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According to Jin10, citing Turkey's Justice Minister Akin Gurlek, Turkey requested red notices from Interpol against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Alek Moskowitz on Aug 21. Both were issued arrest warrants on July 14 on charges including genocide, crimes against humanity, torture, willful injury, deprivation of liberty, property damage, armed robbery, and hostage-taking. Gurlek announced that Turkey's Interior Ministry has been instructed to initiate international prosecution pro

According to Businesswire, BSTR Holdings announced it has terminated its merger agreement with Cantor Equity Partners, originally signed in July 2025. The termination was driven by current market pressures on bitcoin valuations and public bitcoin treasury company valuations, which limited the effectiveness of convertible debt and perpetual preferred stock financing strategies.

According to Gate market data, spot gold declined $20 short-term to trade at $4,566.49 per ounce. The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) rose 10 points to 98.76.

U.S. Treasury markets steadied on Friday (August 21) after a volatile week, with the 10-year yield holding at 4.69%, according to analysts including Philip Marey of Rabobank and Gregoire Pesques of Amundi. The Treasury Department announced expanded bond buyback operations this week, which briefly pushed 10-year yields down 5 basis points on Wednesday, but the gains reversed Thursday as investors questioned the sustainability of the measure. Analysts warn that fiscal tools may eventually run out.

According to Jin10, on August 21, the UK is drafting new sanctions to prohibit trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, as Foreign Secretary Milliband weighs policy options in coming weeks. The measures would restrict commercial dealings and services with the settlements, reflecting Prime Minister Starmer's efforts to take a tougher stance on concerns from his left-wing Labour voters.

According to Chainwire, Aligned launched $ALIGN, the native token of its full-stack Ethereum infrastructure ecosystem, on August 20, 2026, with listings on major exchanges. The token has a fixed total supply of 10 billion, with approximately 16% circulating at launch. $ALIGN will be used to pay for services across Aligned's stack, including Proof Aggregation and Wallet-as-a-Service, and is classified as a utility token rather than equity or a revenue claim.

According to Lookonchain monitoring shared by ChainCatcher, Ethena transferred 170 million ENA tokens to FalconX valued at $14.09 million. The protocol has since recovered the same amount of tokens, now valued at $23.68 million. The token value increased by $9.59 million, a 68% gain, within the three-day period.

According to Maeil Business News, Kakao announced on August 21 a reorganization splitting the company into two entities: KakaoAI (36%) and KakaoX (64%). KakaoAI will house KakaoTalk, AI services, advertising, and commerce operations under CEO Jung Shin-a. KakaoX will serve as an investment holding company overseeing KakaoBank, KakaoPay, KakaoMobility, and KakaoEntertainment. The corporate restructuring will be finalized on January 1, 2027, with both entities listed on the stock exchange on Janua

According to the Wall Street Journal, Nvidia has recently invested in power developers including Lancium and SB Energy to expand its artificial intelligence infrastructure and secure future data center capacity for its chips.

According to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal, Nvidia (NVDA.O) is expected to announce its investment in Cloverleaf Infrastructure on Friday (August 22).

According to BlockBeats, on August 21, Nvidia entered advanced negotiations to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Cloverleaf Infrastructure, a developer providing reliable power and land for large-scale data center projects. Cloverleaf's project pipeline includes over 10 gigawatts of capacity, and the deal would help Nvidia secure future data center capacity for its chips.

According to B.AI, the DeepSeek-V4-Flash free access activity on the B.AI platform has pushed cumulative token throughput to 641.524 billion on August 20, marking a new record. Single-day throughput on August 20 reached 285.963 billion tokens, nearly 4 times higher than the launch day, demonstrating sustained growth in platform usage.

According to UAnalyze, U.S. stock index futures rebounded on Friday premarket (August 21), with Dow Jones futures gaining 0.37%, S&P 500 futures up 0.33%, and Nasdaq 100 futures jumping 0.60%. High U.S. Treasury yields and geopolitical risks continue to weigh on market sentiment, though tech stocks showed premarket strength. Crypto-related stocks became a market focal point. Bitcoin climbed to its highest level since late May, while President Trump called for Congress to pass key cryptocurrency

According to Statistics Canada, Canada's retail sales increased 0.6% month-on-month in June, beating the expected 0.4% growth. The previous month's figure was also revised upward to 1.1% from the initially reported 1.0%.

Canada's core retail sales month-over-month rate came in at 0.5% in June, exceeding the forecasted 0.3% and down from 1.20% in the previous month, according to official economic data.

China's Central Cyberspace Administration Commission released the "Action Plan for Promoting High-Quality Development of Internet Information Enterprises (2026-2030)" on August 21. The plan directs internet information enterprises to accelerate green and low-carbon development, with a focus on coordinating new computing infrastructure construction with renewable energy generation. The initiative promotes adoption of advanced energy-efficient technologies, including liquid cooling and waste heat

According to its second-quarter financial report filed on August 16, digital asset treasury company Strategy reported a net loss of $8.2 billion in Q2, primarily driven by $8.3 billion in unrealized losses on digital assets; software business revenue reached $122 million for the quarter. The company uses fair value accounting. Between August 3 and August 9, Strategy sold 1,690 Bitcoin, raising approximately $109 million and repurchasing preferred stock. The following week, it issued common stock

According to its prospectus filing, Yangtze Memory achieved operating revenue of 47.042 billion yuan (approximately $6.5 billion USD) and net profit of 33.379 billion yuan in Q1 2026. Based on TrendForce data calculations, the company ranked third globally and first in China among NAND Flash manufacturers by both sales revenue and shipment volume during the period.

According to Iran's Fars News, Omani diplomats expressed that threats made by Trump against Oman are becoming increasingly familiar to the nation.

According to BlockBeats, crypto KOL Ansem said on August 21 that Robinhood chain tokens could perform well this cycle, citing the platform's support for on-chain activity including meme coins and real-world assets (RWA). Ansem highlighted that Robinhood's proactive stance may attract more retail liquidity and innovative projects to the ecosystem.