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Gate News message, CEX com, formerly known as CEXt, withdrew 894.72 BTC (approximately $61.93 million) from a cryptocurrency exchange minutes ago. The platform also withdrew 3.38 BTC (approximately $234,000) three hours prior to the larger withdrawal.

According to BlockBeats, citing Alternative data, the Crypto Fear and Greed Index rose to 62 on August 20, marking the highest level since October 2025. The index increased from 46 the previous day, signaling that market sentiment has entered the "greed" zone.

According to bond market data, as of August 21 morning, South Korea's 3-year government bond yield rose 3 basis points to 3.817%, while the 10-year yield rose 0.1bp to 4.336% and the 30-year yield fell 3.1bp to 4.699%. The flattening curve pattern reflected global market dynamics, as the U.S. Treasury expanded its monthly buyback limit for bonds with maturities between 10 and 30 years to more than double the previous level, driving down longer-dated U.S. Treasury yields. Foreigners sold 4,431 co

According to Jin10, on August 20, China's Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court sentenced Hui Ka-yan to life imprisonment with lifelong deprivation of political rights and confiscation of all personal assets. Evergrande Group was fined 88.2 billion yuan and Evergrande Real Estate 70 billion yuan. The same court also convicted 56 related individuals in connection with illegal fund-raising and fraud, sentencing them to terms ranging from 18 years to one year and 10 months.

According to Australia's Bureau of Statistics on August 20, the country's July unemployment rate rose to 4.5%, exceeding both the previous month's 4.4% and market expectations of 4.4%, marking the highest level since November 2021. Total net employment declined by 15,800 people, falling short of both the prior month's increase of 80,300 and market expectations of 15,000 new jobs. Full-time employment rose by 16,300, while part-time employment fell by 32,200. The labor force participation rate ed

According to Axios, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) issued an internal memo warning major AI companies that negative public perception of U.S. data centers is threatening the party's bid to retain a key Senate seat in Ohio. The memo, titled "Ohio Data Center Risk," indicates that Democrats have successfully weaponized data center concerns against Republican Senator Jon Husted, with polling showing his Democratic opponent, former Senator Sherrod Brown, leading by 8 percentage

According to Spencer Barnett, Meta launched Meta AI macOS app today, the company announced via X post.

According to the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) announcement on August 20, the agency has deployed a new AI-powered market surveillance system to strengthen oversight of virtual asset trading. The system integrates generative AI and machine learning algorithms to detect unfair trading activities in real time. The FSS developed and built the system entirely in-house, automating market monitoring procedures without external contractors.

According to Yonhapinfomax, South Korea's interbank offered rates (Koribor) rose across major tenors as of August 20 at 11:00 AM. The 2-month rate climbed to 2.95% (up 0.01%), 3-month to 3.05% (up 0.01%), 6-month to 3.33% (up 0.02%), and 12-month to 3.68% (up 0.01%). The 1-week rate stood at 2.75% and 1-month rate at 2.85%.

Moderna Inc. stock jumped 177% to a 52-week high of $176.66 on Wednesday after the company announced that its mRNA cancer treatment, developed with Merck, met the primary goal in a Phase 3 melanoma trial. The Intismeran Autogene therapy combined with Merck's Keytruda significantly improved recurrence-free and distant metastasis-free survival in high-risk melanoma patients post-surgery. Merck shares surged 12% on the same catalyst, hitting an annual high of $153.50.

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.