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According to The Information, Nvidia agreed to pay $6 billion to AI startup Poolside as part of a licensing and talent acquisition agreement.

Samsung Electronics approved a maximum shareholder return of 90-110 trillion won on August 21, according to a board resolution, making it the largest such payout in South Korean listed company history. The plan includes 30 trillion won in cash dividends for the third quarter. The amount is approximately five times larger than the previous record of 20.3 trillion won set in 2020.

According to Ember Monitor, the '7 Siblings' address sold 9,000 ETH in the past 6 hours as Ethereum surged over 20% overnight, netting 21.04 million USDT at an average price of $2,338. The whale had previously bought during 10%+ ETH downturns in February and June, with a June entry at $1,789.

According to Stripe, the payments company has agreed to acquire OpenRouter, an AI model marketplace, on August 19. The deal is valued at approximately $8 billion, according to Reuters citing anonymous sources familiar with the transaction.

According to Cicada Partners' announcement on X, Ripple has partnered with lending infrastructure provider Clearpool and credit specialist Cicada Partners to launch institutional-grade lending on the XRP Ledger. Clearpool provides the lending infrastructure after facilitating over $930 million in institutional loans since 2021, while Cicada Partners handles credit underwriting with more than $860 million in credit underwritten. Ripple joins as a liquidity provider alongside other institutional c

According to BlockBeats, on August 21, whale account "Pre-set 10 Major Goals" disclosed a $4.6 million loss on a short position. The trader initially intended to reduce long exposure by shorting Bitcoin as a retest but did not close the position at the preset loss level of 70,400, resulting in the price rallying to around 71,500. The loss expanded from an initial target of $2 million to $4.6 million.

According to Bernstein analysts, Bitcoin rebounded to $79,500 on Aug 21, with spot ETF inflows turning positive at $1.6 billion this week, marking a shift from net outflows in May and June. The rebound is driven by improved liquidity conditions and rising ETF demand. Bitcoin's management assets under administration reached $85 billion, with Strategy holdings posting unrealized gains exceeding $2 billion. Ethereum outperformed Bitcoin during the rally, attributed to ETH's higher exposure in stabl

According to Binance's official announcement today, August 21, Binance Alpha has released the third wave of ChainOpera AI (COAI) airdrops. Users holding at least 242 Binance Alpha points can claim 105 COAI tokens on a first-come, first-served basis. If the reward pool is not fully claimed, the points threshold will automatically decrease by 5 points every 5 minutes.

According to E-Daily, institutional investors in the alternative investment market are adopting a "forced diversification" strategy today (Aug 21) as capital continues to concentrate in AI-related deals across private equity, private credit, real estate, and infrastructure sectors. While diversifying across asset classes traditionally mitigated portfolio risk, the convergence of funding toward AI creates a hidden concentration risk: PE managers invest in AI chip companies, private credit funds b

According to Liberty Times, TSMC completed development and verification of its A16 (1.6nm) process and will enter mass production in Q4 2026. Compared to its current 2nm process, A16 is expected to deliver 8-10% higher computing speed, 15-20% lower power consumption, and 8-10% increased chip density. TSMC views 1.6nm as a stepping stone toward 1.4nm mass production, targeted for 2028.

According to analyst Darkfost, Bitcoin's apparent demand reached a record 25,000 BTC on August 21, 2026, indicating that spot buying volume is outpacing newly mined supply, signaling stronger buyer demand than current supply levels.

Former U.S. President Trump recently announced that the United States will allow imports of up to 300,000 metric tons of beef, with a commitment that the beef will be sold at 25% below market price.

According to S&P Global, the Eurozone's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) reached 52.8 in August on August 21, marking a 51-month high. The advance was led by Germany, where manufacturing PMI hit 54.1, also a 51-month high. The composite PMI rose to 52.1 from 52.0 in July, the highest level since November 2024. Chris Williamson, chief business economist at S&P Global, attributed the recovery to resilient activity in August, with expected Q3 GDP growth of 0.3%, driven by increased AI

According to Counterpoint Research, Samsung Electronics is forecast to regain the leading position in the global smartphone market this year, demonstrating stronger resilience to memory chip price increases. The research firm predicts global smartphone shipments will decline 14.3% in 2026 due to worsening memory supply shortages, while Samsung's shipments are projected to grow 0.8%, outperforming other manufacturers. Counterpoint attributes Samsung's performance to its highly integrated supply c

According to ChainCatcher, Laser Digital Japan has received approval as a crypto asset trading service provider from Japanese financial regulators, becoming the first new entrant to obtain the license in four years. The company, backed by Nomura Holdings, plans to initially offer liquidity services to local virtual asset providers and will later launch digital asset trading services for institutional investors, though specific launch dates and service details have not been disclosed. CEO Jez Moh

According to Bank of America strategist Michael Hartnett on August 21, if the U.S. Treasury's plan to keep 30-year bond yields below 5% fails, the dollar will face pressure and shorting activity on risk assets—including AI mega-cap stocks and private credit—will likely intensify ahead of November elections. Hartnett also flagged potential downside risk for financial stocks. He noted that policy panic attempts to repair fixed-income markets may constrain, but not reduce, Treasury yields.

According to QCP Group, Bitcoin surged from approximately $64,000 to near $76,000 in four trading days as of August 21, driven primarily by perpetual contract short covering. On Wednesday, perpetual buy volume was approximately 15 times spot buy volume, while open interest remained largely flat; leverage subsequently accumulated as prices extended gains on Thursday. Spot demand confirmed the rally, with U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recording net inflows of $517 million on Wednesday, the highest single

Security firm SlowMist has identified a supply chain attack targeting three legitimate Rust packages: arrayref@0.3.10, internment@0.8.7, and append-only-vec@0.1.9. The attack introduces a malicious dependency called proc-macro1, which downloads and executes cross-platform malware during the Cargo build process. The compromise poses risks including remote code execution at build time, host information harvesting, persistence mechanisms, and browser data theft.

According to Alec Young, chief investment strategist at quantitative research firm MoneyFlows, semiconductor memory stocks have retreated 20-30% from their summer highs as smart money shifts to other assets. SanDisk and Western Digital have fallen over 30%, while Seagate and Micron have dropped around 20%, despite gains exceeding 300% year-to-date with SanDisk surging 858%. Young noted that recent momentum investors have rotated toward Moderna and Bitcoin, causing the intense enthusiasm around m

According to Iran's Tasnim news agency, Iranian parliament speaker Ghalibaf stated on August 21 that Iran must develop a plan to counter U.S. economic and trade sanctions. Speaking in Baghdad during talks with Iranian and Iraqi economic officials, Ghalibaf said the U.S. and Israel have shifted from military confrontation to cognitive and economic warfare. "The enemy comes to plunder resources," he stated, adding that Iran must devise measures to weather the sanctions.