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Today · 2026-08-04 · Tue

Iran claims a three-stage attack on United States military targets in Bahrain and Kuwait

On 20 July, local time, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement stating that in the 23rd wave, code-named “Viction 2”, there had been a heavy blow in three phases against the American forces in the region. The statement states that, in the first phase, Iran attacked and destroyed the U.S. drone maintenance and repair facility at the Al-Sakir airbase in Bahrain; in the second phase, Iran attacked targets at the port of Salman in Bahrain; and in the third phase, Iran attacked the facilities at the Arif Zhan United States military base in Kuwait. The statement states that the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has continued to launch heavy attacks using a large number of missiles and drones in “reprisals for the associated United States military operations”. (In Russian)

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LARGE COMMODITY TRADERS, "WTI OIL TOP 1 EMPTY" SPCX, HAS BEEN EXPANDING

THE SPCX, A LARGE COMMODITY DEALER ' S "WTI CRUDE OIL TOP 1 EMPTY ", INCREASED ITS SINGLE-FLYING SURPLUS FROM USD +1,795,084.95 (+17.20%) TO USD +2,814,664.12 (+24.52%). THE CURRENT CURRENCY IS $121.20, WITH A LIQUIDATION VALUE OF $283.09 AND A WAREHOUSE SIZE OF $8,232,711.19. IT ALSO HAD AN EMPTY WTI CRUDE OIL BILL OF $33 MILLION, PREFERRING TO HAVE A LARGE COMMODITY-RELATED POSITION, INDIRECTLY INVOLVING UNITED STATES STOCK-RELATED TRANSACTIONS, WITH A MONTHLY SURPLUS OF APPROXIMATELY $17 MILLION。

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Encrypted wallet company Exodus reduced its staff by 25 per cent to a stable currency payment infrastructure strategy

The encrypted wallet company Express Movement announced that it would reduce the global workforce by about 25 per cent in order to reduce operating costs and accelerate the transition to stable currency payments and card infrastructure. In a paper submitted to the regulator, Exceldus stated that the reorganization was part of a corporate strategy to create a “all-in-all-paying platform” in the hope of providing users with a comprehensive solution covering encrypted assets, stable currency payments and financial services by integrating capacity to pay。

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Exodus lay off 25 per cent to stabilize currency payments and build card infrastructure

Exodus announced a 25 per cent reduction in global staff to reduce costs and shift the focus of operations to stable currency payments and card infrastructure. Following the acquisition of Monavate and Baanx, Exceldus built a full-storey payment platform, which is expected to save between $10 million and $13 million in annual cash operating expenses and $3.5 million in reorganization costs by 2027。

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The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attacked United States military targets in Bahrain and Kuwait in three phases

The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched a strike against United States military targets in Bahrain and Kuwait in three phases during the 23rd wave, code-named Victory 2. The first phase involved the destruction of the second phase of the U.S. drone maintenance and repair facility at the Sakir airbase in Bahrain, the third phase of the attack on the port of Salman in Bahrain, and the attack on the facilities at the Arif Zang United States military base in Kuwait. The operation used a large number of missiles and drones in retaliation for the related United States military operations。

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BEST TIME DEPOSIT RATE TODAY: LOCKED UP TO 4.20% ASY

On 20 July 2026, the best term deposit (CD) rate today was 4.20% APY, with some concessions coming from advertisers, which may affect the products we recommend. The interest rate on term deposits today is still above the national average. The Federal Reserve lowered the target interest rate three times in 2025 and remained unchanged in 2026, which has a ripple effect on the interest rate on deposit accounts, making it now a good opportunity to lock high interest rates. The highest interest rate on term deposits is provided by the United Fund Bank and Sallie Mae Bank, which applies to their two-year CD。

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Morgan Stanley: The demand for artificial intelligence led to a shortage of memory supplies, and storage prices increased by over 25 per cent

According to Joseph Moore, Morgan Stanley Analyst, the shortage of memory in the data centre continues to deteriorate as a result of artificial intelligence requirements and supply pressures are not alleviated. In the third quarter, the price of memory products increased by at least 25 per cent over the level of the second quarter of 2026, higher than the Morgan Stanley and third-party agency projections. Memory supply constraints are expected to continue to increase in 2027 and 2028, current market memory resources are not sufficient to meet the needs of the artificial intelligence industry, which consumes a large amount of DRAM capacity, affecting the production of consumer electronics such as PCs and smart phones。

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The U.S. shares are small, high-opened chips, storage plates, temperature and rebound

