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21-Aug-2026 Medium ยป Coinmonks

๐ŸŒ ๐—”๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: South Koreaโ€™s KOSPI plunged as much as 6โ€“7%, triggering a sidecar trading halt, as Samsung and SK Hynix each shed 5โ€“9%. Japanโ€™s Nikkei 225 fell ~2.8% to the 65,300โ€“66,800 zone on a fresh global chip selloff. Trigger: soaring bond yieldsโ€Šโ€”โ€Šthe US 30-year hit a 19-year high, spooking tech investors worldwide.

๐Ÿ’ต ๐——๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ near 99.5โ€“99.6 after touching 2-month lows, as Fed September hike odds sit around 30โ€“35%. Markets await todayโ€™s FOMC Minutes and Fed Chair Kevin Warshโ€™s Jackson Holeย speech.

๐Ÿ’ถ ๐—˜๐—จ๐—ฅ/๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—— holds near 1.1575, close to two-month highs, capped just below 1.1600 on hawkish ECB expectations.

๐Ÿฅ‡ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ rebounds toward $4,446/oz on US policy-uncertainty flows, defying pressure from elevatedย yields.

๐Ÿ›ข ๐—ข๐—ถ๐—น stays elevatedโ€Šโ€”โ€ŠBrent ~$91, WTI ~$84โ€“85โ€Šโ€”โ€Šon persistent USโ€“Iran tensions and Strait of Hormuz disruptions.

๐Ÿ“Š ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†: FOMC Minutes, Fed speakers ahead of Jacksonย Hole.

Trade smart, stay alert!ย ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ“ˆ


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