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Thursday, August 27, 2026

Macro

Bitcoin Falls Below $79,000 as Traders Position for a Federal Reserve Rate Increase

Gold spot held near $4,614 an ounce and silver near $68.73 while the dollar index rose above 99, separating the monetary metals from the liquidity-sensitive digital asset before Kevin Warsh speaks at Jackson Hole on Friday.

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Tech

Nvidia Reports $96.2 Billion in Quarterly Revenue and Guides Above $105 Billion, Excluding China Entirely

Shares rose 4.7 percent after hours and index futures turned higher, even as Chinese investors pulled 560 billion yuan out of domestic mutual funds during a semiconductor selloff.

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Markets

Brent Falls 2.5% to $86.38 as Iran and Oman Negotiate a Corridor Through a Strait Tehran Says Is Still Closed

Qatar's prime minister travels to Tehran on Thursday to restart diplomacy, and President Donald Trump has threatened to strike Oman if it obstructs the American position.

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Corroborated

Macro

Washington Restricts Capital, Goods and People at Once as Investors Question the American Overweight

Trump has imposed a 50 percent tariff on Canadian aluminium while conceding the United States needs the metal, and a global pause on immigrant visas is reshaping flows from China and the rest of Asia.

3 sources
Plausible

World

Glacial Collapse on the Nepal-Tibet Border Kills at Least 165 and Leaves More Than 1,000 Missing

The United States Geological Survey concluded that the seismic signal recorded during the disaster came from the ice collapse and debris flow itself, not from an earthquake.

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Corroborated

Tech

Meta Agrees to Pay Up to $16.68 Billion to Settle State Claims Over Harm to Child Users

The company will impose daily usage limits and nighttime blocks for teenage accounts across the United States, and participating states receive about $12.7 billion of the total over ten years.

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What to watch

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    Kevin Warsh's first Jackson Hole speech as Federal Reserve chair on Friday, since his tone on rates will guide whether bitcoin and other liquidity-sensitive assets keep falling

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    Whether Iran and Oman reach a lasting deal on a corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, since Tehran still says the strait is closed and any breakdown would push oil prices back up

  3. 03

    Whether Nvidia's revenue guidance holds up in the following quarters, since its results are a bellwether for the broader bet that heavy AI spending pays off

Executive summary

Traders raised bets on a Federal Reserve interest-rate increase before Kevin Warsh's first Jackson Hole speech on Friday, pushing bitcoin below $79,000 while gold spot traded near $4,614 an ounce and the dollar index rose above 99. Nvidia reported $96.2 billion in quarterly revenue and issued stronger guidance, lifting index futures, and Brent crude fell 2.5 percent to $86.38 as Iran and Oman negotiated a temporary corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran says remains closed.

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Geopolitics

Russian Air Defences Report Downing 18 Drones Over Voronezh as the CIA Director Warns Moscow Against Striking NATO

Airports at Izhevsk and Perm lifted flight restrictions after overnight closures, and the Collective Security Treaty Organization has put facility protection against drones on the agenda of its autumn exercises.

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Plausible

Geopolitics

Israel Weighs Removing British Officials From the American-Led Gaza Ceasefire Headquarters

The proposal follows increased European criticism of the Netanyahu government, and comes as Israeli forces continue artillery fire, air raids and ground incursions in Syria and Lebanon.

2 sources
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Geopolitics

Japan Selects an Interceptor Drone Less Than Three Months After Opening Procurement

Indonesia is preparing to commission its first aircraft carrier while Moscow signals new bilateral agreements with Jakarta in September, widening the pool of suppliers across the region.

3 sources
Plausible

Geopolitics

United States Religious Freedom Panel Urges Sanctions on RSS Members During Its Chief's American Visit

The commission's chair also called for revoking the visa issued to Mohan Bhagwat, adding a new source of friction to a relationship already strained by tariffs.

3 sources
Corroborated

World

Anwar Ibrahim Considers Delaying Malaysia's General Election to Late 2027 After State Poll Defeats

The reported delay comes as former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob is charged with concealing assets, following the seizure of nearly $40 million linked to him.

2 sources
Plausible

World

More Than 150 Wildfires Burn Across Northeastern Algeria in a Single Day, Killing at Least Twelve

The fires reached several provinces of a country that supplies a significant share of Europe's pipeline gas, while flood water receded across 28 sites in Russia's Sverdlovsk region.

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