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On Thursday (August 27), U.S. ETF markets showed mixed movements. The Nasdaq-100 ETF rose 1.37%, while the Brent crude oil fund gained 2.31%, marking the day's largest increases. The S&P 500 ETF and agricultural commodity fund climbed 0.66% and 0.8% respectively. Meanwhile, fear index futures fell 2.37%, real estate ETF declined 0.97%, and 20+ year Treasury ETF dropped 0.2%.

According to Wall Street Journal, on Thursday, United Arab Emirates National Security Advisor Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his co-investors backed a 49% stake in WLTC Holdings, the holding company for the Trump family's planned crypto bank, through StringZ Holding RSC. A Trump family-affiliated entity owns an additional 38% of the company. Tahnoon and other investors previously invested $500 million in World Liberty Financial in January 2025, acquiring a 49% stake in the cryptocurrency

Gap Inc. announced on Thursday that Michael Francis, the chief customer officer at Old Navy, will become CEO of the brand effective Nov. 2, replacing current CEO Haio Barbeito, who will transition to an advisory role. Barbeito held the position since 2022. The leadership change comes as Old Navy faces sluggish sales performance. In the fiscal second quarter ended Aug. 1, Old Navy posted net sales of $2.1 billion, down 4% year over year, with comparable sales also declining 4% versus 2% growth in

According to Marvell Technology's CEO, artificial intelligence-related orders maintained strong momentum recently. The company raised its revenue guidance for fiscal years 2027 and 2028, with revenue growth expected to accelerate further in fiscal 2027.

On Thursday (Aug 27), U.S. sector ETFs showed mixed performance. Semiconductor ETF surged 3.1%, while tech stocks broadly outperformed with the global tech index ETF rising 2.83% and tech sector ETF climbing 3.16%. In contrast, consumer staples ETF fell 1.52%, and airline, healthcare, and discretionary consumer ETFs dropped at least 1.09%. Banking and energy ETFs declined at least 0.22%, while internet stock index ETF gained 1.94%.

Gap Inc. reported second-quarter net sales of $3.65 billion, falling short of analyst expectations of $3.69 billion.

According to the Ethena Foundation, the organization has repurchased all locked tokens held by large early-stage investors who sold ENA over the past nine months, aiming to eliminate potential selling pressure from future token releases. The foundation also launched governance voting for a "fee switch" mechanism that will use protocol revenues to programmatically purchase ENA tokens from the market, directly linking ecosystem value to token holders. Additionally, a Master Framework Agreement tra

Marvell Technology reported second-quarter net revenue of $27.4 billion, exceeding analyst expectations of $27.1 billion. Adjusted earnings per share reached $0.94, compared to the consensus estimate of $0.93. The company guided third-quarter adjusted EPS at $1.05–$1.15, against analyst expectations of $1.07.

According to Bloomberg, the Bloomberg EV Price Return Index rose 1.18% to 3,511.44 points on Thursday, August 27. The index initially climbed and retreated during Asia-Pacific trading before extending gains from 10:00 Beijing time onward.

According to the Michigan Department of Health, the state's website reported a total of 14,510 cyclospora cases as of August 27.

CrowdStrike (CRWD) shares surged 21% today (August 27), marking the strongest single-day performance since the company's 2019 initial public offering.

Workday reported second-quarter revenue of $2.65 billion, surpassing analyst expectations of $2.64 billion.

Autodesk reported second-quarter net revenue of $2.05 billion, exceeding analyst expectations of $2.01 billion. The result represents a beat of approximately 2% above consensus estimates.

According to Gate trading data, U.S. stock indices rose on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.2%, the S&P 500 gained 0.7%, and the Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.57%. Among major tech stocks, Nvidia surged 8.7%, Broadcom rose 4%, Tesla gained 2.6%, and SK Hynix advanced 2%. China-focused Nasdaq Golden Dragon Index fell 0.74%, with Baidu climbing 4% and Alibaba declining 3%.

According to Peckshield and confirmed by Moonwell, the lending protocol restricted borrowing across all Core Markets on Base following an $8.7 million security incident. Attackers manipulated MAMO token oracle prices to extract digital assets, including wrapped bitcoin (cbBTC), from the MAMO Core Market. Moonwell capped borrow limits to 1 wei to prevent further borrowing, while also restricting MAMO and WELL supply caps to 1 wei. Ecosystem partner Zyfai disabled affected Morpho vaults and safely

According to The Information and CNBC, Nvidia is moving forward to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion. The deal, which is not yet finalized, would expand the hardware giant's integration with the AI industry. Hugging Face is a cloud repository where developers and researchers share, download, and fine-tune AI models.

According to ChainCatcher, Japan Bitcoin Industry Co., Ltd. launched Aurora, a self-custodial Bitcoin payment platform, at the Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong. The platform enables international customers to purchase anime, manga, and gaming content using Bitcoin Lightning Network, while providing Japanese merchants with point-of-sale and API tools for invoice management and payment tracking. JBI emphasized that merchants operate their own Lightning Network nodes and directly receive custom

According to ChainCatcher, Elon Musk predicted that SpaceX's revenue will reach approximately $3.5 trillion by 2033.

According to Financial Times, the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) will announce a new set of rules on Thursday (August 28).

According to CNBC reporting and Federal Election Commission filings, Anthropic-backed nonprofit Public First Action donated $500,000 to Commonwealth Together, a PAC supporting incumbent Senator Ed Markey, ahead of Massachusetts' September 2 Democratic Senate primary. The donation reflects Anthropic's backing of Markey, who has championed AI regulation, against challenger Representative Seth Moulton. Recent polling shows Markey leading Moulton by 35 percentage points.