Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

MEXC and CoinGecko reported that 74.2% of surveyed users with a traditional finance background have moved some or all of their traditional-asset trading onto crypto exchanges. The finding comes from How Crypto Exchanges Are Reshaping Traditional Asset Trading, released in collaboration with CoinGeck

According to Jin10 Futures, as of 9:20 p.m. on August 11, multiple commodity options posted significant gains. PTA2609 put options (strike 5600) surged 225% to 13.0 yuan per ton, while methanol2609 put options (strike 2550) climbed 133.33% to 7.0 yuan per ton. Xylene2610 put options (strike 7500) ga

On Aug. 11 at 4:05 a.m. GMT, Brent crude futures traded at $87.62 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate at $82.08, buoyed by fading hopes for a U.S.-Iran agreement and persistent supply concerns around the Strait of Hormuz. Both benchmarks surged over 5% on Aug. 10, with Brent briefly

Intel expanded its stock offering to $20 billion on May 11, up from the initially announced $15 billion on May 10, according to Bloomberg, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, and CNBC. The common stock public offering priced at $95 per share, a 6.5% discount from the May 7 closing price, and attracted

Individuals in India lost 916.85 billion rupees ($9.6 billion) buying and selling equity futures and options in the fiscal year ended March 2026, according to data.

South Korea's TIME Dividend Dow Jones Active ETF is set to be delisted on August 19, 2026, after failing to meet correlation coefficient benchmarks for three consecutive months from May 14 through August 14, 2026. Trading will be halted on August 18, and redemption payments will be issued on August

Brent crude oil fell below $86 per barrel with an intraday decline of 1.32% today. WTI crude oil dropped 1.00%, currently trading at $80.59 per barrel.

Yongjia Group (03322) announced that for the six months ended June 30, 2026, it expects a loss after tax of approximately 9 million Hong Kong dollars, narrowing significantly from a loss of 56 million Hong Kong dollars in the same period of 2025. The improvement was driven primarily by the

According to market preview on Twitter, Delicious will make its debut on the Korean stock exchange tomorrow (August 12) at an initial public offering price of 7,000 won. The same day will also see the release of U.S. consumer price index data for July. Effective August 12, NextTrade will

Autostreet (02443) issued a profit warning on August 11, forecasting a net loss attributable to shareholders of no more than 15 million yuan (RMB) for the six-month period ended June 30, 2026, compared to net profit of approximately 12.8 million yuan in the same period of 2025. The swing to loss

IBM signed a $240 million deal with Together AI to provide dedicated AI computing capacity on IBM Cloud using Nvidia systems. Together AI, a neocloud that provides GPU infrastructure and AI services to developers and enterprises, plans to use IBM's cloud capacity to support its open-source AI

According to its announcement today (August 11), Zhongjia Xuechuang (03308) said its wholly-owned subsidiary Chengdu Zhihe Optical Communication Technology Co., Ltd. will subscribe 27.45 million yuan to Suzhou Qianrong Shengrun Venture Capital Partnership (Limited Partnership) as a limited partner. After completion, Chengdu Zhihe will hold 90% of the partnership's capital contribution.

According to the company's announcement, Hengjia Finance Leasing (00379) expects mid-year net profit of approximately HK$40 million to HK$50 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to a net loss of approximately HK$37.7 million in the same period last year. The turnaround was

According to BlockBeats, Norway's sovereign wealth fund CEO warned on Tuesday (Aug. 11) that the fund's $2 trillion in assets could face catastrophic losses or even total wipeout. "We are in an abnormal state," the CEO stated, adding that despite multiple challenges, financial markets continue to ri

According to Charlie Bilello, S&P 500 earnings are now expected to surge 32% in 2026, more than double the 15% growth that was anticipated at the start of the year.

According to the International Institute of Finance (IIF), non-resident investors added a net $18.8 billion to emerging market portfolios in July, reversing two consecutive months of capital outflows.

China's futures market opened with more gainers than losers during the night session on August 11. Coking coal led gains with a rise exceeding 2%, while fuel oil, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), propylene, methanol, SC crude oil, and coke all advanced by more than 1%. Double-sided cardboard and pulp

According to its announcement, Clever Plus Limited (stock code 08483) posted a loss attributable to company owners of approximately HK$32-35 million for the first half of 2026, compared to HK$11 million loss in the same period of 2025, marking a loss increase of 191-218%. The group's revenue

According to multiple Wall Street banks, the rally in AI-driven storage chips is losing momentum. While demand remains strong and manufacturers are expanding production, analysts warn that the steep price increases fueling record profits may not sustain, signaling the cycle is entering later

On Tuesday, AST SpaceMobile reported second-quarter revenue of $31.5 million, falling short of Wall Street estimates of $33.9 million, but the company reiterated its full-year 2026 guidance of $150 million to $200 million. Its revenue backlog climbed to approximately $1.3 billion, supported by U.S.