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According to MoneyDJ, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 0.34% today (August 27), closing at 25,565.74 points, with its daily candlestick turning bearish. The Hang Seng Tech Index declined 0.13%, ending at 4,620.29 points. The market initially benefited from technology and AI-related momentum, but weakening risk appetite prevented gains from extending, leading to a lower close.

According to Jin10 Data, on August 27, Liu Jiannán, vice president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), met with Ma Shaohuei, president of the Hong Kong-British Chamber of Commerce in Beijing. The two sides discussed deepening cooperation between their institutions, strengthening business exchanges, and advancing integration of industrial and supply chains.

According to Herald Economics, on August 27, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix surged following NVIDIA's better-than-expected earnings and guidance. NVIDIA disclosed that high-bandwidth memory (HBM) supply constraints are limiting AI chip production capacity, positioning domestic memory makers to benefit from increased demand.

According to Nepal Police, the death toll from flash floods in northern Nepal climbed to 332 on August 27.

According to on-chain analyst Specter, 15 victims suffered a combined loss of $9.4 million from a poisoning attack over the past 4 weeks. The two largest individual losses each reached $2.5 million, while another victim lost $2 million. The stolen funds were immediately converted to USDD and transferred to a consolidated address, which currently holds approximately $9.4 million, according to Specter's disclosure. Specter called for Tron wallet service providers to implement measures against such

According to ESMA, the European Securities and Markets Authority will activate its revised weekly commodity derivatives position reporting framework on September 3, 2026, five months after a planned April 1 launch was halted during final testing. The updated framework uses XML schema v2.0 and applies directly to market operators and investment firms operating trading venues where commodity derivatives or emission allowance derivatives are traded. Venues have one week to complete their migration

According to Bloomberg, Ripple Prime launched Delta One this week, expanding its institutional brokerage services into stock trading for the first time. The new offering enables institutional clients—including hedge funds, market makers, and ETF issuers—to execute total return swaps on U.S. listed stocks, indices, and digital assets through a unified trading platform.

According to the UK tax authorities HMRC, on August 27, 17,600 individuals reported cryptocurrency asset gains totaling 1.38 billion pounds in the 2024-2025 tax year. This marks the first time crypto asset disposals were separately reported in personal income tax filings. The total proceeds from crypto disposals reached 13.8 billion pounds. The data showed that male taxpayers accounted for 87% of crypto gains reporters but contributed 93% of total gains, significantly higher than the 56% male sh

According to ECB meeting minutes, energy price increases may not have fully reflected in consumer fuel prices within July data, with the effects potentially becoming visible in August figures.

According to BlockBeats, citing TradingBeats monitoring data, trader "Mac Chi" (Huang Li-cheng) increased long positions worth approximately $4.99 million on Hyperliquid within the past hour on August 27. The additions included around 900 ETH ($2.256M), 14 BTC ($1.115M), 8,000 HYPE ($660K), and 200M PUMP tokens ($957K). The address currently holds 25x leveraged ETH long positions (25,400 ETH, ~$63.53M with $1.06M floating gains) and 40x BTC longs (469 BTC, ~$37.3M with $185K floating gains). Mac

According to BlockBeats, on August 27, Federal Reserve Chair Schmidt stated that midterm elections will not influence the Fed's October meeting decision. Schmidt also noted that interest rates have not suppressed U.S. economic growth.

According to ChainCatcher, Polymarket odds of Ethereum hitting $2,600 by the end of August rose to 58% today (Aug 27), up 14% over the past 24 hours. Separately, the probability of ETH falling to $2,400 or below declined to 47%, down 19% in the same period. The market uses Binance ETH/USDT pricing as its reference.

According to Bloomberg, SHEIN has priced its Hong Kong initial public offering and is set to raise approximately $1.7 billion from the listing.

According to Egypt's Foreign Ministry statement on August 27, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdellatif and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed recent developments in the Middle East, including a joint proposal by Iran and Oman to establish a temporary maritime corridor in the Strait of Hormuz. The statement noted that the call also covered bilateral Egypt-Russia relations.

According to Germany's Robert Koch Institute, released on August 27, the country recorded approximately 15,800 heat-related deaths by mid-August 2026, the highest figure in a decade. Of these, 9,600 deaths occurred during extreme heat in late June, with an additional 4,000 deaths recorded during the heat wave in the first two weeks of August.

According to CME data, currency traders are increasing hedges against further dollar strength this week ahead of Fed Chair Waller's speech at Jackson Hole on Friday (August 27). The proportion of dollar options positioned to benefit from USD strength against a basket of major currencies rose to 57.2% this week, up from 43.2% the previous week. "This could be a decisive event for forex markets, with participants reluctant to build excessive dollar short positions," said ING strategist Michaela Pe

According to PANews, Bitfire (01611.HK), a Hong Kong-listed licensed company, launched Hong Kong's first compliant crypto asset quantitative strategy Alpha RWA on August 27. The strategy uses RWA as its core mechanism to capture market-neutral arbitrage opportunities in AI and crypto assets, providing institutional and professional investors with structured returns without direct exposure to market volatility.

On August 27, President Trump signed an executive order restricting the import of certain foreign-made power equipment that could threaten the U.S. national power grid. While not explicitly named, the measure effectively targets Chinese equipment. According to Korea Exchange data, South Korean power equipment and cable manufacturers surged on expectations of increased demand from North American exports and production opportunities.

Moderna shares dropped 8% in premarket trading on August 27 as the company announced plans to issue $2 billion of convertible senior preferred notes. The offering aims to strengthen the company's financial position.

According to BlockBeats, CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju stated on August 27 that the bull cycle peak is likely to be driven by institutional capital and ETF flows from outside the U.S. Ki Young Ju noted that current market momentum stems primarily from U.S. adoption of Bitcoin, but the next phase will shift toward global institutional adoption. He highlighted that South Korea has not yet launched a spot Bitcoin ETF, preventing retail investors from accessing overseas products and enterprises fr