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According to Bloomberg, S&P 500 constituents posted a 31% year-over-year profit increase in the second quarter, exceeding the prior consensus estimate of 23%—the strongest growth for the index since Bloomberg Intelligence began tracking data in 1992, excluding recovery periods following major recessions. Over 90% of S&P 500 members have reported their earnings, with the first half’s overall profit performance on track to be the strongest since 2021. Analysts attribute the earnings beat to two factors: U.S. economic resilience and margin expansion driven by artificial intelligence (AI). The net profit margin of S&P 500 constituents has risen from a level that struggled to break 14% to nearly 16%. Mark Hackett, chief market strategist at Nationwide, noted that AI, which was largely a cost center for years, has reached an inflection point this year and is now becoming a profit driver. As profit growth outpaces the index’s price gains, the S&P 500’s 12-month forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio has fallen from around 26 at the start of the year to just under 22. Wall Street strategists have also steadily raised their forecasts: the average year-end target for the S&P 500 has climbed to 7,894 points, leaving roughly 1% upside from the index’s record high set this week; the full-year profit growth forecast has been lifted from 15% at the start of the year to 27%. This round of profit growth is no longer limited to large tech firms. As of August 12, roughly three-quarters of the approximately 1,500 U.S. public companies that have reported earnings beat both earnings per share (EPS) and revenue estimates. The healthcare sector was the only S&P 500 group to post a profit contraction in the second quarter.

According to Reuters, NVIDIA is in talks to invest up to $3 billion in SB Energy, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group. SB Energy is developing power and data center infrastructure for a large data center project planned by OpenAI in Ohio, U.S. This potential investment is part of the financing arrangements between NVIDIA, OpenAI, and SB Energy for the Ohio data center project, with the three parties currently discussing providing around $100 billion in credit support for the initiative. NVIDIA is considering investing $1.5 billion when the project agreement is signed, and another $1.5 billion when SB Energy holds its planned IPO. SB Energy could go public as early as next month, and plans to raise at least $5 billion via its IPO. Founded in 2019, the company is currently constructing multiple large-scale power and data center projects to meet infrastructure demands driven by the growth in AI workloads. Additionally, NVIDIA has adjusted its support plan for OpenAI’s Ohio data center project, with the initial guarantee expected to be less than $120 billion, a significant drop from the previously discussed $250 billion.

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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahaei stated on the 15th that the current situation in the Strait of Hormuz is a direct outcome of the "illegal actions" of the United States and Israel. Recently, the US and Iran have engaged in sharp exchanges over the Strait of Hormuz, with both sides repeatedly voicing their stances on the issue and refusing to back down. In this regard, some analysts noted that the ongoing standoff between the two sides, with irreconcilable differences, could lead to a vicious cycle of tensions, making full navigability of the Strait of Hormuz unlikely in the short term. Analysts hold that given the current standoff between the US and Iran on the Strait of Hormuz, neither side is likely to make major concessions on the issue in the near term. Unless the US opts to launch a new large-scale military strike against Iran, the deadlock of ongoing games will not change significantly, and Trump’s ambitions of "defeating Iran" and "incorporating the Strait of Hormuz into US territory" will remain nothing but empty talk. (CCTV News)

According to official announcements, Coinbase has announced a full-scale push into the "Agentic Economy", covering three groups: users who utilize AI agents, enterprises that provide services to AI agents, and developers building products and infrastructure for AI agents. Coinbase says it is constructing a comprehensive financial service system for AI agents: AI agents can conduct research, planning, decision-making, and trading on its "Everything Exchange", covering assets including cryptocurrencies, stocks, derivatives, and more. The company is also launching Coinbase Advisor, an AI investment advisor built into the Coinbase app to assist users in making investment decisions. On the enterprise front, Coinbase is introducing payment capabilities for AI agents, allowing businesses to accept USDC payments from AI agents via Coinbase Business, with native integration of the x402 standard—no need to build separate payment processes. Coinbase notes that this solution eliminates credit card-style chargeback risks, idle USDC can earn 3.35% rewards, and enterprises can manage funds, reconcile accounts, and withdraw funds all within the same account. Additionally, Coinbase has launched the CDP x402 SDK, enabling developers to integrate AI agent payment capabilities into APIs or MCPs with just approximately 3 lines of code, without requiring deep expertise in x402 technology. Coinbase adds that as AI agents gain autonomous payment capabilities, they also require a marketplace to discover and purchase services. The x402 is emerging as an open payment standard for machines, enabling agent-to-agent transactions without human intervention; when AI agents need capital, they can turn to Coinbase. The company refers to this entire ecosystem as "AI Finance" (AiFi), stating that the global economy is being restructured around AI agents.