TradingKey - On Thursday (August 20) Eastern Time, futures on the three major U.S. stock indexes fell across the board in pre-market trading. While the U.S. Treasury's expansion of long-term bond buybacks temporarily eased bond market pressure, buying momentum has since cooled. Meanwhile, hawkish signals from the Federal Reserve's July meeting minutes and oil prices rising to a nearly four-week high limited further recovery in risk sentiment. Bitcoin breaking above $70,000 boosted crypto-related stocks in pre-market trading, helping Nasdaq futures show relative resilience.

Bitcoin surged toward $72,000, driving a broad rally in crypto-related stocks, with Strategy extending its gains by 10%.

An In-Depth Analysis of "Digital Dollar Money Printer" Circle (CRCL): The Next Visa, or an Overvalued Interest Business? From surging from its IPO offer price of $31 to nearly $300, only to drop back to around $50, Circle has experienced a complete capital market rollercoaster ride in its first year as a public company. As of August 12, 2026, its stock price stands at $71.28—still down over 75% from its all-time high, yet remaining double its offer price

South Korea's sovereign wealth fund, KIC, has purchased shares of Circle for the first time, providing the company with a significant institutional endorsement.

TradingKey — On August 10, Eastern Time, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that AI large model company Anthropic has reached a $9.1 billion, 20-year cloud computing agreement with Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms (RIOT). Following the announcement, Riot's stock price surged over 25% in after-hours trading. As of press time, Riot was up 21.29% in overnight trading.

UNI prices surged 58% in July, reaching a new high since February, and are currently facing short-term resistance at $5.
