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Eurozone's unadjusted current account totaled 3.65 billion euros in July, down from 4.69 billion euros in the previous month.

Eurozone's seasonally adjusted current account declined to 27.628 billion euros in July, down from 35.1 billion euros in the previous month, according to official economic data.

The European Central Bank's 3-year inflation expectations for the eurozone climbed to 2.9% in August, exceeding the forecast of 2.80% and rising from the previous reading of 2.70%.

According to Kim Young-ik, a Sogang University economics professor, on September 15 via KBS YouTube channel "Money Ola," South Korea's KOSPI index could plunge below the 5,200 level in the first half of 2027, following its June peak of 9,385. Kim cited mounting headwinds including U.S. 10-year Treasury yields touching 5%, crude oil prices surpassing $106 per barrel, and AI chip growth constraints. The professor stated the current market downturn cycle, which began after the June high, typically

According to Blue Owl Capital's presentation at the Korea Investment Corporation's (KIC) 32nd New York Financial Forum on September 17, the global digital infrastructure market is projected to exceed $1 trillion, driven by accelerating cloud computing and artificial intelligence adoption. Matt Ahearn, head of digital infrastructure at Blue Owl Capital, highlighted that power supply constraints have become the primary bottleneck for data center expansion, with major technology companies securing

According to Gate data, USD/JPY broke above 157.5 on September 18, now trading at 157.504. The currency pair rose 1.2% over the past 24 hours.

According to Guru Club, on June 4, Indonesia's benchmark stock index fell 4.2% to 5,688.574 points, marking the lowest level since December 2020.

According to Kyodo News on September 18, U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Takaiichi Sanae are scheduled to meet on September 22 (local time) in the United States. The meeting will take place while both leaders are in New York attending the United Nations General Assembly. Key agenda items are expected to include Middle Eastern security and freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, which Japan has emphasized as critical to its supply chain security.

According to Ledger Insights, Hong Kong Monetary Authority plans to launch a wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) by year-end for interbank settlement of tokenized deposits and government bonds, as part of Project EnsembleTX. The initiative entered live trading pilots in late 2025 and aims to enable 24-hour settlement, addressing limitations of the current RTGS system which operates only during business hours. The wCBDC will also support settlement of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing

According to Ledger Insights, Partior announced on September 18 that it has integrated with the London Stock Exchange Group's Digital Settlement House (DiSH), enabling its settlement banks to aggregate and settle bilateral balances around the clock. The network currently includes settlement banks DBS, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and Standard Chartered, supporting USD, EUR, and SGD. The platform is currently undergoing industry testing, with a projected launch in the first quarter of 2027.

The Eurozone will release its July seasonally adjusted current account balance shortly. The reading is expected to provide updated insights into the region's trade and investment flows.

According to Alibaba Damo Academy and Zhejiang University School of Medicine, a universal medical imaging AI model called DAMO RADAR was announced on September 18 and published in Science journal. The model can identify over 146 diseases and conditions in abdominal contrast-enhanced CT scans with accuracy comparable to expert radiologists. The model has been released as open source.

According to ChainCatcher, Fei Xiaohao and AIX Incubator are hosting the GWDC 2026 Innovation Forum on September 29 in Seoul, South Korea, with a focus on stock tokenization, Web3, and AI. The event is expected to draw 5,000 participants. Confirmed speakers and attendees include Justin Sun (TRON founder), Microsoft, Bithumb, Animoca Brands, MetaMask, BNB Chain, and South Korea's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister.

At the 2026 AI Infrastructure Summit in Santa Clara, semiconductor and cloud giants including Micron, Samsung, SK Hynix, Broadcom, Qualcomm, OpenAI and AWS reached strong consensus that memory-storage disaggregation (layered memory architecture) is the most viable technical path to break through the "memory wall" bottleneck. The approach moves away from GPU-centric architectures relying on single high-performance memory to a system design with layered and specialized memory-storage separation, e

According to JPYC CEO Norihide Okabe, the Japanese stablecoin JPYC debuted on Upbit exchange on September 17, with prices surging above 2 yen due to insufficient reserves. Circulation volume jumped 2.2x to approximately 4.26 billion tokens by September 18 morning as traders engaged in arbitrage, buying JPYC at 1 yen and selling at higher market prices. The first-day trading volume exceeded 30 billion yen. Okabe stated that issuance demand spiked overnight, depleting inventory, and said JPYC rema

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced an Innovation Exemption on September 18, allowing tokenized versions of U.S. stocks to trade on regulated platforms for five years. The exemption applies to qualifying offerings, with a three-day cooling-off period if third parties issue tokens on behalf of a company without prior authorization. SEC Chair Paul Atkins framed the policy as an alternative regulatory pathway following the stalling of the CLARITY Act in the Senate.

CORE's price surged 12.55% to $0.561244 in just 30 minutes earlier today, according to real-time market data. The rapid movement from $0.498668 reflects heightened buying momentum, with whale activity appearing to drive the recent price action. Trading volume stood at $817.02, while CORE posted a 17.64% gain over the past 24 hours.

Japanese yen stablecoin JPYC surged to 35.7 Korean won on Upbit on September 17, representing a 197.5% jump from its listing price, according to trading data. The Upbit price stood at over three times the global rate of 9.65 won, creating significant arbitrage incentives. Mizuichi Kazuaki, JPYC's independent director and certified public accountant, disclosed on X that he felt tempted to capitalize on the price difference but refrained from trading. "As an independent director, such a transactio

On August 13, Seoul Southern District Court found Dellio CEO Jung Sang-ho guilty of submitting falsified asset reports during cryptocurrency exchange registration under South Korea's Specific Financial Information Act. The court sentenced Jung to 15 years in prison. The court determined that Jung had submitted audited reports inflating the company's held digital assets to secure regulatory approval, then operated the business for 1 year and 4 months. This marks the first time a cryptocurrency ex

According to Jin10 and analyst Wang Qing from Oriental Jincheng, onshore and offshore yuan broke through 6.7 against the U.S. dollar on September 18, reaching its highest level since January 2023. The strength was driven by a pullback in the dollar index following the release of U.S. Federal Reserve rate hike effects, combined with continued adjustments of the yuan midpoint toward stronger levels. Global forex volatility has intensified amid monetary policy shifts across major economies and geop