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According to South Korea's central bank governor, on October 13, it remains unclear whether the AI boom will push up the neutral policy rate, though AI growth has outweighed energy sector headwinds. The governor noted that while risks persist, the Korean economy is at the intersection of AI prosperity and energy challenges.

According to ChainCatcher, HyperDex launched a unified spot and perpetual futures aggregator on October 13, combining spot routing, cross-chain transfers, and perpetual aggregation in a single interface. The platform integrates over 70 venues across 69 mainchains and 36 bridges, supporting more than 19,000 tokens including tokenized stocks, gold, bonds, and credit from Ondo, Backpack, Coinbase, and Robinhood. Users route swaps through exchange, bridge, and intent solver layers with non-custodial

According to Statistics South Africa, the country's gold production declined 5.7% year-on-year in August.

According to South Africa's Statistics Agency, platinum group metals production in August declined 22.5% year-over-year.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine suspended strikes on Russian refineries and energy infrastructure facilities for two days following a recent announcement by former U.S. President Trump.

Bitget has launched perpetual contracts for five Japanese stocks: MURATA, TAIYOYUDEN, TOYOTA, JPMUFG, and JPSONY, covering automotive, financial services, and consumer entertainment sectors. All contracts are settled in USDT and support up to 20x leverage with 24/7 trading.

According to an announcement reported by 智通财经, on October 13, 2026, five directors and senior executives of Bota Auto (02889) committed to a 12-month voluntary share lock-up to boost market confidence and stabilize investor expectations. Executive director and chairman Ying Zhenkai, along with directors Zhang Fukai, Xu Zhenhui, Lai Weilin, and employee director Zhang Yi, pledged not to sell, transfer, dispose of, pledge, or engage in derivative transactions involving their beneficially held shar

According to Lookonchain monitoring, within 5 months of BTW's listing on Aster DEX, a trader executed a 4x leveraged long position accumulating 130,578 BTW tokens with a total position value of $238,000. The position has generated an unrealized profit of $151,000, representing a 253.4% return.

According to Salesforce, Salesforce and Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority announced the Slack AI Launchpad Programme on October 13 to help up to 1,000 small and midsize enterprises build AI-enabled workflows. Participants will receive a free 60-day Slack Business+ trial for up to 10 users per business, two workshops, access to Slackbot templates and guides, and a participant community, with support from Salesforce during the trial.

According to Odaily, ASML is set to release its capacity guidance in the coming earnings report, with investors closely watching signals on production expansion over the next 48 hours. The semiconductor sector has seen cooling momentum recently, with South Korean chipmakers hitting two-month lows, prompting investors to seek confidence from ASML's guidance and major customer TSMC's performance.

According to an announcement on October 13, Japanese bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet's board approved a share repurchase program. The company plans to execute a buyback order on October 14 at 8:45 a.m. JST at the closing price of ¥261 per share, repurchasing 96,934,800 ordinary shares (approximately 7.1% of outstanding shares excluding treasury stock) for an estimated total of ¥25.3 billion through Tokyo Stock Exchange's off-exchange ToSTNeT-3 mechanism. Final settlement details will be anno

According to Metaplanet announcement today, the company terminated a $481 million (75 billion yen) stock buyback authorization set in October 2025 without repurchasing any shares during the period. Simultaneously, Metaplanet announced a new $385 million (60 billion yen) buyback authorization. The company prioritized using borrowed funds to purchase Bitcoin and pursuing mergers and acquisitions during the period when material non-public information was held.

According to Jin10, Baoding Technology on October 13 projected net profit of 330-370 million yuan for the first three quarters of 2026, representing a year-over-year increase of 536.88%-614.07%. The company attributed the growth to copper clad laminate and electronic copper foil businesses returning to profitability, higher product sales volumes and prices, as well as increased gold product selling prices from Hexi gold mine operations. The financial data has not been audited by accounting firms

According to Zhitong Finance, Health 160 subsidiary Shenzhen 160 Network Technology signed its first contract under a strategic partnership agreement announced on September 16, valued at approximately 42 million yuan. The contract covers AI computing power infrastructure and related services delivery. This marks the transition from framework agreement to actual business execution of the estimated 650 million yuan total collaboration framework.

According to PANews on October 13, Hyperliquid, an 11-person crypto trading platform founded in 2022, generated over $900 million in net profit last year. The team's per-capita earnings exceeded those of Apple, Nvidia, and OpenAI. NYSE CEO previously stated that Hyperliquid's trading volume had approached Nasdaq levels.

According to BlockBeats, on October 13, Jupiter opened claims for Q3 Active Stake Rewards totaling 50 million JUP. Rewards are distributed based on time-weighted staking amounts. Users can add claimed rewards directly to their staking balance, with the claim deadline set for January 12, 2027.

According to a statement from Airtable product lead Alessandro Savarese on October 12, the collaboration platform will undergo significant organizational restructuring following Bending Spoons' acquisition in early September. Affected employees from the pre-acquisition team will depart by week's end with severance compensation. The company will prioritize unifying teams, data, workflows, and AI agents on a single platform, with focus on core product improvements, human-AI collaboration, and enha

According to Guru Club, ICE plans to launch cattle and hog futures contracts on December 7, marking its entry into a market long dominated by CME Group. The contracts will include physically-delivered live cattle futures alongside three cash-settled cattle and hog price contracts, pending regulatory approval. ICE executives stated the move aims to provide market participants with alternative risk hedging options in a sector historically offering limited choices.

According to Bybit CEO Ben Zhou during a speech at the 'Make Your Move' event, the exchange has obtained 6 licenses in 2026 across the EU, Cayman Islands, Indonesia, South Africa, and El Salvador, including an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from the EU. Bybit plans to pursue additional licenses for EU MiFID compliance and in Brazil, Turkey, and Hong Kong.

According to BlockBeats, on October 13, former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès confirmed that a Ledger Flex hardware wallet purchased at a Singapore airport retailer contained an implanted spy module. The device, acquired by user Ben Yorke during summer and never used, revealed suspicious scratches before disassembly. Karpelès published photos and video showing an additional circuit board and wiring hidden at the device's base, capable of intercepting seed phrase input by monitoring screen communicati