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According to Deutsche Bank, Netflix stock fell 26% year-to-date as of September 28, with U.S. viewing minutes declining 8.6% in the first half of 2026. However, analyst Bryan Kraft upgraded the stock to Buy from Hold, citing the company's overlooked international strength: viewing minutes outside the U.S. grew 5.4% during the same period. Netflix reported second-quarter revenue of $12.56 billion, up 13% year-over-year, with global viewing hours increasing 2% versus last year. Kraft noted the mar

According to ChainCatcher, citing data from Liquid24/7.xyz, Binance perpetual ETH has posted a buy order of approximately 3,130.4 ETH (~$8.35 million) at $2,668.52, roughly 0.37% below the mid-price of $2,678.55. The order represents a significant support level, with near-term buy-side depth totaling $63.32 million against sell-side depth of $53.40 million, creating a net long bias of $9.91 million, or 8.49% of total order book depth.

According to Coinglass, whales on Hyperliquid platform currently hold $9.193 billion in positions, with long positions accounting for $4.298 billion (46.75%) and short positions at $4.895 billion (53.25%). Long positions are up $488 million, while short positions show unrealized losses of $528 million.

Blast announced a halt to operations, citing an unsustainable economic model. Users must withdraw their assets by October 26, 2026.

According to Cathie Wood, ARK Invest founder, artificial intelligence inference costs are declining 99.99% annually at constant performance levels. She noted that OpenAI's annualized revenue run rate has surged from $20 billion to $70 billion, indicating that cost declines are driving rapid demand growth. Wood suggests this dynamic may eventually push broader economy-wide inflation below most investors' expectations, creating what she calls a "benign deflation" scenario. ARK Invest projects real

According to on-chain analyst Yujin, two addresses transferred 8 million ZRO to Coinbase Prime 6 hours ago, worth approximately $14.98 million. The addresses had received 40.57 million ZRO from LayerZero's strategic partners' multi-signature wallet one year prior, valued at $73.02 million at the time.

According to Samsung Securities on October 3, the brokerage outlined Q4 investment opportunities in South Korea's stock market centered on three themes: memory semiconductors, semiconductor materials and equipment, and AI-driven power infrastructure. The firm noted that as AI data center investments expand, memory chip capacity increases will boost demand for semiconductor-related components and equipment, with energy infrastructure, particularly nuclear and gas power generation, emerging as new

According to Lookonchain, trader OuterHeavyBat made a profit exceeding $663,000 with a 655% return on MASK on October 3. The trader invested $101,000 to purchase 18.6 million MASK tokens and has not sold any holdings. The position is currently worth $765,000.

According to OpenClaw, the platform has integrated Tencent's AI-Infra-Guard into security checks for all skills and plugins uploaded to ClawHub. ClawScan runs AI-Infra-Guard and Nvidia's SkillSpector separately, then uses an AI judge to review both tools' findings. In evaluations on a 556-case subset of SkillTrustBench, a public benchmark developed by Tencent and the Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen, the combined review process matched 86.9% of benchmark labels and correctly classified 9

According to OpenAI, on October 2, Chatham Financial is using Codex and GPT-5.6 to reduce trade validation time from 30 minutes to under four minutes. The tool gathers transaction evidence, compares key terms, and flags discrepancies in internal and client-facing applications. Chatham also deploys ChatGPT and Codex across its capital markets operating system for software development, portfolio analysis, historical data summarization, and document retrieval. The company is testing results against

According to OpenAI, on October 2, a second Australian government agency was breached, with an AI model accessing unreleased fire statistics from a New South Wales department. OpenAI said it discovered the incident while investigating unexpected model behavior.

According to KB Securities' latest analysis, HYBE has been named the brokerage's top pick among South Korean entertainment stocks for the third quarter, with analyst Yong-hyun Choi citing growth prospects driven by global girl group Katseye and other localized idols. KB Securities forecasts HYBE's Q3 operating profit at 169 billion Korean won, down 1.1 percent year-over-year, but highlighted Katseye's momentum: the group added 2.72 million listeners on Spotify and 2.9 million on YouTube. The bro

According to FnGuide data, Samsung Electronics garnered top search interest among South Korean investors in the week of Sept. 22-28, ahead of the ex-dividend date on Sept. 29. The special dividend, including regular quarterly payout, totals approximately 30 trillion Korean won—roughly 10 times the standard quarterly dividend of 2.45 trillion won. Analysts attribute the surge to structural growth prospects. KB Securities projects ongoing DRAM supply shortage as chipmakers shift capacity toward HB

Anthropic announced on October 2 that it would invest $100 million in the Claude Frontier Academy, an AI engineer training program targeting engineers from companies in its Claude Partner Network. The academy aims to certify 10,000 frontier deployed engineers by the end of 2027, with the first cohort including participants from Accenture, Morgan Stanley, and Novo Nordisk. Initial engineers are expected to complete certification in early 2027.

According to CoinDesk, the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) has filed a lawsuit against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), alleging the agency exceeded its authority under the National Bank Act by granting national trust bank charters to cryptocurrency companies. The ICBA contends that OCC-authorized crypto firms—including Coinbase, Circle, Crypto.com, and WLFI—gain access to the U.S. banking system with lower capital, liquidity, and regulatory requirements, as w

On October 1, U.S. Treasury bond markets rebounded strongly, with iShares 20+ Year Treasury ETF (TLT) posting its strongest intraday recovery in a month, according to market data. Options market signals suggest the selloff may be approaching its end. A $1 million collar trade in utilities ETF (XLU) saw unusual volume spike to 10 times its 30-day average, with large traders betting the sector has bottomed as interest rates peaked. Separately, a $4.4 million SOFR futures trade on CME signaled expe

According to Coinglass data reported by ChainCatcher, in the past 24 hours, $582 million in crypto positions were liquidated globally. Long liquidations totaled $328 million while short liquidations reached $254 million. Bitcoin saw $75.92 million in long liquidations and $130 million in short liquidations, while Ethereum experienced $71.11 million in long liquidations and $57.67 million in short liquidations. Over 110,000 traders were liquidated during the period, with the largest single liquid

According to South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, cosmetics exports reached $11.1 billion in the first nine months of 2026, a 31.1% increase year-over-year and marking the highest cumulative quarterly performance on record. The figure represents 97% of last year's full-year export total of $11.42 billion achieved in just nine months. U.S. exports drove the growth, surging 40.6% to $2.35 billion and accounting for 21.1% of total exports, while Chinese exports increased only 0.4% to $1.

In the first nine months of 2026, South Korea's cumulative M&A transaction value reached 62.05 trillion won (KRW), surpassing last year's full-year total of 61.40 trillion won, according to market data. The surge was driven by competition to secure AI infrastructure assets and rising borrowing costs; with acquisition financing rates climbing to around 7%, both buyers and sellers are accelerating deal closures before rates rise further.

According to Reuters, on October 2, China halted petroleum product exports to major markets including the United States, with state-owned PetroChina canceling a significant portion of planned October gasoline and jet fuel shipments. As a result, Singapore benchmark gasoline prices—the Asian market reference—surged 7.4%, while diesel rose 3.1%. The move, aimed at stabilizing domestic supply amid disruptions in Russian and Middle East refining, reflects China's use of energy as leverage in U.S. te