10-Year Yield Dips 2 Basis Points to 4.686% Long-dated U.S. Treasury yields pulled back from multi-decade highs on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, as investors positioned…
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Japan’s 10-Year JGB Yield Hits 2.945%, Highest Since 1996 On Tuesday, August 18, the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond (JGB) yield touched 2.945%, its highest…
Asia Markets In Turmoil As Regional Benchmarks Slide Asian markets are in turmoil today, Wednesday, 19 August 2026, with major benchmarks across China, South Korea,…
Japan Stocks Slide as BOJ Rate Path Sparks Yen Surge Tokyo stocks tumbled on Wednesday, 19 August 2026, as a stronger yen and rising bond…
Ukraine Ex-Defense Minister Calls for Wartime Elections Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has reignited a political firestorm by calling for wartime elections, arguing that…
Absa Group CEO Kenny Fihla stated the bank’s pan-African expansion strategy is on track, with active consideration of converting its Nigerian representative office into a…
Copper One Starts Fully Funded Drilling at Redonda Copper One Resources Corp. (CSE: CEXY; OTC: CEXYF; FRA: IW8) has commenced diamond drilling at its wholly…
FalconX and Interstice Launch Non-Custodial Cross-Chain Swap Engine On Tuesday, August 18, 2026, FalconX and Interstice Digital unveiled a non-custodial cross-chain swap engine that connects…
Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded $297.56 million in net inflows on Monday, snapping a three-session outflow streak that ended the prior week. BlackRock’s IBIT and Fidelity’s…
Wheaton Posts Record H1 Revenue of US$1.8 Billion Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (TSX: WPM, NYSE: WPM) reported record first-half 2026 revenue of US$1.8 billion and…
South Korea’s Gambling Crackdown Hits Polymarket The Korea Media and Communications Commission (KMCC) announced on Tuesday, August 18, that it is moving to block access…
Brent Breaks $90 on Trump’s Oman Warning Brent crude surged above $90 a barrel on Monday, August 17, 2026, climbing 2.7% after President Donald Trump…
30-Year Yield Surges to 5.31% The yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury reached 5.31% on August 17, its highest level in 19 years, according to…
Bitcoin Steadies Near $64,000 Amid 30-Year Yield Spike Bitcoin is holding its range near $64,000, even as the 30-year Treasury yield hit its highest level…
Record Volume Spike Sets Up Correction Risk Cryptocurrency markets opened Tuesday, August 18, 2026, with a substantial surge in trading volumes across major assets, including…
NexGold Q2 Cash and Losses Ahead of Goldboro Build NexGold Mining Corp. (TSX.V: NEXG; OTCQX: NXGCF) on Aug. 14 reported second-quarter 2026 results, with cash…
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs saw $389.7 million in net outflows for the week of August 10-14, reversing the prior week’s inflow streak. Fidelity’s FBTC led…
Ethereum to $10K: Analyst Sets Sell Level Popular trader DonAlt has revealed a theoretical $10,000 target for Ethereum, while planning a strict real-world profit-take at…
JPMorgan Accepts Bitcoin Collateral: Banking Meets Crypto On Monday, 17 August 2026, JPMorgan Chase, the largest U.S. bank by assets, announced it will accept Bitcoin…
Tether Audit Clears, Wintermute AI Bet, Hayes $50K Warning In a week marked by regulatory clarity and strategic pivots, Tether secured a clean audit from…
Grayscale Research projects Ethereum’s annual supply inflation could fall to roughly 0.4% and Solana’s to about 1.1% by 2031, assuming two pending network proposals are…
Roman Storm’s Legal Strategy Turns to Big Tech On August 16, 2026, Roman Storm, co-founder of the crypto mixer Tornado Cash, publicly targeted Google and…
Galaxy Cuts Passage Odds to 10% Ahead of September Vote Galaxy Research now assigns just a 10% probability that the CLARITY Act becomes law in…
A new Financial Times poll finds a majority of US voters say they are worse off financially under President Trump. Democrats now hold a lead…
Quantum Computing Stocks Dominate Weekly Winners US-listed large caps closed the week ending Friday, 14 August 2026, with a clear theme: quantum computing and AI…
SEC Review Opens for Leveraged Crypto ETFs The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reviewing a Cboe proposal to list six leveraged exchange-traded funds…
SpaceX’s Capital-Efficiency Advantage In AI On August 15, 2026, Elon Musk reiterated that SpaceX holds a massive competitive advantage in artificial intelligence—one that Amazon, Google,…
Israel’s Oldest Bank Moves into Digital Assets Bank Leumi, Israel’s largest and oldest commercial bank, announced on Friday, August 14, 2026, that it is preparing…
Maryland’s Tax Court ruled the state’s first-in-the-nation digital advertising gross receipts tax unconstitutional, ordering refunds to Apple, Google, and Peacock TV (Comcast). The tax, enacted…
Beijing’s New Disaster Management Mandate President Xi Jinping has called for China to pivot its disaster management strategy toward prevention, emphasizing that safety and resilience…