Bitcoin slips below $80,000 as stocks mostly hold their ground

Bitcoin slipped about 1% below $80,000 after gaining more than 20% in August, with $82,000 still blocking its way higher and the 50-week moving average near $81,000 sitting overhead. Oil jumped to six-week highs after the US and Iran traded strikes, with Brent at $97.73 and WTI at $93.10 as Middle East tensions climbed. European...