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Korea Investment & Securities announced on the 1st that it has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kakao Group—comprising Kakao, Kakao Bank, and Kakao Pay—for the joint development of services related to digital asset issuance and distribution. The partnership aims to combine K

LS Electric signed a contract worth $133.41 million (approximately 181.2 billion KRW) to supply 345-kilovolt (kV) ultra-high voltage transformers to a North American hyperscale artificial intelligence (AI) data center project, the company disclosed on the 1st. The contract stems from expanding

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has submitted a proposed rule to expand the definition of a swap to include event contracts, according to an Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs docket. The agency also submitted an interim final rule to exclude casino-style gambling products,

Japan's Ministry of Finance announced on September 30 the establishment of a research group focused on on-chain handling of government bonds, with the first meeting scheduled for October 8. The ministry established the group to gather expert opinions and advice on implementing blockchain

HyperCore transferred 514,175 HYPE tokens, valued at approximately $46.3 million, to Kinetiq in a recent transaction reported by CryptoTwitter commentator @whale_alert. The substantial movement suggests active trading activity within

A federal court in Florida ordered Brian Early and Alicia Ann Kingrey to pay more than $30 million in restitution and penalties for their roles in a cryptocurrency and precious-metals investment fraud. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced on October 30 that the court entered a

Korea Zinc, Hankook Financial Group, and JB Financial Group initiated demand forecasting for corporate bonds and subordinated capital securities totaling 500 billion won on October 1, according to investment banks and bond industry sources.

Constellation Energy Corp. (CEG) announced late Wednesday a 20-year power purchase agreement with Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) to add 190 megawatts of nuclear capacity at Calvert Cliffs, Maryland. The deal enables more than $3 billion in infrastructure investment and covers 690 MW of total power,

Samsung Securities forecasts Hyundai Mobis will achieve 1 trillion won in Q4 operating profit, driven by electronic systems division growth and the lamp business sale announced on the 30th. Analyst Lim Eun-young stated on the 1st that Hyundai Mobis is transforming into a technology company through c

Gold and silver prices declined recently as global high interest rates strengthened, with international gold futures trading around $4,200 per ounce after reaching $4,700 per ounce in the recent period. The decline followed the US 10-year Treasury yield exceeding 5.2%, reflecting the inverse

The yen fell to the mid-157 per dollar range at the Tokyo foreign exchange market open on October 1st, driven by rising US long-term interest rates amid a resilient US economy. At 8:30 AM Tokyo time, the yen traded at 157.38-157.40 per dollar, down 0.48 yen from 5:00 PM the previous day. The

Hedera highlighted discussions on agentic commerce at an AI Conference in San Francisco. Lindsay Walker's session attracted significant attention from companies exploring how AI agents can automate work and facilitate value transfer. The growing interest in AI integration in e-commerce suggests a

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a series of no-action letters providing public companies and investment funds with certainty to offer flexible voting options for retail investors. The move aims to enhance retail investor participation in shareholder voting and corporate

Twelve domestic and international institutions surveyed between September 14 and 22 forecast that non-ferrous metal prices including gold, silver, nickel, and aluminum will rise in Q4 2026 after declining in September, according to Yonhap Infomax's raw materials consensus survey. Gold is projected t

South Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman Lee Eok-won on 1일 ordered financial regulators to implement timely market stabilization measures if market instability spreads, citing concerns over recent rises in market interest rates. Lee made the directive during a financial market

Thirteen domestic and international institutions surveyed by Yonhap Infomax between September 14 and 22, 2026, forecast that international oil prices will average above $80 per barrel in Q4 2026 due to ongoing supply shortages from refinery production disruptions and delays in normalizing

D3, a global domain infrastructure company, is building a domain tokenization platform called DomainFi that enables trading, fractional ownership, and collateralized lending of traditional web domains on blockchain networks, according to Michael Ho, the company's co-founder and Chief Business

US President Donald Trump announced on 30일(현지시간) that the last American troops have left Iraq, marking the first complete withdrawal since the 2003 Iraq War began 23 years ago. Trump called the withdrawal a victory for both the United

DogeOS launched a public testnet on October 30 to bring Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible smart contracts to the Dogecoin ecosystem, The Block reported. The testnet is built on a zero-knowledge rollup architecture and allows transaction fees to be paid in DOGE. DogeOS targets applications

Hana Securities issued $300 million in US dollar-denominated subordinated capital securities on the 30th of last month, becoming the first domestic securities firm in South Korea to complete such a transaction, the company announced on the 1st. The issuance attracted $1.7 billion in orders from