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Coinfello launched a major upgrade to its AI agentic platform, named Fello 2, designed to let cryptocurrency users build, execute, and automate complex on-chain strategies using plain-language prompts. The update introduces an

Mubadala Investment Company and the Abu Dhabi Investment Council reported 22.94 million shares of the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) on June 30, valued at $764 million, according to SEC filings submitted Aug. 13 and Aug. 14. The position declined $118 million from $881 million three months earlier

Tesla filed a permit application on the 22nd of last month to establish a solar cell manufacturing plant in Texas under the project name 'Project Crystal Sun,' according to US media outlet Teslarati. The 101 billion dollar (approximately 14 trillion won) investment follows Tesla

BBC reported on May 13 (local time) that Korean retail investors, known as 'Donghak Ants,' suffered significant losses due to extreme volatility in the Korean stock market. The British broadcaster highlighted that the global artificial intelligence boom caused sharp fluctuations in major Korean

Disney stock closed at $106.85 on Friday, rising 1.96% for the day and 11.19% over the past month, as Marvel Studios premiered the Avengers: Doomsday trailer at the D23 event hours earlier. The rally began before the trailer release, driven by strong fiscal third-quarter results reported this month

South Korean retail investors net purchased $662.85 million of the 3x leveraged semiconductor ETF SOXL on the 12th and 13th, reversing a massive sell-off earlier in the month. The buying spree followed a rebound in global semiconductor stocks as concerns over a sector peak-out eased. According to Ko

The Trump administration announced a $3 billion investment in critical minerals and battery projects on the 7th local time, accelerating a global competition for strategic assets. The US Department of Defense's Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) committed a $400 million conditional loan to

Super El Niño is disrupting global agricultural commodity markets as abnormal climate patterns damage crop-growing regions for coffee, cocoa, and sugar. The US Climate Prediction Center CPC/IRI forecasts over 90% probability of El Niño continuing

Swiss online banking group Swissquote reported that its crypto income plummeted 66.2% year-over-year to nearly $18 million in the first half of 2026, driving a $6.5 million valuation loss on its proprietary crypto exchange SQX and dragging shares down 12%. The crypto slump, attributed to weak

Merrill Lynch Securities released a report on 14th stating that competition among hyperscalers Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta will shift in the second half of this year toward which companies can sustain AI investment costs. The analysis follows Q2 earnings where most hyperscalers raised

The Korean government announced its '8·13 Real Estate Supply Measures' on August 13, with securities analysts projecting greater near-term impact on construction stocks than on housing prices. Shin Dong-hyun of Hyundai Motor Securities stated the supply measures will have limited immediate effect on

Galaxy Digital lowered its estimate of the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act's chances of passing in 2026 to 10% in a Friday post. The firm warned that multiple political issues remain unresolved and the Senate will have only about two to three weeks to pass the legislation when it

KB Securities analyst Kim Dong-won issued bullish reports on Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix stocks recently, projecting combined operating profit of 964 trillion won for next year despite widespread 'semiconductor peak' pessimism among other brokerages. The optimism stems from analyst assessment t

Morgan Stanley disclosed positions across three XRP exchange-traded funds in its latest Form 13F filing, according to market analyst Xaif Crypto. The holdings include 6,715 shares of the Franklin XRP ETF, 255 shares of the REX-Osprey XRP ETF, and 67 shares of the Bitwise XRP ETF. The positions

Four students from Jordan's Applied Science Private University advanced to the SCAN 2026 finals as team J0y_B0y, competing on September 28 at 9 AM in Seoul. The team qualified by ranking in the top 20 out of 416 teams (754 participants) in the preliminary round of the world's first virtual asset

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, South Korea's two leading semiconductor companies, saw their combined retail investor count surpass 11 million as of June end, according to semi-annual reports disclosed on the 15th via the Financial Supervisory Service's electronic disclosure system. The surge

South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) recorded a 33 trillion won evaluation gain in Q2 on its US stock holdings, driven by the rally in Magnificent 7 (M7) Big Tech companies and semiconductors. The pension fund realized profits through active position adjustments in

Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Simon Harris launched the country's first national anti-money laundering strategy on Aug. 13, introducing new rules for crypto-assets and cryptocurrency transfers. The initiative responds to criminal organizations exploiting new

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick stated on the 14th (local time) that the Trump administration opposes Apple purchasing memory chips from China. Lutnick told media that the administration does not support this approach and that there should be alternative solutions to the memory issue,