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European Union sanctions against Russia are becoming increasingly intertwined with national interests, as the capitals of member states use negotiations over the Kremlin blacklist to secure concessions on unrelated issues. This week, the capitals reached an agreement to extend the renewal period for sanctions against individuals close to the Kremlin in exchange for removing oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the bloc’s blacklist. The initiative, led by France and supported by Slo

Google DeepMind's new head, Koray Kavukcuoglu, gave his first public interview at The Information's AI Agenda Live summit, revealing that Gemini 4 has entered the post-training phase and is being tested internally on the Antigravity coding platform, with the goal of launching “much earlier” than the end of 2026. Gemini 4's Current Status: Post-Training Underway and Already Tested on the Internal Antigravity Platform At the AI Agenda Live summit, Koray said Gemini 4 has entered the post-training

The European Central Bank (ECB) has undergone significant personnel changes over the past 1.5 years, with 8 new policy members joining the 27-member council and 7 central bank governors being replaced, according to a

Hypersphere Ventures sold 62,869 $HYPE tokens for $5.78 million, generating a profit of $2.13 million, according to CryptoTwitter commentator @lookonchain. The transaction occurred as another whale wallet identified as 0xc745 deposited 177,518 $HYPE tokens worth $16.08 million into exchanges OKX

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei was humorously impersonated during the season 52 premiere of “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) this weekend, and Axios subsequently disclosed that he will visit the White House on Sept. 28 for his first one-on-one dinner with U.S. President Trump. The meeting comes after the two publicly clashed over their positions on AI safety: Amodei released a plan to slow AI development in mid-September. The Timing of the White House Dinner: A Series of AI Agent Safety Incidents Elevate

USDai operates tokenized AI compute credit markets on Arbitrum by transforming GPUs into collateral. The platform creates credit markets designed for AI infrastructure financing. This approach represents an innovation in decentralized finance applied to AI project funding mechanisms. USDai

China Central Television (CCTV) Finance reported that Shenzhen’s Huaqiangbei MLCC (multilayer ceramic capacitor) spot market saw an unusual period in June this year in which prices changed every day. Some popular models increased seven- to eightfold in one month, while the Spot Prices of some models reached two to 10 times their original levels. Known in China’s industry as the “rice of the electronics industry,” MLCCs are widely used for voltage stabilization and filtering in smartphones, compu

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published an article on September 28 outlining how Ethereum will transition by 2030 from an architecture in which “every node repeatedly verifies the same batch of transactions” to a hybrid system combining an underlying blockchain, cryptographic proofs, and an off-chain computing network. Buterin believes the Hegotá upgrade, expected to launch in 2027, will be the last “traditional” hard fork. Bottlenecks in the Existing Architecture: Scalability Limits of Re

South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges saw trading concentration among the top 10% of users reach 96% in the first half of 2026, according to data submitted by lawmaker Park Hong-bae's office from the Financial Supervisory Service. The concentration intensified as overall market trading volume

U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETF net inflows for the week through September 25 totaled approximately $2.4 billion, the highest weekly total since October 2025, bringing cumulative inflows for the year back into positive territory at approximately $934 million. However, Crypto Related Stocks collectively declined during the U.S. trading session on September 25, with American Bitcoin falling 6.09% and Circle falling 4.69%. Warning of Declining ETF Fund Flows: Daily Inflows Fell from $999 Million to $134.5 Mi

Researchers have found no evidence that the surge in AI-related corporate bond issuance is crowding out demand for US Treasuries, according to Yahoo Finance on the 27th (local time). The lack of competition stems from AI infrastructure bonds being issued primarily as long-term securities while US Tr

Wellington-Altus chief market strategist James Sohn forecasted the S&P 500 index could break through 10,000 if the United States reaches agreements with Iran and China, which would drive down oil prices, inflation, and Treasury yields. Sohn stated on his X account that the market is already

US Treasury yields approached the earnings yield of the S&P 500 on September 25, compressing the yield gap to approximately 3 basis points according to Hana Securities analysis based on Bloomberg data. The 10-year Treasury yield reached 5.167% while the S&P 500's 12-month forward earnings yield

NH Investment & Securities and Trinity Air signed a memorandum of understanding on the 21st for cooperation on the International Aviation Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme (CORSIA) and domestic greenhouse gas emissions trading system, the securities firm announced on the 28th. The partnership m

According to the latest report from mobile analytics firm Sensor Tower, global mobile game revenue in August 2026 was $6.57 billion (down 1% month-over-month), while downloads reached 3.76 billion (up 1% month-over-month). The top five revenue-generating games—Honor of Kings, Gossip Harbor, Kingshot, Clash Royale, and Candy Crush Saga—were all established titles that have been operating for three to eleven years. Structural Divergence Between Global Mobile Game Revenue and Downloads The core fig

The Clearing House (TCH) announced on September 28 that it will adopt the technology of programmable money infrastructure provider Quant to support its “On-Chain Money Initiative,” building an entirely new interoperable payments network that enables financial institutions of all sizes to clear and settle tokenized deposit transactions. Following the announcement, Quant’s native token QNT rose 342.1% over the past 7 days, reaching $298.75. The Partnership’s Technical Architecture: Quant’s Specifi

KOSDAQ traded at 852.03, up 0.89%, while KOSPI fell 2.15% to 6928.57 as of 10:51 AM on the 28th in the first session after the Chuseok holiday, according to Korea Exchange. Market observers are focusing on whether KOSDAQ can outperform KOSPI through year-end, breaking a historical pattern where KOSD

Lee Eok-won, Chairman of South Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC), announced on September 28 that Korea Premium Week will be held annually as a platform for market communication. The opening ceremony took place on September 28 at The Grand Lotte Seoul, launching an event that runs from Sept

U.S. President Donald Trump approved less stringent federal fuel economy standards on Saturday, prompting overnight stock gains for Stellantis (STLA), Ford (F), and General Motors (GM) late Sunday. STLA rose 1% overnight, while GM gained 0.2% and F edged up 0.1%. Trump promised the rollback would de