BlockBeats news, on August 12, according to CME "FedWatch" data, the probability of the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates unchanged in September is currently 50.1%, and the probability of a 25 basis point rate hike is 49.9%.

BlockBeats news, on August 12, SpaceXAI announced that the Grok chatbot is now in the testing phase and is available starting today for desktop and iOS users subscribed to the SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Ultra, and Cursor Teams Premium plans.

BlockBeats news, on August 12, according to Bloomberg, data from UBS Group shows that commodity trading advisors (CTAs), who aim to profit from various asset price trends, tripled their underweight positions in bonds in July compared to two weeks earlier. Since then, these bets have remained stable. If the upcoming U.S. consumer and producer price indices stimulate Treasury prices to rise, these CTA trades will face the risk of losses. According to strategist Nicolas Le Roux, before the inflation data release, for every 1 basis point change in the 10-year Treasury yield, the CTA's profit or loss scale is about $300 million, representing the largest exposure since UBS began compiling related data in 1990.

BlockBeats news, on August 12, according to The Information, Brad Lightcap, Head of Special Projects at OpenAI and former COO, is about to leave.

BlockBeats news, on August 12, according to Coinglass data, the total liquidations across the entire network in the past 24 hours reached $197 million, with long liquidations at $140 million and short liquidations at $57.56 million.

BlockBeats news, on August 12, according to market sources, ZoomInfo data is now integrated into Microsoft Copilot Studio and can be used in Microsoft 365 Copilot, Dynamics 365, Excel, and Word.

BlockBeats news, on August 12, Federal Reserve's Goolsbee stated that as long as consumption remains robust, the economy will stay healthy. The biggest problem facing the economy is inflation. (Jin10)

BlockBeats news, on August 12, the U.S. Energy Information Administration expects the ongoing disruption of about 600,000 barrels per day of Middle East crude oil production to continue until the end of 2027.

BlockBeats news, on August 12, Pudgy Penguins co-founder Cole Villemain was voted out by the project holders in January 2022. Early Tuesday morning, the 44,444-piece NFT series Spritehood he launched on Robinhood Chain sold out in less than an hour. According to on-chain transaction statistics, the revenue from this NFT minting was approximately $1.28 million. A total of 37,430 NFTs were sold at $17 each during the public mint, and another 5,526 were sold at $117 each, corresponding to the $100 upgrade option provided on the minting page. Based on the above data, the sales revenue was $1,282,852, which is approximately 684.28 ETH at the contract minting price. Before the paid sales began, the contract deployer also minted 1,488 NFTs for free through 20 zero-price transactions.

BlockBeats news, on August 12, the U.S. Secretary of Energy stated that the seven-day average daily oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz are currently close to 9 million barrels. (Jin10)