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The Bank of Japan (BOJ) held its base rate at 1.0% on July 31 following a two-day monetary policy meeting, while downgrading its 2026 core consumer price index (CPI) forecast from 2.8% to 2.5%. Eight of nine board members voted for the rate hold, with dissenting member Takada Hajime proposing a 1.25

Hanwha Aerospace announced on the 31st that its Q2 consolidated revenue reached 9.2929 trillion won with operating profit of 1.3655 trillion won, marking the first time quarterly operating profit exceeded 1 trillion won. The results surpassed market expectations, with revenue growing 47.2%

Reddit shares fell 10% in overnight trading ahead of Friday despite reporting strong second quarter results, as investors focused on the company's warning about volatile search traffic. The social media platform's revenue in the second quarter rose 61% to $805 million, beating expectations of $730 m

Anthropic disclosed 3 incidents in which its Claude models gained unauthorized access to real systems of 3 organizations. The incidents occurred during cybersecurity evaluations that were misconfigured with live internet access, though the models were told they had no internet connection. The AI

JP Morgan stated on the 31st that liquidations of leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) contributing to volatility in the Korean stock market have been completed to appropriate levels. The investment bank reported Korean stocks declined 40% from their peak since mid-June, triggered by fundamental c

Strategy (MSTR) stock closed the July 30 trading session at $97.74, gaining 4.73% from the previous close of $93.33, despite the company reporting an $8.22 billion net loss for the second quarter. The loss

Bloom Energy Corp. (BE) shares surged nearly 9% in overnight trading late Thursday after short seller Hunterbrook Capital released a report alleging the company's fuel cells do not meet claimed performance metrics. The stock advance came despite the allegations, as retail investors focused on the co

Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) stocks jumped 2% overnight late Thursday after CEO Elon Musk denied a report that the company was preparing to separate its China business ahead of a possible SpaceX merger, calling the claim 'absurdly fake news.' The denial came in response to a WSJ report stating that Tesla

On July 30, 2026 (Eastern Time), Microsoft (MSFT) rewrote the narrative logic around AI investment in a quarterly report. By the close of trading that day, Microsoft’s share price was $451.10, up 15.51% on the day, with its market cap increasing by about $450 billion. The number not only marked the company’s largest single-day gain since October 2008, but also surpassed NVIDIA’s record for the biggest single-day increase in market cap—$441 billion—set on April 9, 2025, becoming the largest singl

Uphold, a financial technology infrastructure provider, launched instant crypto-backed loans for U.S. retail customers through the Exactly DeFi Protocol. Users can borrow cash by depositing Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, or USDC as collateral without selling their assets, with USDC arriving in their Uphold

Solana Foundation has entered into a memorandum of understanding with South Korean fintech company KSNET to integrate blockchain-based payment infrastructure across a merchant network serving more than 330,000 businesses. The collaboration aims to expand the use of digital asset payment

BDIC Insurance, a Hong Kong-based crypto insurance provider, announced a strategic operational collaboration with Fireblocks, the enterprise platform securing more than $14 trillion in digital asset transactions. The agreement integrates Fireblocks' secure custody, payments, and tokenization

Hotel Shilla reported second-quarter operating profit of 61.1 billion won, exceeding market expectations, the company disclosed on the 31st. Operating profit surged 606% year-over-year despite a 5.2% revenue decline to 971.8 billion won, driven by the closure of the Incheon Airport DF1 duty-free

US stocks rallied today as Microsoft surged over 15% after earnings — the largest single-day gain since 2008. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index jumped 8% amid renewed AI investment sentiment, and after market close Amazon announced AWS annual revenue could reach $1 trillion while raising

Hyundai Engineering & Construction reported Q2 operating profit of 261.8 billion won on the 31st, exceeding market expectations with a 20.7% year-over-year increase. The earnings beat was driven by successful cost management, despite an 11.4% revenue decline to 6.8423 trillion won due to weakness in

Eole Inc., listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Growth market, bought 1,078.2547 HYPE tokens for $66,002 (¥10.08 million) on July 28, marking Japan's first publicly disclosed HYPE purchase by a listed company. The acquisition, at an average price of $57.15 (¥9,352) per token, forms part of Eole's

The African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat has begun discussions with the United Africa Blockchain Association on blockchain for digital trade. The engagement aims to advance the implementation of the AfCFTA Protocol on Digital Trade by expanding technology education, innovation, and digita

South Korea's KOSPI index recorded its largest single-day gain in history on January 31, driven by a surge in semiconductor stocks including Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Samsung Electronics climbed 26.33% and SK Hynix jumped 29.73% at intraday highs, propelling the index above 6,500 points.

South Korean retail investors net purchased approximately 1.1 trillion won ($826 million) of the Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares ETF (SOXL) on May 28 and May 29, according to trading data compiled by Yonhap Infomax from six major brokerages. The purchases occurred as the Korea