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China and France Hold Fifth Energy Dialogue on September 29, Expanding Cooperation in Nuclear, Oil and Gas

According to Jin10 data, China's National Energy Administration deputy director He Yang and France's Director General of Energy and Climate Cedric Briolet held the fifth China-France energy dialogue on September 29 in Beijing. The two sides exchanged views on civil nuclear energy and other practical cooperation areas. Both nations emphasized expanding collaboration from civil nuclear energy to oil, gas, renewable energy, energy technology innovation, and green energy transition, forming a comple
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Dunamu Establishes Dunamu Central With 500M Won in Capital on September 30

According to Yonhap Infomax, Dunamu established Dunamu Central, a new investment and management subsidiary with 500 million won in capital, on September 30. The company's finance director Baik Dong-ho was named as representative director. The new entity will handle domestic and international investments and asset management, separate from Dunamu's existing venture capital subsidiary Dunamu & Partners, which focuses on external startup investments.
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Shinhan Bank Completes Stablecoin Cross-Border Remittance Test with Solana Foundation

According to Shinhan Bank, the institution completed an end-to-end technology verification of stablecoin-based corporate remittances with Solana Foundation today (September 30). The test maintained existing corporate remittance workflows while integrating stablecoins into the bank's settlement process. Corporate clients can continue using traditional corporate banking interfaces and foreign exchange accounts without requiring digital wallets or stablecoin accounts, with the bank handling digital
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DFI Price Plummets 75.92% in One Hour to $0.000637

Over the last hour, DFI price plummeted 75.92% to $0.000637 from $0.002645. The token's market cap stands at $586,606 with 24-hour trading volume of just $52.59, indicating limited liquidity and heightened price volatility.
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KOSPI Falls 0.21% to 6,856 on Foreign and Institutional Selling; KOSDAQ Rises 0.89%

According to E-Daily, on September 30 afternoon, South Korea's KOSPI index declined 0.21% to 6,856.12 points as foreign investors and institutions simultaneously sold off holdings. The KOSDAQ index, by contrast, gained 0.89% to 857.35 points. Foreign investors net sold 898.3 billion Korean won while institutions offloaded 913.8 billion won; retail investors bought 590.9 billion won in a defensive move. Within semiconductors, Samsung Electronics fell 1.28% to 269,000 won, while SK Hynix rose 1.30
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DeepSeek Launches AI Stack Components Adapted for Huawei Ascend Chips

DeepSeek and Huawei have open-sourced a suite of AI training and inference components optimized for Huawei's Ascend chips, according to Beating AI. The toolkit covers operator development, matrix computation, cross-card communication, and attention mechanisms—mirroring components previously built for Nvidia GPUs. DeepSeek V4 has begun adapting to Ascend 950, with Huawei confirming participation in portions of V4 training. The move represents China's latest effort to build an alternative to the U
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SK Hynix Rallies 1.70% on Sept 30, Micron Earnings Expected to Drive Further Korean Chip Stock Gains

According to South Korea's stock exchange, SK Hynix rebounded 1.70% to 1.795 million won on September 30, rising 30,000 won from the previous close, with intraday highs reaching 1.824 million won. Samsung Electronics also advanced during the session, while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index climbed 1.32% overnight. Micron Technology will release its fiscal Q4 2026 earnings on October 1 at 5:30 a.m. Korean time. As a fellow memory semiconductor manufacturer, Micron's guidance on DRAM and NAND p
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Cregis Enters South Korean Market, Explores Enterprise Digital Asset Infrastructure Partnerships

Cregis, a provider of enterprise digital asset infrastructure, recently made its first appearance in the South Korean market, engaging with local exchanges, payment institutions, and Web3 enterprises to discuss wallet management, payment solutions, and fund operations. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Hong Kong, Cregis serves over 4,000 enterprise clients across more than 50 countries and regions, with local operational teams in Dubai, New York, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and São Paulo.
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Arthur Hayes Predicts ETH Will Reach $10,000 by Year-End

According to BlockBeats, Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX, predicted on September 30 that Ethereum will reach $10,000 by year-end. The forecast was made during the Korea Blockchain Week, with Hayes reiterating his bullish outlook on ETH in an interview with CoinDesk. ETH is currently trading near $2,672.
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Illinois Department of Revenue Details DeFi Tax Treatment in Draft Crypto Rules Posted Monday

According to Illinois Department of Revenue, the state published draft implementation rules Monday for its 0.2% digital asset transaction tax, detailing how stablecoins, decentralized finance platforms and other crypto activities would be taxed. Under the proposal, stablecoins are classified as taxable digital assets, while nonfungible tokens are excluded. DeFi transactions would generally be exempt unless users pay fees considered "valuable consideration," such as protocol fees; network and swa
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Ripple Partners With Brazil's CSD BR to Tokenize Securities on XRPL

