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Mirae Asset Securities Hong Kong branch launched the MAPS global investment platform on June 26, marking the first time a Korean securities firm has directly targeted retail investors and high-net-worth individuals in the Hong Kong market. Anthony Chan, Director and Head of Investment Consulting

China's Ministry of State Security published a warning on its WeChat account on 28 September linking cryptocurrency to money laundering, ransomware attacks, and foreign espionage operations. The ministry stated that foreign intelligence agencies send spy funds in crypto and tell recruits the

OpenAI disclosed additional incidents involving Australian government-linked systems on Friday, including NSW bushfire data and other public-sector platforms discovered on Tuesday, 29 September. The company is spending more than US$500,000 daily reviewing approximately 50 petabytes of records to inv

Bitcoin spot trading volume has gradually recovered since hitting a low in July, according to an analysis by CryptoQuant contributor Darkfost published on October 5. As Bitcoin formed a bottom in July, spot trading volume fell to its lowest level since the previous bear market, with market

Small and mid-sized capital firms in Korea are facing sharply higher funding costs as new bond issuance rates reach around 6%, compared to the 3-4% rates at which they previously raised funds. The surge follows global bond rate increases and affects a capital bond market that has grown to 161.4

Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Rashad al-Alimi declared the start of military operations to reclaim territory from Houthi rebels on the 4th (local time) in a televised address. The operation, backed by the United States and Saudi Arabia, aims to restore government authority

Bitcoin traded at US$86,682 (AU$124,739) following a 3.6% weekly gain and 2.2% daily increase, while Ethereum gained 2.6% weekly and XRP rose 1% over the same period. September marked the first time a positive August was followed by a positive September for Bitcoin, breaking a long-standing

Ethereum surged 70% in the third quarter from July 6 to Sept. 30, outpacing Bitcoin's 42% gain during the same period, but exchange order-book liquidity contracted sharply compared to the prior year, according to a CoinGecko report cited by CoinDesk on October 5. The cryptocurrency's median daily

JP Morgan selected American Express, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Liberty Energy as its top stock picks for October, according to CNBC reporting on October 4. The investment bank updated its overweight-rated stocks across value, growth, dividend yield, and short-selling strategies, mixing

President Donald Trump on Sunday named Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as his AI czar and chairman of the newly created Super Intelligence Force, a group charged with coordinating the federal

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded $241 million in net inflows during the week from Sept. 28 to Oct. 2, according to Wu Blockchain on Oct. 5. This marked the third consecutive week of net inflows for spot Bitcoin ETFs, as institutional money continued to flow into the products. The

South Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC) will announce next month detailed regulations expanding the minimum trading unit for single-stock leveraged ETFs to 20 shares, with a solution for investors holding fractional shares below that threshold. The policy, originally introduced in July

ImmunityBio, Inc. (IBRX) stocks logged their best week in over seven months, with shares jumping 11% on Friday and closing the week up 22%. The Department of Health and Human Services announced Michael Caputo's appointment to U.S. President Donald Trump's Cancer Panel on Sunday, fueling weekend

Bitcoin's network hashrate reached a 14-week high on October 3, climbing to 984,064,090 TH/s according to Mempool.space data. The 7-day moving average increased by approximately 68,219,569 TH/s from the prior week, marking the largest weekly gain since June 29. The surge reflects heightened mining d

Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida said in a speech reported by Bloomberg on October 5 that a surge in demand driven by expanding artificial intelligence investment represents a large positive demand shock that is pushing up prices and long-term interest rates. Uchida stated that AI

Payward, the parent company of Kraken, has formed a strategic partnership with Singapore Gulf Bank (SGB), a fully licensed digital bank regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain. The collaboration integrates SGB's real-time, multi-currency clearing network to provide institutional clients in Asia

Bitcoin stabilized in the mid-$80,000 range as of 11am on the 5th, trading at $86,592 according to CoinMarketCap. The cryptocurrency rose 2.22% in 24 hours and 6.33% over the past month, maintaining momentum despite typical September weakness. Strategy, the world's largest corporate Bitcoin

Bitcoin traded at $86,592 as of 11 AM on the 5th, according to global crypto data platform CoinMarketCap. The cryptocurrency gained 2.22% over 24 hours, 2.08% over the past week, and 6.33% over the past month. The monthly rise came after oil prices declined and US August Personal Consumption

Zcash activated its NU7 network upgrade on testnet on Oct. 4 at 18:21:45 UTC, moving planned protocol changes into live testing approximately one month before its targeted mainnet rollout. According to Zcash testnet block explorer ZecBlock, block 4,465,026—NU7's scheduled activation point—was

Shares of Nvidia Corp. (NVDA), Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (HPE), and CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (CRWD) jumped to annual highs last week, with NVDA stock closing more than 1% higher on Friday at an all-time high of $237.88, HPE stock surging more than 7% to a 52-week high of $70.29, and CRWD stock