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On August 10, 2026, TSMC released a monthly revenue report that drew market attention: July consolidated revenue was approximately NT$467.58 billion, up 5.6% month over month and surging 44.7% year over year, once again setting a new monthly all-time high. From January through July 2026, TSMC’s revenue reached NT$2.872 trillion, up 37.0% from the same period last year and also marking the highest level ever recorded for that period. On the day the results were released, TSMC (2330.TW) shares clo

Revolut Bank S.A. has received a full French banking licence following an assessment by the French prudential regulator and the European Central Bank. The ECB Governing Council adopted the decision, establishing Revolut's second banking entity in the European Union alongside Revolut Bank UAB in

Standard Chartered initiated coverage of Chainlink (LINK) with a price forecast of $200 by the end of 2030, according to a note by Geoff Kendrick, the bank's digital assets research head. With LINK trading near $8.22 on Monday, the target implies a 24x rally. The call extends Kendrick's search for w

Strategy Inc. has confirmed it holds a $4 billion reserve backing its STRC preferred stock, a buffer large enough to cover more than two years of dividend payments and debt interest. The reserve is designed to maintain stability for one of the company's most closely watched financial instruments,

Five altcoins — Optimism (OP), Injective (INJ), Tezos (XTZ), Uniswap (UNI), and Hedera (HBAR) — are drawing investor attention in 2026 as market watchers note renewed interest in alternative cryptocurrencies. The broader crypto market in 2026 is experiencing significant challenges, including

South Korea's Blue House announced plans to relocate military facilities and develop a semiconductor industrial complex on the Gwangju military airport site by the end of 2028. A senior Blue House official stated on the 10th that the timeline represents the fastest possible schedule after multiple w

Elon Musk endorsed Cloudflare's forecast that artificial intelligence agent traffic will vastly exceed human internet usage, calling the projection accurate. Cloudflare Chief Financial Officer Thomas Seifert told investors during the company's second-quarter earnings call on Thursday that non-human

South Korean government bond yields rose sharply on the 10th, with 30-year bonds leading the surge at 6.3 basis points. The sell-off was driven by foreign investors' recent sales of ultra-long non-benchmark bonds, alongside a rebound in US Treasury yields during Asian trading hours and foreign

The Korean government faces industry pushback over its Individual Savings Account (ISA) restructuring announced on May 3 as part of the 2026 tax reform plan. On the 9th, Democratic Party policy chief Han Jung-ae indicated existing ISA accounts may remain unchanged, stating there appears to be no

Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong (stock code 00215) reported interim shareholder profit of HK$11 million for the period ending June, an 83.33% year-on-year increase, with earnings per share of 0.23 HK cents and an interim dividend maintained at 2.28 HK cents. The profit growth was driven by ri

Nebius (NBIS) reports second-quarter 2026 results on 12 August 2026 before US market open, with shares trading at $190.28 on 10 August 2026 and options pricing a 15.9% move around the release. The company exited Q1 2026 with annualized run-rate revenue of roughly $1.92bn and guides to $7bn–$9bn of A

CoreWeave (CRWV) trades at $92.19 ahead of second-quarter earnings on August 11, 2026, with options markets pricing a roughly 15% move in either direction to a bull target near $106 or bear target near $79. The company guided Q2 revenue to $2.45 billion–$2.6 billion in May, approximately $160

AnchorWatch CEO Rob Hamilton, involved with the volunteer Bitcoin Red Team initiative, said on X that his access to OpenAI's Trusted Access for Cyber capabilities was restricted, forcing him to return to Chinese open-source AI models for Bitcoin security research. Hamilton described the

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Aug. 3 directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to audit every data center advancing through the interconnection queue. ERCOT postponed Aug. 7 classification notices and will request permission to miss

The International Monetary Fund recently highlighted an analysis indicating that tokenization could reshape how financial markets operate. Tokenization involves representing assets, financial claims, or money as digital tokens on blockchain or programmable ledgers. The IMF's acknowledgment marks a s

Toobit won 'Global Exchange of the Year' from FinanceFeeds Awards 2026 for its rapid growth, product innovation, and secure trading platform. The award recognizes Toobit's position as one of the industry's fastest-growing exchanges, serving more than 4 million active traders across global markets an

Hong Kong's three major stock indices closed higher on Monday (10th), with the Hang Seng Index rising 1.05% to 25,937.49 points, the H-Share Index gaining 1.06% to 8,621.84 points, and the Hang Seng Tech Index advancing 1.26% to 4,919.46 points. The rally was driven by strong performances in the

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix short-selling positions diverged sharply over a 3-day period from month 31st to 5th of this month, according to Korea Exchange data. Samsung's short position balance surged 33.0% to 1.4802 trillion won, claiming the top spot in KOSPI short position rankings, while SK

South Korea's Financial Services Commission has not set an implementation timeline for additional regulations on single-stock leveraged products over 10 days after proposing the measures at a market situation review meeting (F4 meeting) on the 29th. The proposed measures include setting investment l

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit filed a civil lawsuit against North Korea over the theft of $1.5 billion from the exchange in February 2025, securing a U.S. federal court order freezing identified stolen assets. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, names the