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According to Santiment, ANSEM, a recently launched Solana token, saw its daily trading volume surge from approximately $9 million on August 16 to $44 million on August 17, a 4.7x increase in just one day. The token price rose roughly 60% between August 9 and August 17. However, despite the sharp gains in volume and price, social media activity did not increase proportionally, suggesting the rally has not yet translated into widespread retail investor enthusiasm on social platforms.

Shanghai copper futures closed up 0.23% overnight on Aug 19, with international copper gaining 0.40%. Among Shanghai-traded metals, nickel led gains at 1.94%, while tin rose 0.92% and lead advanced 0.19%. Conversely, aluminum and zinc both closed lower, down 0.23% and 0.22% respectively.

According to Nikita Bier, X suspended more than 10 linked crypto accounts on Aug. 18 after uncovering an alleged $250,000 content farm scheme. The operator, running @Vivek4real and related accounts with over 270,000 followers combined, had reportedly drained X's revenue-sharing program over two years. Bier said the case was referred to law enforcement. The alleged playbook involved downloading videos and posts from journalists and creators, removing watermarks, then republishing them across mult

As of August 19, the U.S. Central Command has forced 65 commercial vessels to reroute, rendered 3 ships unable to operate, and conducted boarding inspections on 2 vessels to ensure compliance with relevant requirements.

According to the Federal Reserve's latest meeting minutes, the Fed's economic staff outlook showed inflation forecasts remained consistent with June projections, while the economic outlook appeared slightly weaker.

The Federal Reserve's latest meeting minutes indicated the central bank made no decision on the number of policy meetings, with Fed Chair Wosh confirming the 2026 meeting schedule remains unchanged.

According to Federal Reserve meeting minutes, Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced that the central bank will hold policy meetings six times per year, approximately every two months. Powell noted that this frequency allows for more information to accumulate between consecutive meetings.

Spot gold rose 3.5% to $4,489.41 per ounce following the Federal Reserve's policy meeting minutes release on August 19, showing minimal market reaction to the announcement.

According to S3 Partners, Moderna's stock surged 160% intraday on Wednesday (Aug 19), marking a record rally that inflicted significant losses on investors betting on its continued decline. Short sellers faced estimated paper losses of $5 billion at intraday prices, with year-to-date cumulative losses exceeding $7 billion. The sharp rally was driven by positive results from a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine developed with Merck, which demonstrated success in reducing melanoma recurrence and met

U.S. President Trump said today at the White House that the U.S. might resume negotiations with Iran "at some point," but only if Iran completely abandons its nuclear weapons program. When asked about potential re-engagement, Trump stated "maybe at some point" and added that "it's very simple - they have to give it up completely. Iran can never have nuclear weapons."

According to Hungarian Prime Minister, the Paks nuclear power station is expected to restart six idle turbines on Sunday, August 23.

According to sources cited by Jin10, U.S. and Canadian negotiators have agreed to reduce tariffs on certain steel and aluminum products from 50% to 25% under a proposed interim trade agreement announced August 20. The reduction came after U.S. President Trump paused planned 50% tariffs on Canadian goods to allow more negotiating time. Trade officials are scheduled to continue talks on Wednesday, with a Friday deadline to finalize the deal and avoid broader tariff measures.

Hungary's Prime Minister stated that the Paks Nuclear Power Plant will avoid closure due to sufficient water levels in the Danube River being expected to persist.

According to The Information, Nvidia is discussing providing $20 billion in funding to Mercor, its artificial intelligence data supplier, at a $20 billion valuation.

According to The Information, Nvidia is in discussions to provide funding for its artificial intelligence data supplier Mercor at a $20 billion valuation.

FalconX and Ethena launched a $1 billion secured lending facility today. The facility will use USDe as collateral backing for institutional overcollateralized loans, providing Ethena with a new revenue stream beyond its core crypto yield strategy.

Bill Chandler, chief communications officer of Lululemon Athletica, will depart on September 4, ahead of new CEO Patrick Oulette's official start on September 8. Chandler is the third senior executive to leave the company before Oulette's appointment. Earlier this month, Lululemon's chief AI and technology officer departed, following the resignation of Chief Strategy Officer Rachel Acheson.

Bill Chandler, Chief Communications Officer at lululemon Athletica, will depart on September 4, ahead of new Chief Executive Officer Calvin O'Neal's official start on September 8. Chandler is the third senior executive to leave before O'Neal's tenure begins. Last week, lululemon's Chief AI and Technology Officer also departed, following the earlier resignation of Chief Strategy Officer Rachel Acheson.

According to Bahrain's Interior Ministry, officials from Bahrain and the United Kingdom held a joint security working group meeting on August 19.

On Tuesday, Arthur Hayes, BitMEX co-founder, took on the CEO role at Flop Labs, a new blockchain infrastructure project designed to enable payments between artificial intelligence agents and computing resource providers. Hayes announced he was "coming out of retirement" to lead the company building a proof-of-useful-inference protocol. Flop Labs plans a 100% fair launch with a large FLOP token airdrop in the fourth quarter of 2026, followed by the network's genesis block in the first quarter of