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The joint venture OKXICE, equally owned by crypto exchange OKX and Intercontinental Exchange Group (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, officially opposed the tokenization of the shares of nine U.S.-listed companies less than two weeks after notifying the SEC of its tokenized U.S. stock plan on October 4. Nasdaq announced that it would not allow its own stock, NDAQ, to be tokenized under the SEC’s innovation exemption framework. OKXICE Notifies the SEC of Its Plan; Nine U.S.

Three bank dealers forecast the USD-KRW exchange rate will rise into the 1,330 range on May 19, following a sharp drop to the 1,320s on the night of May 16 that marked a two-year low. Dealers cite heightened credit risk

William Blair energy research analyst Neil Dingmann stated the possibility of an oil price super spike, with West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude recently trading near $100 per barrel and Brent crude near $110. The forecast aligns with comments from multiple major company CEOs regarding elevated pric

US Stock Market News showed mixed signals on Sunday evening local time, as Wall Street futures traded higher after technology-heavy indices, particularly the Nasdaq, recorded their steepest weekly losses since June. This recovery attempt reflects renewed buying interest following a volatile

Hunter Biden stated on “The Wolf of Wall Street” podcast, which aired last week, that the crypto industry remains “constrained by” Trump, while defending his Laptop meme coin and rejecting accusations of hypocrisy. Biden estimated that the Laptop Token’s launch encountered setbacks mainly because Coinbase canceled its planned listing amid strong social media opposition during the 48-hour announcement period, resulting in insufficient liquidity when the token launched. Launch Motivation and Desig

Bitcoin (BTC) continued its recovery toward $82,500 on Oct. 19, which was also the 39th anniversary of Black Monday in 1987. The S&P 500 closed down 1.09% at 7,659.44 points last Friday. During a phone call with Trump, Putin proposed holding a trilateral summit to discuss the Ukraine conflict, tentatively during the APEC summit in Shenzhen in November; the U.S. has not formally accepted the proposal. Bitcoin Rebounds from a Low of $80,750 According to TradingView charts, after breaking above $81

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service is expanding the business scope of second-tier financial institutions and strengthening capital requirements through multiple regulatory reforms submitted to the National Assembly's Political Affairs Committee on October 19. The FSS is broadening savings b

Lee Chan-jin, Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), announced at a National Assembly Policy Committee audit on the 19th that the regulator will strengthen institutional safeguards and induce financial companies to enhance their own security capabilities following a series of

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) announced enforcement plans on October 19 through materials submitted for parliamentary audit. The regulator will implement a one-stop system for rapidly transferring unfair trading cases from investigation to prosecution and significantly reduce aud

Korea Investment & Trust announced on the 19th the launch of the 'ACE US CPU Semiconductor TOP3+' ETF on the 20th, targeting central processing unit (CPU) manufacturers as the next beneficiary sector in the artificial intelligence (AI) era. The ETF allocates 25% each to Intel, AMD, and ARM — three l

Dunamu, the operator of Upbit, announced on the 19th that it will host 'Upclass Campus,' a digital asset education program for university students and young adults, at KAIST, Sookmyung Women's University, and Ewha Womans University in November. The program aims to support digital asset

Hyperliquid Labs CEO Jeff Yan addressed the complexities of entering the US market during a Bloomberg podcast on October 15, 2026. Yan stated that Americans using a VPN to access Hyperliquid would violate the platform's terms of service and called for improved understanding of on-chain technology

South Korea's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Lee Hyung-il stated on October 16 (local time) that recent dollar-won exchange rate movements represent "a process of finding economic fundamentals," emphasizing that the Korea-US currency swap is necessary as a safety net for t

South Korean Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Lee Hyung-il projected on October 16 (local time) that Korea's economy could achieve a growth rate of 3.4 to 3.6 percent this year, significantly exceeding the government's previous 3.0 percent forecast. The upgraded outlook is d

Wall Street investors are questioning whether artificial intelligence infrastructure investments will generate returns proportional to their massive scale. AI cloud company CoreWeave, backed by Nvidia, recently experienced simultaneous declines in stock price and corporate

South Korean Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lee Hyung-il stated on the 16th (local time) in Bangkok that the government is considering additional capital gains tax reductions for landlords who sell rental apartments in adjustment areas to public sector entities such as Korea Land and

Korean stocks experienced a sharp decline last week, with the KOSPI index falling 14.5% as foreign investors sold a net 11.2 trillion won, according to a Meritz Securities report released on the 19th. During the

Woori Financial Group Chairman Lim Jong-ryong instructed Woori Investment & Securities CEO Nam Ki-cheon during an August subsidiary CEO meeting to deliver results by the third quarter, according to financial sector sources on the 19th. The directive follows a 1 trillion won capital increase

Layer-1 blockchain Qubic halted operations Sunday after an attacker exploited weakly generated wallet seeds to drain approximately $1.4 million from more than 1,400 accounts. The network was paused at tick 85,371,949 following the theft of 2.94 trillion Qubit (QU) tokens. The vulnerability stemmed f