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Solana (SOL) climbed roughly 46% in August, ending a ten-month monthly losing streak. The token traded near $106 on Sunday afternoon after touching $110.38 on Aug. 27, its highest level since late January. The rally coincided with Charles Schwab's Aug. 27 announcement to add spot SOL to Schwab

Real Trump Coins denied launching the Trump Digital GOLD token on Saturday after promotional content briefly appeared on its X account and website before collapsing. The company blamed the promotion on third-party bad actors and stated it was working with authorities to investigate. The denial

LS Securities raised its target price for Samsung Electronics stocks to 450,000 won on the 31st, a 12.5% increase, while maintaining a 'buy' rating. Analyst Jung Woo-sung cited expanding High Bandwidth Memory

NVIDIA's AI circular financing model, where the chip giant invests in AI developers and data center operators who then purchase NVIDIA GPUs, has drawn criticism from investor Michael Burry this year. The model involves NVIDIA providing financial support to AI companies and data center businesses, wh

The US Treasury doubled its bond buyback program to $4 billion on August 19, targeting long-dated bonds to manage market liquidity and yields. Gold traders responded by increasing bullish options positions, driving gold prices up over 7% in five days to near $4,700 per ounce. The intervention

Six months into the ongoing conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran, the global economy has avoided significant disruption, according to a Fortune report. This economic resilience has reportedly benefited Wall Street and the Trump family despite continuous geopolitical tensions

Major US retailers including Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe's, Target, TJX, and Kohl's reported divergent approaches to handling tariff refunds during second-quarter earnings in recent weeks, creating confusion for Wall Street analysts parsing results. The refunds flowed in after the Supreme Court

Federal Reserve Chair Warsh delivered a 28-minute speech at Jackson Hole in which he mentioned the word 'inflation' 25 times, triggering sharp moves across US stocks, bonds, currencies, and commodities over the weekend. Wall Street interpreted the remarks as a signal of imminent rate increases

Fed Chair Kevin Wash signaled heightened inflation vigilance at Jackson Hole, while China's CXMT reported H1 revenue surging 874% and global shipping rates hit year-highs for the fifth consecutive week. Wash stated additional Fed action may be needed if core inflation fails to decline toward the 2%

Federal Reserve Chair Waller delivered remarks emphasizing persistent inflation concerns, stating that inflation has not slowed meaningfully and expressing worry about stubborn price increases. Waller noted that while this summer's PCE and CPI figures were better than expected, they did not

Bank of America released four stock recommendations for September based on earnings momentum and cash flow analysis. The investment bank highlighted opportunities ranging from companies with continued upside potential despite recent gains to valuation-conscious picks. The selections span

Meta is testing robots from multiple vendors to perform cable management, server resets, and power cycling tasks inside its data centers, according to current and former workers familiar with the projects. The effort aims to manage labor costs as the company's AI infrastructure spending increases. M

Sanil Electric president Han Ik-hee sold 25,000 shares on the 13th of this month through a block deal, realizing a profit of 4.5 billion won from stock options exercised at 3,344 won per share versus a sale price of 182,670 won. The 69-year-old executive, who joined the industrial transformer manufacturer in 2017 from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, holds remaining stock options for 188,300 shares valued at an estimated 32.7 billion won based on current market prices. Sanil Electric's stock has sur

Meritz Securities launches its AI-based investment platform 'MOUM' on September 1, marking the first 100% cloud-based trading system among Korean securities firms. The platform combines artificial intelligence with

U.S. equities remained flat to slightly positive through Thursday's close, driven almost entirely by Nvidia's nearly 9% Thursday surge that offset Monday's semiconductor selloff. Tether minted 3 billion USDT last Friday

European Central Bank Executive Board Member Isabel Schnabel stated that stablecoins lack the independent capacity to expand liquidity rapidly during periods of financial stress, a gap only a central bank can fill. Schnabel advocated for bringing central bank money onchain, arguing that

Meta agreed to pay almost $17 billion this week in a landmark settlement with a coalition of state attorneys general that had sued the company for misrepresenting the extent of child mental health damage caused by Facebook and Instagram. The settlement was negotiated during a federal trial in

Charles Schwab, Circle, Treasury Secretary Bessent, investor Stanley Druckenmiller, and Coinbase made significant moves in crypto and financial markets during the past week. The $13 trillion asset manager Charles Schwab announced on Thursday it is expanding its digital asset listings to include

Bitcoin early adopters moved 6,427.59 dormant BTC worth $507 million across 188 transactions between Aug. 1-30, 2026, according to blockchain data tracked by btcparser.com. The activity followed hardware wallet security incidents, including Coldcard firmware exploit losses of approximately 2,000 BTC

The Institute of International Finance (IIF) forecasts the Korean won could appreciate to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, driven by semiconductor export strength and expanded domestic investments by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. In a recent report, IIF stated that domestic semiconductor facility e