THE THREE MAJOR INDICES OF THE UNITED STATES SHARE ARE SMALL AND HIGH, WITH THE DOW JONES INDEX INCREASING BY 0.30 PER CENT, THE STANDARD 500 INDEX BY 0.56 PER CENT AND THE NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX BY 0.83 PER CENT. CHIPS, STORAGE PLATES REBOUNDED IN A MILD AND MODERATE MANNER, WITH A 1.5 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE SHARE PRICE OF INGWEIDA, AN 1.85 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF THE DESK-CUM-POWER STOCK, A 2.25 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF THE JCI, A 4.15 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF THE SK HERCULES STOCK, A 3.99 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF THE U.S.-LIGHT TECHNOLOGY, A 3.54 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF THE SUPER-MIX SEMICONDUCTOR STOCK, A 2.19 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF THE ASTRID STOCK, A 2.63 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF THE INTEL STOCK, A 2.76 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF THE PAN FOREST GROUP, A 2.27 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF THE ARM STOCK AND A 3.78 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF THE FLASH STOCK。

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THE U.S. STOCK IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH LEVEL OF AI RISK

On 20 July, despite the continuing rise in the United States stock, the air mood of investors was rising. With the market worried about the sustainability of the AI-driven boom, empty bets against the United States stock have risen to an all-time high. Since the end of March, there has been a cumulative increase of 18 per cent in the Standard 500 index. According to statistics from S3 Partners LLC since 2010, the percentage of free-flow units in the S3 Partners LLC has risen to an all-time high of 3.79 per cent. The share of the Russell 3,000 index component unit has also risen to 6.3 per cent in the recent past and has also been updated. Although it has not been a successful trade strategy since the current year to be empty of stocks as a whole, the market has maintained its empty position because of persistent concerns about the return on AI ' s investment and the associated risks that constantly disturb the market. According to Ihor Dusaniwsky, head of S3 Partners' Forecast Analysis, “Increased activity and increased coverage of empty stocks”

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Encrypted currency spot transactions are low, and the 7-day average is nearly 80% lower than the 2025 peak

According to data published in the early days of A, the seven-day moving average of off-the-shelf transactions from encrypted trading platforms fell to $21.4 billion, a decline of nearly 80 per cent from the peak of $104.3 billion in October 2025. The volume of encrypted transactions continued to fall after peaking in October in the second half of 2025, reaching a low of almost a year by July 2026。

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AMD released the AI hanger system Helios challenging Weeda, Microsoft, Meta and others to join the deployment camp

The AMD officially launched the first-intelligence-oriented AI system, Helios, which is considered to be an important AMD product for British Grace Blackwell and Vera Rubin AI systems, and has been adopted by such business clients as Microsoft, Meta, OpenAi, Oracle, in an attempt to compete more directly in the AI infrastructure market. Microsoft announced that it would deploy the AMD Helios system to the Azure data centre as the latest client to adopt the platform. AMD states that Helios is expected to start delivering to clients later this year and to support forward AI model reasoning, Azure AI services and enterprise-level AI applications。

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Morgan Chase: The recent drop in chip stocks is not the beginning of a long decline, but the resilience of the next round

ACCORDING TO MORGAN CHASE, THE GAP BETWEEN THE PRICE OF THE CHIPS AND THE FUNDAMENTALS IS WIDENING WITH THE DOUBLE-DIGIT DROP IN MANY OF THE AI CHIPS' TAPS - THIS IS PARTICULARLY EVIDENT IN THE EUROPEAN SEMICONDUCTOR STOCK: EVEN THOUGH EUROPE’S SEMICONDUCTOR STOCK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO GROW IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, ITS SHARE PRICE IS EVEN BEHIND THE LARGE AVERAGE. THE BANK EXPECTS THAT THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND STRESS OF AI-DRIVEN DRAM WILL CONTINUE INTO 2028, AND THAT THE Q2 FINANCIAL SEASON WILL BE A CATALYST FOR THE NEXT ROUND。

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Mask buys the mobile power company APR Energy, with over $1 billion in value

According to TechRepublic, Mask acquired the mobile power company APR Energy, with a trading valuation of over $1 billion. According to regulatory documents, Duos Technology sells New APR Energy 5 per cent of its non-voting shares, with a net gain of $5.4 million, which is calculated as over $1 billion in the corporate valuation. APR Energy, based in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, has a rapidly deployable gas and diesel fleet, which provides temporary or supplemental power for such scenarios as data centres, with a total power capacity exceeding 1 GW and a partial project deployment within 15 to 30 days。

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