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According to Xinhua and CNN on August 15, the USS Lincoln, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that has been deployed long-term in the Middle East, will be replaced by the USS George Washington. The Lincoln is expected to break the USS Ford's record for the longest continuous deployment by a U.S. carrier since the Vietnam War as it returns to its homeport in California.

According to CNN, the USS Lincoln nuclear-powered aircraft carrier will be replaced by the USS George Washington following confirmation from President Trump on August 15. The Lincoln may set a new post-Vietnam War record for the longest continuous U.S. carrier deployment at sea during its return to its homeport in California.

According to BlockBeats and Google VP Josh Woodward, on August 15, Google announced users can now remove visible watermarks from AI-generated content including images, videos, and songs. The feature will initially be available in Gemini and Google's video editor Flow, with search support coming soon. The toggle applies to Nano Banana, Omni, and Lyria models and will roll out over the coming days; users can access it via Settings > Media Watermarks. Invisible SynthID watermarks and C2PA-related m

According to China Maritime Safety Administration, Jiangmen Maritime Bureau issued a navigation warning on August 15 prohibiting vessel entry to parts of the South China Sea during military exercises scheduled for August 16-17, from 0:00 to 12:00 each day.

According to ChainCatcher, Israel's largest and oldest commercial bank, Bank Leumi, announced a partnership with Galaxy Digital to launch Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana trading services on its Leumi Trade investment app and PEPPER mobile banking platform in early 2027, pending regulatory approval from the Bank of Israel. Customers can buy, hold, and sell these crypto assets through their bank accounts without opening accounts on external exchanges or using personal wallets. Galaxy Digital will pr

According to the Financial Times, JPMorgan severed its banking relationship with prediction market platform Polymarket in October due to regulatory concerns. The debanking came after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) took enforcement action against Polymarket for operating as an unregistered derivatives trading platform, prohibiting it from offering event markets to U.S. citizens. Polymarket stated it maintains operational ties with JPMorgan "across multiple entities, operational i

According to Odaily, Mastercard completed $1.8 billion in digital asset transactions this week as U.S. lawmakers advance discussions on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. Major bitcoin holders and miners are selling positions while hedge funds increase long exposure, reflecting divergence in market sentiment. Wall Street continues deepening engagement with crypto products and infrastructure, per CoinDesk.

According to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, on Thursday the OCC granted preliminary conditional approval for World Liberty Trust Company, a Florida-based national trust bank backed by President Donald Trump and his family, to issue and redeem USD1 stablecoin. The proposed institution will provide digital-asset custody as a fiduciary and allow custody clients to convert approved stablecoins into USD1, taking over the stablecoin issuance role from BitGo. The approval carries condit

The Russian Foreign Ministry stated on August 15 that potential U.S. and Turkish plans to provide weapons to Kyiv would weaken Moscow's relations with Washington and Ankara.

According to DeFiLlama founder 0xngmi, on August 15, Apple removed a fraudulent app impersonating DeFiLlama from its App Store after months of trademark infringement reports went unaddressed. The founder tested the counterfeit application by funding a small wallet through it, confirming that all funds were stolen. Following this verification and subsequent report to Apple, the malicious app was delisted within days. 0xngmi urged other cryptocurrency companies to document such incidents to bypass

According to Galaxy Research data cited by Guru Club on August 3, attackers stole over 1,755 Bitcoin—worth approximately $110 million at the time—from roughly 5,000 Coldcard hardware wallet users following a security vulnerability disclosed by the device manufacturer Coinkite Inc. the previous weekend. Block Inc.'s engineering team identified a critical flaw in Coldcard's software that caused the generation of predictable recovery seed phrases, enabling the breach. The stolen funds represent one

According to ChainCatcher, Etherealize CEO Vivek Raman warned that Wall Street's renewed interest in private, permissioned consortium blockchains is fragmenting the ecosystem and weakening blockchain interoperability. He pointed to emerging networks like Digital Asset's Canton Network, Circle's ARC, and Stripe's Tempo as repeating past mistakes of systems like R3 and Hyperledger, ultimately trapping institutions in competing, permission-based silos. Raman emphasized that Ethereum mainnet should

According to Herald Economics, SK Hynix shares fell 10% in a single day on concerns over its U.S. NAND flash subsidiary Solidigm's planned Nasdaq listing. The market is divided on the spinoff, with some viewing it as a rational way to recycle acquisition capital for future investments, while others worry it represents a dilutive 'carve-out IPO' that diminishes existing shareholders' stakes. The company is expected to announce shareholder return policies by end of August.

According to stockanalysis.com, Reddit (RDDT) surged 12.63% to $178.09 on August 14, 2026, following its addition to the S&P 500 index. The move reflects mechanical buying by index-tracking funds obligated to establish positions around the effective date. However, the stock remains 26.9% below its level one year earlier ($243.47 on August 14, 2025) and 37.1% below its 52-week high of $282.95, despite the company posting strong Q2 2026 results with revenue of $805 million (up 61% year on year) an

According to Bloomberg, Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital built a $215 million position in Amazon on Friday (August 15), as disclosed in regulatory filings. The investment gives the venture firm exposure to a major AI-beneficiary company; Amazon profits from AI shopping tools and cloud infrastructure services. The company's market cap surpassed $3 trillion earlier this month, marking the fifth firm to reach this milestone.

According to ChainCatcher, analyst Killa has opened 2x leverage long positions on Bitcoin from $62,600 and deployed 10x leverage multi-leg strategies on a sub-account. The strategy consists of three 10x long legs with entry prices at $62,600, $57,100, and $51,600 respectively, using $10,000 margin per leg. Liquidation prices are set at $57,100, $51,600, and $46,100. If Bitcoin reaches $126,000, the three positions are projected to yield profits of $101,300, $120,700, and $144,200 respectively.

According to Financial Times, China plans to lift travel restrictions on Manus co-founders Xiao Hong and Ji Yichao, who were barred from leaving the country in March following the company's $2 billion acquisition by Meta over alleged investment compliance violations. CEO Xiao recently informed staff of plans to return to Manus headquarters in Singapore in the near term. The AI company announced this week it will soon operate independently from Meta to comply with regional regulatory requirements

According to Teslarati, Tesla is advancing two major manufacturing projects: a $16.8 billion semiconductor production facility called 'Terafab' and a $10.1 billion solar manufacturing plant. The company announced the initiatives on July 22 in Texas, marking Elon Musk's continued expansion into large-scale capital-intensive manufacturing.

According to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, on August 14, the U.S. revoked the visa of López-Beltrán, son of former Mexican President López Obrador. Sheinbaum criticized the action as "essentially political in nature."

According to UN Deputy Secretary-General Thomas Fletcher on August 14, the United Nations allocated an additional $30.5 million to combat the escalating Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The organization will increase staffing and expand response operations to address the crisis.