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According to the New York Times, two Binance employees were briefly detained in the United Arab Emirates recently. One mid-level employee was held overnight at a police station in Sharjah earlier this month after being intercepted at the airport, while a Binance Dubai executive was questioned by authorities in July, both later released. The detentions stem from local police investigations into the platform's alleged involvement in financial crimes, sources familiar with the matter said. The UAE

Moderna shares surged 176.97% on August 20, closing at $174.38 and marking the largest single-day gain for an S&P 500 component stock this century. The rally was driven by positive late-stage trial results for a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine co-developed with Merck. Moderna's market capitalization increased by approximately $44 billion to $69.6 billion, with year-to-date gains now reaching 491%, making it the second-best performing S&P 500 stock this year. According to Seeking Alpha analyst E

According to Deputy Minister of Finance Liao Kun speaking at a State Council press briefing on August 21, China has optimized fiscal-financial coordination measures to boost domestic demand. The three main initiatives are: expanding the scope of interest subsidy programs, increasing the number of operating institutions, and raising lending amount limits. The Ministry of Finance is continuing to develop additional policies expected to be introduced in the second half of the year.

According to Odaily, Chainlink CEO Sergey Nazarov stated at the CFTC Innovation Advisory Board's inaugural meeting that coordinated efforts between U.S. financial regulators are critical to maintaining American competitiveness. He noted that improved regulatory clarity has begun restoring market confidence, contrasting with previous fragmented oversight that prompted hundreds of developers to leave the country over the past seven years. Nazarov emphasized that as equity tokenization accelerates

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, a blockchain address reduced its position from $129 million to $150,000 over the past two days, representing a 99.88% decrease.

According to PPP, a blockchain account (0x6d20c35f65d9899b6d6b74f8466e824580f9a165) purchased nearly $2 million in Polymarket prediction shares backing BoomBoys to defeat Iron Wing at an average entry price of 59.4¢ this morning (Aug 21). The loser's bracket first-round matchup between Iron Wing and BoomBoys is scheduled for today as part of The International 2026's main event, with the competition held at Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The match follows a best-of-three format, with eliminatio

According to South Korea's Ministry of Strategy and Finance, the government unveiled the Future Response Fund on August 21 to allocate surplus tax revenue—generated by semiconductor sector strength—to four priority areas: youth employment and housing, cutting-edge industries including AI and quantum technologies, local development, and education and talent cultivation. The fund will accumulate additional and excess tax revenue above long-term trend forecasts rather than spend it immediately, ser

According to Yonhap Infomax, Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 468.34 points, or 0.71%, to 65,748.45 on August 21, while the TOPIX index dropped 10.87 points, or 0.27%, to 4,048.86. The decline followed overnight weakness in U.S. Treasury yields and a selloff in the Nasdaq, triggered by broader concerns over Middle East geopolitical tensions and uncertainty surrounding upcoming Iran sanctions announced by the Trump administration.

According to Yonhapinfomax, foreign investors net sold off South Korean government bonds worth 1.538 trillion Korean won since the beginning of August, marking an unusual shift after months of net purchases in May and June. The selling was concentrated in short-term and medium-term bonds maturing by year-end or early 2027, with the 25-1 bond due March 2027 seeing the largest outflow at 495.6 billion won. Notably, foreign investors continued net buying long-term bonds, purchasing the 30-year benc

According to Beating AI, Nvidia will pay $6 billion to AI startup Poolside for a non-exclusive license to its Model Factory, a foundational infrastructure system for developing AI models covering data processing, training, reinforcement learning, and evaluation. Nvidia is simultaneously making offers to 109 employees who participated in Laguna model development. Poolside's founding team will remain and the company will continue operating independently, while Nvidia gains access to the complete m

According to Korea Exchange, KOSPI rose 31.06 points (0.45%) to 6,883.64 on August 21, as of 11 a.m. local time. KOSDAQ declined 92.63 points (1.35%) to 6,759.95.

According to Bitget CFD's chief analyst Lewis Huang, the Federal Reserve's July FOMC meeting minutes released yesterday (August 20) conveyed an overall hawkish tone. Despite holding interest rates unchanged, multiple Fed officials emphasized that further tightening or even another rate hike remain viable options if inflation fails to sustainably decline to the 2% target. Huang noted that markets should reassess the impact of prolonged high rates on the U.S. dollar, Treasury yields, gold, and equ

According to BlockBeats, Hyperliquid released its H1 2026 performance report on August 21. Total fees reached $419.3 million, up 31% year-over-year, while daily active users grew approximately 90%. Trading volume for the half-year reached $12.9 trillion, with June alone generating $266.5 billion in volume. In derivatives markets, Hyperliquid's open interest stands at approximately $9.1 billion, representing 10.3% of the global crypto perpetual futures market and 54.5% of the on-chain segment. On

According to aiNews24, on August 21, U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to pursue a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year, sparking a surge in South Korea-North Korea cooperation-related stocks. Most of the rising equities are companies that previously operated in the Kaesong Industrial Complex. However, analysts cautioned that actual business opportunities remain limited, raising concerns of potential sharp declines in the near term.

According to Arkham data monitored by ChainCatcher, Morgan Stanley increased its Bitcoin holdings by approximately 320.95 BTC over two consecutive days through its spot Bitcoin ETF MSBT, investing $21.91 million. The firm's total Bitcoin position now stands at 6,995 BTC, valued at approximately $515 million.

According to BlockBeats, Upbit will list Curve (CRV) token on August 21 at 13:00, adding KRW and USDT trading pairs on the Ethereum network.

According to JPMorgan Chase, cited by Benzinga, Marvell Technology and Google announced on Thursday an expansion of their long-term partnership to jointly develop customized chips supporting Google's Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) ecosystem. The products include AI inference offload engines, storage controllers, network chips, and memory interface controllers. Under the agreement, Google received warrants to purchase approximately 59 million Marvell shares, with about 57.6 million shares vesting b

According to Korea Exchange, Kakao's stock fell 12.27% to 33,950 won on August 21 amid selling pressure triggered by the company's governance restructuring announcement. The exchange halted trading in Kakao shares for 30 minutes during the morning session.

According to Jin10 and China's Ministry of Finance on August 21, Vice Minister Liao Mian announced at a State Council Information Office press conference that China will establish a stronger, more stable, balanced, and sustainable fiscal system during the '15th Five-Year Plan' period (2026-2030). The ministry will pursue six major objectives, including strengthening fiscal capacity, optimizing fiscal expenditure structure with increased investment in human capital and domestic consumption to enh

According to Jin10, Shanghai gold opened at 977.32 yuan per gram on Friday, August 21, trading 0.14 yuan lower than the international gold price of 977.46 yuan per gram.