Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

As of 9:30 AM Beijing time (August 26), WTI crude oil futures fell 0.69% while U.S. natural gas futures rose 1.24%.

Australia's July unadjusted CPI year-on-year rate came in at 3.5%, missing the forecast of 3.3% and declining from the prior month's 3.8%.

According to Nate Geraci, President of ETF Store, BlackRock has reduced the minimum threshold for private physical redemptions of its Bitcoin spot ETF IBIT to 1 million dollars. The move has facilitated over 5 billion dollars in Bitcoin transfers from private wallets into IBIT since the threshold

According to Odaily, U.S. stock indices closed higher today: the Dow Jones rose 0.3%, the S&P 500 gained 0.32%, and the Nasdaq climbed 0.66%. AI-related stocks led gains, with Supermicro jumping 9.35%, Cadence rising 5.06%, AMD up 4.91%, Marvell gaining 4.84%, and Dell advancing 4.23%. The VIX

Bitcoin (BTC) has edged down from its recent high and was temporarily trading at around $78,840 on Aug. 26. Japan is preparing to establish blockchain-based payment infrastructure to enable real-time settlement of stock and Japanese government bond transactions. Reuters reported that India is preparing to pilot tokenized corporate bonds in September, using a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) for settlement and targeting the $10T real-world asset (RWA) tokenization sector. Macro Even

According to Citadel Securities on August 25, the U.S. Treasury's bond market intervention amounts to financial repression and may worsen inflation. The Treasury announced a plan to purchase at least $4 billion in Treasury bonds and signaled opposition to rising interest rates. Citadel stated that w

Donald Trump's asset portfolio recorded over 30 daily stock transactions in June, totaling between $78 million and $263 million across technology, financial, consumer, defense, and energy sectors, according to financial disclosures reported by Yahoo Finance on August 25. The transactions included

According to Jin10, China Securities Index officially launched its commodity futures sector index series today, August 26, comprising 40 indices across industrial and agricultural products. The indices aim to objectively track price trends in commodity futures submarkets and reflect investment

According to The Information, documentary streaming platform CuriosityStream has begun licensing film content to AI companies for model training, driving its stock price from $0.45 in February 2024 to $2.84 as of Monday. Meta, Google, xAI, OpenAI, and Anthropic have purchased data licenses from

According to Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Dutch natural gas futures fell over 5% recently, trading at €63.18/MWh.

According to Yahoo Finance, in June, Trump's asset portfolio executed over 30 trades daily, totaling between $78 million and $263 million. Holdings included SpaceX, Tesla, Apple, Nvidia, and various financial stocks. Democratic members of Congress noted Trump's oil and gas holdings increased from a

According to Gate data, Hong Kong stocks opened higher on August 26, with the Hang Seng Index rising 0.49% and the Hang Seng Tech Index up 0.75%. XPeng rose 3.33% while JD.com gained nearly 2%.

China's central bank conducted 239.5 billion CNY in 7-day reverse repurchase operations today (August 26) at an operating rate of 1.40%, with bidding volume and successful tender volume both matching at 239.5 billion CNY. The rate remained unchanged from the previous operation.

According to LayerZero's official announcement on August 25, the company unveiled ATLAS, a new global trading infrastructure built on its blockchain protocol Zero. ATLAS handles order matching, clearing, settlement, and risk management within a single technology stack and can support trading

LG, Hanwha, and POSCO group-affiliated exchange-traded funds (ETFs) outperformed Samsung Group ETFs in recent one month on the Korean stock market, according to Korea Exchange data. TIGER LG Group Plus ETF gained 8.96%, ACE POSCO Group Focus rose 7.48%, and PLUS Hanwha Group climbed 6.91%, while

Australia's July unadjusted consumer price index (CPI) year-on-year reading is due for release in approximately 10 minutes.

According to Korea Exchange data from August 25, over the past month, South Korea's major conglomerate-focused ETFs showed divergent performance, with LG, POSCO, and Hanwha group ETFs significantly outperforming Samsung group products. TIGER LG Group Plus ETF gained 8.96%, ACE POSCO Group Focus ETF

Apple's newly appointed CEO John Ternus confronts an immediate memory semiconductor supply challenge as prices surge and geopolitical tensions restrict sourcing options. DDR4 8-gigabit chips hit a record $42.45 on the 7th, with DRAM prices jumping over 80% quarter-over-quarter in Q2 due to AI

On August 26, China's interbank foreign exchange market reported the Chinese yuan strengthening against the U.S. dollar, with USD/CNY settling at 6.7829, down 23 points. Among major currency pairs, EUR/CNY rose 16 points

Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from his position on September 1 after 15 years leading the company, transitioning to the role of Executive Chairman of the board. John Ternus, Apple's Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, will assume the CEO role. Cook's tenure saw Apple's market