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According to reports, chip company Fractile is in deep fundraising talks with a pre-money valuation of $6.5 billion, targeting to raise approximately $600 million in this round. Fractile has already signed an initial agreement with Anthropic to supply chips valued at around $250 million, with both parties planning to expand the contract in the future.

China's crude oil futures main contract closed down 0.70% overnight, trading at 581.2 yuan per barrel. Meanwhile, silver futures (2609) rose 2.56% and gold futures (2609) climbed 2.12% during the session.

According to Bitcoin News monitoring, Bhutan transferred 300 BTC to a new address today, with a value of $19.3 million.

U.S. crude oil futures settled at $85.83 per barrel on August 19, rising 1.05% as markets responded to ongoing supply dynamics.

According to Jin10 data, as of 02:30 on August 20, Shanghai gold futures (main contract) closed up 2.13% at 970 yuan per gram, while Shanghai silver futures rose 2.58% to 16,027 yuan per kilogram. SC crude oil futures fell 0.70% to 581 yuan per barrel.

Shanghai Gold Exchange gold T+D futures closed up 2.44% at 966.97 yuan per gram on August 19 evening, while silver T+D futures rose 3.54% to 15,956.0 yuan per kilogram.

According to Federal Reserve meeting minutes released Wednesday, the FOMC voted 9-3 in July to maintain benchmark rates at 3.5%-3.75%. Three officials—Logan, Hammack, and Kashkari—dissented, advocating for a 25 basis point rate increase. Two regional Fed presidents without voting rights at the time, Schmid and Musalem, subsequently indicated they would have supported a rate hike had they held voting authority. Discussions centered on divergent inflation forecasts, with most members expecting inf

According to Jin10, the Federal Reserve's latest meeting minutes reveal that many policymakers believe maintaining higher interest rates may be necessary if inflation fails to continue declining.

According to Federal Reserve meeting minutes released recently, multiple officials noted that financial markets are transmitting part of the Fed's monetary policy tightening effects.

According to Citi, the U.S. Treasury announced plans to at least double buyback volumes for longer-dated bonds on Wednesday, prompting the bank to recommend buying 20-year U.S. Treasury debt. Citi strategists, led by Jason Williams, expect the 20-year yield to decline from around 5.2% to 4.9%. "The Treasury's action should send a very strong signal to the market," the strategists wrote, noting that combined with cooling inflation, the move creates conditions for strong gains ahead.

On August 19, China's Zhuque-3 second flight rocket launched successfully, with its first stage achieving first-time ground recovery following separation 137 seconds after liftoff, according to official sources. The rocket's second stage successfully deployed the Honghu-03 satellite into its designated orbit. This marks a major breakthrough in China's reusable rocket technology development, with the ground recovery serving as a critical validation point for the next-generation liquid oxygen-meth

According to Russian news channel reports from August 19, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak stated that Russia has begun importing fuel and has implemented necessary regulations to allow production of certain low-emission grade fuel.

According to Maya Protocol, the cross-chain liquidity network halted operations on Tuesday after an attacker exploited six software bugs to drain roughly $1.7 million in Bitcoin and other assets. Founder AaluxxMyth said the team halted MAYAChain to contain damage and plans to fix vulnerabilities before resuming swaps. In a post-mortem report, the team detailed how the attacker used a single transaction to inflate a liquidity pool by 49.45 million CACAO, then withdrew the inflated value after gai

According to Santiment, ANSEM, a recently launched Solana token, saw its daily trading volume surge from approximately $9 million on August 16 to $44 million on August 17, a 4.7x increase in just one day. The token price rose roughly 60% between August 9 and August 17. However, despite the sharp gains in volume and price, social media activity did not increase proportionally, suggesting the rally has not yet translated into widespread retail investor enthusiasm on social platforms.

Shanghai copper futures closed up 0.23% overnight on Aug 19, with international copper gaining 0.40%. Among Shanghai-traded metals, nickel led gains at 1.94%, while tin rose 0.92% and lead advanced 0.19%. Conversely, aluminum and zinc both closed lower, down 0.23% and 0.22% respectively.

According to Nikita Bier, X suspended more than 10 linked crypto accounts on Aug. 18 after uncovering an alleged $250,000 content farm scheme. The operator, running @Vivek4real and related accounts with over 270,000 followers combined, had reportedly drained X's revenue-sharing program over two years. Bier said the case was referred to law enforcement. The alleged playbook involved downloading videos and posts from journalists and creators, removing watermarks, then republishing them across mult

As of August 19, the U.S. Central Command has forced 65 commercial vessels to reroute, rendered 3 ships unable to operate, and conducted boarding inspections on 2 vessels to ensure compliance with relevant requirements.

According to the Federal Reserve's latest meeting minutes, the Fed's economic staff outlook showed inflation forecasts remained consistent with June projections, while the economic outlook appeared slightly weaker.

The Federal Reserve's latest meeting minutes indicated the central bank made no decision on the number of policy meetings, with Fed Chair Wosh confirming the 2026 meeting schedule remains unchanged.

According to Federal Reserve meeting minutes, Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced that the central bank will hold policy meetings six times per year, approximately every two months. Powell noted that this frequency allows for more information to accumulate between consecutive meetings.