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According to the Bank of Korea's Financial Stability Report released on September 22, South Korea's securities firms' adjusted capital ratio could fall more than 30 percentage points to 162.0% in a combined shock scenario involving both asset repricing and liquidity tightening, compared to 195.4% at the end of the second quarter. The central bank's stress tests also showed that liquidity coverage ratio would decline to 106.4% under the combined shock scenario. Meanwhile, securities firms' relian

According to Yonhap Infomax, South Korea's government bond yields declined on September 22 as international crude oil prices plummeted amid growing expectations for U.S.-Iran talks. The 3-year benchmark yield fell 3.0 basis points to 4.022%, while the 10-year yield dropped 2.3 basis points to 4.422% as of 11:03 a.m. Foreign investors boosted sentiment by net-purchasing 8,986 contracts of 3-year treasury futures and 1,464 contracts of 10-year treasury futures. WTI crude oil for October delivery f

According to Yonhapinfomax, on September 22, the U.S. dollar fell below 1,360 Korean won for the first time after a sharp intraday drop exceeding 20 won. The Bank of Korea characterized the rapid decline as a correction reflecting improved foreign exchange supply and fundamentals rather than excessive one-way movement. Kim Shin-young, head of the Bank of Korea's foreign exchange analysis division, stated that while the speed of the recent won appreciation is notably fast, it does not represent e

According to Barron's, Micron Technology stock rose 2.8% to $1,044.34 on Monday (September 21), as Stifel analyst Brian Chin suggested that slowing growth may not hurt profitability. Chin predicted Q4 revenue of $50.78 billion, up 22% sequentially, but noted quarterly growth is expected to decelerate to 11% in the following quarter. Despite supply constraints limiting shipment expansion, DRAM pricing and margins are likely to remain elevated, Chin said. The analyst reiterated a $1,500 price targ

According to Fitch, Japan's data center industry is entering a new phase as artificial intelligence workloads become more power-intensive, making power supply availability a key factor in development pace, site selection, and project feasibility as of September 22. Growing power and land constraints in Tokyo are driving future development to other regions better equipped to support AI infrastructure and meet rising electricity demand. Fitch noted that local community resistance in some cities po

According to PANews and SoSoValue data on September 22, Bitcoin broke through $87,000 with a 24-hour gain of 5.31%, while Ethereum surged past $2,700, up 2.63%. The AI sector led sector gains with a 9.66% increase, driven by Bittensor (TAO) jumping 18.97% and Fetch.ai (FET) gaining 14.01%. Meme tokens also surged 8.91%, with Pepe (PEPE) rising 25.19%.

According to PANews on Sept 22, Balancer community released a "Branch and Rebirth" proposal for an official fork led by MAXYZ to continue the protocol. Liquidity, team, partnerships, users, and intellectual property can migrate to the fork regardless of whether a shutdown proposal passes. The fund and treasury will operate through Q2 2027. Approximately 6 million undistributed BAL tokens will serve as pre-fork funding. If a TGE event occurs post-fork, Balancer treasury will receive 10% of the ne

According to ChainCatcher, Animoca Brands and Nasdaq-listed Currenc Group suspended their proposed reverse merger talks on Tuesday, citing evolving market conditions and misalignment of transaction timelines with short-to-medium-term objectives. Animoca co-founder and executive chairman Yat Siu stated that "corporate agility must be prioritized" over advancing the merger. The company reaffirmed it remains "fully committed to relisting on a major public exchange" and may consider resuming merger

According to Business Insider, on September 21, Goldman Sachs' Ansul Seagal, global co-head of the firm's securities, foreign exchange, and commodities division, stated that AI infrastructure offers superior investment opportunities compared to U.S. Treasury bonds, which have become more attractive as long-term Treasury yields reached the 5% level. Seagal noted that higher interest rates have increased savings income for investors, who are redirecting those funds into AI infrastructure investmen

