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Trump delays 50% Canada tariffs for 3 days as trade deal emerges
The U.S. will wait three days before introducing new tariffs on Canadian goods as negotiations between the two countries continue. President Donald Trump commented, “I have paused the 50% Tariffs against Canada that were scheduled to kick in tomorrow morning for a three-day period.” He further contended that the countries have already struck a deal...
Wed, Aug 19
Unitree surges 629% on its Shanghai market debut today
Chinese robotics firm Unitree opened trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s STAR Market on Wednesday, with the price soaring nearly sixfold. The stock was priced at 150.8 yuan per share and opened at 1,100 yuan, marking a 629.44% increase. At its highest point, the Hangzhou-based company was valued at about 445 billion yuan, or $66...
Wed, Aug 19
Nvidia’s H200 returns to China, but its market share keeps shrinking
Small batches of Nvidia’s H200 AI accelerators have reportedly started arriving in China following the relaxation of Washington’s licensing rules. This development comes at an uncomfortable time for Nvidia since, although Chinese demand for its products is high, the company’s share in the world’s second-largest chip market is dropping below ten percent. The situation has...
Wed, Aug 19
Tokenized Equities Onchain Volume Hits $9B, Up 800% Since January
In terms of total value, tokenized stocks is among the fastest growing categories within the RWA space. Year to date, the total value of tokenized stocks has gone from $683.6 million to $2.399 billion or a roughly 250% growth, according to RWA.xyz. This makes tokenized stocks the second-fastest-growing category among RWAs, just behind Venture capital,...
Wed, Aug 19
Temporal targets $12 billion valuation in $500 million AI infrastructure raise
According to reports, the software firm known as Temporal, which developed the “durable execution” technology that allows AI agents and other long-running applications to recover from malfunctions without having to start again, is in the process of seeking approximately $500 million at a valuation of not less than $12 billion. If the funding round comes...
Wed, Aug 19
Multicoin moves $10 million in HYPE to Coinbase Prime, stirring selloff fears
On August 18, Onchain Lens, which tracks blockchain transactions, reported that Multicoin Capital had moved about 172,710 HYPE (about $10.15 million) to Coinbase Prime, a destination that has often been associated with selling by traders. Given that HYPE is currently among the top 10 crypto tokens, the action by one of its major institutional backers...
Wed, Aug 19
Anthropic’s revenue surge puts OpenAI under pressure in enterprise AI race
OpenAI’s revenues increased by 18% in the second quarter to reach $6.7 billion, while Anthropic’s revenue doubled to more than $11.6 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal’s report on August 18. The annualized revenue run rates demonstrate an even bigger difference in revenues between OpenAI and Anthropic. OpenAI’s revenue growth increased from about $20...
Wed, Aug 19
States say Meta engineered Instagram and Facebook to keep children hooked
Meta rejected accusations on Tuesday that it deliberately built Facebook and Instagram to addict children, as opening statements began in Oakland federal court in a case brought by 29 states. California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey are leading at trial. California deputy attorney general Megan O’Neill told the jury Meta’s model was to “hook the...
Wed, Aug 19
ECB says a correction is likely whether or not today's prices are rational
Five economists at the European Central Bank published an analysis on Monday arguing that stock market valuations are likely to correct, and that the argument holds whether or not today’s prices are rational. The post, by Malin Andersson, Johannes Breckenfelder, Stefano Corradin, Kalin Nikolov and Maria Antonietta Viola, puts US valuations close to their historical...
Wed, Aug 19
1872 raises $15 million to automate steel welding for AI data centers
Three ex-SpaceX engineers raised $15 million to open 1872, a Cincinnati steel factory using robotic welding to supply AI data centers and nuclear reactors.
Tue, Aug 18
Bitcoin lands on the same custody rails Citi uses for equities and bonds
Citi will hold bitcoin for institutional clients later this year through Custody+, the same Investor Services platform it uses for traditional securities.
Tue, Aug 18
Paris keeps its cyber testing at home as Mistral gets the work OpenAI cannot
France will hire sovereign AI firms such as Mistral, not OpenAI, to probe government systems after a tax agency breach exposed 700,000 taxpayers.
Tue, Aug 18
Airtel's free year of Perplexity Pro ends, and the auto-renewal charges begin
Perplexity's India mobile revenue hit $156,000 a month in July 2026 as free Airtel Pro subscriptions expired and downloads fell more than 90%.
Tue, Aug 18
Trump's SEC and CFTC move to write crypto rules as CLARITY Act stalls
Two of the United States’ financial regulators, headed by Trump-appointed chiefs, are planning to write cryptocurrency rules on their own while the CLARITY Act remains stuck in the Senate. Lawmakers have only about 14 working days after they return from recess to pass the CLARITY Act before the October election break. What are the proposed...
Tue, Aug 18
Justiin Sun dismisses 'made up' HTX address poisoning rumors
Justin Sun, the founder of TRON and owner of the HTX exchange, has dismissed a wave of reports that exchange wallets had been spraying small crypto transfers at unrelated addresses. Sun said that the claims were fabricated, writing in Chinese on X on August 18, which, when translated to English, reads, “The investigation is clear:...
Tue, Aug 18
OpenAI launches teen ChatGPT with tighter limits for under-18s
OpenAI has started rolling out a version of ChatGPT built specifically for Teens aged 13 to 17. The rollout comes after OpenAI has been dragged through the courts over lawsuits tying ChatGPT conversations to teen suicides. How will the teen ChatGPT work? OpenAI is rolling out a new version of its flagship chatbot, ChatGPT, which...
Tue, Aug 18
Metaplanet takes Super League stake for US Bitcoin treasury Superplanet
Superplanet (Nasdaq: SLE) opened trading hot on Tuesday, August 18, after Metaplanet revealed its plan to take over roughly 95.7% stake in Super League Enterprise’s (Nasdaq: SLE) business in exchange for 2,100 Bitcoin and $2.5 million in cash. The deal closed with the Nasdaq-listed gaming firm getting a rebrand as a US Bitcoin treasury company,...
Tue, Aug 18
Crypto Fundraising in July 2026
Crypto companies raised $1.36B across 41 VC rounds in July. Investment fell only 6.8% from June, but round count dropped 28%, and one $400M strategic round supplied almost a third of the total. Key Takeaways Introduction Headline investment was resilient, but market breadth weakened. Crypto companies raised $1.36B in venture capital, only $100M less than...
Tue, Aug 18
AI startup Etched valuation doubles to $20B in one month with fresh $700M raise
Etched is already eyeing a fresh funding round that will more than double the AI inference chips startup’s valuation at around $21 billion, barely one month after its late July Sequoia-led $300 million Series C round that valued the firm at $10.3 billion. The new numbers cited in the Wall Street Journal’s August 18 report...
Tue, Aug 18
Baidu's AI gains not enough as Q2 revenue misses analysts estimates
Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) missed Wall Street’s second-quarter revenue estimate on Tuesday, August 18, reporting 31.3 billion yuan ($4.62 billion) for the three months to June, which is a 4% drop from a year earlier. Analysts at LSEG had expected about 31.96 billion yuan, and Baidu came in under that mark. The company recorded a quarterly...
Tue, Aug 18
