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Samsung Electronics has approved its largest-ever shareholder return plan, with the company expecting to distribute between KRW 90 trillion and KRW 110 trillion in 2026 as it moves to return more cash to investors. The South Korean technology giant said the plan is expected to be about five times larger than its previous record of KRW 20.3 trillion set in 2020, making it the biggest shareholder return ever announced by a Korean company.

Sui’s network is thriving, and its Total Value Locked (TVL) has increased by 10%, and SUI is once again testing the downtrend line that has been existing for 9 months. Analysts expect the coin to rise above $1 very soon. The Sui network has been flourishing lately, and the TVL has risen by 10% during the past 30 days to $459 million. Although there was a remarkable rise on the daily charts, SUI’s TVL is 77% lower than last year.

Crypto exchange BitMart issued an update that caught the market off guard: it is now exploring a potential restructuring plan as an alternative to a full wind-down. This announcement comes less than a month after the exchange told users it would shutter operations, with all trading set to cease on August 26. Update Regarding BitMart’s Potential Restructuring and Business Resumption Plan Dear BitMart Users, We are writing to update you on developments further to our announcement dated 26 July 2026.

On Friday, Bitcoin broke above the $78,000 price level for the first time in almost 3 months. The cryptocurrency’s sharp upward move from around $64,000 just a few days ago, while encouraging, is now starting to look a little overextended to most analysts. However, volume data suggests that BTC’s ongoing rally is far from over. According to data received on Friday, BTC isn’t quite done yet with its current bullish move.

On Friday, ETH touched $2,450 for the first time in 6 months, buoyed by the explosive price action it has exhibited over the past few days. While the digital asset is up more than 30 percent over the past week, some analysts predict that ETH could hit as much as $12,000 in the next 3 years. In a Friday X post, crypto market commentator Ted Pillows said that ETH is showing an uncanny resemblance to BTC’s last bull market rally.

Apple is cutting jobs across teams working on Siri, the Vision Pro headset and artificial intelligence, as the company shifts resources toward new devices and AI projects it sees as more important to its future. The cuts affect employees working on Siri as well as teams behind Apple’s Vision Pro headset.

Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin has caused a massive liquidation storm across the crypto market. Notably, contracts worth $840 million were liquidated since Thursday, one of the highest numbers ever. While the majority of these were short contracts, data suggests that longs could face threat in the coming days. According to exchange data received from Binance on Friday, the crypto market has seen its largest liquidation event since October 2025.

The Crypto Fear and Greed Index just pulled a massive U-turn. It shot up 16 points to hit 62 on Thursday, August 20, 2026, finally flipping back into “Greed” after months of waiting. By August 21, it hit 72, which is a wild jump considering we were stuck in “Extreme Fear” at 29 just a week ago and 25 last month. This is easily one of the sharpest sentiment swings we have seen all year. Source: alternative.me Bitcoin drove the shift.

Sui has highlighted its atomic transaction architecture as a key building block for autonomous AI agents, arguing that increasingly complex agent-driven workflows will require multiple actions to execute together rather than one transaction at a time. In a post on X on Friday, Sui said AI agents need to be able to take a path across the internet and execute it atomically, with its network capable of running that process as a single transaction containing up to 1,024 operations.

Laser Digital Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of Nomura’s digital assets arm, announced it had completed registration as a Crypto Asset Exchange Service Provider under Japan’s Payment Services Act. This marks the first new registration of its kind in approximately four years. This approval shows that big players in Japan are getting more interested in crypto, especially as the country’s rules continue to evolve.