2026-08-19 19:00 UTC | BLOCK 963210
BITCOIN $68,433 | GOLD $4,470 | OIL $91.39
1. Fed minutes reveal broader support for rate hikes
-- Many Federal Reserve officials said tighter policy could be needed if inflation fails to cool, while several favored raising rates at the July meeting, according to the minutes.
-- The hawkish split reduces room for near-term easing and increases financing pressure across bonds, equities and rate-sensitive assets including Bitcoin; the 10-year Treasury yield was 4.71% in the latest session.
2. Israel opens bidding for settlement project that would bisect West Bank
-- Israel invited bids for 1,234 homes in the E1 corridor east of Jerusalem, part of a 3,401-unit plan approved last year, with offers due October 19.
-- Signing construction contracts before Israel's October 27 election would make reversal harder, heightening diplomatic and security risks by severing the territorial link between the northern and southern West Bank that a viable Palestinian state would require.
3. French court blocks under-15 social-media ban
-- France's Constitutional Council struck down a planned September ban, finding that it disproportionately restricted minors' expression and would force all users to prove their age without adequate safeguards.
-- The ruling sets a privacy and civil-liberties benchmark for similar European proposals by requiring narrower restrictions, parental discretion and explicit protections around age-verification data.
4. Amazon plans drone-delivery expansion to about 500 U.S. locales
-- Amazon plans to extend its drone-delivery network to roughly 500 locations across the United States, Reuters reported.
-- A rollout at that scale would test whether autonomous delivery can clear local airspace, safety and noise constraints while lowering last-mile costs beyond limited pilot markets.
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