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Financial News News 9 August 2025 - 29 August 2025

AI Stock Frenzy: Nvidia’s Record Rally, Surprise Surges & Setbacks Rock Markets (Aug 28–29, 2025)

AI Stock Frenzy: Nvidia’s Record Rally, Surprise Surges & Setbacks Rock Markets (Aug 28–29, 2025)

Key Facts August 28, 2025 – AI Hype Hits New Heights Nvidia’s Big Beat and Market Rally: Thursday brought a euphoria of AI-driven gains on Wall Street. Nvidia’s blowout earnings (revenue up 56% year-on-year) confirmed that demand related to AI technology remains strong,” even though Nvidia’s forecast excluded China due to export uncertainties reuters.com reuters.com. The chip leader’s shares dipped just 0.8% on those cautious forecasts reuters.com, but investors seized on the bigger picture: AI spending is still surging. The S&P 500 jumped 0.3% to a record high (Nasdaq +0.5%), extending a rally that has repeatedly driven indexes to new
29 August 2025
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Bitcoin Whiplash, Trump’s Crypto Gambit & NFT Revival – All the Blockchain Bombshells (Aug 26–27, 2025)

Bitcoin Whiplash, Trump’s Crypto Gambit & NFT Revival – All the Blockchain Bombshells (Aug 26–27, 2025)

Major Developments in DeFi, NFT & Gaming DeFi momentum builds: The decentralized finance sector saw moderate growth during August’s last week, buoyed by climbing crypto prices. Total value locked in DeFi protocols rose about 3.3% to roughly $149.2 billion ts2.tech. Liquid staking leader Lido Finance led the pack with over $38.1B in assets staked ts2.tech, reflecting continued appetite for staking yields as Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade (enabling withdrawals) has bedded in. Lending and DEX platforms also benefited from renewed capital inflows. On-chain activity ticked up across multiple chains – a sign that traders are putting idle crypto to work amid the
27 August 2025
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Bitcoin’s Record Run, DeFi Shockwaves & NFT Revival – Crypto News Roundup (Aug 23–24, 2025)

Bitcoin’s Record Run, DeFi Shockwaves & NFT Revival – Crypto News Roundup (Aug 23–24, 2025)

Aave’s token jumped ~19% in 24 hours to about $355 after Aug. 21 when it expanded to Aptos and reworked Aave V3 in Move, its first deployment beyond Ethereum. <li-Ethereum’s proto-danksharding (EIP-4844) went live on testnets, with activation expected in the next upgrade Dencun” by end-2025 to enable cheaper data storage for rollups. Bitcoin traded around $115,000–$117,000, roughly quadrupling from a year ago as the market rallied toward six-figure targets. Ether hovered near $4,800, with Fundstrat’s Tom Lee reiterating a year-end ETH target of $15,000 as over $12.7 billion flowed into U.S. spot Ether ETFs in August. The GENIUS Act
24 August 2025
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AI Stock Frenzy Hits Turbulence: Tech Titans Tumble, Chip Wars Heat Up (Aug 21–22, 2025 Roundup)

AI Stock Frenzy Hits Turbulence: Tech Titans Tumble, Chip Wars Heat Up (Aug 21–22, 2025 Roundup)

During Aug 21–22, 2025, the Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500 tech sector each fell roughly 2% by Wednesday. Ahead of Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole address, traders de-risked amid hopes of rate cuts. An MIT study found 95% of companies see no returns on AI spending, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman cautioned investors may be overexcited. Tech stocks traded at about 30× forward earnings, a one-year high, prompting profit-taking and rotation into defensive names. Palantir Technologies entered a six-day losing streak, erasing about 17% of its value and becoming the S&P 500’s worst performer for the week. Nvidia
22 August 2025
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NVIDIA 2025: Dominating the AI Boom – Company Overview, Key Segments, Competition, and Future Outlook

Nvidia’s Epic August 2025: Record AI Earnings, Next-Gen Chips & Game-Changing Deals

Nvidia reported Q2 FY2026 revenue around $45 billion, up about 50% year over year, with data-center revenue at a record pace and $26.3 billion in the year-ago quarter. Nvidia’s market capitalization briefly surpassed $4 trillion in mid-2025, underscoring investor enthusiasm for AI leadership. The Blackwell architecture, led by the flagship H200/B100 GPUs, is up to 30× faster than prior generations in some AI workloads, and Nvidia booked about $11 billion in Q4 2024 revenue from Blackwell-based processors. Nvidia unveiled GeForce RTX 50-series GPUs based on Blackwell and DLSS 4 at Gamescom 2025, with over 175 games supporting DLSS 4 and
21 August 2025
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AI Stocks Frenzy: Mega Deals, GPT-5 Hype and Bubble Warnings Fuel Aug 9–10 Market Buzz

AI Stocks Frenzy: Mega Deals, GPT-5 Hype and Bubble Warnings Fuel Aug 9–10 Market Buzz

AMD’s Q2 data-center chip sales rose 14% to $3.2 billion but missed forecasts, while Nvidia’s stock surged 73%. SMCI shares plunged 18% in one day after missing revenue targets and cutting guidance amid Nvidia delays and rising competition, erasing over $6 billion in value overnight. By Aug. 7–8, the AI-chip rally resumed as Nvidia and Broadcom hit all-time highs, and AMD rebounded about 5% while TSMC rose roughly 5% on tariff optimism. The U.S. Commerce Department began issuing licenses for Nvidia’s H20 AI GPUs to China, potentially easing an export ban that Nvidia warned could cost $8 billion in sales
10 August 2025
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AI Stocks Frenzy: GPT-5 Hype, Record Highs & Billion-Dollar Bets Fuel Aug 8–9 Market Surge

AI Stocks Frenzy: GPT-5 Hype, Record Highs & Billion-Dollar Bets Fuel Aug 8–9 Market Surge

OpenAI launched GPT-5 on Aug. 7, 2025, touting expert-level capabilities and 700 million ChatGPT users. On Aug. 7, 2025, the U.S. Commerce Department began licensing Nvidia to export its H20 AI chips to China, reversing a ban and potentially restoring access to a huge market. AMD shares fell 5.1% and SMCI dropped 18.2% after Q2 data-center results disappointed, with AMD data-center revenue rising 14% to $3.2 billion but under forecasts. Nvidia and Broadcom hit all-time highs and notched record closes as the AI chip rally regained momentum. Meta Platforms raised $29 billion for AI data centers, with about $26 billion
9 August 2025
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