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SK Hynix's $28.6B Buyback Shows Durable HBM Pricing Power

A 40 trillion won share cancellation and commitment to return more than 50 percent of free cash flow through 2027 reveals management confidence in sustained AI chip demand.

● Top storyBy The Research Desk3 min readUpdated 3h ago
SK Hynix's $28.6B Buyback Shows Durable HBM Pricing Power
Digital AssetsOptimism's $49.7M Vote Shows Who Really Controls the MoneyA community vote redirecting $49.7 million from Optimism's airdrop reserve demonstrates how DAOs can move real capital when token holders decide.U.S. EquitiesNvidia's Power Play: Cloverleaf Investment Locks Down AI Infrastructure EdgeNvidia is in advanced talks to invest several hundred million dollars in data-center power developer Cloverleaf Infrastructure, securing critical electricity capacity for future AI deployments.Macro & RatesThree Fed Dissenters Vote for Hike as Warsh Shows Hawkish PivotCleveland, Minneapolis, and Dallas Fed presidents pushed for a rate increase as Chair Kevin Warsh drops forward guidance and reprices the entire yield curve.Sports BusinessTwo Cyclists Killed When Driver Strikes Milligan University TeamA 69-year-old North Carolina man faces vehicular homicide charges after hitting members of the university's cycling team during a training ride in Tennessee
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Army Scraps Drone Unit as Acting Chief Reverses Predecessors
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CFTC Chair Selig Shows Swift Crypto Rules If CLARITY Act Stalls
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Ethereum Is Becoming the Settlement Layer for Crypto

Gnosis Chain just ditched its own validators to settle on Ethereum — here's why that decision reveals what Ethereum actually is.

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Digital Assets

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Digital Assets

Bitcoin Surges Past $78K, $140M in Shorts Liquidated

Bitcoin cleared $78,563 as a short squeeze wiped out $140 million in leveraged positions, with institutional accumulation and ETF inflows continuing to underpin strength.

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Bitcoin Clears $77K as $1.24B Liquidation Wave Clears Use
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Bitcoin ETF Inflows Top $606M as Altcoins Rally
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MANTRA Chain Halts Operations, OM Token Slides 10% as Bitcoin Rallies to $74.5K
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Binance Staff Cleared in UAE Financial Crimes Probe
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Yield Basis launches an impermanent loss-free AMM for wrapped native assets and tokenized real-world assets, establishing secondary markets and native yield infrastructure.

By Gokhshtein MediaAugust 21, 20263 min read
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Equities Fall as Yields Rise, Oil Climbs and Walmart Disappoints

U.S. stock indices closed lower Thursday as bond yields advanced and oil prices climbed, reversing Wednesday's gains

“U.S. stock market averages traded lower Thursday, pressured by rising government bond yields, climbing oil prices and weak corporate earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 0.6 percent ”

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