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Hong Kong Telecom (HKT, stock code 06823) announced the launch of HKT.AI, a self-developed integrated AI platform designed to provide enterprises and individual customers access to multiple global AI resources through a single, user-friendly interface. The platform aims to accelerate AI adoption in

KOSPI fell 682.59 points (10.10%) to 6,073.16 as of 1:10 PM, threatening to break below the 6,000 level after plunging over 10% intraday. The sharp decline resulted from accumulated negative factors including concerns over semiconductor leaders' earnings slowdown and US Treasury yield pressures.

Strategy Inc. Executive Chairman Michael Saylor announced on July 27 that future repurchases of the company's Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (STRC) may be funded through either bitcoin sales or MSTR stock sales, depending on market conditions. The financing choice

WealthCraft Capital, Inc. (OTC PINK: WCCP) announced that XLabs has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a portfolio of intellectual property covering an untethered, multi-shot electric shock projectile engineered for law enforcement, military, homeland security, correctional, and allied g

The USD-KRW exchange rate rose 0.70 won to 1,469.20 won as of 11:09 AM on May 28, compared to the previous Seoul session close of 1,468.50 won. The increase occurred as the KOSPI index plunged and foreign investors dumped stocks. The KOSPI market activated a circuit breaker, temporarily halting

US prediction markets assigned a 71.2% probability to the Federal Reserve holding interest rates steady in July, according to Polymarket data reported on the 26th. The betting odds marked a sharp shift from the 16th, when the likelihood of a rate hold stood at 96.5% and a 25 basis point hike at

The Trump administration published a final regulation limiting F-visa international students to a maximum 4-year stay in the United States, with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posting the rule in the Federal Register on the 16th. Michael A. Clemens, economics professor at Johns Hopkins

The Zimbabwe Securities and Exchange Commission (SECZ) approved seven fintech projects to enter its regulatory sandbox on July 24, including four projects that directly focus on tokenization. The remaining projects cover blockchain-based financing, crowdfunding, and synthetic trading. These seven approved projects represent an important step for Zimbabwe in digital finance regulation, but SECZ’s regulatory sandbox guidelines clearly state that entering the sandbox mechanism only allows for contr

According to Protos, the agricultural technology startup Cowmed planned a viral marketing campaign: Brazilian rancher João Guilherme Brenner tokenized 10 head of Holstein dairy cows to obtain about $19,700 in credit notes. But the report emphasized that Brenner is the president of the Holstein dairy cattle breeding breeders’ association in Paraná, and that his family has full ownership of more than 360 hectares of land. The background that was overlooked: rancher is the association president and

The Nikkei 225 closed at 64,931 on the 27th after swinging 1,000 points intraday, Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported on the 28th. Korean leveraged semiconductor ETFs tracking Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix at 2x magnification created spillover effects into Japanese semiconductor stocks like Kioxia

On July 27, Anthropic and search engines such as Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo removed relevant content from the search index after a large-scale leak of Claude users’ personal information was exposed; however, the search engines also forgot to remove another AI service’s leaked user data, Perplexity. Oversight after the Claude vulnerability was fixed On July 25, 2026, a Reddit post revealed a Claude search issue, claiming that some indexed conversations included credentials, resumes, company int

Instagram executive Adam Mosseri said in a Stories post recently that the platform is stepping up its efforts to crack down on videos that use smart glasses to secretly record strangers who are being approached in a “pickup” style. Meta confirmed that two accounts, each with more than 1 million followers, were removed for violating the updated harassment policy. The two accounts’ content patterns are similar: they use Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses to approach陌生 women in public and record the entire

According to PiScan, Pi Network will unlock about 775.8 million Pi tokens by the end of 2026; 127.5 million will be unlocked in the next 30 days, worth about $10.5 million, with an average daily unlock of about $3.5 million. A total of 6.17 billion Pi tokens are already locked. Analyst Travladd warned that total unlocks may reach about $505 million by 2029, and about $1.71B over the next 12 months, which could create sell pressure. Technicals show support at $0.07–$0.078; a break below could increase volatility, while a breakout above $0.0834 could help improve conditions. v25, upgraded in July 2026, may ease pressure.

Japanese mystery novelist Keigo Higashino’s official account announced on July 27 that Keigo Higashino passed away on July 23 from colorectal cancer at the age of 68. In 2001, Higashino published the short-story collection 《超讀書機器殺人事件》, which depicts an “automated book-review writing machine” and a hollow industry in which writers no longer need real substance. With the widespread adoption of generative AI technology, this short story—published more than 20 years ago—has recently been discussed a

The Incheon District Police Agency’s anti-corruption and economic crime investigation unit on July 27 searched and seized the residence of former Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok and the office of the General Affairs Department at Incheon City Hall to investigate allegations involving “concealment of crypto assets” during the June 3 local elections. Police seized related devices, including mobile phones and computers. Yoo Jeong-bok and his wife are accused of transferring 21,000 crypto assets they he

Ahead of the FED’s July 29 interest-rate decision, the interest-rate swap market assessed the probability of a rate hike at about 40%, and most traders still favored holding steady. In a report first disclosed by Bloomberg, Citadel Securities’ Chief Macro Strategy Officer, Fleurte, said bluntly: “The market may be underestimating the FED’s hawkish resolve this time. This meeting could be hiding a surprise.” Citadel Securities’ Fleurte’s Three-Tier Logic: Why Moving Early Beats Moving Late Accord

A report by the defector-run 《Daily NK》 says a criminal group made up of former military hackers who have retired from North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau (now the Reconnaissance Intelligence Bureau) was recently discovered to have compromised the internal network systems of the North Korean Central Bank and the Trade Bank. On July 12, North Korea’s National Intelligence Service raided a safehouse in Pyongyang and arrested the mastermind and IT personnel who were laundering money, confis

Reuters reported that on July 23, the European Union passed its 21st round of sanctions against Russia, adding 218 individuals and entities to the list—one of the largest single additions by the EU in nearly four years. Kaja Kallas, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, said this round of sanctions targets 14 crypto asset service platforms (located in Georgia, Panama, the UAE, the Marshall Islands, Kyrgyzstan, and Belarus) with a trading ban. Finance is the core: