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A whale trader placed $203.47 million in limit short orders on SPCX, the tokenized version of SpaceX stock, at prices between $141.93 and $142.90 per token. The large bearish bet comes during a volatile period for SPCX, which saw approximately $700 million in trading volume over two days in early

Solana is stabilizing near $76 as the cryptocurrency tests a key resistance zone between $80 and $85, according to technical chart analysis from crypto analysts. The token has entered a multi-layered support area following an extended decline, with deeper bid levels identified at $67.06, $60, and $5

Tech strategist Dan Ives stated on Friday that recent earnings from hyperscalers and neocloud providers including CoreWeave Inc. and Nebius Group indicate AI has entered the monetization phase. During a CNBC interview, Ives described this shift from capital expenditure to monetization as an

Mirae Asset Securities is pursuing the acquisition of Public.com, a US retail brokerage platform. The company is expected to hold a board meeting soon to vote on acquiring Public Holdings, the operator of Public.com, according to investment banking industry sources on the 14th. During its Q2

SpaceX filed with the Federal Communications Commission in January for a constellation of up to 1 million satellites to form an orbital artificial intelligence data center, while Blue Origin filed plans in March for 51,600 data-center satellites in low Earth orbit. CEO Elon Musk has argued that

Hermann Hauser, co-founder of Arm and venture capitalist with Amadeus Capital, warned this month that artificial intelligence represents a transformative revolution but faces significant bubble risks. Speaking on The Tech Download podcast, Hauser stated AI 'will create more value than probably any o

Benzinga launched a Private Markets Newsfeed API on August 13 that converts funding rounds, secondary transactions and pre-IPO company developments into written stories for brokerages and institutional platforms. The product addresses an information gap as private secondary transaction volume

Index provider MSCI opened a consultation that could remove Strategy and Metaplanet from its Global Investable Market Indexes under a proposed methodology for identifying non-operating companies. A simulation using May 2026 data showed Strategy, Metaplanet, and uranium investment company Yellow

OpenAI has pushed its annualized revenue run rate past $40 billion, roughly doubling the figure the company recorded at the end of 2025, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter. The growth stems from expanding ChatGPT subscriptions, scaling AI coding software, and a

Gold exchange-traded funds rebounded over the recent month after months of decline driven by a strong dollar and rising interest rates. The recovery followed easing concerns over US Federal Reserve tightening as Trump withdrew plans for large-scale attacks on Iran and US-Iran negotiations advanced o

US investment firm KKR submitted a proposal on July 10 to acquire a stake in First Gen Corp., a Filipino power generation company, according to a disclosure filed by parent company First Philippine Holdings Corp. (FPH) on August 13. The proposal includes a mandatory tender offer clause requiring a c

Maya maintained its P10 InstaPay transfer fee as of July despite traditional banks eliminating such charges, according to PLDT executives. The fintech reduced its fee from P15 to P10 in July but stopped short of zero, with PLDT head of investor relations Jinggay Nograles explaining that Maya's

Seventy listed companies in South Korea set dividend record dates for August, with total payouts exceeding 5.4224 trillion won, according to Korea Exchange data. The dividend announcements come as market volatility drives investor interest toward stocks offering stable cash returns. Last year's

Nearly 20 listed companies filed adverse semi-annual audit disclosures after market close on the 14th, the semi-annual report deadline. Multiple firms that received 'appropriate' audit opinions last year switched to 'opinion refusal' this year, citing going-concern uncertainties, internal control

Kyobo Life Insurance reported a net profit attributable to controlling interests of 246.1 billion won for the second quarter of 2026, announced on August 14. This represents a 17.1% decrease compared to the same period last year. The decline was driven by the application of actuarial assumption

Apex Fintech Solutions has launched an API allowing brokerages to offer Kalshi event contracts without building futures commission merchant infrastructure. tastytrade became the first firm using the service following its July launch of prediction markets, demonstrating how event contracts can be int

Claude AI predicts XRP will reach $1.30 to $1.40 by year-end 2026, with $1.35 as the base case, as whales absorb more than 10 million tokens daily and exchange supply falls to a seven-year low of 1.6 billion tokens. The AI platform identifies regulatory clarity as the largest variable, noting

South Korea's Financial Services Commission launched the 'Youth Future Bogeumjari Loan' program offering interest rates as low as 2% for properties under 400 million won, but excluded apartments from eligibility. A Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements report published late last year

ABN AMRO Clearing USA has added support for client access to Bruce Markets, connecting its clearing clients to an alternative trading system that operates during the overnight gap in the US equity market. The integration arrived less than seven weeks after the National Securities Clearing

On August 14, 2026 (Beijing Time), shares of Hong Kong-listed AI company MiniMax Group Inc. (HKG: 0100) closed at HK$329.00, down 12.69% for the day, on significantly higher trading value. After being added to the Stock Connect program on August 6, the stock had surged as much as 29.24%. The sharp pullback was not an isolated event—the Hang Seng Index closed down 1.1% that day, and the technology sector came under broad pressure. However, MiniMax’s decline of more than 12% significantly underper