THE WIRE

THE WIRE Aug 20, 6:00pm ET

Gold added roughly $172 an ounce in a single session to close at $4,514.08, a move that resets the cost basis for anyone still waiting for a pullback to add precious-metals exposure.

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MARKET OPEN

Asia

Aug 23, 9:30pm ET

🇭🇰 Hang Seng—
🇨🇳 SSE Composite—

Hong Kong opened a hair above Friday's close, and mainland traders left the SSE Composite exactly where it finished. A flat open like this puts the day's direction entirely on whatever headline lands next.

DAILY MOVE

BTC Bitcoin

Aug 21, 8:00pm ET

$78,326

+7.28%

Bitcoin's 7.28% jump is its sharpest single-day gain in months, snapping back after a long stretch stuck in the $60,000s. Anyone who wrote off the range as dead just got a reminder of how fast it breaks.

DAILY MOVE

SOL Solana

Aug 21, 8:00pm ET

$93.72

+6.94%

Solana's 6.94% jump off an $87.64 close puts it back above $90, a level it has struggled to hold for months. The next test is whether this becomes a base or another failed bounce.

DAILY MOVE

ETH Ethereum

Aug 21, 8:00pm ET

$2,516

+8.14%

Ethereum's 8.1% jump to $2,515.80 is its biggest single-day step up in months, and the first close back above $2,500 since spring. Anyone waiting for a base to form now has a level to defend.

52-week highs Aug 21, 6:00pm ET

6 stocks hit new 52-week highs this week

SSentinelOne$20.94+6.1%
KOCoca-Cola$91.1+2.3%
EXPEExpedia$321.63+1.3%
ABNBAirbnb$187.3+1.2%
ABBVAbbVie$264.96+1.0%
PFEPfizer$28.07+0.6%

Six names hit fresh 52-week highs this week: SentinelOne led at 6.14% above its prior peak, with Coca-Cola, Expedia, Airbnb, AbbVie and Pfizer all clearing old ceilings too.

TTD Trade Desk

Aug 21, 6:00pm ET

New 52-week low $13.18 -1.1% vs prior low · 2026-08-20

Trade Desk marked a second straight 52-week low at $13.18, 1.05% under yesterday's floor. The ad tech name now carries a $5.6 billion market cap after a year spent grinding down from the low $50s.

ABNB Airbnb

Aug 21, 6:00pm ET

New 52-week high $187.3 +0.5% vs prior high · 2026-08-19

Airbnb just set a fresh 52-week high at $187.30, its second record in three sessions. That puts the name in uncharted territory for the year.

THE IPO WIRE

Bitari Inc BIAI · Nasdaq

Aug 21, 5:29pm ET

$7–$7 / share

$30M raise 4,285,715 shares

Bitari files S-1 for a $30 million Nasdaq IPO at $7 a share

Bitari filed its S-1 to list on Nasdaq, offering 4,285,715 shares at a fixed $7 for roughly $30 million. A single price with no range means the terms are already set, so the only real question left is whether US Tiger Securities can fill the book.

Elon Musk @elonmusk Quote post

Aug 21, 5:19pm ET

X is opening its ad system to outside AI agents, including Anthropic's Claude Code, meaning campaign buying moves from dashboards to chat and cuts the agency middle layer out of the loop.

Use your AI to manage 𝕏 ads! https://t.co/XZ98oW48sM [Quoted @XFreeze]: 𝕏 Ads just became agent-native... and this is a very powerful upgrade With the new 𝕏 Ads MCP, you can now connect Grok, Grok Build, Claude Code or other AI agents directly to your 𝕏 Ads account and manage campaigns through normal conversation You can literally ask: “How are

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Elon Musk @elonmusk Repost

Aug 21, 5:07pm ET

A clean 60-second static fire on all six Raptors clears the last big hardware gate before Starship's fourteenth flight, tightening the launch timeline that space suppliers and Artemis contractors are keyed to.

RT @SpaceX: The Starship preparing for our fourteenth flight test completed a full-duration, 60-second static fire with all six Raptor engi…

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THE IPO WIRE

CoVolt Power, Inc. KVLT · NYSE

Aug 21, 4:31pm ET

CoVolt Power files for NYSE IPO with a nine-bank syndicate

CoVolt Power just filed its S-1 to list on the NYSE, and it lined up nine banks led by J.P. Morgan, Jefferies, RBC and UBS to do it. No price range or share count yet, so the first amendment is where the deal gets real.

NEW ETF LAUNCHES 3 new ETFs hit the market · Aug 21

Aug 21, 4:30pm ET

HXAMast HedgeIndex Corporate Arbitrage ETFalternative0.99%
HXCMast HedgeIndex Strategic Commodities ETFcommodity0.69%
HXEMast HedgeIndex Adaptive Equities ETFequity0.99%

Mast owns the entire day's launch slate, wrapping hedge fund style strategies into three ETFs: corporate arbitrage, adaptive equities and commodities. Two carry 0.99% net expense ratios, hedge fund tactics at ETF access.