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The Korean Won and Chinese Yuan are showing notable strength against the US dollar year-to-date, with the Won up 7.31% and the Yuan up 4.32% since the start of the year. The Won's rally accelerated from July, driven by record semiconductor exports and strong growth, while the Yuan has maintained

Applied Materials announced on the 13th (local time) at the SEMICON West 2026 Investor Breakfast Presentation that it plans to return 80-100% of free cash flow (FCF) to shareholders in the long term. The global semiconductor equipment company set 2030 targets of approximately 54% non-GAAP gross

AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) shares rose 0.5% overnight late Tuesday after the company urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to support additional satellite-to-phone spectrum and a Vodafone executive questioned whether SpaceX can replicate its U.S. wireless strategy in Europe. The stock had

On the 14th, forex dealers in the Seoul foreign exchange market focused on dovish remarks from the New York Federal Reserve President and anticipated trading driven by supply-demand factors. John Williams, President of the New York Fed, stated in an interview with a foreign media outlet that after o

Tom's Hardware reported on October 13 that two anonymous sources on the X platform claimed NVIDIA may no longer supply GB202 chips for consumer products, with the GeForce RTX 5090 reportedly discontinued and the chips redirected to data center and professional graphics cards. The RTX 5090's recent Market Price reached $7,000 to $9,600; in Europe, it surpassed €5,000. Rumor: RTX 5090 Completely Discontinued According to Tom's Hardware, the two sources made the following specific claims: @hongxing

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan said at the Token2049 conference in Singapore on Oct. 7 that he is bullish on “on-chain assets with real programmable utility,” but provided no specific details or launch timeline. The company’s official position remains that it “has not announced any airdrop or token issuance plans,” disappointing members of the Group who had developed expectations of a token based on Coplan’s social media posts. Coplan’s Remarks: Exploring On-Chain Assets With Programmable Utility

US stock index futures traded near-flat in Asian morning trading ahead of the September Consumer Price Index (CPI) data release. E-mini S&P500 futures rose 0.01% to 7,858.25, while E-mini Nasdaq100 futures gained 0.01% to 30,798.50 as of 10:20 AM Korean time. The subdued movement follows a

According to Google’s official announcement on October 13, Google released Gemini 4 Argon, the first member of the Gemini 4 flagship family. The company stated that its core breakthroughs are concentrated in three areas: spatial reasoning, mathematical precision, and visual coding. Using the multi-agent loop on its Antigravity development platform, Google demonstrated Argon autonomously building a complete Japanese temple from scratch. Gemini 4 Argon Released: Three Major Breakthroughs in Spatia

When a cryptocurrency exchange gets blocked in India, Crypto Tax in India obligations do not automatically disappear for affected investors. On September 9, 2026, the Financial Intelligence Unit of India (FIU-IND) served non-compliance notices to 15 platforms dealing with virtual digital assets,

A user in the cryptocurrency community, @rrealist, posted on X on October 13 that several assailants had broken into his residence in the UK. They restrained him with tape and held three knives to his face. Under a direct threat to his life, he was forced to transfer approximately $800k worth of digital assets from his Ledger hardware wallet and hot wallets. The assailants also stole a Rolex watch and smashed his phone to prevent him from calling for help. Incident Details: Three Knives Held to

The USD-KRW exchange rate is displaying technical rebound signals near the 1,330 won support level, according to analysis published on the 14th by Yonhap Infomax. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) has recovered to 42.27, rising above the oversold threshold of 30 after previously dropping to an

Bitcoin (BTC) is maintaining its rebound trend, trading at around $83,320 on October 14. Strive scooped up 3,311 BTC in a single week, pushing its total holdings above 32,000 BTC and making it the fifth-largest holder among U.S. public companies. Ledger has asked distributors in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong to suspend sales and delist the devices, confirming that devices sold by Southeast Asian distributor CryptoBilis had been implanted with malicious components. Macro Events & Crypto Market Hig

The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are advancing crypto regulation with only three commissioners in place across both agencies, Cointelegraph reported on Oct. 13. The SEC currently has two commissioners — Chairman Paul Atkins and Mark Uyeda —

18 domestic and international asset management firms issued a joint statement opposing South Korea's mandatory tender offer system reform, stalling the Capital Markets Act amendment before National Assembly plenary passage. The firms called for a comprehensive review of the system designed to

Franklin Templeton's Senior Vice President Chetan Karkhanis discussed the future of tokenized funds and their scalability in Asia during a podcast episode on RWA Insights. The conversation featured insights from participants identified as Jake and Pendle, outlining strategies for the growth of token

In US Stock Market News, a stock market correction—a decline of at least 10%—is inevitable, though not necessarily imminent. The economy currently appears strong, and the market has weathered recent geopolitical pressures. Corrections are caused by various factors including geopolitical tensions,

According to a Bloomberg report on October 14, Strategy co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor said in an interview that Bitcoin bottomed out at just below $60k and has since recovered to around $80k. He predicted that it will continue rising and break back above $100k, although he did not provide a specific timeline. Saylor also predicted that Bitcoin’s annualized growth rate will reach 20% to 30% over the next few years. Saylor: Bitcoin Expected to Return to $100k, with Annual Growth

Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Kwang-jae called for the South Korean government to apologize to young people over past cryptocurrency policies before implementing digital asset taxation, during a National Assembly audit on October 13. Lee made the statement at the Ministry of Strategy and Finance's N

Solana developer Anza announced that the Alpenglow upgrade will go live on the Solana mainnet beta on October 21, marking the completion of 18 months of development aimed at improving the consensus mechanism. The upgrade’s core goal is to reduce transaction finality time from the current approximately 12.8 seconds to approximately 150 milliseconds—an approximately 85-fold increase in speed. Alpenglow Technical Goal: Finality Reduced from 12.8 Seconds to 150 Milliseconds According to Anza’s techn

BNY and Citadel Securities completed a triparty repurchase agreement transaction using tokenized US Treasuries, as announced and reported by CoinDesk on October 13. The transaction was designed to test whether blockchain technology could improve efficiency in Treasury settlement and funding