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Alibaba (HKEX: 09988) completed an HK$80 billion ordinary share placement (cash-based capital increase) on August 24, setting a record for the largest capital increase in the history of Hong Kong-listed companies. One hundred percent of the proceeds will be used to invest in “full-stack” AI capabilities. The company subsequently released the Wan3.0 AI video-generation model on Monday, which can generate videos up to 30 seconds long at resolutions of up to 1080p, with pricing of up to $0.20 per s

The Wall Street Journal published an analysis on the 24th (local time) examining extreme volatility in Korean stocks, describing the market as a 'fright ride' after the KOSPI experienced dramatic swings. The Korean stock market, which had surged on an AI semiconductor boom with a 76% gain in 2025, d

Xiaomi (01810-HK) released three self-developed chips—Xuanjie O3, Xuanjie O100, and Xuanjie D100—on August 24. Chinese media described the release as “another breakthrough for China’s chip industry.” Xuanjie O3 is an AI flagship SoC built using a self-developed 3-nanometer process, with its AnTuTu score surpassing 5 million points for the first time. Xuanjie D100 is China’s first 3-nanometer high-computing-power chip for intelligent driving, targeting in-vehicle intelligent-driving scenarios. Xu

South Korean stocks declined on August 25 as the KOSPI fell 1.86% to 6572.39 amid investor anxiety ahead of NVIDIA's earnings report and the Jackson Hole meeting. The decline was driven by semiconductor stock weakness, with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix falling 2.04% and 4.37% respectively.

South Korea's Ministry of Economy and Finance announced that next month's treasury bond issuance will decrease compared to this month, according to remarks made at a Primary Dealer (PD) council meeting held the previous day. The ministry indicated it will maintain the lower end of its long-term bond

The Hyperliquidity Policy Center (HPC) submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on August 24, requesting that cash-settled equity perpetual contracts be permitted to trade in the U.S. market as “security futures.” Currently, the cumulative notional trading volume of the offshore perpetual contract market has surpassed $5 trillion (according to DefiLlama data), with open interest nearing $13 billion. Four R

Uniswap and PancakeSwap handle 96.1% of all tokenized commodity trading volume on decentralized exchanges, processing $678.2 million worth of transactions over the past 30 days. The two platforms have established dominance in a market segment that did not meaningfully exist two years ago.

Nomura International Wealth Management’s Chief Investment Officer for North Asia, Julia Wang, said in an August 24 interview with the South China Morning Post that crowded AI-related trades and leverage have contributed to sharp cyclical sell-offs in semiconductor stocks and other assets. She said market volatility is the result of “decades of structural changes in the market” and expects it to persist. Unless the global economy enters a recession, this situation is unlikely to change, and wealt

Korean retail investors in US stocks net purchased $712.91 million of a 3x leveraged semiconductor ETF during 17-24 (query date basis). The fund, which tracks three times the daily return of the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, became their top purchase in the period. The aggressive positioning

Bond market participants in South Korea expect the Bank of Korea to freeze its base interest rate at the monetary policy meeting on the 27th, according to a survey by the Korea Financial Investment Association. The survey, conducted from the 13th to the 19th among bond holding and management

Kiwoom Securities high-net-worth investors shifted their portfolios toward semiconductor and automotive stocks in July, according to an analysis released on the 25th. Customers holding assets over 3 billion won replaced Naver and Kakao with SK Hynix, Hyundai Motor, and Samsung Electro-Mechanics in t

According to a Bloomberg report on August 25, NVIDIA-backed AI cloud computing provider Lambda Inc. is in talks to raise up to $3 billion at a valuation of up to $12 billion or more, people familiar with the matter said. The financing could position the company for an IPO in 2027. The company has received multiple letters of intent from investors and is expected to generate more than $1.5 billion in revenue this year. Lambda’s Financing Terms and Valuation According to people familiar with the m

Anthropic, OpenAI, and Chinese memory chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) announced plans for large-scale initial public offerings, raising concerns about potential impact on global stock market liquidity. Anthropic is reportedly targeting an IPO as early as October with fundraising goals e

POSCO International America completed a demonstration of tokenizing trade receivables as blockchain-based digital assets on the 25th, in collaboration with trade finance platform Olea and asset tokenization platform Intain. The demonstration aimed to improve asset visibility and reduce operational c

The US Treasury expanded its long-term bond buyback program last week, but CNBC's Jim Cramer stated on May 24 that the measure provides only temporary market relief and cannot fundamentally lower long-term interest rates. The Treasury announcement more than doubled the buyback scale, initially

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) held its first-ever briefing on asset management companies' voting rights exercise and disclosure practices on the morning of May 25 at its Seoul Yeouido headquarters, revealing that a significant portion of domestic asset managers continue to exerci

A Japanese cross-party parliamentary delegation departed August 24 for China, seeking meetings with senior Chinese Communist Party officials to repair bilateral relations strained after Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's Taiwan remarks. The visit aims to address China's rare earth export restrictions t

According to the 13F filing submitted by Duquesne Family Office, as of the end of the second quarter of 2026, billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller had fully exited his positions in Intel, Micron, and Broadcom, all of which he established in the first quarter, while initiating a new position in AMD stock. The AMD position represented approximately 0.8% of the assets reported in the Q2 filing. Why Druckenmiller Exited Intel, Micron, and Broadcom Intel and Micron have both more than doubled i