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AI companies showcased financial service solutions at AI Summit Seoul & Expo 2026 held from the 19th to 21st at COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. ImpactiveAI presented a commodity price prediction solution that reduces forecasting errors and costs for raw material buyers by collecting and analyzing

Bitcoin traders increased expectations that the cryptocurrency will reach $70,000 before the end of August after a rally sent BTC up roughly 7% in about one hour on Wednesday. The probability of Bitcoin touching $70,000 during August climbed to approximately 72% on Polymarket during the rally,

Grayscale filed Amendment No. 4 to its Form S-3 registration statement for the Grayscale Zcash Trust with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 18, advancing plans to move the existing investment vehicle from the over-the-counter market to NYSE Arca under the ticker ZCSH. The registr

Moderna Inc. (MRNA), Merck & Co Inc. (MRK), and Target Corp. (TGT) stocks surged to 52-week highs on Wednesday driven by positive clinical trial results and Wall Street analyst upgrades. MRNA stock jumped nearly 177% after announcing its mRNA cancer treatment, developed with Merck, met the primary g

Walmart is expected to report fiscal second-quarter earnings before the bell on Thursday. The retailer has been prioritizing value for lower-income shoppers while attracting more high-income customers, and has previously said it's seeing the divide between income groups widen. As the largest U.S. re

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates requested Japan on the 19th (local time) to increase oil storage in Japanese tanks from 8 million barrels each to up to 10 times that amount. The request came from three sources cited by the New York Times as Gulf oil producers seek to expand overseas

On August 19, the Swiss Federal Council decided to adopt the European Union’s 20th package of sanctions against Russia, in line with its previous practice. The new measures entered into force on August 20. Earlier, on May 22, Switzerland added 115 individuals and organizations to its sanctions list. The sanctions were adopted by the EU on April 23 in response to Russia’s war against Ukraine. They are aimed at further weakening Russia’s energy sector and preventing sanctions evasion. Expansion of

The second matchday of the 2026–2027 La Liga season will feature a highly unpredictable matchup, with Rayo Vallecano facing Alavés at its nominal home venue. However, the circumstances surrounding the match have become a story in their own right. Because the Community of Madrid refused to lift the closure order on Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas, Rayo Vallecano’s home match was moved to Butarque Municipal Stadium in Leganés. The club applied to postpone the match but did not receive approval from La

On August 4, Russian President Putin signed the “Law on Digital Currency and Digital Rights,” the main provisions of which take effect on September 1. Retail investors will not be able to purchase more than 300 thousand rubles (approximately $3.6 thousand) worth of cryptocurrency per year through a single licensed intermediary in Russia, while a Bank of Russia draft will limit eligible assets to bitcoin, ether, and USDT. At the same time, Bank of Russia data shows that during the first seven mon

Police officers in the Leningrad Region detained a 29-year-old resident of Kingisepp suspected of stealing cryptocurrency worth more than 9.8 million rubles from a cold wallet. According to investigators, in March the suspect gained access, by an unspecified method, to the hardware crypto wallet of an assistant to the CEO of an unnamed commercial organization and transferred the digital assets to another address. Detention and Investigative Actions Police searched the suspect’s home and seized t

SK Hynix and the US Treasury announced major buyback programs on the 19th to restore investor confidence. SK Hynix disclosed plans to purchase and cancel ₩40 trillion worth of treasury shares—representing 3.3% of total outstanding shares—over three months, marking its first buyback decision in

The US government operates a covert oil route through the Strait of Hormuz, moving millions of barrels daily, Axios reported citing US officials. The operation, conducted over the past few weeks, enables 15 to 20 tankers to transit the southern channel along Oman's coast each night, delivering

Bitcoin rose approximately 5.59% on August 19, driving Strategy (MSTR) shares up 12.15%. MSTR opened at $94.54, closed at approximately $103.76, and reached an intraday high of $106.90. The latest SaylorTracker data indicates that the unrealized loss on Strategy’s 840,447 Bitcoin holdings narrowed to $5.35 billion. MSTR Stock Trading Data on Wednesday Wednesday’s MSTR trading data was as follows: Open: $94.54 Intraday high: $106.90 (briefly breaking above the $100 mark) Close: Approximately $103

Baidu (9888.HK) announced its Q2 financial results on Aug. 18, reporting total revenue of 31.3 billion yuan; AI business revenue reached 12.5 billion yuan, up 25% year over year and accounting for approximately 50% of the company’s total business revenue for the second consecutive quarter. AI cloud infrastructure revenue increased 50% year over year to 7.3 billion yuan, while GPU cloud revenue grew 283% year over year, further accelerating from 184% in Q1. Three Quantitative Metrics for Baidu’s

XRP treasury company Evernorth reported Aug. 18 that 23.5% of weekday on-chain XRP volume in July occurred within a three-hour window between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Coordinated Universal Time, compared with 14.3% during the same period in July 2025. The concentration coincides with the overlap between

The Wall Street Journal’s chief economics correspondent, Nick Timiraos, known as the “Fed whisperer,” revealed in his latest article that four members of the Senate Banking Committee, led by Senator Chris Van Hollen, jointly sent a letter to Fed Chair Kevin Warsh on August 19, demanding that he publicly disclose all details of his communications with U.S. President Trump. The Gap in Warsh’s Schedule: No Record of Calls with Trump During His First Five Weeks in Office According to Timiraos’s repo

Former Meta engineering director Arturo Béjar appeared before a jury of eight for the second day on August 19 in federal court in Oakland, California, accusing Instagram of adopting a “don’t ask, don’t tell” attitude toward users under 13. California is seeking $1.4 trillion in damages—close to Meta’s market capitalization of approximately $1.5 trillion at the time. Core of Béjar’s Testimony: Quiet Mode Being Off by Default Amounts to Being “Designed to Fail” Béjar worked at Facebook from 2009 t

Industry leaders warned Wednesday that AI agents could enable crypto hacks dwarfing today's billion-dollar breaches during a panel at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium 2026. Global Settlement Network CEO Ryan Kirkley, Web3 Foundation Vice President Bill Laboon, Midnight Foundation President Fahmi

ABS-CBN Corp. is increasing its authorized capital stock from P1.5 billion to P4.5 billion and expanding its board from 7 to 9 members to accommodate new investors contributing P6 billion. The Philippine media company held its annual stockholders' meeting August 19, where shareholders elected a 7-me

The Layer-1 blockchain Linera, founded by former Meta engineers, posted on X on August 20, announcing the launch of the LNRA token sale and the release of the Linera Originals series, which includes a badge system and prediction markets settled within one minute. Linera positions itself as “the next Hyperliquid.” Microchain Architecture: The Bottleneck of Shared Sequencing in Traditional Public Blockchains All transaction activity on traditional blockchains must be processed through a single sha