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The Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) established specific penalty standards for financial investment firms that violate investment advertising regulations, according to an announcement made recently. The new framework classifies violations into four severity tiers and imposes fines

South Korea's National Pension Service saw the value of its holdings in major listed companies decline by 182.4 trillion won ($131.6 billion) as of October 15, according to data compiled by financial information provider FnGuide and cited by Bloomberg on October 19. The decline, from 515.93 trillion

Korean capital companies should expand their residual value risk assessment capabilities from auto finance into future industry assets such as GPUs and electric vehicles, according to proposals presented at an industry forum on the 19th. Yoon Jong-moon, director of the Credit Finance Research

Circle Chief Business Officer Kash Razzaghi publicly disclosed Circle’s first-half revenue structure on its official blog on October 16: total revenue was approximately $1.4 billion, of which approximately $819 million was paid to distribution partners that bring USDC to wallets, exchanges, banks, fintech companies, and payment networks, while approximately $473 million was used for operating costs such as licensing and compliance. Razzaghi’s Blog: How Circle Allocates Every $1 of Revenue Accord

NVIDIA’s team behind its first Vera CPU, designed specifically for AI agents, said in a recent exclusive interview with Wccftech that the chiplet-based, multi-chip approach of “stacking core counts to increase throughput” used in the cloud era is being reversed by the demands of AI agents. Vera has therefore returned to a single-chip design, with all cores placed on the same piece of silicon. Vera offers 3.4TB/s of bidirectional bandwidth, three times that of top-tier x86 chips. The Dilemma of C

According to CryptoJobsList data, the cryptocurrency industry's employment market accelerated its recovery in September 2026, with 1,241 new positions added during the month, while the number of applicants fell from 26,728 to 19,605 over the same period. This apparent contradiction reflects a fundamental shift in the industry's hiring structure: AI/ML became the largest job category in September, accounting for 15.9% of positions, while compliance and legal positions increased 40% quarter over q

Vitalik Buterin argues that Ethereum's Virtual Machine (EVM) and precompiles are not the optimal place for cryptographic support. He advocates for a shift towards client-side computations using STARK proofs, with results processed through the EIP-8288 recursive aggregation mechanism. This approach a

Algorand processed more than 2.7 million transactions signed using post-quantum cryptography on its mainnet. The milestone follows the introduction of native Falcon-1024 accounts in August 2026, which enabled users to authorize blockchain transactions using digital signatures designed to withstand a

Berkshire Hathaway stocks rebounded to approach record highs after a period of decline following Warren Buffett's CEO resignation announcement. Class A shares closed at $798,000 last weekend, positioning 1.4% below the all-time high of $809,350, while Class B shares closed at $532.02,

Mt. Gox's bankruptcy trustee extended the creditor repayment deadline to Oct. 31, 2027, according to a notice dated October 16. The previous target was Oct. 31, 2026. The trustee cited practical conditions needed to complete repayments as the reason for the adjustment, which was approved by the

Pendle announced that it holds 25% of all STRCx, described as the largest tokenized equity in decentralized finance. The announcement highlights Pendle's position in the Real World Asset yield trading market, where STRCx has been actively traded since August. This holding reflects a broader shift in

The USD-KRW exchange rate reversed to decline on the 19th despite global risk-off sentiment, driven by dollar selling from foreign banks and offer dominance in the late MAR (Market After Regular hours) market. As of 11:16 AM, the rate traded at 1,330.40 won, down 1.00 won from the previous Seoul

Fannie Mae stocks fell 23% and Freddie Mac stocks dropped 21% over a 3-trading-day period, signaling potential US housing market crisis, according to Peter Schiff, Chief Economist at Euro Pacific Asset Management, in a Benzinga report on the 18th. Both companies, which purchase mortgage loans from

UBS concluded that potential further downgrades to France's sovereign credit rating would have limited impact on the European Union's credit rating, according to analysis published May 18 (local time) reported by Investing.com. The assessment comes ahead of Moody's scheduled review of France's credi

South Korean government bond yields rose on the morning of October 19, with the 3-year benchmark yield climbing 1.6 basis points to 3.851% and the 10-year yield advancing 0.9 basis points to 4.174% as of 10:57 AM. The upward movement followed a partial recovery in semiconductor stocks and rising int

Lee Chan-jin, governor of South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service, pledged to verify cooperation between blockchain company Vitoz and domestic financial institutions during an Oct. 19 parliamentary audit by the National Assembly's Political Affairs Committee in Seoul. Democratic Party lawmaker

Strategy Chairman Michael Saylor said Bitcoin is re-entering a bull market, according to a Wu Blockchain report on October 19. Saylor stated in a recent interview that the Bitcoin market has regained bullish momentum, with banks' expansion of Bitcoin custody and collateralized lending services

As of Oct. 19, XRP was priced at $1.29, down 8.7% over seven days and 13.7% over two weeks; returning to $1.50 would require a rise of approximately 16.3%. XRP ETFs recorded their first net outflow since July that week, with total net assets falling from $1.77 billion on Sept. 25 to $1.47 billion, mainly reflecting the decline in XRP’s price rather than large-scale redemptions. XRP Priced at $1.29, Down 8.7% Over Seven Days According to market data, as of the evening of Oct. 17, 2026, XRP was pr

The Pi Network core team announced through its official X account on October 18 that it will hold the first Pi Ecosystem Summit from November 17 to 19. The three-day online event will focus on developer platform updates, tool demonstrations, application showcases, and direct discussions between developers and the core team. Details of a new upcoming hackathon will also be announced during the event, while the prize amount and competition rules have not yet been disclosed. Five Key Agenda Items f

The Qubic blockchain announced on October 18 that it had frozen the mainnet. Attackers exploited a vulnerability in JavaScript’s Math.random() function, which uses ordinary pseudorandom numbers rather than a cryptographically secure random source when generating wallet seeds, stealing approximately $1.4 million from more than 1,400 accounts. Of the stolen funds, 87.1% remains frozen on-chain, while the remaining 12.9% was transferred to an exchange and frozen within approximately one hour. Root