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Japanese and South Korean stock markets rebounded from early lows, with Kioxia surging over 2%, while Samsung and SK Hynix gained more than 1.5% to support the market.

Surging crude oil prices have sparked inflation fears, sending Japanese and South Korean stock markets tumbling. SoftBank plunged over 6%, while Samsung and SK Hynix both dropped more than 4%.

Uniswap bucked the trend to surge over 10% intraday, strongly approaching the $6 mark to hit its highest level since January this year.

A sudden escalation in US-Iran tensions triggered a safe-haven sell-off, sending the cryptocurrency market broadly lower as Bitcoin plunged below the $78,000 level.

Japanese and South Korean stock markets crashed at the open, with the Nikkei plunging more than 1,500 points and South Korean stocks tumbling 2.84%, as Samsung, SK Hynix, and SoftBank all suffered heavy losses.

August 2026 marked a key turning point for the crypto market, shifting from subdued sentiment to the restart of an institutional bull market. Against the backdrop of rising U.S. rate cut expectations, a more favorable policy stance in Washington, and strong capital inflows into spot ETFs, the market's positioning structure has undergone a complete reshuffle. With the Federal Reserve's September interest rate decision and non-farm payrolls data approaching, the market will closely monitor technical consolidation following the strong rally and the sustainability of liquidity.

The Nikkei closed slightly lower, while the KOSPI opened lower and moved higher to reclaim the 6,800 mark, driven by gains in semiconductor giants Samsung and SK Hynix. Kioxia surged more than 2%.

XRP briefly fell below $1.4! With non-farm payroll data set to be released, can the market reverse?

Wall Street is bullish on the explosive growth of AI servers and is heavily touting Dell ahead of its earnings report, with target prices set as high as $650.

Arbitrum (ARB) broke out of a three-month consolidation period, surging 37% in a single day to top the $1.1 mark.

Japanese and South Korean stock markets both tumbled at the open. South Korean stocks fell 1.05%, breaching the 6,800-point mark, while the Nikkei dropped over 1%, with heavyweight chip stocks opening lower across the board.

Japanese and South Korean stock markets rebounded sharply following a shakeout. South Korea's KOSPI bucked the trend to reclaim 6,800 points, while the Nikkei erased steep losses to recover lost ground. Kioxia surged over 4%, and both Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix gained more than 1%.

Nvidia possesses the long-term fundamental momentum to reach new highs, as evidenced by its CUDA software ecosystem, NVLink networking technology, and high profitability with gross margins remaining above 70%. However, in the near-to-medium term, it faces pressures from high valuation corrections and macroeconomic interest rate volatility.

In the short term, UNI may pull back to near $5, a key psychological level and a former resistance level that has turned into support this year. Once market liquidity recovers, UNI prices could potentially rally another 100% from this base to challenge the next major threshold of $10.

The crypto market triggered a wave of sell-offs, with Bitcoin plunging below the key $78,000 mark and altcoins broadly following suit.

A hawkish bombshell from the Federal Reserve triggered a bloodbath in Japanese and South Korean stock markets at the open. South Korean stocks plummeted 3%, breaching the 6,600-point mark, while the Nikkei neared the 65,000 level, led down by tech heavyweights.

Over the past five years, Dogecoin has navigated two bull-and-bear cycles. Driven primarily by celebrity influence and social hype, it once reached an all-time high of $0.73. Due to an inflationary mechanism featuring a fixed annual issuance of 5 billion tokens and a lack of a real-world ecosystem, it faces short-term pullback pressure. Constrained by the physical limits of market capitalization, surging to $10 over the next five years is extremely unlikely; however, a push toward $1 remains highly probable, potentially catalyzed by Federal Reserve rate cuts and monetary easing or payment integration on the X platform.

Over the past five years, Solana has experienced two rounds of boom-and-bust cycles, surging from a few dollars to a new high of nearly $300 before undergoing a significant correction. Its price action has been driven by macro liquidity, the collapse of FTX, the memecoin mania, and selling pressure from on-chain token unlocks. Over the next five years, if Solana achieves technological breakthroughs and drives token deflation, institutions are bullish on its native token SOL's potential to challenge the $1,000 mark.

Japanese and South Korean stock markets diverged sharply, with the KOSPI plunging 1.79% to breach the 6,800-point mark, while the Nikkei bucked the trend to reclaim the 66,000 level despite Kioxia tumbling nearly 9%.

As Fed Chair Warsh makes his Jackson Hole debut, can Bitcoin build on the momentum to break through the strong resistance at $83,000?