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Inkwater Holding Inc. announced a next-generation spatial intelligence and positioning technology aimed at solving GPS signal loss in indoor environments. The Last-Meter Positioning solution enables location tracking and navigation without requiring new Beacon devices, dedicated infrastructure, or complex on-site setup—unlike traditional indoor positioning systems. The technology leverages existing ambient wireless signals and terminal device sensors to maintain continuous positioning as users o

According to Yonhapinfomax citing Bank of Korea data released on Aug 21, South Korea's short-term external debt-to-reserves ratio climbed to 46.5% in the second quarter, marking the highest level in approximately 15 years. The ratio rose 3.1 percentage points from 43.3% in the first quarter, driven primarily by foreign investors' four consecutive months of net stock sales totaling approximately 103.7 trillion Korean won from May through August. The BOK attributed the increase to foreign investor

According to Japan's Statistics Bureau, July core CPI (excluding fresh food) rose 1.8% year-over-year on August 21, matching market expectations. The increase marks an acceleration from June's 1.6% gain. The headline CPI, including energy and fresh food prices, climbed 2% annually. The dollar-yen exchange rate fell 0.07% following the announcement, trading at 158.937 yen as of early morning trading.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jing, on August 21, Strategy's unrealized losses narrowed to $685 million from $9.904 billion, representing a recovery of $9.219 billion. The fund would break even if Bitcoin rises approximately $800, given its average position cost of around $75,385. BitMine's Ethereum holdings also recovered significantly, with unrealized losses declining from $8.513 billion to $5.879 billion, a recovery of approximately $2.634 billion.

According to Cointelegraph citing BlocksBridge Consulting, nine listed Bitcoin miners' capital expenditure on artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC) in H1 2026 reached $5.11 billion, while related revenue totaled only $340 million, yielding a 15:1 investment-to-revenue ratio. In Q2 2026, AI and HPC revenue from the nine miners grew 52% quarter-over-quarter to $206 million, with Core Scientific, TeraWulf, and Bitdeer leading gains. Across a broader sample of 15 mining and AI

According to Korean Stock Exchange, on August 21, Keumho Electric (001210) and related stocks rose sharply as President Lee Jae-myung renewed emphasis on accelerating the Honam semiconductor cluster development project. Keumho Electric gained 135% over 15 trading days, while Keumho Engineering (002990) also saw gains following Samsung Electronics' HVAC factory contract award.

According to Adversa AI, Grok, xAI's AI assistant, contains a critical 'cryptographic context injection' vulnerability that attackers can exploit to extract user data. The flaw allows hidden encrypted commands embedded in web pages to be automatically decrypted and executed by Grok, exposing usernames, geographic locations, subscription tiers, and complete chat histories to attacker servers. The vulnerability was disclosed to xAI via HackerOne on June 3, 2026, with follow-up reports filed by res

According to financial investment industry sources, Hanmi Pharmaceuticals discovered that internal information continues to leak externally despite the company's ongoing investigation launched on August 21. The leaked materials include executive credit card usage records and internal audit reports. A former employee, Kim Tae-ho, who worked in the company's secretarial office for approximately three years about 30 years ago, recently disclosed the chairman's corporate card transactions to media o

According to Bloomberg, Anthropic is adjusting its data retention policy for advanced models, allowing enterprise customers to keep data on self-hosted infrastructure for 30 days instead of Anthropic servers. The company has coordinated the new system with over 100 clients in heavily regulated industries and plans to roll it out in late 2026.

According to Reuters, corporate political spending in U.S. midterm elections reached a record $517 million by the end of Q1, surpassing the $461 million spent during the entire 2024 election cycle. Crypto, AI, and online gambling industries drove this surge, collectively contributing at least $294 million. The crypto sector deployed funds through vehicles like the Fairshake Super PAC, with Coinbase, Ripple, and Andreessen Horowitz as major contributors. AI companies including OpenAI and Anthropi

According to Coinglass data, Binance saw net inflows of 170 million USDT over the past 24 hours.

According to Lookonchain monitoring data, Matrixport-affiliated whale (@BITofficialEN) held 120,000 ETH and 500 BTC, valued at $187 million and $29.33 million respectively. After holding for 4 months, the long positions shifted from an accumulated unrealized loss of $92.5 million to an unrealized gain of $11.5 million.

According to Hanwha Credit Rating, the company assessed on August 21 that SK Hynix's large-scale shareholder return policy would pose limited near-term credit impact. The chipmaker announced a 40 trillion won share buyback and commitment to return over 50% of cumulative free cash flow (FCF) to shareholders during 2025-2027. Hanwha noted SK Hynix maintains substantial financial flexibility, supported by net cash of approximately 74 trillion won as of June and recent capital inflows from ADR issua

According to the National Energy Administration, China's total electricity consumption in July reached 1.04 trillion kilowatt-hours, up 1.7% year-over-year. For the first seven months of 2026, cumulative electricity consumption totaled 6.14 trillion kilowatt-hours, representing a 4.7% increase compared to the same period last year.

Shanghai silver futures contract rose 4.00% intraday on August 21, 2026, trading at 16,756 yuan per kilogram as of the latest quote.

NZD/USD reached 0.59646 today, marking its highest level since June 1. The New Zealand dollar strengthened against the U.S. dollar, continuing recent upward momentum in the currency pair.

Bitcoin (BTC) broke through $75,000 today, according to Gate's market data. BTC/USDT was trading at $75,021.2 with a 24-hour gain of 8.18%.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin, over the past 6 hours on August 21, whale "7 Siblings" sold 9,000 ETH for 21.04 million USDC at an average price of $2,338.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China's early rice planted area reached 4,744.3 thousand hectares in 2026, up 1.4 thousand hectares compared to 2025. However, total early rice production declined to 2,829.2 million tons, down 22.2 million tons year-on-year, a 0.8% decrease. Unit yield fell to 5,963.4 kilograms per hectare, down 48.5 kilograms per hectare from the previous year.

According to ChainCatcher, Tushar Jain of Multicoin Capital proposed three regulatory recommendations at the CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee's inaugural meeting. The proposals include establishing a safe harbor or innovation exemption for new derivatives markets such as computational derivatives to enable compliant testing, supporting compliance-privacy tools in DeFi that increase transparency for regulators while protecting institutional trader privacy, and backing pre-IPO perpetual futures