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According to LSEG, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta Platforms and Oracle have issued $223 billion in bonds as of August 20, 2026, more than double the amount raised throughout all of 2025. The surge reflects hyperscalers' increasing capital needs to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout. Investors can currently secure yields ranging from 4.75% to 8% on these largely investment-grade bonds, depending on issuer and maturity, according to Morningstar Wealth. Krishna Guha, head of economics at

According to President Trump at the White House crypto summit on August 19, 2026, the CFTC is working to bring Hyperliquid into the United States in a fully compliant and legal fashion. CFTC Chair Michael Selig is spearheading the effort, marking the most explicit signal that the administration views Hyperliquid's US entry as a near-term policy objective. Hyperliquid operates as a fully permissionless perpetual DEX with no KYC requirements, processing approximately $172.6 billion in 30-day volum

Canada's Minister of International Trade Diversification Francois-Philippe LeBlanc stated he will remain in Washington until trade negotiation details are finalized.

According to a Forbes analysis, an old video of U.S. Vice President JD Vance has revived debate over whether the dollar's role as the world's dominant reserve currency benefits the U.S. economy. Vance, then a senator, argued that global dollar demand brings advantages including cheaper imports and easier government borrowing, but it can also strengthen the currency and weaken U.S. export competitiveness. The analysis linked his argument to the Triffin dilemma—the tension created when a national

According to Google, the company's Gemma family of open-source AI models surpassed one billion downloads on Thursday, with developers creating more than 100,000 model variants over the past two years. The models are being deployed across healthcare, space-based image analysis, and marine research applications. Yale and Google researchers used Gemma-based C2S-Scale to discover a novel cancer therapy pathway verified in living cells, while teams at NASA and other organizations are running Gemma mo

According to Sui's official statement on X, @0xbeepit now supports writing strategies into text files and submitting them to agents for execution. Sui's parallel execution capability allows agents to execute independent transactions without waiting in queue behind other trades.

According to a CNBC interview on August 20, Alberto Musalem, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, said gradual interest rate increases are preferable to larger, potentially sharper hikes later, as they are less disruptive. Musalem noted that monetary policy is currently neutral or accommodative, with the real policy rate below the committee's long-term neutral rate. He added that core inflation remains elevated at 2.5–3.0% and must return to 2% over the next 18 months.

According to the U.S. Labor Department, initial jobless claims came in at seasonally adjusted 206,000 for the week ending August 15, below the consensus forecast of 210,000 on Thursday morning. Spot gold, reacting to the stronger-than-expected labor data, approached its session low of $4,450 per ounce, last trading at $4,454.74, down 1.51% on the day. The previous week's jobless claims were revised upward to 212,000 from 209,000.

According to Citi analysts on August 21, the Permian Basin in West Texas faces intensifying power supply strain as oil and gas producers and technology companies both expand operations in the region. Diamondback Energy, one of the largest oil producers in the Permian, expects its electricity consumption to double over the next decade even if production volumes remain flat, analysts warned. Citi flagged the region could face potential blackouts next summer, prompting state grid operators and regu

According to the Investment Company Institute (ICI), U.S. money market assets reached $7.93 trillion in the week ending August 20.

On Thursday, Bitcoin traded at $71,556, up 3.26% on the day, extending a sharp Wednesday rally of 8.7%—the strongest one-day jump since March 4. The move marks the sharpest five-month rally for the largest cryptocurrency. Prediction market sentiment showed signs of hesitation despite the momentum. On Myriad, the binary "pump to $84K or dump to $55K" market flipped to near 52% bullish odds as of Wednesday, a dramatic shift from roughly 70% bearish just days earlier, according to Decrypt. Traders

Charter Communications has completed its combination with Cox Communications, creating a U.S. broadband and cable group serving approximately 37 million customers across 45 states. The transaction values Cox at roughly $34.5 billion including debt, with Cox Enterprises receiving about $21.9 billion in transaction consideration. Cox Enterprises now owns approximately 26% of the combined company, making it Charter's largest shareholder. Chris Winfrey remains president and CEO, while Cox Enterprise

On Thursday (August 20), the ICE Dollar Index rose 0.08% to close at 98.908 in New York afternoon trading, with an intraday range of 98.557-98.934. The Bloomberg Dollar Index gained 0.09% to 1193.26, trading within a 1190.11-1193.65 range.

According to Bloomberg commodity data, on August 20 during New York's closing session, CBOT corn futures rose 0.9% while soybean oil surged 2%. The Bloomberg Grains Index increased 0.41% to 33.0808 points. CBOT wheat futures edged up 0.22%, while soybean futures declined 0.16% to $12.36 per bushel and soybean meal fell 0.77%.

According to CNN, sources revealed that the USS Lincoln aircraft carrier has begun returning, but it remains within the Fifth Fleet's operational area.

According to BusinessWire, Variational secured approximately $50 million in a Series A funding round led by Dragonfly Capital in May 2026, with participation from Bain Capital Crypto and Coinbase Ventures. As of the announcement, the DeFi derivatives protocol had processed over $200 billion in cumulative trading volume and registered more than 50,000 accounts since launching an invite-only beta in January 2025. Variational operates via a Request-for-Quote model rather than a traditional order bo

CIX Trading has sought Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) approval to launch 23-hour-a-day trading on its IntelligentCross ASPEN and ASPEN VERT marketplaces, according to FinanceFeeds, potentially making it Canada's first equity venue to offer near-continuous weekday trading. The plan would roll out in two phases, beginning with early-morning sessions before expanding to a full 23-hour, five-day schedule. CIX CEO Jeff Foster stated: "Investors don't stop making decisions when the closing bell r

Onshore yuan (CNY) closed at 6.7260 against the U.S. dollar on August 20 at 03:00 Beijing time, up 42 pips from Wednesday's night session. Trading volume reached 455 million USD.

According to market analysts and Federal Reserve officials, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent's expansion of long-term bond buyback operations this week sparked 30-year Treasury yields to drop sharply before rebounding, raising concerns the intervention may force the Fed to raise rates instead of cutting them. Analysts worry the Treasury's direct market intervention undermines Fed Chair Powell's recent push for markets to independently reflect economic data, potentially complicating the central ba

According to Argentina's statistics bureau, the country recorded a trade surplus of $21.15 billion in July, exceeding the market expectation of $18.50 billion.