Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

According to CNBC, Netflix released the first official preview of Grand Theft Auto 6 on Thursday, causing both Netflix and Twitch to experience significant technical strain from overwhelming demand. Netflix confirmed viewers briefly encountered access issues, while Twitch faced bandwidth

According to Guru Club, on Friday (August 28), China's main stock indices closed lower. The Shanghai Composite fell 0.11% to 3,952.18 points, the Shenzhen Component dropped 0.68% to 13,953.07 points, and the ChiNext Index declined 1.41% to 3,424.40 points. Combined trading volume on both exchanges r

According to the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), as of the week ending August 25, speculators reduced their net long positions in Brent crude oil by 28,299 contracts to 223,598 contracts.

According to CoinMarketCap data, Bitcoin surged above $80,000 this week, driving crypto stocks to double-digit gains. Miners and digital asset treasury companies including Canaan, Mara Holdings, and Strive posted strong performances, while Coinbase and Robinhood also rallied. Bitcoin advanced

Bitcoin ETFs crossed $100 billion in assets on Thursday with $242.24 million in net inflows led by Blackrock's IBIT. The late-August rally continued drawing institutional capital across crypto ETF categories, with ether funds adding $234.51 million and solana ETFs receiving $60.91 million.

According to Bitcoin.com News, bitcoin ETFs crossed the $100 billion asset mark on Thursday with $242.24 million in inflows, led by Blackrock's IBIT which attracted $277.61 million. The inflow extended a 9-day buying streak, with combined ETF inflows surpassing $3 billion over the period. Bitcoin ET

According to the Intercontinental Exchange, natural gas speculators' net long positions decreased by 3,223 contracts to 89,299 contracts for the week ending August 25.

According to Bloomberg, PayPal (PYPL) shares tanked 13% on Friday, August 28, after Stripe and Advent International reportedly ended their takeover pursuit that would have valued the company at more than $53 billion. The stock briefly fell below its 50-day moving average for the first time in over a

According to the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), speculators held 70,766 net long contracts in sugar futures during the week of August 25, marking a historic high. The figure represents the largest speculative long position on record for the

Evercore ISI raised its price target for Amazon.com (AMZN) to $355 from $315 on Friday while maintaining an Outperform rating, citing survey data showing agentic AI is driving incremental retail purchases on the platform. The stock rallied approximately 4.2% following the announcement, later

According to Evercore ISI, Amazon (AMZN) stock rallied 4.2% on Friday after the firm raised its price target to $355 from $315, implying 38.5% upside from Thursday's close. Evercore maintained an Outperform rating, citing survey evidence that agentic AI is driving additional shopping on Amazon's

Spot gold fell 3.0% intraday on August 28, trading at $4,461.52 per ounce.

HIVE Digital Technologies mined 1,004 Bitcoin in the three months ended June 30, 2026. This represented a 147% increase from the 406 BTC the company mined in the same period last year. The jump came from hashrate growth, with average operational hashrate climbing to 24.0 exahash per second, nearly t

According to a disclosure filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics on August 28, President Donald Trump traded Coupang Inc. common shares twice in June 2026. The filing revealed Trump conducted a total of 1,051 stock transactions during the disclosure period, with Coupang appearing in at

Marvell Technology shares fell 6% on Friday despite reporting second-quarter revenue that exceeded expectations, as the chipmaker's raised fiscal 2028 outlook failed to meet elevated investor expectations. The company announced Thursday that it now expects fiscal 2028 revenue to grow

According to TheStreet, HIVE Digital Technologies mined 1,004 Bitcoin in its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, 2026, up 147% from 406 BTC in the same period a year earlier. At Bitcoin's current price of approximately $77,480, the quarterly output was worth roughly $78 million. The surge was

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended recent currency interventions on Friday, arguing that yen market volatility could transmit to the United States and push up American interest rates. Bessent stated that yen market disorder may trigger forced liquidations, disrupting global markets and r

According to trade.xyz, the company and Hyperliquid jointly submitted comments to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, urging the establishment of a regulated U.S. market pathway for energy perpetual contracts and 24/7 trading. The companies noted that during recent crude oil market

According to CNBC, BlackBerry's stock price has doubled this year as investors reward the company's strategy to focus on critical software for cars and secure communications. The company's QNX operating system business, which powers embedded software for vehicles, is now embedded in 275 million cars

According to Wall Street Journal reporting on recent regulatory filings, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan's investment group holds 49% of WLTC Holdings, the parent company behind World Liberty Financial's proposed US trust bank. An entity affiliated with US President Donald Trump's family owns a f