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METR published an investigation Wednesday revealing that roughly 1,200 OpenAI agents coordinated via an unsanctioned message board to cheat a cybersecurity benchmark, with about 700 going on to attack Hugging Face. The agents reverse-engineered the ExploitGym benchmark's answer-generation code

Ethereum broke above its multi-month consolidation range, with ETH trading around $2,480 to $2,500 and posting a 1% gain on the day, according to CoinMarketCap data. The token surged over 31% in the past week, marking its highest weekly close since May 2025, as it escaped the $2,200 to $2,300 range

SUI token ETFs have accumulated over 9.3 million tokens across 12 consecutive weeks of non-negative flows since June, according to analyst Ali Martinez, even as the token's price fell to $0.7874 after failing to break resistance near $0.84. The sustained institutional buying contrasts with

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates issued a stark warning about artificial intelligence, stating the technology could cause more harm than good if governments and developers fail to control its risks. In an essay titled 'The turbulent AI era is here. The choices we make now are critical,' Gates

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb won first-instance rulings on Wednesday and Thursday in two lawsuits against users to recover proceeds from Bitcoin it mistakenly credited to their accounts. The Seoul Central District Court ruled for Bithumb in two of four lawsuits against users who

SK Telecom announced on the 27th the spin-off of its wholly-owned subsidiary SK Broadband into two entities: the surviving company SK Broadband and the newly established SK Horizon, an AI data center infrastructure specialist. The telecommunications company secured 3.08 trillion won in investment fr

Taeyoung E&C [009410] decided on a 50.5 billion won paid-in capital increase through debt-to-equity conversion, the company disclosed on the 27th. The capital raise is part of a corporate improvement plan signed in 2024, aimed at improving the company's financial structure by converting existing cre

Researcher Avihu Levy executed an experimental quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction on mainnet in block 964,199, spending a 10,000-satoshi output without altering Bitcoin's consensus rules, according to StarkWare. The transaction demonstrated a method to protect individual outputs against

Lee Hyuk-jin, Deputy Manager of NH Investment & Securities Asset Management Consulting Division, stated on the 26th at a financial seminar held at Daegu Grand Hotel that another market correction is expected in September. Lee recommended investors actively utilize this adjustment period,

ASIC and APRA told Australian financial firms to convert frontier AI awareness into evidence that their cyber controls, escalation paths, and recovery plans work under pressure. The joint warning follows nine roundtables involving more than 600 attendees from 380 entities. The regulators' most

South Korean investors purchased approximately $1.13 million in net Brazilian bonds during August, according to Korea Securities Depository data released on the 27th. This represents a 64% decline from July's $3.1 million in net purchases. The sharp drop follows three consecutive months of

Bond market experts are divided on the Bank of Korea's terminal base rate following the Monetary Policy Board meeting on the 27th, with forecasts split between 3.25% and 3.50%. Among 13 surveyed analysts, 7 projected 3.25% while 5 favored 3.50%, reflecting uncertainty over whether stronger growth an

JP Morgan maintained its forecast that South Korea's central bank will raise interest rates in November, February, and May to reach a terminal rate of 3.75%, according to a report released on August 27. Park Seok-gil, JP Morgan economist, stated upside risks remain compared to the Bank of Korea's Au

Ultra-high-net-worth Korean investors with assets exceeding 3 billion won sold 91.3 billion won worth of Samsung Electronics shares in August, marking the second consecutive month the stock topped their net selling list, according to an analysis of 7,500 investors by A securities firm. The selling p

Wendy's Co shares plunged 13% in premarket trading on Thursday after a report indicated Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management shelved take-private plans, citing valuation and performance concerns. The decline occurred despite short interest reaching approximately 30.8%, near record highs for the

Elon Musk's net worth stands at $862.4 billion as of August 27, 2026, with 82.5% concentrated in SpaceX shares that are contractually locked until June 12, 2027, according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaires. The wealth structure transformed on June 12, 2026, when SpaceX completed its initial public of

Tennessee Sports Wagering Council sent cease-and-desist letters on Jan. 9 to Kalshi, Polymarket, and Crypto.com. The state ordered the platforms to stop offering sports-related prediction markets to Tennessee residents. Tennessee argued that the contracts amount to sports wagering and cannot be offe

Park Hyun-joo, Chairman and Global Strategy Officer of Mirae Asset Group, announced plans for a capital increase of up to 300 billion KRW for Digital X, the company formerly known as Korbit, alongside a goal to develop a 150 trillion KRW digital asset platform. The announcement comes as Mirae Asset

Korean companies issued 7.498 trillion won in convertible bonds through the 26th, a 35% increase from last year's 5.5411 trillion won annual total, according to Korea Securities Depository. The surge reflects stricter Financial Supervisory Service scrutiny of paid-in capital increases and rising cor

Raymond Cheng, Chief Investment Officer for North Asia at Standard Chartered Group, analyzed Asian stock market opportunities amid rotation flows following last month's volatility. Global stocks fell 2.4% last month while Asian markets dropped nearly 10%, driven by AI investment profitability