WS #10472
No material new developments in the last 30 minutes. The dominant narrative remains the US-Iran oil sanctions waiver and its market impact, which is already captured in the previous synthesis. No counter-signals or non-dominant-narrative developments have emerged.
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Key developments
- US Treasury issues broad Iran oil sanctions waiver until August 21, 2026
- Qualcomm in advanced talks to acquire AI chip startup Modular Inc. for ~$4 billion
- Asian stocks set for gains as oil holds losses; Nikkei futures up 1.3%
- Large dark pool order of 1.87M AMZN shares ($435.79M) detected