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I. Macro & Market Sentiment(Market Data)· BTC Price: $69,672 (24h +8.26%)· Funding Rate: +0.0087%· Fear & Greed Index: 56 (Neutral)(Key Events Ahead)· No major macro events tonightII. Trading Signals / Hotspots(BTC / ETH · Capital Inflows)· U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded single-day net inflows of $189.3 million, including $143.6 million into IBIT. Spot Ethereum ETFs recorded net inflows of $71.4 million, including $64.7 million into ETHA. Two consecutive days of net inflows signal the return of

Unitree Robotics delivered one of the most dramatic Chinese IPO debuts of 2026 on August 19. Shares of the humanoid robot maker, trading under 688836 on Shanghai’s STAR Market, closed at RMB 845, up approximately 460% from the RMB 150.80 IPO price. The stock opened even higher at RMB 1,100 before giving back part of its early gains during the session. Investors who followed the company before the listing can review the full Unitree IPO date and listing timeline.The first-day rally pushed Unitree

MicroStrategy, now known as Strategy, has long been known for its aggressive Bitcoin accumulation strategy and its near-total reluctance to sell. But recently, the company has made a notable shift in how it manages its massive Bitcoin holdings. Instead of treating BTC purely as a long-term reserve asset, Strategy is beginning to approach it as a tool for optimizing its capital structure and maintaining liquidity.The question many investors are now asking is: can this new strategy still have the

Executive SummaryCerebras Systems (NASDAQ:CBRS) fell 12.69% on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, closing at $220.01, even as the company unveiled its next-generation CS-4 AI accelerator at its flagship Supernova event.The CS-4 delivers up to 30 times faster inference than GPU-based systems, twice the speed of its CS-3 predecessor, and up to 10 times more throughput per watt.Cerebras and OpenAI jointly introduced Ultrafast mode, a new GPT-5.6 Sol service tier running at up to 14 times the speed of standa

Overview United States homebuilding activity contracted sharply in July 2026 as high mortgage rates and elevated new home inventories weighed heavily on residential construction. According to data published jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, privately owned housing starts dropped 12.4 percent month over month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.239 million units, significantly trailing Wall Street consensus estimates of approximately

Overview Global data storage manufacturer Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) experienced heavy institutional selling pressure on August 18, with shares declining roughly 7.4 percent during the trading session. The downturn occurred alongside a broad based selloff across the data storage and semiconductor sectors, where flash memory brand SanDisk fell 9 percent and industry peer Micron Technology slid 7 percent. The pullback interrupted an aggressive valuation expansion previously fueled by enterprise

Overview Global flash memory and solid state storage leader SanDisk, operating under parent company Western Digital, experienced heavy selling pressure on August 18, with SNDK shares tumbling roughly 9 percent while Western Digital fell 7.4 percent. The pullback followed a sharp multi week rally fueled by accelerating demand for enterprise solid state drives (SSDs) across artificial intelligence data centers. Although SanDisk generated a more than 400 percent year over year increase in data cent

Overview Global memory and storage semiconductor leader Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) experienced significant selling pressure on August 18, with shares dropping roughly 7 percent during the trading session. The sharp decline snapped a powerful multi day rally that had seen the stock gain nearly 18 percent over the preceding five trading days. The selloff was not triggered by company specific operational setbacks or deteriorating artificial intelligence high bandwidth memory (HBM) demand, but r

Overview Global robotics and embodied artificial intelligence developer Unitree Robotics completed its initial public offering, making a dramatic debut on public equity markets. Unitree stock surged as much as 600 percent during its first day of trading, triggering multiple volatility trading halts as institutional and retail buy orders flooded exchange order books. The trading frenzy followed a public subscription phase that saw retail tranches oversubscribed by more than 8,000 times, setting a

Overview Chinese technology giant Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU, HKEX: 9888) reported its second quarter 2026 financial results, delivering a mixed performance that triggered immediate selling pressure across global markets. Although the company generated a 25 percent year over year jump in core artificial intelligence revenue to 12.5 billion RMB, consolidated quarterly revenue fell 4 percent to 31.33 billion RMB, falling short of consensus expectations. Weighed down by a steep 19 percent contraction in l