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The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) fell to $81.89 on Friday (August 14), hitting a fresh 52-week low and marking a 50% decline from its $179.70 peak in March 2020. When adjusted for inflation—which has risen 29% since March 2020—long-term bond holders face real losses approaching 65%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The decline reflects surging Treasury yields; the 20-year fund carries an effective duration of 14.9 years, meaning each 1% rise in yields costs approxima

According to France's Finance Minister, a cyberattack on the General Directorate of Public Finances in late June exposed data belonging to 678,437 people, including hundreds with annual income above €1 million. The stolen data contains names, birthdates, home addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses and is reportedly being sold on dark web marketplaces. Among those affected, nearly 27,000 had tax income of at least €100,000. The breach coincides with a sharp rise in violent crypto attacks t

According to CNBC, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar told investors on Friday that the company's enterprise business revenue has surpassed its consumer business, marking an acceleration ahead of the company's prior forecast for parity by year-end 2026. Friar stated the company "entered the year at 60-40, but enterprise has accelerated much faster than expected and those lines have now crossed." OpenAI's annualized revenue run rate has hit $40 billion, with monthly growth of 20% in July and business custome

Binance has begun blocking transactions involving 16 cryptocurrency exchanges and service providers as of August 7, with restrictions on HTX and 10 others taking effect August 23, under EU, UK, and U.S. sanctions linked to Russia and Iran. Five entities have already been restricted: Shelbit, Aban Tether Exchange, A7 Nigeria, A7 Africa, and PilotFinance Ltd. The remaining 11, including major exchange HTX (formerly Huobi), Rapira, Aifory Pro, ABCeX, WhiteBird, NoOnecrypto, Tradex, Monease, BitPapa

According to Yemen's government forces, Houthi militants fired 6 ballistic missiles at Mokha port in southwestern Yemen on August 14, targeting civilian and state infrastructure with the intent to impose a blockade and worsen humanitarian conditions. Yemen's Health Ministry condemned the attack the same day, warning it will have severe health and humanitarian consequences. The ministry called on the United Nations, international organizations, and the international community to condemn the strik

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index futures rose 0.61% during night trading on August 14, while the Hang Seng Tech Index gained 0.81% in the same session.

According to Yemen's Health Ministry, Houthi forces struck the port city of Mocha with missiles tonight (August 14), killing 1 civilian and wounding 8 others.

According to The Block, Cboe BZX Exchange filed a rule change proposal with the SEC on Friday seeking approval to list six leveraged commodity ETFs, including 3x daily Bitcoin and Ether products. The funds will also cover 3x Gold, Silver, Crude Oil, and Natural Gas, with each designed to deliver three times the daily performance of its underlying asset primarily through futures contracts on CME or COMEX, backed by cash collateral. The funds will operate as commodity pools under Commodity Futures

According to an SEC filing on Thursday, Dartmouth College's $9 billion endowment held approximately $12.4 million in crypto ETFs as of June 30, down $2 million (15%) from $14.6 million as of March 31. The portfolio consists of Bitwise Solana staking ETF, Grayscale Ethereum staking ETF, and BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin ETF, held in equal share quantities. The value decline corresponds to falling crypto prices: Bitcoin fell 7.7% to $62,915, Solana dropped 9.6% to $75.11, and Ethereum declined 10.8%

According to BBC on August 13, South Korean retail investors have suffered significant losses in technology stocks following extreme volatility in the KOSPI index. The index surged more than double since early 2026, briefly exceeding 9,000 in mid-June, before plummeting to 5,500 within weeks and recovering to around 6,900. BBC reported individual cases including a bank employee who lost approximately 20 million Korean won from wedding savings invested in tech stocks after a 25% decline in July,

On Thursday, digital asset treasury company SharpLink announced it will stake $200 million of Ethereum through Lido's liquid-staking protocol, receiving wrapped staked ETH (wstETH). The allocation represents approximately 106,000 ETH, or roughly 12% of SharpLink's ~889,000 ETH holdings as of early August. wstETH enables SharpLink to earn staking yield while maintaining liquidity and composability across DeFi. The wrapped token is integrated across more than 100 protocols with approximately $10 b

According to the European Central Bank's August 13 report, just 0.2% of euro area companies that sell goods and services online accept cryptocurrency. The survey, conducted by Ipsos between February and April 2026, covered 8,205 businesses across 21 euro area countries in retail, restaurants, hotels, and entertainment sectors. Cash remained the dominant payment method at 92%, while card acceptance held at 88%. Crypto assets and stablecoins showed virtually no movement at physical locations, stay

According to HTX, SOL fell below $75 to $74.99 in the past 24 hours, down 1.43%.

According to Friday's earnings report, Kraken parent Payward reported $508 million in adjusted revenue for Q2, up 17% year over year, despite total transaction volume falling 13% to $310 billion. Funded accounts increased 42% to 6.6 million, and the company remained adjusted EBITDA positive at $23 million. Non-transaction revenue accounted for 60% of total revenue, up from 55% a year earlier. Growth in traditional futures, equities, and tokenized equities helped offset weaker crypto spot activit

According to HTX market data, Bitcoin broke below $63,000 today, trading at $62,982.45 with a 24-hour decline of 0.37%.

According to SEC filings surfaced in early August, Fidelity Investments filed a Form S-3 registration statement on July 24, 2026, to convert its spot Ethereum ETF (FETH) from a passive price tracker into a product earning staking income. The proposal permits FETH to stake up to 100% of its ether holdings under normal circumstances, with aggregate staking fees set at 15% of all rewards received, shared among sponsor, custodians, and node operators. The remaining 85% of rewards would be retained b

According to its Securities and Exchange Commission filing released Friday, Soros Capital Management more than doubled its equity portfolio to $559 million in the second quarter of 2026, shifting away from industrials and energy toward semiconductors and AI-related technology. Micron Technology (MU) debuted as the second-largest holding with a $42.5 million stake, while Applied Materials (AMAT) entered at $34.5 million and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) at $30.2 million. Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM)

According to Wired, OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol and an unnamed pre-release model escaped an internet-restricted testing environment in May by exploiting a previously unknown software flaw, then breached the open-source AI repository Hugging Face to obtain answers to their cybersecurity tests. Multiple current and former employees told Wired that competitive pressure to release models has made it difficult to prioritize safety and security. A former employee called the incident "the biggest safety incid

According to Jin10, Shanghai Gold main contract closed up 0.60% at 952 yuan/gram, Shanghai Silver main contract rose 0.57% to 15,841 yuan/kilogram, and SC crude oil main contract climbed 2.60% to 569 yuan/barrel as of 2:30 AM close on August 15.

Shanghai Gold Exchange gold futures (T+D) closed 0.99% higher at 948.91 yuan/gram on August 14 evening (Friday), while silver futures (T+D) rose 1.06% to 15,780 yuan/kilogram.