August 2026 archive brief — 5 verified developments across 3 markets
A reconstruction of what Global Market Radar verified and published for August 2026, covering 11 Aug 2026 to 19 Aug 2026. Assembled from 5 already-published GMR articles; no price data and no cause-and-effect claim is made.
What happened
5 verified developments across United States, Japan, Korea.
Every item below links to a GMR article that was published and reviewed at the time it was written.
What matters next
This is a record of what was verified, not a forecast. Where a development was still developing at the end of the period, the underlying article states its verification status.
Official sources are authoritative only for what they themselves published; silence from a counterparty is never treated as denial.
United States
11 Aug 2026 — CFTC invokes emergency authority to keep a prediction-market exchange operating amid New York's lawsuit
18 Aug 2026 — SEC proposes 'Regulation Crypto Assets': offering exemptions and an investment-contract safe harbor
19 Aug 2026 — Fed minutes: July's hold bought time for clarity, and many saw tightening ahead if inflation persists
Japan
17 Aug 2026 — BoJ outlook: inflation clearly above 2% from late FY2026, and further rate rises signalled
Korea
19 Aug 2026 — SK hynix approves a 40 trillion won buyback and full cancellation, the largest in Korean market history
Event timeline
- 11 Aug 2026CFTC invokes emergency authority to keep a prediction-market exchange operating amid New York's lawsuit ↗
- 17 Aug 2026BoJ outlook: inflation clearly above 2% from late FY2026, and further rate rises signalled ↗
- 18 Aug 2026SEC proposes 'Regulation Crypto Assets': offering exemptions and an investment-contract safe harbor ↗
- 19 Aug 2026SK hynix approves a 40 trillion won buyback and full cancellation, the largest in Korean market history ↗
- 19 Aug 2026Fed minutes: July's hold bought time for clarity, and many saw tightening ahead if inflation persists ↗
Sources
- CFTC invokes emergency authority to keep a prediction-market exchange operating amid New York's lawsuit — /news/us-commodity-futures-trading-commission-regulatory-publication-11-aug-2026
- BoJ outlook: inflation clearly above 2% from late FY2026, and further rate rises signalled — /news/bank-of-japan-policy-statement-17-aug-2026
- SEC proposes 'Regulation Crypto Assets': offering exemptions and an investment-contract safe harbor — /news/us-securities-and-exchange-commission-regulatory-publication-18-aug-2026
- SK hynix approves a 40 trillion won buyback and full cancellation, the largest in Korean market history — /news/sk-hynix-shareholder-return-announcement-19-aug-2026
- Fed minutes: July's hold bought time for clarity, and many saw tightening ahead if inflation persists — /news/federal-reserve-policy-minutes-19-aug-2026