SoFi Technologies (SOFI) rose 5.52% to $18.91 on August 21, 2026 as a Piper Sandler Overweight initiation reinforced confidence in lending growth after strong second-quarter results. Read the daily analysis of SoFi's lending-growth outlook, momentum risk and key technical levels.

Strategy (MSTR) rose 6.10% to $119.25 on August 21, 2026 as Bitcoin's rally above $77,000 improved the value of its bitcoin treasury. Read the daily analysis of Strategy's bitcoin-treasury outlook, momentum risk and key technical levels.

Moderna (MRNA) rose 8.86% to $145.13 on August 21, 2026 as investors continued to price the Phase 3 success of its personalized mRNA cancer therapy with Merck. Read the daily analysis of Moderna's oncology-platform outlook, momentum risk and key technical levels.

Tesla (TSLA) rose 5.14% to $362.86 on August 21, 2026 after Nevada approved a larger Cybercab robotaxi network and investors focused again on its autonomy rollout. Read the daily analysis of Tesla's autonomy outlook, momentum risk and key technical levels.

BTC perpetual futures contracts have officially begun trading, while token public offerings remain at the proposal stage and have not moved into implementation, according to Japan’s CRYPTO TIMES. The report also cited uncertainty in the U.S. regulatory environment that could affect the crypto market. Overall, it said infrastructure for BTC-related derivatives continues to advance, while primary-market fundraising activity remains constrained by policy factors.

Asian shares mostly fell on Monday as pressure in bond markets mounted, while oil prices also slipped. Japan’s Nikkei 225 declined 0.5% and South Korea’s Kospi dropped 3.5%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 2.1% and Shanghai’s Composite index lost 0.7%. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.5% against the regional trend, and Taiwan’s Taiex fell 0.5%. U.S. futures edged lower as markets looked ahead to this week’s Jackson Hole gathering of global central bankers.

BHP shares touched a record intraday high of $67.72 and are up nearly 48% in 2026. Its latest results showed revenue rose 15% to US$58.8 billion and underlying EBITDA climbed 27% to US$32.9 billion, while underlying attributable profit increased 30% to US$13.2 billion. Copper contributed 54% of underlying EBITDA, overtaking iron ore as the company’s biggest profit source, while unit costs across major assets fell 6% and net debt ended the year at US$8.7 billion.

Lightwave Logic reported Q2 revenue of $33,000 and a GAAP net loss of $6.6 million, or $0.04 per share, while adding a fifth Stage 3 customer program. This review covers commercialization milestones, the absence of formal financial guidance, the 0.66% regular-session decline, and verified technical reference levels.