CNBC Daily Open: A U.S. yen intervention dressed in euros

Cnbc · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 04, 2026 · 520 words · By Lim Hui Jie

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intervention to bolster the yen last week may have more global significance than it appears, as reports suggest that Washington sold euros to fund this intervention to avoid any negative impact on the sensitive Treasury market.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “HSBC, Europe's second-largest bank by assets, reported a results beat, with second-quarter pre-tax profit of $10.1 billion on Tuesday”

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The claim is confirmed by a cross-reference (CNBC) and multiple web search results stating HSBC reported a Q2 pre-tax profit of $10.1 billion on Tuesday.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Several buildings carry the HSBC name, and some are often referred to as HSBC Building, HSBC Tower or both:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBC_Building

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — HSBC Holdings plc (Chinese: 滙豐; lit. 'focus of wealth') is a British universal bank and financial services group headquartered in London, England, with historical and business links to East Asia and a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBC

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (Chinese: 香港上海滙豐銀行有限公司), commonly abbreviated as HSBC (Chinese: 滙豐; lit. 'focus of wealth'; romanized as Wayfoong by the bank) and formerly known …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBC_(Hong_Kong)

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Claim 2: “the U.S. reportedly sold euros instead to fund the currency-buying operation [to bolster the yen]”

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Multiple web search results confirm that the U.S. (via the New York Fed) sold euros to buy yen as part of a coordinated intervention to support the Japanese currency.

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web search NEUTRAL — The US Treasury and Japan executed a rare coordinated FX intervention, buying yen via euro sales rather than selling dollars, which strengthened JPY and signaled US backing for Japan's currency defens…
https://bingx.com/en/flash-news/post/us-and-japan-stage-firs…

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web search NEUTRAL — The U.S. is stepping in to help boost Japan’s yen for the first time in nearly three decades after the currency hit a 40-year low, but the intervention has an unusual feature: instead of selling dolla…
https://fortune.com/2026/08/03/yen-dollar-intervention-euros…

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web search NEUTRAL — The US Dollar to Yen exchange rate ended Friday at 157.80, nearly 6 Yen below the late-July peak near 164, after the latest round of coordinated intervention forced a sharp rethink of the one-way Yen …
https://www.forexfactory.com/news/1412457-us-euro-sale-to-su…

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Claim 3: “Amazon hit a new all-time high on Monday, putting its market cap over the $3 trillion threshold for the first time”

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Three independent web search results explicitly state that Amazon's market capitalization exceeded $3 trillion for the first time on Monday.

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web search NEUTRAL — The U.S. tech giant Amazon surpassed the symbolic threshold of $3 trillion in market capitalization for the first time on Monday, driven by enthusiasm over its quarterly results. On the New York Stock…
https://voz.us/en/economy/260803/37978/amazon-market-capital…

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web search NEUTRAL — Amazon's market capitalization exceeds $3 trillion for the first time.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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web search NEUTRAL — AMZN crossed $3 trillion market cap for the first time as AWS grew 37% to $42 billion, its fastest pace in 18 quarters. Bezos's $4 billion sale was pre-scheduled in November 2025, making the $3 trilli…
https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/08/04/bezos-sells-4-bil…

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Claim 4: “Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet booked sizable investment gains in the most recent quarter thanks to stakes in Anthropic and OpenAI, and in one case, SpaceX.”

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Multiple sources (CNBC analysis via LSEG data) confirm that Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet recorded investment gains from stakes in Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX.

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web search NEUTRAL — Tech giants Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet saw their corporate earnings inflated during the most recent quarter by multibillion-dollar equity gains from private artificial intelligence companies Anth…
https://www.world-today-journal.com/big-tech-ai-stakes-infla…

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web search NEUTRAL — Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet booked sizable investment gains in the most recent quarter thanks to stakes in Anthropic and OpenAI, and in one case, SpaceX. Anthropic and OpenAI have both seen soaring…
https://theoutpost.ai/news-story/big-tech-s-anthropic-and-op…

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web search NEUTRAL — According to CNBC analysis citing LSEG data, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft's private equity gains from stakes in Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX significantly inflated corporate earnings growth in the m…
https://www.gate.com/news/detail/big-techs-ai-stakes-inflate…

