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UPDATED AUGUST 13, 2026 · 1071 STORIES ON THE WIRE

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01WORLD

Strait of Hormuz stays shut as Iran disputes Trump's reopening claims

The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passage of water linking two larger bodies, remains blocked, Iran says. Shipping traffic through the channel has fallen to near three-month lows. The Persian Strait Gulf Authority stated the waterway "will…

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02EARNINGS

Cisco posts record revenue on AI demand, then watches its stock retreat

A wave of AI spending just produced record results at a major networking company. That wave has a name in the industry: a "supercycle," meaning a period of demand strong enough to sustain e

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03CRYPTO

Circle's Arc blockchain draws BlackRock, Visa, and Mastercard ahead of September launch

A payment network that settles in less than half a second, and runs every transfer on USDC, a stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar rather than a volatile cryptocurrency, has signed up six m

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04CRYPTO

Goldman Sachs moves to buy Neos Investments, gaining three crypto income ETFs for up to $2.25 billion

An income ETF is a fund that sells options contracts against the assets it holds, collects the premiums from those sales, and passes them to investors as regular cash distributions. Goldman

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05WORLD

Press groups sue to block Trump from posting official statements only on Truth Social

Several American press organizations have filed a lawsuit against President Trump, challenging his practice of publishing official government announcements exclusively on Truth Social. Exclusive publication, meaning the choice to release…

AUGUST 12, 20261 MIN
06DEALS

Goldman Sachs buys Neos Investments as "boomer candy" ETFs turn into Wall Street's growth business

A slice of the fund market Wall Street calls "boomer candy" is now large enough to draw acquisitions from the biggest banks. Goldman Sachs said Wednesday it agreed to buy Neos Investments,

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07TECH

Private capital bets Nvidia's AI chips will hold value where other hardware hasn't

When a piece of equipment keeps its market price after years of use, lenders call that residual value, and it is what separates an asset worth financing from an expensive liability. Wall Street's biggest private capital firms are betting…

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08ENERGY

Saudi oil exports through Egypt's Mediterranean pipeline more than double as ships avoid Red Sea

Oil arriving at Egypt's Mediterranean port of Sidi Kerir has more than doubled, and most of it is Saudi crude. Shipping data firm Kpler tracked the change, showing that Saudi Arabia is routing barrels through a pipeline crossing Egyptian…

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09CRYPTO

Ethereum staking hits 34 percent, and a new proposal would shrink validator rewards the higher that share climbs

More than a third of all Ether is now locked up as staking collateral, and researchers want to use that crowding against the validators earning from it. Staking, in plain terms, means depositing $ETH into the Ethereum network as a security…

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10Bitcoin holders could keep more of their profits if Trump's capital gains plans move forward
11SpaceX parts supplier Applied Aerospace & Defense falls below $20 IPO price after surprise loss
12CoreWeave stock jumps 23% as second-quarter AI cloud revenue doubles
13Switzerland moves to give its financial regulator the power to intervene at troubled banks
14U.S. firms Meta and Nvidia enter open-weight AI race as Chinese labs lead

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