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According to Polymarket prediction market data, the probability of OpenAI launching Astra before September 15 (U.S. Eastern Time) has fallen to 42% in the past 24 hours, down 18%. The odds for release before August 31 stood at 10%, declining 8% over the same period.

According to Yonhapinfomax, on August 19, South Korean government bond yields declined across the curve. The 3-year yield fell 4.9 basis points to 3.798%, while the 10-year yield dropped 4.5 basis points to 4.337%. The 30-year yield decreased 3.0 basis points to 4.721%. The move was driven by semiconductor stock weakness, with the Kospi index plunging 5.8%, alongside a falling won-dollar exchange rate that settled at 1,397.70 won—near 11-month lows—and foreign investor buying activity.

According to Seoul bond market data, South Korea's IRS rates fell across all tenors on August 19 afternoon. The 1-year IRS rate declined 3.50 basis points to 3.4375%, the 2-year and 3-year rates each fell 5.75 basis points, the 5-year rate dropped 5.50 basis points to 3.9625%, and the 10-year rate decreased 4.25 basis points to 4.1050%. A securities dealer attributed the broad decline to heavy foreign buyer demand, particularly concentrated in the 2-year segment.

According to CryptoQuant, Strategy's dollar reserves reached $4.8 billion this week, sufficient to cover approximately 33 months of preferred stock dividends and debt interest payments. The company raised $333.7 million through MSTR offerings, added $149.1 million to reserves, and used $132.2 million to repay $138.9 million in STRC debt during the period.

According to Axios, the National Republican Senatorial Committee warned major artificial intelligence companies in a memo that negative public perception of U.S. data centers is undermining Republicans' chances of retaining a key Senate seat in Ohio. The committee stated that Democrats have made data center concerns a core campaign issue to defeat Republican Senator Jon Husted, and that strategy is proving effective.

According to BitcoinTreasuries.NET, Strive CEO Matt Cole stated that Bitcoin is trading at historically low price levels and the fund is willing to take on risk and continue purchasing BTC at current prices. Cole noted that Strive is currently only selling BTC to support STRC redemptions at par, allowing the firm to buy back BTC long-term at favorable valuations.

According to Token Terminal, in Q2 2026, Fluid's average TVL dropped to $3.4 billion, down 21.1% quarter-over-quarter, while protocol revenue declined 29.3% to $1.8 million. Active loans fell 15.1% to $1.5 billion and monthly active users declined 43.8% to 70,700. Jupiter Lend, the Solana-based lending protocol built by Instadapp in partnership with Jupiter, now represents approximately half of Fluid's capital, averaging $1.7 billion TVL and achieving quarter-over-quarter growth. The quarterly d

French 10-year government bond yields rose 1.5 basis points to 4.1275% today, marking an 18-year high.

According to SEC Chairman Paul Atkins, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed Regulation Crypto Assets on August 18, creating two fundraising exemptions for eligible crypto projects. The first route allows issuers to raise up to $5 million over four years; the second permits offerings up to $75 million annually. Both require investor disclosures and remain subject to antifraud rules. The proposal also introduces a conditional safe harbor allowing a crypto asset to separate from its

According to market sources, Turkey's energy ministry delegation arrived in Syria's capital Damascus recently to hold talks on multiple energy sector issues, including electricity, power transmission lines, and mineral resources.

According to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing documents, Tencent Holdings (00700.HK) repurchased 673,000 shares for HK$300.2 million today (August 19).

On August 19, Yongsheng Service (01995) announced the cancellation of 14.94 million shares repurchased between March 31 and July 28, 2026, for approximately HK$27 million. This marks the company's second share cancellation tranche this year—in February, it had previously cancelled 5.962 million shares purchased between December 15, 2025 and January 28, 2026 for over HK$10 million. Combined, the two tranches total over 20 million shares and approximately HK$40 million in expenditure. The company

According to Korea Exchange and Korea Listed Companies Association, KOSPI-listed companies' revenues surpassed 2,000 trillion won for the first time on record in the first half of 2026 (announced Aug 19). Operating profit more than tripled year-over-year, driven by strong performance from Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Meanwhile, KOSDAQ-listed companies' net profit nearly quadrupled, signaling broad improvements in market profitability.

According to Herald Economy, South Korean individual investors' custodial holdings in U.S. stocks rebounded to $190 billion in August as domestic market volatility prompted renewed interest in American equities. Exchange-traded funds tracking major U.S. indices have also climbed to the top ranks of retail net-buying lists.

According to OpenAI product lead Tibo, the company has launched five protective measures to address file deletion issues in Codex, where GPT-5.6 mistakenly deleted user files when cleaning temporary directories. The protections include path verification before deletion, restricting temporary files to dedicated directories, additional review for high-risk delete commands, stricter full access controls, and specialized training to reduce such errors. Tibo stated the measures have significantly red

According to ChainCatcher, KITE Foundation has deployed a new KITE ERC-20 contract on Ethereum mainnet and will migrate existing tokens at a 1:1 ratio, with addresses controlled by attackers excluded from receiving new tokens. The migration snapshot is based on Ethereum mainnet block height 25,692,498. Self-custody wallet users will receive new tokens directly, while exchange users will be coordinated by their respective platforms. Cross-chain bridges will remain suspended until migration and ve

According to Mirae Asset Securities, as of end of June, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 tracking ETFs held the top two positions among exchange-traded funds in Korean defined contribution and individual retirement accounts. Six of the top ten holdings were AI and semiconductor-related products, reflecting a pronounced preference for growth stocks among retirees. Among these, RISE Samsung Electronics-SK Hynix Bond Hybrid 50 and TIGER Semiconductor TOP 10 ETFs ranked third and fourth respectively. By the w

Cypherpunk Technologies launched what it calls the world's largest Zcash mining operation Monday through a $33.33 million equity-based deal with Winklevoss Capital, according to an official announcement. The U.S.-based fleet is now live with approximately 4.2 GSol/s of Equihash hashrate, representing roughly 18% of the entire Zcash network. The Nasdaq-listed company already holds about 323,394 ZEC coins (1.92% of circulating supply), making it the largest corporate holder of the privacy coin. Ca

According to Vaneck's mid-August report published on August 18, 8 of 12 bitcoin capitulation signals had fired, with long-term holders selling 356,000 BTC over 30 days, pushing their supply share below 60% for the first time in months. Bitcoin was trading around $64,500 at the time of the report. Vaneck analysts projected a possible accumulation phase between September and November 2026, based on historical patterns showing an average of 12.7 months from peak to maximum drawdown across bitcoin's

According to Kuaishou's second quarter 2026 earnings report, the company's online marketing services revenue reached 206 billion yuan. AIGC short-form video marketing spending grew over 70% year-over-year, driven by new AI-generated content creation tools. Short dramas, including both live-action and AI-generated formats, saw supply grow more than five times from January through June, while short drama marketing spending surged over 100% year-over-year in Q2.