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Kalshi permanently banned George Santos from its platform effective Aug. 28 and imposed a $71,356 penalty, citing six rule violations and finding he profited $17,839.57. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's July 31 order, which Santos settled for $35,069.98 and a three-year trading ban,

Sberbank's Deputy Chairman of the Management Board and CFO Taras Skvortsov said there is no strong demand for the digital ruble among Russians. In his view, interest in the digital currency is being shown primarily by the Central Bank, while market participants, corporate and retail clients, as well as financial institutions, are not showing any activity. Skvortsov believes that, at best, the digital ruble's share will amount to a few tenths of a percent of turnover and will have no significant

South Korea's Ministry of Finance and Economy finalized a revised 2026 tax reform plan at a Cabinet meeting on September 1, maintaining the comprehensive real estate tax basic deduction for non-resident single homeowners at 12 billion won and the tax burden cap at 150%. The adjustments followed

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules on August 31 allowing licensed intermediaries to offer retail investors—including high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth investors—eligible digital asset derivatives traded on overseas exchanges. Under the proposal, eligible products must be similar to digital asset derivatives permitted in Thailand in terms of underlying assets, expiration dates, leverage ratios, delivery methods, and settlement structures, and the overseas

Apple accused OpenAI of destroying evidence in its trade secret lawsuit, according to a court filing Monday reported by Bloomberg. The iPhone maker alleged that former Apple engineer Chang Liu downloaded a confidential circuit schematic after joining OpenAI and used it in his work at the AI

According to The Information, OpenAI has purchased tens of thousands of Mac mini and Mac Studio units, primarily for reinforcement learning; Anthropic, meanwhile, rents Mac mini computing capacity through Amazon Web Services (AWS) to perform similar work. Large-scale purchases by the two AI companies have tightened global supplies of high-spec Mac mini and Mac Studio models. OpenAI Purchases Tens of Thousands of Mac mini and Mac Studio Units According to The Information, the main buyers and proc

According to CoinDesk, citing Arkham on Aug. 31, wallets linked to the North Korean state-sponsored hacking organization Lazarus Group sold more than $30 million worth of Bitcoin on the decentralized perpetual futures platform Hyperliquid over the past three weeks. The proceeds were converted into Ethereum and SOL before being transferred to centralized exchanges including Kraken, LBank, and KuCoin. Lazarus Group Sold More Than $30 Million Worth of Bitcoin in Three Weeks According to a CoinDesk

South Korea announced 222.8 trillion won in government bond issuance for next year, down 2.9 trillion won from this year's 225.7 trillion won. The cabinet approved the 2027 budget plan on September 1. The net increase will be 96.3 trillion won, a reduction of 13.1 trillion won from this year. The

SK Hynix strengthened its treasury management capabilities this year as the company's asset scale expanded to asset management firm levels amid a semiconductor industry boom. The South Korean chipmaker increased hiring of fund management professionals and diversified its investment portfolio

MIT President Sally Kornbluth issued a public letter to the entire university on August 25, 2026, defining generative AI’s impact on higher education as a “watershed moment.” Echoing the phrasing of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, she declared that MIT would safeguard residential education that is “of humans, by humans.” On the same day, an MIT special committee released its 40-page final report, revealing that some faculty members said at a faculty hearing that they were considering replacing und

XEM cryptocurrency rose 11.90% in 30 minutes, reaching a price of $0.000593. The rapid increase occurred amid what traders describe as a sentiment shift in the market, though no specific catalyst has been confirmed for the uptick. The cryptocurrency is currently trading with a market cap of $5,325,7

Ireland’s Department of Finance released a roadmap on September 1 announcing a new tax-advantaged investment account. The account will allow Irish residents to invest in stocks, bonds, ETFs (exchange-traded funds), and other investment funds, but it will exclude crypto assets and derivatives, which the government classifies as “highly complex and extremely high-risk” products. The account is expected to become available to Irish residents in 2027, although the specific launch date has not yet be