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According to a regulatory filing released Thursday, Elon Musk disclosed beneficial ownership of 6.42 billion SpaceX shares overnight, representing 48.4% of the company on an as-converted basis. His stake, valued at more than $900 billion, includes Class A and Class B shares held through trusts and directly, granting him more than 82% of voting power through SpaceX's dual-class structure. Musk clarified on X that a significant portion of his holding remains unvested, tied to demanding performance

Shanghai Gold futures main contract fell 2.00% intraday on August 14, trading at 940.10 yuan per gram.

China Mobile released its interim results for the first half of 2026, reporting a profit attributable to shareholders of 78.934 billion yuan, down 6.29% compared to the same period last year.

U.S. Treasury's 30-year bond auction on Thursday saw yields climb to 5.216%, the highest level since 2001, reflecting growing demand for higher returns as fiscal deficits widen. The preceding day, 10-year Treasury yields also reached their highest point since 2007. Rising borrowing costs are pressuring both government finances and consumers; 30-year fixed mortgage rates surged to 6.69%, their highest since July 2025. Interest payments on federal debt have reached $1.17 trillion this fiscal year,

According to Yonhapinfomax, the S&P 500 index hit an all-time high overnight on August 14, with E-mini S&P 500 futures trading up 0.02% at 7,823.75 in Asian morning session. E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures fell 0.03% to 30,179.75. Strong corporate earnings are underpinning the market rally. Over 90% of S&P 500 companies have reported Q2 results, with estimated net profit growth of approximately 50% year-over-year, according to FactSet. Technology and communication services sectors led the gains with r

According to Beating, OpenAI is currently previewing GPT-5.6 Sol's Ultrafast mode, powered by Cerebras, reaching a maximum output speed of 750 tokens per second—14 times faster than Standard mode. The feature is currently available to select API customers only. OpenAI has tested Ultrafast in troubleshooting, research, customer service, financial analysis, and agent development scenarios.

According to Bank of America research cited by BlockBeats on August 14, the market is displaying late-stage internet bubble characteristics. The bank identified record-high concentration in the S&P 500 index, passive investment flows into a narrow set of artificial intelligence stocks, and active stock-picking activity at historic lows as key warning signals similar to conditions seen during the 1999 dot-com bubble.

According to Yonhapinfomax, the USD/KRW exchange rate remained near 1,410 on August 14 as weaker-than-expected U.S. inflation data softened the strong dollar trend. July's producer price index rose 0.0% month-over-month, missing the 0.2% forecast, and increased 4.7% year-over-year versus the 4.9% estimate. CME FedWatch data showed the probability of the Federal Reserve holding rates steady in September rose to 65.2% from 24.9% a month earlier. The currency pair faced support buying from importer

According to BlockBeats, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger will subscribe $12 million of Intel common stock at the public offering price of $95 per share on August 14, as disclosed in Intel's supplemental prospectus filed the same day.

Brent crude oil broke through $86 per barrel today (August 14), with intraday gains of 0.18%.

According to Korea's Financial Supervisory Service, Mirae Asset Securities recorded consolidated net profit of 1.9 trillion won in Q2 2026, up 369% year-over-year on August 14. The brokerage surpassed the five major commercial banks including Shinhan Bank and KB Kookmin Bank, marking the first time a Korean securities firm achieved trillion-won quarterly profits in consecutive quarters. First-half cumulative profit reached 2.9 trillion won, driven by valuation gains from SpaceX's public listing

According to the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, the Trump administration said on August 13 that it is developing an AI-powered system to identify tariff evasion, particularly Chinese goods illegally entering the US through third countries. Trade adviser Peter Navarro's office cited Exiger, a US-based supply chain AI firm, estimating $75 billion in illegally transshipped goods between February 2025 and February 2026, resulting in $19 billion to $34 billion in lost tariff re

According to South China Morning Post, Alibaba released Qwen3.8-Max model weights under a custom license requiring businesses offering model-as-a-service or AI assistants with over US$50 million in annual aggregate revenue to obtain separate commercial licensing. The move marks Alibaba's first transition from closed API models to open weights for a Max-tier model, though the revenue-based restriction prevents it from meeting standard open-source definitions. Alibaba also provides international h

According to PRNewswire on August 14, Bitwise Asset Management partnered with fintech firm Superstate to develop tokenized shareholding options for select Bitwise funds. Investors can choose to hold shares either through traditional book-entry methods or via blockchain-based tokenization maintained by Superstate's transfer agent infrastructure. Tokenized shares carry identical rights to book-entry shares and cannot be traded outside the recording system. Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (NYSE: BSOL) w

Taiwan's Weighted Index opened 0.2% higher at 46,103.81 points today (August 14).

Palladium futures contracts declined 4.00% intraday on August 14, currently trading at 311.20 yuan per gram.

Platinum main contract futures declined 2.00% intraday on August 14, currently trading at 423.50 yuan per gram.

According to Shanghai Gold Exchange, gold T+D fell 1.38% to 941.31 yuan per gram during early morning trading on August 14 (Friday). Silver T+D declined 2.05% to 15,605 yuan per kilogram during the same period.

According to Dunamu (operator of Upbit), its youth digital finance education program UpClass Junior achieved 96% satisfaction rate in the first half of 2026 as of August 14. The company announced it will launch second-half curriculum starting August 18. Teacher survey results showed that 98% of respondents confirmed the program enhanced students' basic digital finance understanding. Most notably, student awareness of digital finance surged from 13.6% pre-education to 78.1% post-education—a rough

According to Bloomberg, WLFI, a cryptocurrency project backed by the Trump family, has delayed its token issuance for a Maldives resort due to the Iran conflict. The token was originally scheduled for launch in spring, allowing investors to earn returns from resort lending financing through token holdings. Ziad El Chaar, CEO of DAR Global (co-developer with Trump Organization), stated: "DAR Global continues advancing cooperation with the Trump Organization, evaluating the development and launch