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According to Herald Economics, foreign investors poured approximately 5.6 trillion won into Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix this week. The buying activity also extended to other S7 constituents, including SK Square, Samsung C&T, and Samsung Life Insurance, which all recorded net inflows. S7 refers to South Korea's seven major conglomerate stocks within the Samsung and SK groups.

According to BlockBeats, SafePal confirmed on August 16 that its order-tracking plugin vulnerability exposed order information of approximately 39,798 customers who placed orders between March 2, 2025, and April 11, 2026. Leaked data includes names, email addresses, shipping addresses, phone numbers, and purchase details. Customer wallets, seed phrases, and private keys were not affected. SafePal has patched the vulnerability, implemented additional security measures, and notified all impacted c

According to Jin10, Iran's parliament passed an anti-infiltration law on August 16, designed to counter espionage and foreign infiltration by hostile intelligence agencies and governments. Parliament speaker's spokesman Abbas Godarzi announced the measure, noting that while Iran has existing laws against espionage, the new legislation fills a legal gap in counter-infiltration efforts.

According to Reuters, Jane Street posted losses of approximately $15 billion in July due to its exposure to AI hedge fund Situational Awareness and a broader selloff in technology stocks. The fund, managed by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, triggered margin calls when AI stocks plummeted, forcing the sale of most portfolio holdings to Citadel. AI-related memory and semiconductor stocks fell roughly 50% in July. Despite the month marking Jane Street's first monthly trading loss si

According to Iran's Army Commander Hattami on August 16, U.S. forces have been expelled and are no longer permitted to enter the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Strait of Hormuz. Hattami emphasized that U.S. military bases in the region will not be allowed to return to their previous state.

According to German media polling reported by Xinhua on August 16, the German alliance party—comprising the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU)—saw support drop to 20%, marking a five-year low and trailing the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) by 8 percentage points.

On 14 August 2026, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) closed at $10.76 with analyst price targets ranging from $8.50 to $21.00, reflecting divided views on competing dynamics. In Q2 2026, the company reported net sales of €4.82 billion, up 8%, with comparable operating profit rising 18% to €434 million. AI and Cloud order intake nearly tripled to €2.8 billion versus approximately €1.0 billion in Q1, while Optical Networks grew 20% and IP Networks 16%, according to Nokia's 23 July financial statement. The diverge

According to Xinhua News Agency, Germany's CDU/CSU alliance party saw support drop to 20% in a poll released today, hitting a near 5-year low. The alliance now trails the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) by 8 percentage points.

According to PANews, Vals AI completed a $40 million Series A funding round on August 15, with a post-money valuation of $400 million. Andreessen Horowitz led the round, with participation from existing investors 8VC, Pear VC, and Bloomberg Beta, as well as new investors HRT Ventures and Next Ladder Ventures. The company, founded by Rayan Krishnan and Langston Nashold, provides third-party evaluation and scoring services for large language models across law, finance, healthcare, and coding secto

According to Korean media reports on August 16, the South Korean government will establish a new investigative committee in December to recover assets improperly accumulated by pro-Japanese collaborators. The committee aims to recover an estimated 32.5 billion won (approximately 150 million yuan) in related assets, marking the first time South Korea has undertaken such efforts in 16 years.

According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, announced Aug. 16, Israel's economy rebounded strongly in the second quarter with seasonally adjusted GDP growing 15.4% year-on-year, significantly exceeding the Bloomberg consensus forecast of 8.3% from eight economists. This recovery follows a revised contraction of 2.2% in Q1. Exports led gains, surging 35.2%, while government consumption rose 19.5%, private consumption grew 14.7%, and fixed capital formation increased 6.3%.

According to Foresight News, XMAQUINA's first xDEUS staking phase ended today. An on-chain snapshot will be taken tomorrow (Aug 17) at 21:00 Beijing time to record participants' governance weights and distribute 1 million DEUS from the first reward pool. The second phase will immediately follow, distributing another 1 million DEUS over 90 days through Nov 15. Existing staking positions automatically continue without migration or restaking, with governance weights continuing to accumulate.

According to Token Unlocks data, LayerZero (ZRO) will unlock 25.71 million tokens worth approximately $19.9 million on August 20, representing 4.40% of circulating supply. KAITO will unlock 32.6 million tokens worth $11.5 million on the same day, accounting for 7.63% of its circulating supply. SOON will unlock 20.24 million tokens worth $3.9 million on August 23, while MBG by MultiBank Group will unlock 27.15 million tokens worth $2.8 million on August 22.

According to the Financial Times, OpenAI disbanded its Preparedness team in July amid a wave of executive personnel changes ahead of its IPO. Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap and ethics head Chloé Bakalar have also departed the company.

According to its disclosure, Zhejing Tech (02632) forecasted a consolidated net loss attributable to equity holders of approximately RMB 404-424 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, representing a year-on-year increase of 60.9% to 68.8%, compared to the same period in 2025. The loss was primarily driven by fair value changes in convertible preferred shares issued during pre-IPO financing, which increased in value as the company's valuation rose ahead of its public listing. Additional

According to Anthropic, the company has disclosed details of Claude's text watermarking technology, which embeds verification signals into generated text by adjusting the randomness of word selection during text generation. The watermark does not noticeably alter text quality or introduce special vocabulary; however, holders of a verification key can detect its presence by analyzing word choice patterns. A July 2026 study found that AI rephrasing tools can effectively remove watermarks, with 58

According to TechCrunch, Anthropic recently introduced invisible watermarks to Claude's text outputs to comply with the European Union's AI Act transparency requirements. The watermarks are embedded code that AI systems can detect but remain imperceptible to humans, designed to identify AI-generated content. The move has sparked significant debate on Reddit among Claude users. While some support the transparency measure, arguing it helps prevent misuse and maintains integrity, others raise conce

According to i24News, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with U.S. special envoy Jared Kushner and senior officials from the High Peace Commission tomorrow (August 17) in Israel.

According to ChainCatcher, two financial institutions each managing over one trillion dollars in assets approved cryptocurrency products this summer amid a bear market environment. Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley stated that the era of "long Bitcoin, short bankers" has ended, with major institutions now actively embracing digital assets rather than resisting them. Horsley noted that such trillion-dollar asset managers would not have launched crypto services during the 2022 market downturn, signaling

According to Crypto.news, Cardano's governance company Intersect announced the Dijkstra upgrade roadmap split into two phases: the first phase launches in Q4 2026, introducing Linear Leios scaling, nested transactions, new serialization, and PlutusV4 changes; the second phase activates the Ouroboros Peras consensus protocol via separate hard fork targeting Q2 2027. Linear Leios introduces an endorsement block mechanism certified by stake pools to boost throughput while preserving the existing Pr