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According to CNBC, Cleveland Federal Reserve President Hammack commented on August 26 that the PCE inflation data disclosed that day met expectations. He expressed concern that the public may lose confidence in inflation returning to the 2% target. Hammack stated that now is the time for the FOMC to take action, adding that there are no signs of tightening financial conditions.

According to BlockBeats citing Lookonchain data, on August 27, BlackRock accumulated 27,722 BTC (approximately $2.2 billion) and 385,633 ETH (approximately $961 million) over 8 consecutive trading days, totaling $3.161 billion in purchases.

According to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the fastest-growing on record and the largest in the country's history. Speaking to media on August 27, Guterres called for stronger international support to contain the rapid spread of the epidemic.

SC crude oil 2610 futures (China's benchmark crude contract) surged 3% during intraday trading on August 27, reaching 590.9 yuan per barrel. Trading volume exceeded 18.5 billion yuan, with open interest climbing approximately 1,100 contracts, signaling elevated market activity.

According to Chainwire, TermMax, a fixed-rate lending protocol built by Term Structure Labs, received a strategic investment from YZi Labs on August 26. The protocol has raised more than $8 million to date, with earlier backers including Cumberland DRW, HashKey Capital, Decima Fund, Longling Capital and MZ Web3 Fund. TermMax's native $TMX token completed its token generation event on August 25. The protocol is live on 10 EVM-compatible chains and manages 60 fixed-rate markets and 40 strategy vau

Blockchain.com joined TP ICAP's Fusion Digital Assets as a liquidity partner on August 27, 2026, becoming an early participant in the platform's matched principal trading framework. Through the partnership, institutional participants gain access to enhanced liquidity in Bitcoin, Ether, and XRP, alongside newly added support for USDC and Solana's SOL token. The matched principal model allows clients to execute trades without prefunding positions, with TP ICAP serving as an investment-grade credit

According to Santiment Intelligence, Ethereum exchange balances have declined by approximately 1.4 million ETH since June 3, falling from around 7.69 million to 6.28 million tokens, a decrease of roughly 18%. An additional 275,000 ETH flowed out since August 19, pushing balances to their lowest levels in the monitoring period. Meanwhile, Bitcoin exchange balances have increased by approximately 0.25% over the same timeframe. Santiment notes that ETH outflows continued despite a 27% price rally s

According to Ethena Foundation on August 27, the organization announced four ecosystem adjustments: buyback of locked ENA tokens from early seed investors, alignment of token and equity value, launch of a governance proposal for revenue-based ENA buyback, and elimination of future monthly VC investor unlocks. The Foundation has completed acquisition of all locked ENA tokens from major seed investors who sold ENA over the past nine months. Under a master framework agreement with Ethena Labs, inte

According to Ukrainian authorities, Russian forces targeted a shopping center in Kharkiv with drones on August 27, killing 1 person and injuring 5 civilians. Russia has not yet responded to the incident.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration will release natural gas inventory data for the week ending August 21 in approximately 10 minutes.

According to Chinese state media, China's Vice Commerce Minister Ling Ji and Poland's Deputy State Secretary of Economic Development and Technology Baranowski jointly chaired the 20th session of the China-Poland Economic Joint Committee in Beijing on August 27.

Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian met with newly appointed ambassadors to South Korea, Belarus, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, and Singapore today (Aug 27), according to market sources.

According to Yonhapinfomax, the US dollar index (DXY) rose 0.103% to 99.249 on August 27 morning (ET), supported by expectations of continued Federal Reserve rate hikes amid persistent inflation. Core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) for July increased 3.3% year-over-year, well above the Fed's 2% target, according to the US Commerce Department. CME FedWatch data showed the probability of a policy rate hike by December surged to 74.4%, up 1.6 percentage points from the previous session. Ka

WTI crude oil rises 1.0% intraday to $83.08 per barrel on August 27.

Researchers at an Israeli startup recently discovered dangerous executable code in llms.txt and llms-full.txt files on over 120 websites, which gets automatically installed when AI agents visit them. A handful of Fortune 500 companies and dozens of other enterprises executed proof-of-concept code after scanning 6,214 domains belonging to defense contractors, tech giants, and large corporations. The researchers registered unclaimed code packages referenced in the files and found that AI coding ag

According to Globenewswire, Genius Group announced today a $1.2 billion capital plan to fund its AI Treasury and Bitcoin Treasury, targeting total assets of $2 billion by fiscal 2031. The company plans to issue permanent preferred securities (PPS) with an initial offering of $12.5 million, with floating-rate interest paid monthly. Funds will support the AI Treasury (targeting $800 million), Bitcoin Treasury (targeting $827 million), and dollar reserves equivalent to approximately 18 months of pr

According to StockTwits, CrowdStrike (CRWD) stock surged 16% on Thursday, August 27, after delivering a strong second quarter with net new annual recurring revenue climbing 51% year-over-year to roughly $333 million. Citi raised its price target to $260 from $250, while DA Davidson made the largest dollar increase, lifting its target to $245 from $191.25. Most analysts attributed the move to accelerating demand across CrowdStrike's endpoint business and AI-powered security offerings. However, Ke

According to New York Times, this year Meta internally projected potentially investing up to $10 billion annually on Anthropic's AI models, based on disclosures from two informed sources.

Iran's military announced yesterday (August 26) that its military doctrine has shifted from defensive to offensive operations. The statement came as U.S. President Trump told Qatar's Al Jazeera in a separate interview on the same day that he has no timeline for Iran's return to negotiations and is in no rush.

The UK government plans to give the Bank of England a new secondary objective to support innovation in payment systems, including stablecoins. The proposed change would expand the central bank's existing innovation responsibility to systemic payment systems, with financial stability remaining its primary objective. According to DeFiLlama, stablecoins have reached approximately $303 billion in total capitalization, with Tether's USDT accounting for about $183.3 billion and Circle's USDC valued at