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According to court documents filed by the Trump administration on August 24, the government said it could consider demolishing the Kennedy Center if it cannot be approved to close for two years of renovations.

According to Jin10, on August 25, Mazloum Abdi, leader of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), announced the dissolution of the organization and the Kurdish autonomous administration during a press conference at Syria's presidential palace. The SDF will be fully integrated into Syrian state institutions.

According to E-Daily, South Korea's real estate financing market is entering a selective phase as banks tighten project financing (PF) loans and introduce stricter equity requirements. The country's alternative capital market is estimated to reach 32-45 trillion won annually, driven by a funding gap resulting from regulatory tightening. Alternative investors are focusing on refinancing of maturing loans and new commercial real estate developments, but investment standards remain rigorous. Invest

According to Al Jazeera, Israel has expelled a Dutch representative from the international support center in Gaza, citing 'anti-Israel activities' as the reason.

According to Reuters, Stand With Crypto endorsed 32 House incumbents for the November 2026 midterms who supported the Clarity Act, the crypto industry's flagship digital assets legislation. The endorsements include Republicans Tom Emmer and Bill Huizenga, as well as Democrats Ritchie Torres and Josh Gottheimer. The advocacy group, launched by Coinbase in 2023, now has over 3 million registered U.S. advocates and is organizing voter campaigns alongside the crypto industry's nearly $200 million sp

LayerZero announced ATLAS, a headless exchange infrastructure built on its Zero blockchain, over the past 24 hours. ATLAS is designed for trading platforms and financial institutions to use as backend infrastructure without building their own systems or relying on competing exchanges. The infrastructure handles matching, clearing, settlement, and risk management in one place. ZRO token, LayerZero's native token, surged 16% over the past 24 hours to $1.26 following the announcement. ZRO secures Z

ExxonMobil's Liza Unity floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) in Guyana has resumed normal operations today, with previously interrupted crude oil offloading activities now completed.

According to IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on August 26, all nations must address their fiscal challenges and implement credible plans to keep debt and deficits on a sustainable path. She urged central banks to remain highly focused on price stability. While global economic growth is partly supported by artificial intelligence investments amid high inflation and trade tensions, rising bond yields and stalling disinflation signal continued uncertainty. Georgieva also flagged energy s

On August 24, Visa and Mastercard stocks surged to record highs, with Visa approaching $380-$381 and Mastercard climbing over 3% toward $600, driven by strong payment volumes and robust consumer spending. Visa's fiscal third quarter revenue climbed 14% year over year to $11.6 billion, beating consensus estimates, while total payments volume crossed $4 trillion for the first time, up 10% in constant-currency terms. Processed transactions grew at the same 10% rate, with cross-border volumes postin

According to a proposal unveiled on August 24, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a federal legislative platform that would ban Chinese-linked technology from operating in US data centers and impose criminal penalties on data center operators whose facilities are used to run AI chatbots that harm children. The ban aligns with Senator Tom Cotton's DATA Act, introduced in January 2026, while the criminal liability framework represents a significant shift from the current model where platf

According to a joint announcement today, Mistral and HUMAIN, a Saudi Public Investment Fund-backed AI company, struck a strategic collaboration valued in the "hundreds of millions of euros" to build sovereign AI infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and the region. Mistral will work with HUMAIN on in-region inference, open models, and frontier Arabic-language models, with initial deliverables targeting cybersecurity and voice applications. The Paris-based AI lab plans to run workloads on HUMAIN's Saudi

According to Jin10, on August 25, Cuba's Foreign Minister Rodríguez condemned the U.S. government for extending its embargo against Cuba for another year. The economic, commercial, and financial blockade, which has been in place since 1962, has now lasted over six decades. Rodríguez stated that the policy constitutes a "genocidal" measure targeting Cuba's people, and emphasized that "Cuba is not a threat; the blockade is."

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Abbott Diabetes Care's Libre Duo 10-day continuous glucose-ketone monitoring system today (August 25), marking the first American wearable device to simultaneously track blood glucose and ketone levels. The system is approved for patients with diabetes aged 2 and older.

According to the Shanghai Gold Exchange, gold T+D closed 0.11% lower at 1,003.39 yuan per gram on Aug 25 evening. Silver T+D rose 0.72% to close at 16,749.0 yuan per kilogram on the same day.

According to The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday (August 25), Anthropic plans to disclose a total addressable market (TAM) exceeding $30 trillion in its IPO filing, surpassing SpaceX's $28.5 trillion projection. The company is also targeting up to $100 billion in fundraising with a valuation goal of around $2 trillion, both exceeding SpaceX's figures from its public listing. Anthropics Q2 revenue reached $11.6 billion, more than doubling year-over-year. The company expects to release IPO financia

Shanghai Futures Exchange crude oil 2610 contract fell 3.8% to 569.3 yuan per barrel during its overnight session on August 25. Shanghai gold and silver futures also declined, down 0.26% and 0.14% respectively.

According to Bitcoin News, Strive raised enough funds through SATA in the first two trading days of this week to purchase over 348 Bitcoin.

According to HyperliquidNews, stablecoin market capitalization reached $6.888 billion ahead of the AQAv2 launch, approaching the $7 billion all-time high.

According to Arthur Hayes on August 26, Flop Labs will release a FLOP tokenomics infographic this week. Hayes announced plans to host an online AMA via X Spaces and YouTube next week, where community members can ask questions and provide feedback on the FLOP tokenomics design to help the team finalize the model.

According to Federal Reserve discount rate meeting minutes released on August 26, 10 of 12 regional Federal Reserve banks requested to maintain the primary credit rate at 3.75%, while the Cleveland Fed and Minneapolis Fed voted to raise it to 4%. The Fed's Board of Governors approved keeping the primary credit rate unchanged at 3.75% and continued using existing formulas for secondary and seasonal credit rates.