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2026-08-18 06:00 UTC | BLOCK 962996
BITCOIN $64,187 | GOLD $4,376 | OIL $91.39
1. Japan moves hypersonic missile tests to Australia
-- Japan agreed to test hypersonic and other missiles in Australia as the two countries deepen defense cooperation, Bloomberg reported.
-- Using Australian ranges gives Tokyo more room to validate long-range weapons while tightening an Indo-Pacific security partnership increasingly oriented toward deterring China.
2. Global private equity records zero new China deals
-- Global private-equity firms have made no new equity investments in China as Beijing increases scrutiny of foreign capital in sensitive sectors, the Financial Times reported.
-- A sustained investment freeze would deprive Chinese companies of foreign funding and expertise while accelerating the reallocation of private capital to other Asian markets.
3. U.K. assesses economic damage from U.S. frontier-AI restrictions
-- The British government is urgently assessing the economic impact after President Trump blocked foreign nationals from accessing Anthropic's Fable 5 model, according to the Financial Times.
-- Restricting access by nationality could leave British developers at a computational disadvantage and turn advanced AI models into leverage in trade and security negotiations.
4. India's NSE seeks record IPO at up to $55 billion valuation
-- The National Stock Exchange of India is seeking a valuation as high as 5.26 trillion rupees, or $55 billion, in its planned listing, Bloomberg reported.
-- A deal at that level would test investor appetite for India's capital-markets growth and give the exchange substantial currency for technology and infrastructure investment.
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2026-08-18 05:59:59 UTCEvent JSON
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