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According to Taiwan Economic Daily, TSMC's advanced packaging CoWoS capacity is fully booked, with orders being redirected to Intel's Malaysia manufacturing facility to support shared customers. This marks a departure from conventional ecosystem practices. The move reflects the production bottleneck in backend advanced packaging relative to frontend chip manufacturing, with analysts expecting TSMC to welcome capacity expansion from additional suppliers to accelerate frontend production delivery.

According to Jin10, major foreign exchange options including EUR/USD, GBP/USD, and AUD/USD are set to expire today at 22:00 UTC+8 (Beijing time), with 2 large strikes priced above 1 billion notional value.

According to GMGN data, EYE (RmtM....DYk) ranked first among smart money net inflows in the past 24 hours with $3,000 net inflow, though the token declined 43.5% over the period and is currently trading at $0.0026. CLUG followed with $2,000 net inflow, up 13,258.4% to $0.0004.

According to Cointelegraph, prediction market platform Kalshi has filed an application with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to launch stock index perpetual futures products. The offering will enable traders to establish leveraged long or short positions on major stock indices without holding the underlying stocks. Perpetual futures, as derivatives contracts with no expiration date, allow investors to maintain exposure to index movements and manage risk.

According to Jin10, on August 19, a worker at Hokkaido Electric Power's Tomari Nuclear Station Unit 3 died after falling into a gravel silo used for coastal dike construction. The company had previously planned to restart the reactor in mid-December 2027, according to Hokkaido Shimbun. A company spokesperson said the utility will reconsider the restart timeline after concluding its accident investigation.

According to BlockBeats citing GMGN data, major meme coins across multiple blockchains declined sharply overnight on August 19. Solana ecosystem's leading meme token ANSEM fell over 30% from previous highs to $227 million. Robinhood chain's CASHCAT dropped 14.61% in 24 hours to $89.37 million, breaking below the $100 million mark. BSC ecosystem's MarsCoin declined 12% in 24 hours to $32.83 million.

The UK Retail Price Index (RPI) for July came in at 3.2% year-on-year, falling short of the 3.3% forecast while climbing from the previous month's 3.0%.

According to UK economic data released in August, the UK output PPI (unadjusted) came in at 0.2% month-on-month in July, matching economist forecasts. The prior month's reading was revised downward to -0.1% from an initially reported 0.0%.

The UK's July harmonized consumer price index (CPI) rose to 3.1% year-over-year, meeting market expectations and up from 2.8% in June.

The UK's core inflation rate (CPI excluding food and energy) reached 0.2% on a monthly basis in July, exceeding the forecast of 0.1% and declining from the previous month's 0.3%.

UK's July unadjusted input Producer Price Index came in at 4.9% year-over-year, falling significantly below the forecast of 6.6%. The previous month's reading was revised upward to 7.4% from an initial 7.3%.

UK consumer prices rose 0.3% month-on-month in July, matching market expectations. The increase marks an acceleration from the prior month's 0.1% rise, indicating slightly higher inflationary pressure in the latest reporting period.

The UK retail price index increased 0.6% month-over-month in July, falling short of the forecast 0.80% and rising from June's 0.30%.

According to a Nomura Securities report released on August 17, Japanese packaging substrate exports surged 98% year-over-year in June, reaching 291 billion yen, with per-square-meter prices climbing to 1.429 million yen, up 65% year-over-year. The investment bank expects the supply shortage to last another 2 to 3 years, driven by surging demand for server CPUs, network switches, and AI accelerators.

According to the UK Office for National Statistics, the core retail price index year-over-year rose to 3.1% in July, up from 2.90% in the previous month.

Britain's July CPI year-on-year inflation rose to 2.9%, matching market expectations and up from 2.6% in June.

According to UK official statistics, core output PPI rose 0.6% month-on-month in July, up from 0.5% in the prior month.

The UK's consumer price index rose 0.3% month-on-month in July, matching economist expectations and accelerating from June's 0.1% increase, according to official economic data.

According to ETNews Electronics, South Korea's venture capital investment reached 8.87 trillion won in the first half of 2026, marking a new record. Policy-backed venture capital increased 58.3% year-over-year, while private sector investment grew 28.1%, with private funds accounting for over 80% of total venture capital deployment. Private financial institutions, primarily banks, invested 2.61 trillion won, up 54.9% year-over-year. AI solutions, AI chips, storage chips, and humanoid robots emer

UK input producer price inflation for July came in at -1.7% month-on-month, missing expectations of 0%. The previous month's figure was revised upward from -2.0% to -1.9%.