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The KOSDAQ index broke through the 900-point level during trading on October 2, reaching an intraday high of 903.49 points before closing at 893.29 points. The index has gained 13.0% from its September low of 790.21 points, driven by a valuation rerating of small-cap stocks and strengthening

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the top 185 holders of the TRUMP meme coin will attend a gala dinner with him on Nov. 22 at Trump National, his Virginia golf club. The event follows the Clarity Act's Sept. 15 Senate procedural vote failure, where restrictions on Trump's crypto

Solana generated $1.09 million in fees over the past 24 hours, according to data from DefiLlama cited in a WuBlockchain report. This performance came as 71% of tracked blockchains generated zero fees during the same period, with 514 of 558 blockchains earning less than $1,000. The fee generation

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned in a new ESRB speech that AI-related risks in trading, cybersecurity and geopolitics could begin reinforcing one another across euro-area financial markets. Nearly nine in ten significant euro-area banks already use generative AI, while

Bitfinex transferred 20,000 ETH to Aave in a transaction worth approximately $53 million, according to @whale_alert. The transfer represents a significant movement within the Ethereum network's decentralized finance sector. Aave is a DeFi platform that facilitates lending and borrowing of digital

G7 leaders announced a 100-million-barrel emergency oil release starting immediately. The coordinated intervention runs four months, with diesel supplies frontloaded into the first 20 days, addressing shortages that pushed Brent crude

Elon Musk's Grok AI projects Bitcoin could reach between $150,000 and $180,000 by January 1, 2027, with the cryptocurrency trading around $84,500 on October 3. The AI system's prediction is based on a potential full-blown bull market scenario over the next three months. ETF flows support the

XRPL developers released xrpld 3.4.1 on Sept. 25 as an emergency update addressing security-sensitive issues. The official release notes state the new fixBatchV1_2 amendment has reached validator supermajority support and is expected to activate on Oct. 9 if that backing remains above the required t

Circle submitted a proposal to the European Commission on Oct. 1 to overhaul EU stablecoin reserve rules. The USDC and EURC issuer requested replacing mandatory bank-deposit allocations with a liquidity-based standard, arguing that fixed deposit minimums expose issuers to credit and counterparty

Tokenized stocks linked to U.S. equities saw more than 70% of their trading volume occur outside regular U.S. market hours, according to data from crypto analytics firm Kaiko. Kaiko reported on October 3 that 71% of tokenized stock trading volume on Uniswap in September took place outside regular U.

Ethereum launched zkAPI and Base rolled out the Cobalt upgrade, as reported by CryptoTwitter commentator @WuBlockchain. The zkAPI aims to streamline blockchain interactions with a focus on privacy and scalability for decentralized applications, while the Cobalt upgrade optimizes transaction

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) are preparing for the potential failure of the Clarity Act, according to Nate Geraci. The SEC recently approved 3x leveraged Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs), marking a development in

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose above 5.3% on Sept. 30, reaching its highest level in 24 years since May 2002, as concerns over stubborn inflation drove rates higher. The benchmark yield climbed 1.281 percentage points over approximately seven months, from 3.962% on Feb. 27 to 5.243% as of

Futurum Group CEO Daniel Newman stated in an X post that AI agents currently use AI 5x more than humans, with that ratio projected to reach 10x and beyond. Data from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) based on OpenRouter figures shows agents at 7.3 trillion tokens versus humans' 1.4 trillion as of August, s

Ripple has listed 'the first year of a spot XRP ETF' among core topics for the Institutional track at its Swell 2026 conference, alongside bank-grade digital-asset infrastructure and AI's role in moving money. The inclusion reflects how spot ETFs have moved XRP from OTC desks into a broader

US stocks experienced sharp divergence in September as AI and data center stocks rallied while approximately 80% of S&P 500 constituents declined, according to Wall Street Journal analysis published October 2. The Nasdaq 100 index rose 3% during the month even as the average S&P 500 stock fell 5%, d

BNY is in discussions with Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, about a broad digital-asset infrastructure partnership, CoinDesk reported on Oct. 2 citing multiple sources. The talks center on cooperation across digital-asset products, custody, asset management, trading, pa

ARK surged 10.03% within the last hour, now trading at $0.2403 after moving from $0.2184. The price increase reflects strong trader response amid a broader sentiment shift within the crypto market, where momentum has varied across major assets. This uptick coincides with mixed signals across the cry

AUDIO rallied 10.12% in 60 minutes, reaching a current price of $0.0186. The surge reflected heightened trading activity, with 24-hour volume exceeding $2.2 million. The rally occurred amid mixed signals in the broader cryptocurrency market. AUDIO Price Movement Details AUDIO started the hour