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According to SEC filings, SoftBank Group reduced its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) by 71.5%, cutting its holdings to 565,000 American Depositary Receipts.

According to Forbes, Goldman Sachs disclosed plans on August 15 to acquire ETF manager NEOS Investments for up to $2.25 billion. NEOS manages approximately $30 billion in assets, with its flagship product being the Bitcoin High Income ETF BTCI, which holds around $1.1 billion and generates approximately 27% monthly yields through Bitcoin holdings and covered call strategies. Goldman's move positions it to compete with BlackRock's Bitcoin Yield ETF BITA, which currently holds about $59 million in

According to an official announcement on Friday, Las Vegas-based Bitcoin miner Hyperscale Data sold approximately 685 Bitcoin for roughly $43 million to fund the expansion of its Michigan data center. The company, which trades on NYSE American under ticker GPUS, will use proceeds to develop AI infrastructure and reduce debt by approximately $30 million. Hyperscale retains about 275 Bitcoin and plans to continue mining cryptocurrency, with Executive Chairman Milton Ault stating the sale reflects

According to Bloomberg, Liverpool Football Club has sold approximately 30% of its stake to a consortium led by Jeff Bezos in a recent transaction.

According to Bloomberg, China's central bank injected a net 348 billion yuan (approximately $51.7 billion) into its banking system on Friday, August 14, through overnight reverse repos, the first mid-month use of this tool in its history. Bitcoin (BTC) fell 1.7% on the day. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) has already scheduled three additional injection days from August 17 through August 19, each capped near 600 billion yuan (close to $88 billion).

According to ABFinance's official X account, the project announced it is terminating its planned launch and beginning orderly operational shutdown. The team expressed gratitude to community members, partners, and contributors. The announcement did not disclose specific reasons for the closure or details on asset disposition.

According to K33 research, Norway's Government Pension Fund Global saw its indirect Bitcoin exposure climb to a record 11,549 BTC during the first half of 2026, with holdings valued at approximately $725 million. The exposure increased 21.2% during the first six months of the year and 60.5% over the past 12 months, marking the sixth consecutive reporting period in which the fund's indirect Bitcoin exposure rose, K33 Head of Research Vetle Lunde said. The surge reflects NBIM's diversified global

According to a statement from the U.S. Central Command on August 14, its forces have compelled 62 commercial vessels to alter course, rendered 3 ships non-operational, and boarded and inspected 2 vessels to ensure compliance with blockade regulations.

According to BeInCrypto, on August 11, XRP fell below $1 to $0.9915 for the first time since November 2024, breaking a 635-consecutive-day support level. Spot product net inflows totaled $3.27 million so far in August, down roughly 88% from the $27.29 million recorded in July, per SoSoValue data. Despite the price weakness, institutional adoption continues to accelerate, with Aviva Investors, which manages $351 billion, launching a tokenized fund on the XRP Ledger, while Real-World Assets value

According to MarketWatch and FactSet data, on August 13, the S&P 500 hit a record high while the VIX dropped to its lowest level since early January, creating a rare market dynamic. The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX) briefly fell to 14.39 on August 12 before rising on August 13, signaling potential overextension in the recent rally. Market analysts warn that current low volatility masks deferred rather than eliminated risk. SentimenTrader noted that while immediate sharp d

According to ChainCatcher, Korean AI data infrastructure company GraphAI has completed a $12 million Series A funding round led by K2 Investment Partners, with participation from A-Ventures, Jiyu Investment, Quad Ventures, Kiwoom Investment, and We Ventures. The round brings GraphAI's total funding to $14.7 million. Founded in 2022 by KAIST computer science professor Min-Soo Kim, GraphAI provides next-generation data infrastructure for enterprise AI applications by combining graph, vector, and r

According to CoinGecko's Q2 2026 report, the cryptocurrency market's total capitalization recovered to approximately $2.26 trillion by early August 2026, rebounding at least $130 billion during July. However, the sector remains roughly 50% below its October 2025 record high of $4.4 trillion. Average daily trading volume fell 20.9% in the second quarter, signaling a gradual market unwind rather than the start of a new growth cycle. The contraction has accelerated the industry's structural shift t

According to CoinMarketCap, today (August 14), the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap showed mixed performance. The top five gainers included Velvet (VELVET) up 30.51% to $0.9243, ether.fi (ETHFI) up 8.69% to $0.4311, OKB up 3.68% to $104.97, Shiba Inu (SHIB) up 3.61% to $0.054601, and Bitcoin SV (BSV) up 3.29% to $15.03. The top five losers were Injective (INJ) down 8.70% to $4.23, Uniswap (UNI) down 6.73% to $3.25, Lighter (LIT) down 6.70% to $2.23, Pyth Network (PYTH) down 6.10% to $0.038

According to HyperliquidNews data shared by VersaceTrader, an address executed three market orders to buy AVGO spot at an average price of $99,173, while the current market price stood at $393, resulting in a loss of $49,792. The execution price was 252 times the market price.

According to Odaily, Micron Technology launched the Micron Ventures Paradigm Fund with $250 million in capital to invest in early-stage companies advancing AI infrastructure. This is the third and largest fund from Micron Ventures, bringing its total capital commitments to $550 million. The fund will cover a complete AI technology stack, including model architecture, compute infrastructure, enterprise applications, and physical AI. Key investment areas focus on innovations in memory computing, d

According to Odaily, OpenAI announced the departure of three core executives this week, including Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser, operations leader Brad Lightcap, and Fidji Simo who led enterprise business. The departures raise investor concerns about governance stability as the company pursues a potential public offering while maintaining an $852 billion valuation. OpenAI submitted IPO-related filings in June and is now navigating executive transitions amid intensifying competition from r

According to Reuters, Silver Lake is considering taking Workday private, with conversations ongoing for months. Workday was valued at $43 billion before the report. Shares jumped 18% yesterday, closing at $206.45.

According to Binance, the exchange will block transactions involving HTX (formerly Huobi) and 11 other crypto-asset service providers effective in phases through August 23, citing EU and U.S. sanctions compliance requirements. Restrictions on Shelbit and Aban Tether Exchange took effect August 7, while A7 Nigeria, A7 Africa, and PilotFinance Ltd. were cut off as of August 13. Beginning August 23, Binance will expand the restrictions to include Rapira, Aifory Pro, ABCeX, WhiteBird, NoOnecrypto, T

According to Beating (OneMillionAI), Qwen officially open-sourced Qwen3.8-27B, a 27-billion-parameter model that surpassed Meta's Muse Glimmer across all 8 direct benchmark tests. The margin was particularly wide on Agent and coding tasks: Terminal-Bench 2.1 saw 73.0 vs 51.7, and SWE-bench Pro recorded 61.7 vs 51.2. In comparison with Claude Opus 4.6, Qwen3.8-27B won 15 of 19 overlapping tests, leading in Agent reasoning, code execution, and vision tasks. The locally-runnable 27B model now appro

According to Fortune, Elon Musk's 2025 Tesla compensation totaled approximately $158.3 billion based on the fair value of restricted stock on the grant date, roughly 2.52 million times the median employee salary of $57,243. The AFL-CIO, which has tracked CEO pay since 1997, described this as an unprecedented compensation level. Musk earned an equivalent of one employee's annual salary every 4.23 seconds. The $158.3 billion figure represents the grant-date fair value of restricted stock awards, n