August 22, 2026
Stories from this day
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Economy · 4 min readKOSPI closes at 6,912.95 on August 21, 2026 — 683 stocks fell and the index still rose
Close — KOSPI 6,912.95 (+0.88%), KOSDAQ 801.94 (-4.63%). Korea's two markets moved in opposite directions
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Economy · 3 min readS&P 500 closes at 7,674.37 on August 21, 2026 — the week was set by bonds, not stocks
Close — S&P 500 7,674.37 (+0.43%), Nasdaq +0.46%, Dow +0.51%. All three rose on Friday
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Economy · 3 min readBitcoin touches $79,500 on August 21, 2026 — its biggest weekly gain in two and a half years
Price — intraday high around $79,500, low $71,132. More than $8,000 of range inside one day
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Tech · 3 min readAnthropic IPO — aiming at SpaceX's $86.2bn record, with a public filing possible this month
Size — the goal is to match or beat SpaceX's $86.2bn raise. If it lands, the largest IPO on record
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Tech · 4 min readBroadcom seeks more than $60bn in debt — AI chips are being bought on credit
Size — $60bn–$70bn senior secured plus about $30bn junior. Together, a package of up to roughly $100bn
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Issues · 4 min readWas Korea's Supreme Court nomination agreed in advance? The presidential office says no
The dispute moved — three days ago the question was whether writing was acceptable; now the two sides disagree on whether any consultation happened
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Economy · 4 min readKorea's Future Response Fund — built by cutting the 20.79% that went automatically to schools
Definition — a 'fiscal reservoir' holding revenue above a ten-year trend line: filled in booms, drawn down in downturns
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Tech · 3 min readWhat a robotaxi is — and why Nevada just cleared 8,000 of them at once
Definition — carrying paying passengers on public roads with no human driver. The fare is what separates it from testing
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World · 4 min readWhat secondary sanctions are — how the US punishes companies in third countries
Definition — sanctioning a third-country company for trading with a sanctioned state, with no direct US connection required
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Tech · 4 min readWhat GPU depreciation is — change one number and an AI company's profit changes
Mechanism — a GPU's cost is not expensed in the year of purchase but spread across its assumed useful life