Bitcoin settled at $80,258 on Thursday, a 1.56% gain that pushed it back over $80,000, with Farside data showing net inflows every session from August 17 through 27 totaling roughly $3.0 billion and $242.3 million on Thursday alone. Three things drove the close: Nvidia's results clearing a major overhang for US equities, the sustained institutional ETF bid, and the Schwab listing news giving traders a reason to buy beyond Bitcoin itself.