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According to Smart Finance, Baozhu Holdings (08601) reported interim results for the six months ended June 30, 2026, with revenue of 84.686 million HK dollars, down 10.29% year-on-year. Profit attributable to equity holders of the company reached 10.584 million HK dollars, declining 21.36% year-on-year. Basic earnings per share stood at 1.32 HK cents.

Italy's 30-year government bond yield has reached 4.8185%, marking its highest level since November 2023.

Bitget launched a new CandyBomb campaign today, August 17, offering a total prize pool of 20,000 USDT. The promotion is exclusively available to new perpetual contract users and runs from August 17 at 20:00 to August 27 at 20:00 UTC+8.

Bao Zheng Holdings (08601) announced on August 17 that it will distribute an interim dividend of HK$0.008125 per share on September 30, 2026.

According to BlockBeats, citing BIT market data, U.S. storage sector stocks surged during pre-market trading on August 17. Japanese storage maker Kioxia ADR led gains with a surge exceeding 17%, while SK Hynix ADR rose 3.4%, SanDisk climbed 3.33%, Micron gained 2.66%, Western Digital advanced 2.59%, and Seagate increased 1.96%.

According to South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service, as of end-June 2026, Samsung Electronics had 7.971 million retail shareholders while SK Hynix had 3.461 million. The combined count surpassed 11 million, more than doubling within six months amid growing demand for AI semiconductors.

According to ChainCatcher, OpenAI has committed to large-scale deployment of Nvidia artificial intelligence infrastructure by 2030, according to Nvidia's statement.

France's 10-year government bond yield rose 1 basis point today, reaching 4.0516%, its highest level since June 2009.

According to Foresight News, permissionless leveraged trading market HertzFlow launched its mainnet on BNB Chain today, opening Season 1: Genesis Vault with two stablecoin vaults. The USD stablecoin vault has a deposit cap of $4.44 million, while the USDU vault cap is set at $8.88 million.

According to BlockBeats, Nvidia announced today an investment of $1.5 billion in SoftBank's SB Energy to support a 20-year data center lease agreement with OpenAI in Ohio's Ports-Pike technology park. The facility will be dedicated to AI computing operations, with OpenAI serving as a customer for 8 IT gigawatts of capacity. Nvidia will provide credit support for the initial 4.25 IT gigawatt phase and retains an option to add 3.75 IT gigawatts. The Ports-Pike project is expected to create tens of

According to Tasnim News Agency, Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) vowed today to firmly strike any threat or act of aggression. The statement reflects the military body's commitment to defending Iranian interests against potential attacks.

According to BlockBeats, BitMine, the largest Ethereum treasury company, increased its ETH holdings by 9,926 tokens last week on August 17, bringing total holdings to approximately 5.815 million ETH. The company has staked 5,067,309 ETH, valued at approximately $9.6 billion. Current holdings also include 210 BTC, Eightco Holdings equity valued at $73 million, and Beast Industries shares worth $180 million.

According to ChainCatcher, Groq reached a valuation of $3.5 billion in a recent funding round following a deal with Nvidia.

German 10-year government bond yields rose 1.5 basis points intraday on August 17, reaching 3.2138%, the highest level since May 2011.

According to Bitdefender, fake pirated downloads of 'The Odyssey' containing Lumma Stealer malware were circulating within days of the film's release this week. The malicious files are disguised as HD WEBRip and Blu-ray rips but are actually Windows executables that steal cryptocurrency wallets, browser passwords, and authentication cookies. The malware can bypass multi-factor authentication by hijacking account sessions, and attackers use VLC Media Player-style icons to hide the executable natu

The New York Federal Reserve's manufacturing prices paid index fell to 22.7 in August, down from 27.6 in the prior month, marking a decline of 5 points.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's manufacturing employment index fell to 9.3 in August from 11.4 in July, according to official data released on August 17.

The New York Fed Manufacturing New Orders Index declined to 17.3 in August from 22.2 in the prior month, marking a decrease of 4.9 points.

According to CCTV News, on Aug 17, President Trump threatened to bomb Oman if the country obstructs U.S. efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the Iran conflict. "If Oman blocks us, we will bomb them hard," Trump stated. Trump also confirmed he maintains a secret communication channel with Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials and said he is not in a hurry to resolve the Iran issue.

Canada's July Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose to 3.0% year-over-year, matching market expectations and up from 2.8% in June, according to official statistics released in mid-August.