Coinbase CEO Projects $300K–$400K Bitcoin by 2030 Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said Thursday, August 20, 2026, that it is “very likely” Bitcoin will trade between…
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Crypto Short Squeeze Adds $190B in Record Liquidations On Thursday, August 20, 2026, the cryptocurrency market experienced its largest short liquidation event on record, with…
Walmart’s Rare Sales Miss Signals Consumer Strain Walmart (WMT) shares plunged more than 8% on Thursday, August 20, 2026, after the retail giant reported its…
Walmart reported Q2 FY2027 U.S. comparable sales growth of 2.6%, the slowest pace in over six years, missing analyst expectations of roughly 3.1%. The company…
Dollar Weakness and Fed Bets Drive Bitcoin’s Next Move Bitcoin is trading near $59,400, up 2.3% over the past 24 hours, while Ethereum follows at…
The CFTC’s new Innovation Advisory Committee holds its first meeting Thursday, with seven of 35 members representing prediction market and event-contract firms. Kalshi, Polymarket, and…
Brent crude futures surpassed $93 per barrel in early European trade, a three-week high, up 1.95% to $93.48. WTI Crude traded above $85, up 2%…
Bitcoin surged to a session high of $71,992 on Thursday, pushing its market capitalization to $1.44 trillion as a U.S. Treasury announcement and supportive comments…
SK Hynix Jumps 12% After Announcing Massive Buyback Shares of SK Hynix surged more than 12% in Seoul on Thursday, August 20, 2026, after the…
Merck Shares Jump 12.6% on Melanoma Vaccine Trial Results Merck & Co. (MRK) closed at $152.20 on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, up 12.60% (+$17.03) after…
U.S. Debt Hits $40T, Doubling Since 2016 U.S. government debt crossed the $40 trillion mark this month for the first time, according to Treasury Department…
Trump Pauses 50% Tariffs, Announces Tentative Deal President Donald Trump announced a tentative deal with Canada late Tuesday night, just hours before 50% tariffs on…
Nebius Stock Plunges 12%: AI Infrastructure Doubts Shares of Nebius Group (NASDAQ: NBIS) are on track to close Wednesday, August 19, 2026, down 12%, as…
White House Meeting and Fed Signals Fuel Crypto Rally On Wednesday, August 19, 2026, bitcoin (BTC) surged toward the $70,000 mark, buoyed by a White…
Bitcoin Jumps 6% on Doubled Treasury Buyback Program Bitcoin surged above $68,000 on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, climbing about 6% as the U.S. Treasury announced…
Wall Street Creeps Higher as Treasury Yields Retreat U.S. equities finished modestly higher on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, as a dip in Treasury yields provided…
Aramco Diverts Oil to Europe via Egypt, Malta On Wednesday, August 19, 2026, reports from Bloomberg revealed that Saudi Aramco will supply full contractual crude…
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the US has “come to a deal with Canada” on trade, stating Canadian representatives “gave us the points we…
Stripe Inc. has agreed to acquire OpenRouter Inc., an AI startup that provides a unified interface for developers to access and switch between multiple AI…
Cloud Mining Gains Traction as BTC, XRP Holders Seek Lower Barriers As of mid-August 2026, cloud mining has emerged as a practical alternative for cryptocurrency…
The CFTC finalized orders on Aug. 19 banning former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and co-founder Gary Wang from trading for five and three years,…
Carvana Rebounds as Pledged Stake Report Eases Liquidation Fears Carvana shares recovered part of a two-day decline after a report indicated billionaire Mark Walter’s stake…
Kalshi Block Trades Open to 3,000 Clients Investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald announced on August 19, 2026, that it will enable its roughly 3,000 institutional clients…
Bitcoin Rallies as US Treasury Doubles Buyback Size Bitcoin climbed to an 11-week high on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, joining US stocks in a broad…
Gold and Silver Jump Before Fed Minutes Gold rose 1.9% and silver climbed 2.7% on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, ahead of the Federal Reserve’s release…
Bitcoin surged past $68,000 on Wednesday, trading at $68,473 by 10:30 a.m. in New York after briefly touching $68,982, a nearly 3% gain in 24…
Standard Chartered Analyst: $100K Bitcoin Target Hinges on Liquidity Bitcoin’s rebound toward $69,000 is gaining momentum, and Standard Chartered’s Geoff Kendrick sees room for further…
Bitcoin surged to $69,749 on Aug. 19, its highest level in weeks, breaking out of a prolonged $61,500–$65,000 trading range. The rally was fueled by…
Gold Firms While Yields and Crude Weigh Spot gold prices edged higher in early U.S. trading on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, as a softer U.S.…
Stocks, Bonds, and Gold Surge on Treasury Intervention Markets rallied broadly on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, after the U.S. Treasury signaled it would increase purchases…