Crypto Pulse

Overview As benchmark digital asset Bitcoin (BTC) challenges the psychological 70,000 dollar threshold, the underlying price structure across the cryptocurrency market is undergoing a decisive shift. The ongoing expansion is no longer an isolated Bitcoin rally, as market breadth has widened aggressively across the digital asset spectrum. Ethereum (ETH) surged nearly 18 percent over 24 hours to clear 2,200 dollars, Solana (SOL) and Ripple (XRP) pushed higher in synchronized momentum, and decentra

Overview Global smart contract network benchmark Ethereum (ETH) experienced an aggressive price expansion today, surging nearly 18 percent within a 24 hour window to break above the crucial 2,200 dollar resistance barrier. The sharp upward momentum outpaced Bitcoin (BTC) and the broader digital asset market. This explosive rally was propelled by a confluence of a massive short squeeze across major derivative exchanges, structural spot supply constraints driven by record staking participation, re

Overview Global digital asset benchmark Bitcoin (BTC) advanced aggressively today, surging past the critical 69,000 dollar resistance level with an intraday gain exceeding 6 percent. This upside momentum was not driven by an isolated headline, but rather by the powerful convergence of macroeconomic liquidity support, a historic shift in United States regulatory engagement, and a massive short squeeze across major derivative exchanges. As the U.S. Department of the Treasury initiated systematic T

Overview Global technology and e-commerce leader Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA, HKEX: 9988) is scheduled to report its quarterly financial results today, August 20, 2026, before the opening of the United States equity markets, followed by an earnings conference call at 19:30 Hong Kong Time. As global equity markets scrutinize the monetization timelines of generative artificial intelligence, institutional investor focus has shifted from standard gross merchandise volume metrics to the expansion of Al

Moderna (MRNA) stock surged 177% on August 19 after the company and Merck announced positive Phase 3 results for an experimental personalized mRNA cancer therapy. Merck (MRK) climbed 12.6% as investors reassessed both the commercial opportunity for the treatment and the broader potential of combining mRNA technology with cancer immunotherapy.The treatment, intismeran autogene, is being developed by Moderna in combination with Merck's Keytruda for patients with high-risk melanoma whose tumors hav

Walmart (WMT) reports fiscal second-quarter 2027 earnings on August 20, putting one of the world's largest retailers at the center of the latest U.S. earnings calendar. According to Walmart's official earnings schedule, quarterly materials are expected at approximately 6 a.m. Central Time before management holds its earnings call at 7 a.m.Wall Street expects Walmart to report approximately $186.8 billion in revenue and $0.74 in adjusted earnings per share, while U.S. comparable sales are expecte

Semiconductor stocks have lost momentum after one of the strongest stretches of the 2026 AI trade. Micron Technology (MU) fell about 7% on August 18, Sandisk (SNDK) dropped roughly 9%, Nvidia (NVDA) declined 2.3%, and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index lost about 5%. The weakness spread across memory, storage, GPUs and other parts of the AI hardware supply chain rather than remaining concentrated in one company.The immediate question is therefore broader than why Micron or Sandisk fell on a si

Key takeawaysMerck and Moderna announced that the Phase 3 INTerpath-001 trial of intismeran autogene plus Keytruda met its primary endpoint of recurrence-free survival and a key secondary endpoint of distant metastasis-free survival in 1,137 patients with completely resected stage IIB-IV melanoma, randomized 2:1 against Keytruda alone. It is the first positive Phase 3 readout for an individualized neoantigen therapy and for any mRNA-based cancer treatment, in a field that has produced very few a

Key takeawaysArthur Hayes announced that he is taking the CEO role at Flop Labs, which is building Flop Network and its native FLOP token, pitched as "food for your AI agent" and intended as the currency agents use to buy inference, compute and persistent memory. The launch carries no presale and no venture capital allocation, with a large-scale airdrop planned for Q4 2026 and the genesis block targeted for Q1 2027, meaning the token is scheduled to be distributed a full quarter before the chain

Key takeawaysUnitree Robotics opened on the Shanghai STAR Market, 629.44% above its issue price, briefly valuing the first humanoid robotics company to list in mainland China at about $66 billion, before closing at roughly $50 billion. The retail tranche was oversubscribed more than 8,000 times, a STAR Market record, with 9.8 million accounts competing for approximately 9.7 million shares against a freely circulating float near 7.4% of share capital. Founder Wang Xingxing's 121.4 million shares