Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

According to Yorkville America CEO Steve Neamtz, the asset manager behind former President Donald Trump's Truth Social ETF is launching the MANGOS Plus Index ETF on Monday, August 31, on the NYSE and its new NYSE Texas platform. The fund will track an index comprised of Meta, Anthropic, Nvidia,

This week, Bitcoin spot ETFs saw net inflows approaching $1 billion while the cryptocurrency maintained support at $77,100 despite a near 6% intra-day decline. The inflows reflect continued institutional demand for Bitcoin as a key digital

According to Foresight News, Ethereum was the best-performing macro asset in the third quarter, outperforming the S&P 500 by 5,430 basis points, according to BitME Chair Tom Lee's weekly report. Bitcoin and Solana ranked second and third among top-performing assets in Q3. Lee identified multiple

According to PANews, Chinese memory chipmaker Longsys (江波龙) priced its Hong Kong IPO at HK$240.6 per share on August 31, planning to raise approximately HK$62.8 billion (US$9.3 billion) from the offering of 26.08 million H-shares. With the exercise of over-allotment options, total fundraising

According to LS Securities on August 31, the South Korean brokerage cut SK Hynix's target price to 2.4 million won from 3.3 million won, citing lower-than-expected HBM operating margin estimates. The analyst lowered next year's high-bandwidth memory operating profit margin forecast to

NVIDIA announced on August 31 (local time) a $3.5 billion convertible bond investment in Taiwan-based fabless semiconductor company MediaTek. The partnership aims to build next-generation AI computing platforms spanning AI infrastructure, local AI computing, and automotive sectors. This

According to Odaily, the S&P 500 held near its 7,800 peak in late August, staying within 2% of its all-time high, even as market breadth remained weak and trading volumes shrank. However, analysts warned that the apparent calm masks rising tension: Treasury yields are climbing and Nvidia's

According to BlockBeats, on Aug 31, U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.75%, reaching its highest level since January 2025.

According to NextTrade, on August 31, the South Korean exchange introduced enhanced stability measures for its pre-market trading, effective September 14. The exchange will implement a new static volatility interruption (VI) mechanism that triggers when a security moves more than 10% from the

According to Brazil's Vice President Gabriel Alckmin, Congress will vote this week on a measure to maintain federal import tariff exemptions for low-value commodities.

Strategy bought 4,603 Bitcoin for $369.7 million between August 24 and 30, marking its first purchase in around two months. The Bitcoin treasury company funded the acquisition by selling 4,531,421 MSTR shares through its at-the-market programme, raising $602.8 million net of commissions. The purchas

GameStop released preliminary second-quarter 2026 results on Monday, projecting operating income of $150 million to $170 million and net income of $290 million to $310 million, both exceeding year-ago figures despite expected net sales declining to $780 million to $800 million from $972.2 million.

According to Reuters, on August 31, Nvidia invested $3.5 billion to purchase convertible bonds issued by MediaTek. The investment deepens the long-term partnership between the two companies to build artificial intelligence platforms spanning edge

On Monday (August 31), GameStop announced Q2 preliminary results showing a significant profit rebound, lifting GME shares 3.25% to $18.45 in premarket trading. The company expects net income of $290-310 million for the quarter, nearly double last year's $168.6 million, despite lower revenues of $780

Tomorrow, Interior Secretary Burgum will discuss gasoline prices at the White House. The Trump administration aims to support refineries rather than allow them to go bankrupt, Burgum stated.

According to Shanghai Gold Exchange, on Aug 31 evening session, gold T+D fell 0.61% to 963.0 yuan/gram, while silver T+D declined 0.26% to 16,400 yuan/kg.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $201.8 million in net outflows on Aug. 28, snapping a nine-trading-day inflow streak that brought approximately $3 billion into the products since Aug. 17. The streak's conclusion marks a shift in short-term momentum, though the two-week period ending Aug. 28 st

Canada's National Economic Confidence Index fell to 51.7 as of August 28, down from 52.8 in the prior period.