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SpaceXSI, the AI company founded by Elon Musk, announced on X on Oct. 15 that it had launched Grok Voice 3.0, which it calls “the world’s smartest voice-to-voice model.” Its key selling points are strong performance in customer service calls, response latency of under 1 second, and lower costs than other frontier models. According to Artificial Analysis testing, the model scored 86.9 on the Voice-to-Voice Overall Index. Artificial Analysis Voice Index: 86.9 Points, Ranked First According to the

South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) postponed its domestic stock investment rebalancing rules until the end of June, triggering debate over the fund's operational principles during a parliamentary audit. The decision came as foreign investors net sold 189.9 trillion won in the KOSPI

Google’s official X account announced “Gemini 4 Argon is here” on October 15 and released 5 hands-on examples created by the Google team, showcasing the flagship model’s multimodal code-generation capabilities; Argon was previously available only to cybersecurity partners and is now fully available to developers, enterprises, and paid subscribers. Google’s 5 Official Argon Examples: Fourier Animation and a 3D Horror Game The 5 examples posted by Google on an X thread cover various areas, includi

Rakuten Wallet, the digital asset exchange operated by Japan's Rakuten Group, launched a unified trading app on the 14th that consolidates spot trading and margin trading into a single platform. The company released the Android version of the new 'Rakuten Wallet' app, with the iOS version

The hacker and leaker Cyberleek, known as “Onion Bro” in Chinese-speaking communities, has once again pressured Rockstar Games (R Star) and its parent company, Take-Two Interactive, claiming that once the meme coin $CYBERLEEK he issued reaches a marketcap of $30 million, he will release a version of 《GTA 6》 containing the complete story mode through the end credits before its official release date. Onion Bro’s Specific Demands and Meme Coin Marketcap Target: $30 Million for the Complete Story Ac

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected South Korea's GDP gap will turn positive to +0.548% in 2024, according to its October World Economic Outlook (WEO) database released this week. The forecast marks a sharp reversal from the IMF's November 2023 projection of -1.0% for 2024, driven by a s

According to a post by Elon Musk on X on October 14, he praised Micron for being “reasonable” regarding future memory prices and criticized other suppliers for “extortionate” pricing, saying that “today's customers won't forget” and that Micron's move would benefit long-term customer loyalty. Elon Musk did not identify who “others” were; Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron are the world's three largest DRAM and HBM manufacturers. Elon Musk: Micron's reasonable pricing promotes loyalty; criticizes othe

Seoul forex dealers assessed USD-KRW exchange rate movement on October 15 following US September CPI data that exceeded market expectations. The US September CPI rose 3.7% year-over-year while core CPI increased 2.6%, both surpassing forecasts released overnight. Dealers interpreted the data as

Gambling platform Gamdom suffered a cross-chain attack on Oct. 15. According to on-chain tracking account vxdb (@vxdb), citing Arkham data, funds were stolen across multiple chains, totaling approximately $4.2 million. However, the Gamdom founder stated in an official announcement that the actual loss from the hot wallet vulnerability was “slightly over $3 million,” while the remaining hot wallet funds were promptly transferred to cold wallets for safekeeping. Breakdown of Funds Stolen Across Ch

According to an official Binance announcement, Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, will completely discontinue Binance Pool and related mining services on November 10, ending its mining pool operations, which launched on April 27, 2020, after more than six years. As of the end of 2025, Binance Pool had a hashrate of approximately 26 EH/s, and the hashrate directed to its mining pool will need to be reallocated to other service providers. Shutdown Schedule: Historical Data to Be

Bitcoin (BTC) continued its gradual decline, trading at around $81,620 on Oct. 15. The European Banking Authority designated USDC as the first significant electronic money token under MiCA. The US seized 112 servers and shut down 241 websites linked to investment scams targeting Russian-speaking Americans. The network had stolen tens of millions of dollars. Macro Events & Crypto Hotspots 1、According to the European Banking Authority (EBA) website, the EBA designated USDC, issued by Circle Intern

ImmunityBio (IBRX) secured expanded FDA approval for its immunotherapy drug Anktiva on Wednesday, covering adults with BCG-unresponsive non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer who have papillary-only tumors, yet shares remain on track for a 6% weekly decline. The approval arrived nearly three months

KOSPI plunged 7.23% to 5,574.11 as of 10:12 AM on October 15, falling below the 5,600 level for the first time since July 30 and extending losses to the 5,500 range during intraday trading. The decline was driven by a bond default crisis at US AI cloud services firm CoreWeave and

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang emphasized that the United States and China must cooperate for the safe development of artificial intelligence during an event in London on the 14th (local time). Huang stated the technology is "powerful and potentially dangerous," necessitating international collaboration.

Multiple Korean securities firms are forecasting the USD-KRW exchange rate could fall into the 1,200 range, driven by robust economic growth and record semiconductor exports. Samsung Securities and Yuanta Securities previously predicted entry into the 1,200 range, while Daishin Securities, DB Securi

0xfluid has reached a $237 million market size on Arbitrum, with $104 million in total borrowed funds confirmed according to an official announcement. The expansion reflects growing demand for liquidity solutions on the Ethereum layer-2 network. Arbitrum serves as a scaling solution designed to

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) recently released an investigative report confirming that nine banks under its supervision implemented policies between 2020 and September 2025 that effectively deprived the cryptocurrency industry of banking services. This was dubbed “Operation Chokepoint 2.0,” and the banks involved included the largest institutions by AUM, such as JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citibank, and Wells Fargo. Key Findings of the OCC Report: Nine Major Banks Implement