According to official announcements, Honor's Magic9 series will debut on September 28 as the first smartphones to feature Alibaba's Qwen Intelligence AI solution, with Honor Robot Phone receiving simultaneous support. The collaboration delivers a domain-specific model and solution combining Qwen Intelligence and MagicOS, enabling advanced smartphone Agent capabilities. The solution achieves 91.8% comprehensive task accuracy, with GUI operation speed of 3.6 seconds, handling 100+ operation steps

According to Uniswap team member niko, recently some key opinion leaders and venture capital firms have claimed that Robinhood Chain is in decline and directed users to similar projects on other chains. However, niko contested these assertions, pointing out that Robinhood Chain maintains daily trading volumes exceeding $1 billion, with its stock token trading segment continuing to expand.

According to CEO Peter Beck, Rocket Lab shares rose 2% overnight on Monday, September 21, extending a rally as the company completed full financing for its acquisition of Iridium Communications. Rocket Lab raised $1.944 billion through an at-the-market share offering, combined with Iridium's amended $1.775 billion term loan and existing liquidity, to cover cash consideration and transaction costs. Beck outlined how the deal will create a fully-integrated, self-launching space power by combining

According to Melcon's IPO briefing on September 22, the South Korean semiconductor equipment maker plans to list on the Kosdaq market on October 15, targeting to raise 268-308 billion won (approximately $200-230 million USD). The company, which manufactures environmental control equipment for semiconductor fabrication, posted revenue of 41.8 billion won in 2025, up 66.5% year-over-year, with operating profit of 6.2 billion won. Melcon expects to benefit from the industry's shift toward advanced

According to government reports on September 22, South Korea confirmed the construction of an advanced gas-fired power plant in Texas as its first major US investment project under a $200 billion total commitment cap with an annual limit of $20 billion. The Texas facility will have a capacity of approximately 6.3 gigawatts to support growing power demand from semiconductor manufacturing and AI data centers. The government also reported two additional projects under review: construction of eight

According to SlowMist, on September 22, North Korea-linked threat group TraderTraitor (also known as UNC4899 and Jade Sleet) launched a new attack campaign targeting DevOps and crypto engineers. The hackers posted fake job offers on GitHub with coding interview assignments as bait; victims downloading the projects triggered malicious .terraform.lock.hcl files pointing to attacker-controlled Terraform Provider domains. Running terraform init executed malicious modules, ultimately deploying Rust/A

Kakao Pay and Kakao Bank signed a memorandum of understanding with Fireblocks on September 22 to explore secure digital asset infrastructure in South Korea. The collaboration will cover stablecoin design, distribution frameworks, and proof-of-concept tests tailored to local regulatory and security requirements, according to the announcement.

According to Jin10, China and South Korea held the fourth meeting of their Marine Affairs Dialogue and Cooperation Mechanism in Tianjin on September 21, with relevant maritime departments from both nations in attendance. The two countries conducted plenary sessions and working group meetings on marine order and practical cooperation, exchanging views on maritime matters. Both sides agreed that maritime affairs are an important component of China-Korea relations and pledged to advance the goal of

According to Korea's Financial Services Commission, on September 22, the regulator adjusted its capital requirement framework for securities companies' real estate project financing (PF) based on actual project risk rather than funding structure. Under the new system, bridge loans with high loan-to-value (LTV) ratios of 60% or above will face a 90% risk weight, up from 18%, while established projects (本PF) with low LTV will see risk weights reduced to 24% from 100%, allowing firms to deploy capi

According to ChainCatcher, citing Investment Circle's exclusive report, Yan Wentao formally joined DeepSeek on Monday (Sept 21) as the company's first CFO. Born in 1991 and a Fudan University graduate, Wentao joined Hillhouse Innovation in 2020 and previously worked on projects including MiniMax, Zhipu AI, and ByteDance.

According to BlockBeats, Hyperliquid destroyed 42,300 HYPE tokens in the past 24 hours on September 22, valued at approximately $4 million, marking an 88% increase compared to the previous day. Over the past seven days, the protocol burned 226,500 HYPE tokens, bringing cumulative burn to 47,397,098 tokens, representing 4.74% of total supply.