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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) updated its MiCA crypto-asset service provider (CASP) registry on Friday, bringing the total number of authorized entities to 331. Compared with the previous update on August 12, all six newly added entities are German cooperative banks. Germany’s total number of CASPs has therefore increased to 79, maintaining a wide lead over France and the Netherlands. The number of authorized entities in Germany has grown from 57 in late June to 79 current

The open-source terminal AI coding tool OpenCode announced on Aug. 21 that the “stealth model” codenamed Ox Alpha would be available for free for one week. The same model was listed on OpenRouter on Aug. 20. The OpenRouter specifications page shows that Ox Alpha has an exact context length of 1,048,576 tokens (1M). Ox Alpha Technical Specifications: 1M-Token Context According to publicly available data on the OpenRouter specifications page, Ox Alpha’s main technical specifications are as follows

South Korea's National Pension Service has not initiated active dollar purchases in the spot foreign exchange market despite the USD-KRW exchange rate falling to the 1,370 won range, marking a yearly low. On the 25th, according to sources familiar with the matter, policymakers and market

Ethereum finalized the scope of its upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade during the recent week, with two Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) — EIP-7610 and Pectra Meta EIP-7919 — officially declined from the upgrade cycle. The Ethereum Foundation launched the Plataberget testnet to test Glamsterdam's

The Canadian government will announce retaliatory tariffs against the United States on May 25 (local time), according to foreign media reports citing a government statement on May 24 (local time). Four cabinet ministers including Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Foreign Minister M

US President Donald Trump faces midterm elections on November 3, now 70 days away as of August 25. His approval rating stands at approximately 33%, a second-term low driven by the prolonged Iran war and rising cost-of-living pressures. Historically, incumbent parties have lost 20 of 22 midterm elect

Bitwise Asset Management Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan identified five structural factors supporting a crypto bullish outlook in an Aug. 24 post on X, contrasting the present environment with 2014, 2018, and 2022 when optimism proved harder to sustain. He cited regulatory progress,

US President Donald Trump threatened to impose 50% tariffs on Canadian automobiles, trucks, auto parts, and steel effective January 1, escalating a trade conflict between the two nations. The Trump administration already imposed 50% tariffs on approximately $20 billion worth of Canadian imports

In July 2025, Perplexity partnered with Indian telecom giant Airtel to offer 360 million customers a free one-year Pro subscription, valued at $200, in exchange for insight into their usage habits. About six months after the promotion ended, data provided by Sensor Tower to TechCrunch revealed a dual outcome: in-app purchase and subscription revenue grew by approximately 60% compared with the period when the offer was still available to new users. Perplexity and Airtel’s Promotional Design In Ju

a16z released its “Charts of the Week” series on August 24, using charts from multiple sources to highlight a structural shift in the U.S. economy. In terms of capital, Citadel data shows that ETF net inflows could make this the strongest year on record, with investors’ focus shifting toward AI, nuclear energy, space, defense, and infrastructure. Interviews with contractors conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas show that data centers are offering concrete workers wages of $45 per hour.

Kakao's Korean stocks showed weakness following its corporate split announcement on the 21st, but Shinhan Investment & Securities analyst Seo Jung-yeon argued in a report on the 25th that the market's primary concern—ecosystem synergy weakening—is actually the justification for the split. The analys

US Big Tech companies are rapidly increasing corporate bond issuance and off-balance-sheet financing to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure investment, according to analysis released on the 25th by An Gi-tae of NH Investment & Securities. The expansion in AI-related capital raising is

Bitcoin (BTC) continued to rebound, trading at around $79,750 as of August 25. The United States imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran targeting sectors including digital assets and oil. Treasury Secretary Bessent called the move “economic D-Day.” Japan plans to ease restrictions on large stablecoin payments, with individual transactions potentially exceeding ¥1 million. Macro Events & Crypto Highlights The Block reported that the U.S. Treasury announced a new round of sanctions on Iran targe

Finnish economist Tuomas Malinen warned that the US may enter recession by year-end or early next year despite strong surface growth. The University of Helsinki professor, in a recently published report, attributed the risk to extreme leverage in the US financial system, including corporate debt

The lawyer for U.S. soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke filed documents with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Aug. 24, opposing the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) submission of an amicus brief in his criminal case. Van Dyke is accused of using nonpublic information obtained while participating in the operation that led to Venezuelan President Maduro’s ouster in January this year to earn more than $400k on Polymarket. Core Facts of the Van Dyke Case: Fo

South Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC) launched a Financial Law Research Forum in collaboration with three research institutes to address the growing number of court reversals of its regulatory sanctions. Vice Chairman Kwon Dae-young convened the first non-public meeting on May 18,