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According to China's Ministry of Commerce, bilateral trade between China and Ecuador reached $9.83 billion in the first half of 2026, with year-on-year growth exceeding 20%. China has become Ecuador's second-largest trading partner, with the growth driven by the effectiveness of the bilateral free trade agreement that went into effect over two years ago.

According to former Fox Business journalist Eleanor Terrett, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse joined a private meeting yesterday with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to advance the CLARITY Act ahead of President Donald Trump's White House meeting with crypto industry leaders. The group also included Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Andreessen Horowitz partner Chris Dixon, and Arjun Sethi. Discussions centered on how passing the CLARITY Act could support U.S. jobs, economic growth, and efforts to brin

According to the Shanghai Gold Exchange, gold T+D closed up 2.54% to 967.9 yuan per gram on Thursday, August 20, while silver T+D rose 5.06% to 16,191 yuan per kilogram.

According to CIMB economist on August 20, the central bank of Indonesia may increase rates by 25 basis points in the fourth quarter if external and inflation risks again pressure the Indonesian rupiah. The report noted that narrowing current account deficits could support the rupiah in the latter half of the year, though the Federal Reserve's rate path, US dollar strength, and crude oil prices remain key external factors. Inflation risks are tilted upward due to potential food shortages from El

According to HTX, Bitcoin broke $70,000 for the first time, trading at $69,878 with a 24-hour gain of 8.5%.

According to Gate data, Germany's DAX 40 index fell to 26,000 points in the last 24 hours, currently trading at 25,999.45 points with a decline of 0.5%.

According to Odaily, Bybit today launched MRNAUSDT (Moderna) perpetual futures with up to 25x leverage. The exchange is offering limited-time fee discounts: 0% on limit orders and 50% off on market orders.

According to Yonhapinfomax, South Korea's National Assembly passed a revised Capital Markets Act amendment on August 20, with 226 votes in favor and 1 abstention out of 227 lawmakers present. The amendment requires listed companies to apply 'fair value' — reflecting asset and earnings value, not just market price — when determining merger ratios. The change addresses concerns that companies have manipulated stock prices around merger dates to benefit controlling shareholders. The revised law als

According to PANews and blockchain analyst Ai, whale @Jason60704294 reopened a Binance perpetual trading position today after a month of inactivity, holding $222 million in long positions across BTC and ETH with $401K in cumulative unrealized profits. The whale holds 2,236.384 BTC (4x leverage) worth $156 million at an entry price of $69,826.87, with $369K unrealized gains, and 29.316677 million ETH (6x leverage) worth $66.1 million at an entry price of $2,254.74.

According to ChainCatcher, crypto options with a nominal value of $1.82 billion expire tomorrow (August 21). Bitcoin options account for $1.57 billion with a maximum pain point of $66,000 and a put-to-call ratio of 0.65, while Ethereum options total $250 million with a maximum pain point of $1,950 and a put-to-call ratio of 0.77.

According to Bloomberg, multi-chip AI workload scheduling platform Callosum completed a $100 million funding round on August 20, with Atomico leading the investment. Plural, DCVC, and the U.K. Sovereign AI Fund also participated. The funding will support Callosum's development of an intelligent scheduling layer that automatically matches different AI tasks to the most suitable models and chips, enabling enterprises to reduce costs and improve performance without managing underlying infrastructur

According to ChainCatcher, at the 2026 Wyoming blockchain conference, industry leaders including Global Settlement Network CEO Ryan Kirkley warned that AI agents could enable hackers to breach Wi-Fi networks, passwords, and wallets at unprecedented scale, making current billion-dollar-level crypto attacks seem trivial. Kirkley stated that attackers could now target entire populations simultaneously rather than individuals, while Web3 Foundation technical operations VP Bill Laboon and other speak

According to ChainCatcher, NeoSoul has completed a $11 million Pre-A funding round. The round was backed by MH Ventures, Amber Group, ArkStream Capital, 0G Foundation, Kirin Capital, CatcherVC, and New Oak International. Funding details or the company's valuation were not disclosed.

According to the Korea Financial Investment Association, as of August 19, South Korea's margin financing balance rebounded to 31.3 trillion won, surging 4 trillion won in just two weeks after falling to a low of 27 trillion won earlier this month. Concurrently, short positions in SK Hynix have surged 36-fold, signaling rising bets on both upside and downside movements as the stock market rallies.

On August 20, the Korean won closed at 1,392.6 per dollar on the Seoul foreign exchange market, down 5.1 won from the previous trading day. The currency has held above the 1,300 won level for a second consecutive day, maintaining weakness against the U.S. dollar. The won broke through the 1,400 level for the first time in 10 and a half months on August 19, according to market data.

According to the Korea Exchange, the KOSPI index rose 6% to 6,852.58 on August 20, rebounding above the 6,850 level. The surge was driven by strong buying in large-cap semiconductor stocks following SK Hynix's announcement of a 40 trillion won shareholder return policy. SK Hynix shares climbed 12% on the news.

According to Ukraine's state railway company, grain transport volumes intended for export have declined 68% since August, falling to 342,000 tons as of mid-August 2026.

According to TASS, an industrial facility in Nizhny Kamsk, Russia experienced operational disruption following a drone attack today.

BitGo Korea, the Korean subsidiary of global digital asset infrastructure firm BitGo, received Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) registration approval from the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) under South Korea's Financial Services Commission on August 20. This marks the first time a global digital asset company's newly established Korean entity has secured VASP registration since the country's VASP reporting system was introduced. BitGo Korea established its operations, security, anti-mone

On August 20, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi indicated during talks with his South Korean counterpart that China is considering advancing a bilateral leaders' meeting during the November APEC summit, according to Bloomberg. The statement was made as part of the foreign minister-level dialogue between the two countries.