team with extensive experience in the Yukon and British Columbia, including a history of successful project divestment, such as the sale of the Wels Gold project. This track record is supported by strong local relationships, including a 10-year permit achieved through collaborative engagement with the Yukon Government and the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation. Flow Metals remains focused on creating shareholder value through a lean corporate structure and aggressive, permit-ready exploration programs.

Company Highlights

• Discovery-Driven Strategy: Modern geological reinterpretation at Sixtymile has identified a 9-kilometre thrust fault corridor and a fold-controlled orogenic model, narrowing targets for high-grade lode gold sources.
• Strategic Mining Jurisdictions: Focus on high-potential, road-accessible gold and copper projects in the Yukon’s Tintina Gold Belt and British Columbia’s Quesnel Terrane.
• Tier-1 Exploration Upside: Recently optioned the Monster Project in the Yukon, a discovery-stage IOCG (iron oxide-copper-gold) target with surface samples grading up to 22.3 percent copper and 9.6 percent cobalt.
• 10-Year Exploration Permit: Newly secured Class 3 permit at the flagship Sixtymile Gold Project, authorizing up to 100 drill holes annually and enabling long-term systematic exploration.
• Low Overhead, High Ground Impact: Projects feature existing infrastructure, including road access and local placer mining equipment, ensuring exploration budgets are directed primarily into the ground.
• Highly-experienced management team: Chairman Don Sheldon has over 30 years of experience working with issuers, while Director Scott Sheldon brings exploration expertise, credited with the Wels Gold discovery in Yukon and the HSP nickel-copper sulphide project in Quebec.

Key Projects

Sixtymile Gold Project

Flow Metals’ flagship Sixtymile gold project is located approximately two hours west of Dawson City, Yukon. It is situated about 20 minutes from the Top of the World Highway and is road accessible.

The company has held ownership of the project since 2018, with a recent 10-year drilling permit from the Yukon government received in late 2025. The permit allows annual drilling of a maximum of 100 holes within the period, alongside five kilometers of trenching and road upgrades.

Historically, Sixtymile’s four gold-bearing creeks have collectively produced more than 200,000 ounces of placer gold since the Yukon gold rush of the late 19th century.

Technical updates in 2026 confirmed a fold‑controlled orogenic gold model, with gold‑bearing quartz veins concentrated in antiformal fold geometries, providing a refined structural framework for drill targeting.

New Brenda Project

The New Brenda Project covers a 51.3‑square‑kilometer land package in southern British Columbia’s prolific Quesnel Terrane, one of Canada’s most productive copper‑gold districts. Strategically situated between the past‑producing Brenda Mine and the active Elk Mine, the project benefits from direct road access and proximity to established infrastructure, reducing exploration risk and costs.

The Quesnel Terrane hosts a number of porphyry copper-gold with silver and or molybdenum deposits and mineral prospects. New Brenda’s Xenolith Porphyry (XP) target benefits from this scale, with two major anomalous zones outlined: one stretching an impressive 2,000 meters across, and another spanning more than 1,000 meters with elevated copper, molybdenum, silver and arsenic values. Highly anomalous copper samples were discovered 780 meters to the southeast, expanding the mineralized footprint and hinting at a much larger system waiting to be tested.

The 2025 exploration program reinforced this potential. Test samples, including drill core collected roughly 80 meters northeast of the N1 showing, returned consistently elevated molybdenum values ranging from 2.2 to 7.4 ppm. These results, combined with kilometer‑scale anomalies, suggest a robust porphyry system with multiple mineralized centers.

Monster IOCG project

Located approximately 90 kilometers north of Dawson City, the Monster IOCG project was acquired by Flow Metals from Go Metals as part of its goal to build a premier exploration portfolio.

The project is at the discovery stage, with surface sampling already returning high‑grade copper and cobalt mineralization. Grab samples have returned results up to 22.3 percent copper and 9.6 percent cobalt. To date, 45 grab samples across the project met the strongly mineralized threshold. Three priority targets have been identified namely Bloom, Arena, and Beast, each ranging between 1,300 and 3,500 meters in width.

Flow Metals believes that the acquisition represents a Tier 1–scale opportunity and positions it with meaningful exposure to both gold and copper, reinforcing its belief in Yukon’s “exceptional mineral potential”.

Management Team

Don Sheldon, MBA – Chairman

Bringing over 30 years of experience working with reporting issuers, Sheldon has had an extensive career managing and raising capital for junior resource companies. He has also held positions with Range Oil & Gas, Shoal Point Energy, Castle Rock Minerals, and Pure Gold.

Brian Murray – Director

Murray has worked as a Chartered Professional Accountant in Ontario since 1973. He has worked with reporting issuers for more than 20 years and is also CFO and a Director with Sea Green Capital Inc. From January 2008 to date, Murray has also served as President and Director of Nebu Resources Corp., a TSXV-listed company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties in Canada.

Harley Slade – Director

A professional geologist who joined Flow Metals in 2018, Slade has since provided his geological expertise for the company’s exploration efforts, including programs for the Sixtymile and New Brenda projects. He is also currently the President of Caveman Exploration.

Scott Sheldon – Director

Scott Sheldon’s first work with junior exploration dates back to the early 1990s. He later became a provider of web services and campaign management to various junior miners in Vancouver. He holds strong exploration knowledge in Canadian mining districts as President of Go Metals Corp., the company responsible for the Wels Gold discovery south of the Yukon White Gold district and the HSP nickel-copper sulphide project in Quebec.