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According to U.S. officials, on November 8, a deportation flight carrying at least eight Iranian citizens was canceled without explanation. The flight, originally scheduled to depart Arizona and transit through Georgia and Pakistan to Iran, was abruptly halted that morning. The U.S. Department of

According to MoneyDJ, JX Metals lowered Japan's benchmark copper price by 2.6% to 2.28 million yen per ton on November 6, breaking below the 2.3 million yen level for the first time in 1.5 months. This marks the second consecutive monthly reduction by the domestic price indicator. Despite the

According to Reuters, Firefly Aerospace signed a $1.3 billion rocket engine supply and technology licensing agreement with satellite communications company AST SpaceMobile on Nov 6. Under the three-year deal, Firefly will provide 27 Miranda engines and 9 Vira vacuum engines for AST's Blacklift

According to MoneyDJ, Taiwanese wafer foundry Worldsemi (5347) will begin production at its Singapore VSMC 12-inch fab in the first quarter of 2027, targeting over 90% capacity utilization during the ramp-up phase. The fab completed construction and conducted initial wafer production 22 months

According to MoneyDJ, Rong Hui-KY (Taiwan-listed manufacturer 6924) reported October revenue of NT$304 million (approximately US$9.5 million), a record monthly high, up 4.1% from September. The growth was driven by surging demand from Thai automotive customers and high-end consumer electronics,

According to Reuters, on November 8, U.S. President Trump said he was willing to bring Nvidia CEO Huang Renxun on his upcoming trip to Asia. When asked by reporters whether Huang would join the visit, Trump responded that while he had not yet confirmed the details, he was open to bringing him

According to ChainCatcher, on November 8, a Binance user reported that five unauthorized token swaps occurred in their account within 97 seconds. The transactions included 2.331 BTC exchanged for USDC and approximately 260,000 USDC in two-way EUR swaps totaling a reduction of about 10,044 USDC,

According to Lookonchain, a whale opened a 10x leveraged short position on 30,000 NVIDIA shares (worth $5.44 million) on Hyperliquid on November 9. The trade was monitored by the on-chain analytics platform.

On November 9, Elon Musk stated he held an in-depth discussion with the Grok Bot engineering team to evaluate ongoing optimization work aimed at improving token usage efficiency and enhancing the bot's intelligence. Musk said the fixes are progressing and users should see significant improvements

According to The Wall Street Journal, cryptocurrency services continued processing funds stolen in a major Binance hack even after U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation warnings. Within 72 hours of the theft, the hacker dispersed assets across more than 10,000 wallets. THORChain handled over $46

According to China's State Council Tariff Commission, on November 10 at 13:01 CST, China adjusted tariff measures on U.S. imports, suspending the 24% additional tariff rate for two months while maintaining the 10% rate.

According to Shanghai Steel Union, MMLC battery-grade lithium carbonate (early session) midprice stood at 92,950 yuan/ton today, down 850 yuan/ton from yesterday's 16:30 closing price.

According to China Times, Taiwan's major memory module makers Phison, ADATA, Transcend, and Apacer accelerated their shift from consumer markets to AI and enterprise applications in Q3. Phison's AI-related revenue reached 65% in October, up from 57% in Q3, while Transcend's B2B revenue hit 64.6% in

According to analyst Chen Ronghua, 2x leveraged Taiwan stock ETFs 00631L and 00685L surged over 10% today on November 9, with trading volume exceeding 260,000 shares in just one hour as the market rebounded sharply. Margin financing for these instruments increased significantly, with 00631L

According to Bank of Korea (BOK), on November 9, the central bank conducted open market operations managing daily liquidity. Reserve requirements increased by 2.4 trillion Korean won through fiscal transfers including 1.5 trillion won from tax refunds and other allocations, while decreases

According to Gate data, Nikkei 225 index rebounded with an intraday gain exceeding 3% on Monday, November 9, recovering part of Friday's 6% decline. Among the index's 224 components, over 200 advanced while only about 10 declined. Renesas Electronics led gains with a 6.64% increase, followed by Japan Steel Works rising 6.41%.

According to Variational's official announcement, the platform has increased open interest (OI) limits for all TradFi perpetual contracts to three times their previous levels. The increase follows optimizations to the OLP hedging infrastructure and expansion of its liquidity partner network. The platform stated that OI limits may increase further as the OLP and overall trading platform continue to mature.

According to Yonhapinfomax, on November 9, Japan's Nikkei 225 index opened higher, gaining 950.56 points or 1.66% to 58,385.33 as of 9:11 a.m. local time. The rally followed gains in U.S. tech stocks on November 6, when the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 rebounded on AI-related buying and employment d

According to Odaily, the Nikkei 225 index rebounded more than 3% on Monday, recovering part of last Friday's 6% decline. Over 200 of the index's 224 constituent stocks advanced, with only about 10 declining. Renesas Electronics led gainers with a 6.64% increase, followed by Japan Steel Works at 6.41%. Among decliners, Tokyu Fudosan fell 5.41%, SoftBank dropped 4.73%, and Mitsui Fudosan declined 4.50%.

According to BlockBeats, on November 9, the Ethereum community submitted EIP-8488 proposal titled "Versioned Opcodes for Gas Repricing." The proposal introduces a parallel set of V2 opcodes with new gas cost standards (EIP-8037 and EIP-8038). After network activation, newly deployed contracts can only contain V2 opcodes and will record a version number at deployment. Cross-contract calls require the target contract to also be V2; otherwise, calls fail. The V2 opcode set removes instructions like