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According to Yonhap InfoMax, on October 13, Samsung Biologics announced that its tender offer for PolyPeptide Group surpassed the minimum acceptance threshold of 66.7%, with 87.88% of shares tendered as of October 12. The acquisition, valued at 1.46 billion Swiss francs (approximately 2.7 trillion Korean won), is the largest pharmaceutical and biotech M&A deal in South Korea to date. Samsung Biologics plans to complete the acquisition by the end of November following regulatory approvals from Eu

According to The Information, Australian Bitcoin miner IREN has signed a multiyear AI cloud services deal with Anthropic, the publication reported on Sunday, US time. Neither company has confirmed the agreement, and the deal's value and duration remain undisclosed. IREN filed no announcement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. IREN announced on August 27 that it had signed a contract with a leading frontier AI lab but did not name the customer at the time. The move aligns with a broa

According to Foresight News, Sushi CEO Alex McCurry today retweeted Blur's announcement that it will shut down its frontend on November 12, and expressed interest in acquiring the platform. McCurry stated: "Should we acquire Blur? If anyone on the team is interested in connecting, I'm happy to chat."

According to CoinGlass data, across 10 exchanges in the past 24 hours, $803 million in leveraged positions were liquidated, with long positions accounting for $694 million (86%), affecting 171,200 traders. Binance contributed roughly half of all liquidations, with the largest single position being a $9.65 million Bitcoin long at approximately $81,773. Bitcoin faced $181 million in liquidations, followed by Ethereum at $178 million. Stock-linked perpetual contracts emerged as a notable liquidatio

According to IMF's Athanasios Vamvakidis, Deputy Director of Monetary and Capital Markets, on October 13, the Fund advised South Korea to avoid conflicting fiscal and monetary policies. Vamvakidis warned that expansionary fiscal policy while implementing monetary tightening creates misalignment. He recommended that governments save excess revenues during economic booms to spend during downturns, rather than increasing expenditure when conditions improve. Regarding semiconductor-related windfall

According to Goldman Sachs, memory chip stocks faced heavy selling pressure on Monday, Oct 12, as three major headwinds triggered profit-peak concerns despite strong near-term fundamentals. Micron (MU-US) and SanDisk (SNDKV-US) fell 3.88% and 5.97% respectively, with Micron down nearly 20% from its June peak and approaching a technical bear market. The selloff was driven by: South Korean semiconductor indices plunging 4.5%-5.2% as foreign investors net-sold $1.3 billion in tech stocks in a singl

According to ChainCatcher, Hedera launched Agent Accounts today, a feature allowing AI agents to conduct autonomous transactions within user-defined on-chain rules. The accounts are programmable and non-custodial; private keys remain in user wallets. Users can configure spending limits, daily caps, per-transaction caps, and merchant whitelists through a web interface; rules are enforced by Hedera smart contracts and cannot be modified except by the user. Agents submit spending requests to the sm

According to Calcalist, Palantir Technologies and Ondas Holdings, a US-listed defense technology company, announced the launch of Regna AI, a joint venture building AI models for government and commercial customers to run on their own systems and field hardware during sensitive operations. Ondas will own Regna AI outright and serve as the venture's first customer, while Palantir will provide training infrastructure and help tailor models to customer workflows. Regna AI will initially focus on in

According to PANews, on October 13, Rome Protocol unveiled its ROME token mechanism, which will be used for gas fees on its native chain. The protocol will allocate 50% of transaction fee revenue to either ROME reserves or public market buybacks. Rome bridges EVM applications to Solana, enabling atomic calls between Solidity contracts and Solana programs. The protocol clarified this is not a token sale announcement; valuation, issuance, and listing dates remain undisclosed, with supply and timel

According to Jin10, on October 12, WTI crude oil trading volume reached 805,134 contracts and open interest rose to 1,897,586 contracts, up 40,271 and 3,523 respectively from the prior session. Brent crude oil volume totaled 118,964 contracts with open interest at 229,797 contracts, increasing by 11,143 and 3,470 respectively. By contrast, gold trading volume fell to 115,751 contracts with open interest declining to 392,788 contracts, both declining from the previous trading day.

According to Nvidia's official announcement, on October 12, Nvidia and Cisco introduced USFP, a new pluggable optical transceiver format for AI data centers. The format supports 400 Gb/s per lane with 16 full-duplex lanes per switch and SuperNIC, designed to increase bandwidth within the same network footprint while reducing power consumption. The companies are collaborating with TE Connectivity and Amphenol on connectors and modules, with plans to develop an open industry specification through

According to Yonhap Infomax, South Korean importers delayed dollar purchases in early and mid-September after the won strengthened to 1,330 won in early September, as firms expected further appreciation. The dollar-won exchange rate eventually hit a record low of 1,331.20 won on October 12, down from a July 1 high of 1,559.20 won. However, importers who waited for additional declines missed opportunities to secure favorable rates; after the currency rebounded to 1,380 won in mid-September, some

According to @WuBlockchain, Binance will discontinue its mining pool services on November 10, 2026 at 07:00 UTC. The closure affects Binance Pool, Pool Savings, Cloud Mining, Transaction Accelerator, and Pool APIs. All mining pool connections will be cut off and Stratum addresses will no longer be operational. Users are advised to migrate their mining operations to alternative platforms and settle existing positions before the deadline to avoid disruptions.

According to Macquerie Group's strategy, on October 13, U.S. September CPI is expected to accelerate to 3.6% from August's 3.4%, but the probability of a Federal Reserve rate hike on October 28 remains around 19%. Macquerie strategist Thierry Wizman stated: "We believe this report will not alter the Fed's decision on whether to raise rates later this month." A Wall Street Journal survey shows analysts expect the September CPI increase.

According to X (WuBlockchain), during the Network State Conference 2026, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin emphasized that public-key cryptography requires one or two additional rounds of upgrades to enhance blockchain security.

According to BlockBeats and TradingBeats monitoring on October 13, a whale address beginning with 0xedcd on Hyperliquid made aggressive purchases this morning, buying approximately 96 BTC, 17,283 HYPE, and 1,215 ZEC at average prices of $81,597, $80.59, and $1,145.83 respectively. The three new long positions have a combined notional value of roughly $10.62 million with unrealized gains of approximately $300,000. The address now holds total long positions exceeding $60.95 million with cumulative

On October 12, the newly opened Shenzhen Huanggangcun Port processed 79,500 passengers on its first day of operations (6:30 AM to midnight), according to the Shenzhen Border Inspection Station. Inbound passengers totaled 41,300 while outbound passengers reached 38,200. Vehicle crossings reached 8,000 trips, comprising 4,200 inbound and 3,800 outbound.

On October 13, spot gold hit $4,200 per ounce, up 0.69% intraday.

According to the China Maritime Safety Administration, Huludao Maritime Bureau issued a navigation warning on October 13. Military exercises will be conducted in parts of the Bohai Sea from 14:00 to 24:00, and all vessels are prohibited from entering the affected areas during this period.

According to Zscaler, on October 12, 2026, the US-based cloud cybersecurity company began offering a limited preview of Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5.1 in its Endpoint AI Security product. The integration enables security teams to analyze AI agent activity on managed employee devices and identify potential attack paths through a feature called Exploit Paths, which connects evidence to reveal attack sequences. Teams can then use endpoint controls to block risky commands or restrict access to sensit