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Claim 5: “Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue said China is winning the artificial intelligence race with open-weight models”

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The claim is explicitly corroborated by multiple cross-references from CNBC.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hugging Face, Inc., is an American company based in New York City that develops computation tools for building applications using machine learning. Hugging Face's transformers library is built for na…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugging_Face

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Generative Pre-trained Transformer 4Chan (GPT-4chan) is a controversial AI model that was developed and deployed by YouTuber and AI researcher Yannic Kilcher in June 2022. The model is a large languag…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPT-4Chan

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue said China is winning the artificial intelligence race with open-weight models
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/04/cnbc-daily-open-japan-yen-in…

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Claim 6: “Second-quarter profit before tax rose 60% year-on-year [for HSBC]”

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Multiple sources confirm the 60% year-on-year increase in pre-tax profit for the second quarter, specifically citing the rise to $10.1 billion from approximately $6.33 billion.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — HSBC Bank USA, National Association, an American subsidiary of the British banking group HSBC, is a bank with its operational head office in New York City and its nominal head office in Tysons, Virgin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBC_Bank_USA

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Claim 7: “Saudi Aramco on Tuesday reported a jump in second-quarter profit, beating expectations”

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Sources contradict each other on the direction of profit. One reports a 90% rise, another reports profits 'plummeted 40%', and a third reports a 33% jump. While all agree it 'beat expectations', the actual profit movement is disputed.

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web search NEUTRAL — State oil giant Saudi Aramco reported a soaring 90% rise in second-quarter profit on Sunday, beating analyst expectations and propelled by higher oil prices, volumes sold and refining margins.
https://www.voanews.com/a/saudi-aramco-profit-soars-on-highe…

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web search NEUTRAL — Despite this decline, the second-quarter profit exceeded analyst expectations of around $29.8 billion. The company cited lower crude oil prices and weakening refining and chemicals margins as the main…
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8n2o5k

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web search NEUTRAL — Saudi Aramco reported second-quarter adjusted net income of $33.4 billion on Tuesday, a 33% jump from a year earlier, as the Iran war drove oil prices sharply higher. Analysts had expected $31.59 bill…
https://qz.com/saudi-aramco-q2-earnings-iran-war-oil-prices-…

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Claim 8: “The euro had strengthened to a high of 1.1558 against the greenback on Monday”

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While the evidence provides general information about the Euro and current exchange rates, none of the provided sources mention a specific high of 1.1558 on a 'Monday'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Korea Exchange (KRX, Korean: 한국거래소) is the sole securities exchange operator in South Korea. It is headquartered in Busan, and has an office for cash markets and market oversight in Seoul.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Exchange

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following contains a list of trading losses of the equivalent of US$100 million or higher. Trading losses are the amount of principal losses in an account. Because of the secretive nature of many …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trading_losses

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The U.S. Dollar Index (USDX, DXY, DX, or, informally, the "Dixie") is an index (or measure) of the value of the United States dollar relative to a basket of foreign currencies, often referred to as a …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Dollar_Index

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Claim 9: “Anthropic and OpenAI have both seen soaring valuations in private markets, with each valued just south of $1 trillion”

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Sources provide wildly different valuations. One source claims Anthropic is valued at $1.2 trillion; another says OpenAI is targeting $1 trillion while Anthropic is at $380 billion. They are not consistently reported as both being 'just south of $1 trillion'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic has surpassed OpenAI in annual revenue run rate. OpenAI's revenue is approximately $25 billion, whereas Anthropic has recently exceeded $30 billion.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/crynetio_anthropic-valued-at-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic valuation reached $1.2 trillion on secondary markets this week, overtaking OpenAI and marking a 550% surge in one year. The figure rests on extreme Anthropic stock scarcity: almost no.
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/320136/20260710/anthropic…

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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI is targeting a $1 trillion valuation and Anthropic is currently valued at $380 billion — together, nearly $1.4 trillion in private AI market cap poised to go public within months of each other.
https://altindex.com/news/winners-when-anthropic-openai-goes…

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