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According to the Al Jazeera report citing Yemen's Armed Forces Media Center, the country's government navy intercepted a shipment of Iranian military components and equipment destined for Houthi forces in the Red Sea on August 24. Footage released by the authorities showed the cargo included parts u

According to Libya's Foreign Ministry, on August 30, Syria's interim Foreign Minister Hibani met with Libya's Acting Foreign Minister Tahir Baul in Tripoli. Following the meeting, Syria's embassy in Tripoli resumed operations after 14 years of closure. The two sides discussed strengthening

According to Goldman Sachs, gold surged over 7% in five days following the US Treasury's August 19 announcement to double its buyback program for long-dated bonds to $4 billion, pushing prices near $4,700 per ounce. The options market showed notable conviction, with gold call option demand rising an

According to ChainCatcher and on-chain researcher Weilin Li, Cronos network halted operations after Tectonic lending protocol suffered a price manipulation attack, with estimated total losses of $75 million. Cronos Network announced on X that it identified a vulnerability in Tectonic and paused

According to ETF CHECK data, South Korean retail investors recorded net inflows of 114.02 billion won (approximately $79 million) into 10 gold-linked exchange-traded funds over the past month through August 30. The inflows included 108.652 billion won into five spot gold ETFs, with ACE KRX Gold

Apple named John Ternus as its next CEO on April 20, with the 25-year company veteran set to officially take charge on September 1. He succeeds Tim Cook, who will transition to executive chairman of the board, capping a 15-year tenure that added approximately $3.6 trillion to Apple's market

According to this week's industry review, tokens accruing value have emerged as the most profitable narrative in the early bull run. HYPE reached an all-time high of $85 amid ETF buying and rising fees, while Bitwise's Solana staking ETF reported approximately $45 million in inflows over the first t

According to The Energy Mag, the Swedish Tax Agency issued proposed VAT decisions against subsidiaries of Northern Data AG and HIVE Digital starting in September 2025, disputing computing and infrastructure services classified as cryptocurrency mining outside the VAT system. HIVE's Bikupa subsidiari

According to CNBC reports from August 2026, major U.S. retailers received substantial tariff refunds in Q2 2026 following a February Supreme Court ruling that invalidated the tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. However, the companies have deployed the funds in diverging

Grayscale's Zcash Trust converted to the first ZEC spot ETF on August 25, beginning trading on NYSE Arca. The conversion marks the latest expansion of cryptocurrency ETF offerings following recent approvals for Bitcoin and Ethereum

According to Coinglass data, if Bitcoin falls below $75,106, aggregate liquidations of long positions on major centralized exchanges will reach $919 million.
Conversely, if Bitcoin breaks above $82,576, short liquidations on major CEX are projected to hit $667 million.

At the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, BIS Chief Pablo Hernández de Cos criticized stablecoins for lacking foundational monetary properties. De Cos identified four deficiencies: par redeemability, elasticity, interoperability, and financial integrity. He stated that stablecoins do not yet uphold th

According to CME's Fedwatch Tool, as of Aug. 30, federal funds rate hike odds for September 16 jumped to 57%, up from just 39.9% on Aug. 21 following Fed official Warsh's Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium keynote. The probability of rates holding steady dropped to 43%. Warsh emphasized the Fed'

U.S. President Donald Trump today called on all Canadian companies with business operations in the U.S. to relocate immediately to American soil. Trump stated that companies relocating to the U.S. would qualify for full tariff

According to Trump's statement on social media on August 31, the U.S. president claimed the country does not need Canadian automotive products or parts, accusing Canada of taking advantage of the U.S. for decades. Trump attributed his administration's success in reviving the American auto industry t

According to Government Resolution No. 05/2025/NQ-CP signed on September 9, 2025, Vietnam launched a five-year pilot program for tokenized assets running through 2030. The framework requires all tokenized assets to be backed by real-world assets issued by Vietnamese entities. Five exchanges are prog

According to The Energy Mag, Northern Data AG and HIVE Digital subsidiaries faced Swedish Tax Agency VAT decisions in September 2025 and December 2022 respectively, with proposals to deny input-VAT deductions totaling €48 million for Northern Data and confirmed liabilities of €76.6 million for HIVE.

On Sunday morning, President Trump called into a NASA post-launch news conference at Kennedy Space Center to congratulate officials on the successful launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman stepped away from the live broadcast to take the call, returning to

According to Korea Exchange, the KOSPI index fell 124.07 points (1.79%) to 6,788.88 during the week of August 24-28, as foreign investors sold a net 8.3 trillion won and institutional investors net-sold 361.5 billion won. Individual investors purchased 634.4 billion won during the same

According to the UK Maritime Trade Operations office, a tanker came under attack from unidentified projectiles on August 30 while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, approximately 22 kilometers north of Oman's Salalah. No casualties or environmental damage have been reported. The authority advised