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HIVE Digital Technologies shares rose about 13% in premarket trading on Aug. 17 after the Bitcoin mining and AI company announced a five-year GPU cloud services agreement with an unnamed investment-grade enterprise customer. The contract announcement extended a rally that began with last week's

According to TheStreet, HIVE Digital Technologies (Nasdaq: HIVE) announced a $350 million five-year GPU cloud services contract on Aug. 17, sending shares up 13% in premarket trading. The subsidiary BUZZ HPC signed the agreement with an unnamed investment-grade enterprise customer to build a

Young stock investors in South Korea are turning to credit financing, overdraft accounts, and card loans to purchase additional shares after incurring losses, driven by the goal of recovering their initial capital. One investor stated that a 20 million won overdraft debt could be quickly repaid if S

According to CNBC, Nvidia stock closed around $225 per share on Monday, marking its highest level since mid-May, as market sentiment toward the AI chipmaker improved. The stock's year-to-date gains have surpassed 20%, outperforming the Nasdaq Composite,

According to Financial News, credit trading finance balances in South Korea's equity market reached 36.7 trillion won as of June 2024, marking a 5.5-fold increase from 6.7 trillion won in December 2016, according to a Capital Markets Research Institute report. The annual average growth

According to U.S. Treasury data released on August 18, Japan, UK, and China all reduced their U.S. Treasury holdings in June. Japan's holdings fell to $1.117 trillion from May, a decrease of $26.4 billion. The UK's holdings dropped to $939.9 billion, down $8.7 billion month-over-month. China's holdi

According to Bloomberg, the EV Price Return Index rose 1.11% to 3543.16 points on Monday (August 17), with the intraday high reaching 3554.81 points.

U.S. international capital inflows reached $13.35 billion in June, according to official data, compared to $13.22 billion in the prior month.

According to U.S. official data, international capital inflows to the United States totaled $135.7 billion in June, compared with $132.2 billion in the previous month.

IREN delivered the first of four planned Horizon AI cloud deployments to Microsoft under a five-year, $9.7 billion contract, the company announced Monday. The delivery follows a cloud service agreement signed in November 2025. IREN is transitioning from bitcoin mining to AI infrastructure

The S&P 500 closed down 0.5% today, with telecommunications, consumer staples, and consumer discretionary sectors declining up to 1.4%, while the energy sector was the sole gainer at 0.9%. The Nasdaq-100 fell 0.1%, with the storage chip index rising 4.5% and semiconductors up 1.4%. Among notable

Nasdaq is expanding its stock market trading hours to nearly 24 hours daily (Monday–Friday, 23 hours per day), according to the exchange's announcement. Starting December 6, 2026, the market will introduce an additional evening trading session from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. ET. Nasdaq said it is in

U.S. long-term capital recorded net inflows of $172.7 billion in June. The previous month's figure was revised down to $231.2 billion from an initially reported $232.7 billion.

According to the New York Federal Reserve, the Empire State Manufacturing Index for New York state climbed to 20.6 in August on August 17, rising 5.0 points from July. The reading marks the highest level since December 2021, defying market expectations of a 10.0 decline. The index remained above the

SpaceX's second post-IPO lock-up expires on August 20, releasing up to 319 million restricted shares for potential trading. The tranche represents roughly 7% of the stock subject to selling restrictions and arrives with SPCX trading near $140, above its $135 June IPO price. The August 20 date is anc

XRP fell below $1 for the first time since November 2024 on August 11, hitting a 2026 low of $0.9874 on August 14, according to data from CoinGecko and Benzinga. The token is now 72.5% below its July 2025 peak of $3.65. Each recovery in August printed a lower high than the previous one, with

SpaceX's second post-IPO lock-up expires on August 20, releasing 319 million restricted shares for potential trading. The tranche represents roughly 7% of the stock subject to selling restrictions. The unlock arrives with SPCX trading near $140, above its $135 June IPO price. The first lock-up on Au

On Monday (August 17), the U.S. dollar rose 0.10% against the Japanese yen to 159.47 during New York's close, trading within a range of 158.85–159.60 for the session. The euro gained 0.17% to 184.63 yen, while sterling advanced 0.13% to 215.952 yen.

Crypto stocks including Strategy and MARA Holdings gained on Aug. 17 as bitcoin held above $63,000, separating from broader U.S. equity indexes that declined during midday trading. Near midday Aug. 17, the Nasdaq Composite was down about 56 points, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had shed

Klarna reports second-quarter results before the U.S. market opens Tuesday, August 18, with revenue guidance of $960 million to $1.00 billion and adjusted operating profit guidance of $30 million to $50 million. Investors are examining whether growth in the company's expanding credit