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According to a survey of analysts by LSEG, Walmart is expected to report fiscal second-quarter earnings per share of 74 cents and revenue of $186.77 billion before the market bell on Thursday. Analysts are closely watching how tariff refunds shaped the quarter's results, as competitors including Target and Home Depot reported significant earnings boosts from such refunds in their recent reports.

According to the New York Times on August 19, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have urged Japan to increase its crude oil storage capacity by up to 10 times from the current approximately 8 million barrels per tank. Two sources also indicated that the two Gulf nations are pursuing similar discussions with South Korea regarding expanded crude oil reserve buildup. The push reflects efforts to mitigate risks from increasingly unstable maritime shipping routes, including Houthi attacks in t

According to Benzinga citing Reuters and Goldman Sachs data, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta Platforms, and Oracle have issued approximately $194 billion in bonds year-to-date through early July, representing a 79% increase compared to $108 billion for all of 2025. Goldman Sachs forecasts these four companies plus Microsoft will issue $250 billion in bonds this year and $400 billion in 2027. AI-related debt supply has reached $489 billion globally in 2026 to date, already surpassing the $322 billion esti

According to Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jan Hatzius on August 20, the market's pricing for a September FOMC rate hike remains hawkish. The bank judged that a Fed rate increase on September 15-16 is unlikely unless August employment and inflation data show marked reversal. Supporting this view: U.S. July job growth hit only around 5,000 positions, below the level needed to maintain labor market equilibrium; retail sales weakened, suggesting second-half consumer spending growth may slow to 1%–1

According to Odaily, CZ remarked recently that if Hyperliquid receives approval to enter the U.S. market in a "fully compliant and legal manner," the significance would extend beyond Hyperliquid alone. CZ stated that in the future, numerous perpetual contracts DEXs and other decentralized services could potentially open to U.S. users, adding that this development would be a major positive for all industry participants.

According to Ant International, on August 20, the company launched FalconTST 2.0, a time-series transformer AI model designed to forecast foreign exchange risk and cash flow needs in cross-border payments. The model achieved a Mean Absolute Scaled Error score of 0.666 on a public evaluation benchmark and reported forecast accuracy of more than 93%. Barclays, Citi, Deutsche Bank, and Standard Chartered have integrated FalconTST 2.0 into their cash flow forecasting and foreign exchange liquidity m

According to Michael Burry, the "Big Short" investor recently posted on Substack that AI chip startup Etched is presenting strong competition to Nvidia. Citing a "semi-industry source," Burry stated that Etched chips may achieve 10 times the performance at lower per-chip costs. He also noted that Etched recruited Brian Loiler, who spent nearly 23 years as a systems engineer at Nvidia, and subsequently hired approximately 12 additional Nvidia engineers.

According to PANews, UniTree Technology launched a bionic 7-axis dexterous robotic arm on August 20, priced from CNY 9,900 with a weight of 5.5 kg. The arm features high-precision seven-axis bionic joints and is designed for dual-arm coordination to enable material sorting and assembly tasks. The company positions the product for research and education applications, with potential exploration into service robotics use cases.

According to BlockBeats, F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun posted early on August 20 that the bear market has ended. Wang Chun is an early prominent figure in the cryptocurrency industry and has been actively trading digital assets in recent months.

According to Korea Exchange, daily average trading volumes for South Korea's listed ETFs fell to 17.4 trillion won this month, down 47.6% from July, amid tightened regulations on single-stock leveraged products. Financial authorities strengthened oversight by raising the basic margin requirement for such products to 30 million won late last month.

According to RA Analytics, Seoul's commercial real estate transaction volume in June reached 2.809 trillion Korean won, up 58.5% from the previous month. The surge was driven by Hana Securities' sale of its Yeouido headquarters building for approximately 800 billion won.

According to BlockBeats, on August 20, CZ commented on Trump's crypto policy, stating that regulatory benefits cannot apply to a single company or project and are positive signals for the entire industry. CZ noted that approving Hyperliquid's entry into the U.S. market would enable more decentralized perpetual DEXs and services to become accessible to American users, representing a significant advantage for the broader industry.

Gate News message, whale bc1qsy sold another 2,000 BTC valued at $136.48 million as the market rebounded. Over the past month, the whale has sold a total of 9,513 BTC, amounting to $623.43 million.

According to JPMorgan, SK Hynix announced on Wednesday that it will increase shareholder returns commitments from 2025 to 2027 to over 50% of cumulative free cash flow, up from a previous cap of 50%. The adjustment could result in at least $130 billion in additional shareholder returns beyond the already-disclosed 400 trillion won buyback plan, equivalent to 16% of the company's current market cap. JPMorgan recommended investors increase their positions in the stock.

According to Axios on August 20, the U.S. government is secretly operating an oil transport corridor through the Strait of Hormuz's southern route, moving approximately 10-15 million barrels of crude oil daily into global energy markets. Two U.S. government officials cited by Axios described the operation as a significant achievement despite ongoing U.S.-Iran tensions, with 15-20 tankers transiting the strait nightly along Oman's coast. The operation was enabled by recent U.S. Central Command mi

According to RootData data reported by ChainCatcher, MEXC was the only exchange among the top 20 derivatives platforms to see a decline in trading volume over the past 24 hours, falling 45.29%.

According to ChainCatcher and on-chain analyst Ash Remains, a whale transferred 5,250 ETH worth $11.7 million to Binance 15 minutes ago, realizing a profit of $3.4 million on the position.

According to Whale Alert, stablecoin issuer Circle minted 500 million USDC on Solana on August 20, completing the transfers in two transactions of 250 million USDC each.

On August 19, France's public health authority released preliminary estimates showing 1,243 excess deaths during the July 3-22 heatwave. This represents a significant decline compared to the earlier heat event from June 17 to July 2, which recorded 5,764 excess deaths.

According to Guru Club, China's Ministry of Transportation held a press conference on August 20 to introduce typical applications of artificial intelligence in the transportation sector. The ministry's science and technology director noted that transportation serves as a key testing ground for AI deployment at scale.