According to Foresight News, Ripple announced a partnership with CSD BR, Brazil's central securities depository, to integrate Brazilian securities onto the XRP Ledger. In the initial phase, BTG Pactual investment fund shares stored at CSD BR will be tokenized using the multi-purpose token (MPT) standard and mirrored to XRPL. The system will operate on a permissioned basis, restricted to Brazilian institutional clients and banks, with mandatory KYC and AML compliance. Future phases may expand blo
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peaq Integrates World ID into peaqOS to Enable Machine Verification of Real Identities

According to Foresight News, peaq, a Layer 1 blockchain focused on machine economy and DePIN, has integrated World ID into peaqOS. The integration allows machines, vehicles, and smart devices to verify whether the interacting party is a real person through zero-knowledge proofs, returning verification results anonymously without exposing or storing personal information. A pilot drug delivery demonstration has launched on robotic.sh, with potential expansion to device rental and sample distributi
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Hyperliquid Whale Places $45.2M in Limit Buy Orders Below BTC and ETH on September 30

According to BlockBeats' monitoring via TradingBeats, a whale on Hyperliquid placed 140 limit buy orders totaling approximately $45.207 million below Bitcoin and Ethereum this morning (September 30). The address currently holds no crypto assets. The Bitcoin buy orders are concentrated between $79,600 and $81,695, with a cumulative bid amount of approximately $32.294 million and the highest bid roughly 1.9% below the current market price. Ethereum buy orders are positioned between $2,565 and $2,6
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Metaplex Launches MPL-3643 Permissioned RWA Token Standard for Solana Today

According to Metaplex, on September 30, the platform launched MPL-3643, a permissioned real-world asset and tokenized securities standard for Solana. The standard embeds transfer restrictions, lock-up periods, and compliance lifecycle management directly into assets, built on Token-2022, sRFC 37, and Solana Attestation Service. MPL-3643 is now in limited Alpha access.
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Cloak Ag Launches Private Payroll Solution on Solana, Enabling Single-Click Spreadsheet Processing

According to Solana's official announcement on September 29, Cloak Ag launched a private payroll solution on Solana that allows users to upload spreadsheets and process payroll with a single click. The system consolidates payroll administration steps into a streamlined workflow, enabling businesses to manage employee payments directly on the blockchain while maintaining data privacy. The product extends Solana's ecosystem beyond trading and decentralized finance into conventional business operat
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Mongolia Faces Fuel Crisis With AI-92 Gasoline Reserves Depleting in 10 Days

According to Jin10, Mongolia faces a renewed fuel shortage crisis as of September 28, with AI-92 gasoline inventory at 120,500 tons—sufficient for only 10 days of consumption. Mongolia's Minister of Industry and Mining Gungaa Damdinnyam confirmed that fuel supply entirely depends on imports, making it impossible to guarantee supply on demand. The country has imported 357,000 tons of fuel to date, including 157,300 tons of AI-92 gasoline, 188,500 tons of diesel, and 11,000 tons of aviation fuel.
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Samsung Hosts AI Forum 2026 Showcasing Agentic AI, With OpenAI Demonstrating 4x Worker Efficiency

Samsung Electronics held its Samsung AI Forum 2026 today (Sept 30) in Seoul, with over 400 participants including AI researchers and Samsung executives. The forum's theme, "The Agentic Shift: From Intelligence to Impact," focused on AI agents that autonomously perform tasks based on goals rather than simply answering questions. OpenAI Vice President Richard Ho presented research showing a single engineer gains 3.1 additional days of AI agent work per day—equivalent to one person doing four peopl
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Korean Retail Investors Purchase $38.19M in Meta During Chuseok Holiday as AI Sentiment Drives Tech Buying

According to South Korea's Securities Depository, Korean retail investors purchased Meta shares worth $38.19 million on September 28-29 during the Chuseok holiday period, marking the largest single net buy in U.S. stocks. SanDisk followed with $35.31 million in purchases, while Alphabet and Oracle rounded out the top holdings. Separately, domestic investors also bought $23.79 million worth of a 3x-leveraged South Korean equity ETF (DIREXION SHARES), reflecting optimism around artificial intellig
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Hyundai Heavy Industries Stock Slumps 43.73% from May Highs Amid Cost Pressures

According to Korea Exchange, shares of Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hanwha Engine, and Samsung Heavy Industries declined sharply in recent weeks as of September 30. Hyundai Heavy Industries fell 43.73% from its May peak of 765,000 won, dropping 8.4% in the past month alone to close at 430,500 won on September 29. Samsung Heavy Industries and Hanwha Engine slid 45.32% and 50.69% respectively from April highs. The selloff reflects concerns over falling currency valuations—the Korean won strengthened
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