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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed up by +0.43% on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up by +0.98%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up by +0.33%.  E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) rose +0.37%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) rose +0.27%.Stock indices settled higher on Friday as crude oil prices stabilized, temporarily easing inflation concerns.  Crude oil prices consolidated below Thursday’s 1-month high on Friday on comments from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who called for an end to the US-Iran war.  Markets await Monday’s press conference, when US Treasury Secretary Bessent said the administration would give details…

Corn futures found late strength on Friday with contracts 2 ¾ to 6 ½ cents higher across the board. September was 24 ¾ cents higher on the week, with December rallying 25 ¼ cents. September options expired today. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 5 cents at $4.52 ½.USDA reported 205,000 MT of corn sold during the reporting period to unknown destinations this morning.  Don’t Miss a Day: From crude oil to coffee, sign up free for Barchart’s best-in-class commodity analysis.   Following this week’s Crop Tour, Pro Farmer estimates the US national yield at 173.2 pba, with…

Steve Bendt has been appointed as chief marketing officer at YCharts, an investment research and client engagement platform. He will lead YCharts’ global marketing organization and will be responsible for brand, demand generation, and go-to-market strategy across the company’s RIA, enterprise, and asset manager markets. Based in Seattle, Washington, Bendt will report to YCharts’ CEO and president Sean Brown.  Financial advisor Brandon Burleigh has joined UBS Wealth Management’s Hartford, Connecticut office. Burleigh has joined Stone Harbor Group at UBS, a team of five financial advisors. Stone Harbor Group provides wealth management strategies, including financial planning and investment management, to individuals,…

In trading on Friday, shares of National Fuel Gas Co. (Symbol: NFG) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $83.50, changing hands as low as $82.44 per share. National Fuel Gas Co. shares are currently trading down about 1.7% on the day. The chart below shows the one yea

Montevideo, Uruguay, August 20th, 2026, Chainwire Aligned allows fintechs and institutions to build financial products on Ethereum, with one-click solutions for wallets, rollups, interoperability, and zero-knowledge services. Today, Aligned, a full-stack Ethereum infrastructure project, has launched $ALIGN*, the native token of its ecosystem, with listings on major exchanges. Aligned is working to turn Ethereum into the world’s financial backend, and its ecosystem is the single integration fintechs, institutions, and enterprises use to build financial products on Ethereum. Less than one percent of the world’s assets are onchain, and most of what has moved sits on Ethereum as stablecoins, tokenized treasuries,…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, August 21st, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has listed the MRNAON/USDT trading pair on Spot, giving users a new opportunity to access U.S. stock markets as part of its expanding lineup of Ondo tokenized stock offerings. Moderna, Inc., a U.S.-based biotechnology company known for its mRNA vaccine platform, has seen its shares rally sharply in recent trading. On August 19, 2026, Moderna and Merck announced that their investigational personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, used in combination with Keytruda, met the primary endpoint of a late-stage melanoma trial, with the combination regimen meeting the main…

The U.S. Treasury Department will at least double the size of buyback operations for longer-dated government securities, expanding its effort to improve trading conditions after the 30-year yield reached its highest level since 2007. Beginning Sept. 9, Treasury will raise the maximum purchase amount from $2 billion to at least $4 billion for operations covering nominal coupon securities in the 10- to 20-year and 20- to 30-year maturity sectors. The change will remain effective through Nov. 4, when Treasury publishes its next quarterly refunding plans. Treasury cited strong participation and the volume of high-quality securities routinely offered during longer-maturity operations.…

The dollar index (DXY00) recovered from a 3-month low today and is up +0.05%.  Short covering emerged in the dollar today on better-than-expected US economic news, including weekly jobless claims, the Aug Philadelphia Fed business outlook survey, and July leading indicators.  Also, today’s +2% jump in WTI crude oil to a 1-month high boosts inflation expectations and may persuade the Fed to tighten monetary policy, a supportive factor for the dollar.The dollar initially extended Wednesday’s sharp losses today on negative carryover from Wednesday, when the US Treasury boosted liquidity and announced plans to increase buybacks of long-dated bonds.  Also, dovish…

Eightco repurchased 14 million shares of common stock in the past two weeks under its previously announced $125 million share repurchase program Eightco treasury composition as of August 19, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, nearly 302 million WLD holdings, and $132M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $389 million Eightco recently participated in World Foundation’s $52.5M funding round, led by Pantera with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Selini Capital, Susquehanna Crypto, and additional investors Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries EASTON, Pa., Aug. 20,…

VICTORIA, Seychelles, August 20th, 2026, Chainwire Global crypto exchange BYDFi is participating as a Gold Sponsor at Coinfest Asia 2026, taking place August 20-21 at Melasti Beach in Bali. Positioned as “The World’s Crypto Festival Built for Institutions, Builders & Traders,” the event brings together participants across digital assets, finance, technology, and trading. Attendees can meet the BYDFi team at Booth A1 throughout the two-day event. Coinfest Asia 2026 Returns for Its Fifth Edition Coinfest Asia 2026 marks the fifth annual edition of the event, spanning five beach clubs at Melasti Beach as one integrated venue. With more than 150…