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According to Jin10 Data, on August 26, Uzbekistan's Central Bank planned to hold a roundtable discussion with major U.S. asset managers, including Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, and JPMorgan Chase, in mid-September to explore potential investment channels for its foreign reserves. Central Bank Governor Timur Ishmetov stated the bank aims to diversify beyond gold, which currently comprises 87% of its $64.3 billion in reserves, down from $66.3 billion at the start of 2026. The World Gold Council report

According to Guru Club, President Trump stated that 22 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz overnight on August 25.

According to Jin10, spot gold touched $4,600 per ounce intraday on Aug 26, declining 1.26% during the day. Spot silver fell over 1% to trade at $67.97 per ounce.

According to reports on August 26, U.S. President Donald Trump stated that he believes Iran's Supreme Leader is not dead but may have suffered severe injuries. Trump also reiterated that U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz remains in effect.

U.S. President Donald Trump suggested today that there may be new developments regarding a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency director's visit to Russia. Trump did not provide further details on the potential announcement.

According to B.AI, on August 25, the platform's daily new API users reached 23,432, marking an all-time high, while daily token throughput surged to 594.71 billion tokens, also setting a new record. During the same period, B.AI accumulated 79,500 new API users, processed 74.108 million token calls, and handled over 3 trillion cumulative tokens across its one-stop AGI infrastructure platform.

According to Financial Times, on August 25, Chinese NAND flash memory manufacturer Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) aims to become the global leader by end of next year amid its large-scale initial public offering (IPO). Counterpoint Research data shows YMTC claimed 14% global NAND flash market share in Q2 2026, rising from just 4.8% in 2021—nearly tripling in five years. Currently third behind Samsung Electronics (25%) and SK Hynix (22%), YMTC's parent company CCSH submitted IPO documents to

According to Wccftech, Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently shared progress on the company's AI5 inference chip during a discussion with hedge fund manager Ron Baron. The AI5, which completed tape-out in April and is now being produced by Samsung Electronics, delivers 2-3x better power efficiency per watt compared to Nvidia's chips for automotive and robotics inference workloads, while costing roughly 10% of Nvidia's chips. Musk stated the single-SoC AI5 matches Nvidia's Hopper architecture performance

According to ChainCatcher, Faryar Shirzad, Coinbase's chief policy officer, recently wrote in CoinDesk refuting claims by the American Bankers Association (ABA) that stablecoin rewards would drain community bank deposits. The ABA warned that permitting such rewards under the proposed Clarity Act could cause deposit losses. However, Shirzad pointed out that Coinbase has been paying stablecoin rewards on USDC for over four years, yet community bank deposits grew 26% from June 2019 to March 2026, t

According to U.S. media, a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed on Aug 25 in mountainous terrain near Denver, Colorado, with no initial reports of casualties. The helicopter is assigned to Fort Campbell Army Base in Kentucky. Photos from the scene showed the aircraft heavily damaged with surrounding trees broken.

According to reports, Amazon Web Services announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire DuckLabs, the company behind the open-source analytics database DuckDB. Upon deal completion, the DuckLabs team will join AWS to enhance the speed, usability, and cost efficiency of AWS data analytics services. Amazon emphasized that the acquisition does not include the DuckDB open-source project itself, which will remain maintained by the independent DuckDB Foundation under the MIT license. DuckD

According to court documents, Meta agreed to pay up to $16.68 billion to various U.S. states as part of a settlement agreement. The company's stock rose over 4% in premarket trading on August 26 following the disclosure.

According to state media on August 26, Greece's military will soon sign a procurement agreement to acquire two multi-purpose frigates from Italy. The first vessel is expected to be delivered to the Greek Navy in the first half of 2028, with the second following in the first half of 2029. Greek shipyards will participate in the maintenance and modification of the vessels.

According to Clear Street's August 25 announcement, the electronic equities execution platform extended its service yesterday to 27 markets across Europe and Asia-Pacific while introducing a four-venue smart router for US overnight trading. The expansion comprises 22 EMEA markets and five Asia-Pacific markets (Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, and Singapore), accessible through a single execution connection. The overnight router connects Blue Ocean, Bruce, MOON, and OTC Link N to automat

According to Nick Timiraos, a key Federal Reserve communicator, core PCE rose 0.25% month-on-month in July, equivalent to a 2.99% annualized rate. The monthly increase was roughly in line with July 2025, pushing the year-over-year rate to 3.34% from 2.86% a year earlier. On an annualized basis, core PCE's 6-month increase stands at 3.5%, while the 3-month annualized rate is 3.0%.

On night session opening today (August 26), China's commodity futures contracts declined broadly. Ethylene glycol (EG) led declines with a drop of nearly 4%, followed by methanol and propylene falling more than 2%, and pure benzene declining nearly 2%. Other decliners included low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), short fibers, bottle-grade polyester chips, and para-xylene, each down more than 1%. On the upside, rapeseed meal rose nearly 2%, soybeans II climbed more than 1%, and soybean meal and zinc (SHFE)

According to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, ETF closures this year have increased 65% year-over-year, approaching 200 funds as of late August. At the current pace, closures are on track to break historical records, Balchunas noted on X.

According to Gate data, the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) rose approximately 10 points to 99.03 today, while spot gold declined 11 dollars to 4,619 per ounce. The moves came as the U.S. July PCE price index came in at 3.7% year-over-year, matching the previous month and exceeding market expectations of 3.6%.

According to Decrypt, European Central Bank (ECB) Executive Board member Piero Cipollone announced that the digital euro will provide the highest level of privacy feasible with current technology. Offline payments will be visible only to payer and payee; online transactions will not reveal parties' identities to the euro system, though participating banks retain identification capability. The ECB confirmed 36 payment service providers are participating in a 12-month pilot launching in the second

According to Gate data, WTI and Brent crude rallied approximately $0.5 intraday before easing back, now trading at $80.2 and $85.5 per barrel, respectively. An Iranian senior official said earlier that a deal with Oman regarding the Strait of Hormuz had not yet been finalized.