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US investment media Motley Fool identified SK Hynix as the preferred AI memory semiconductor stock over Micron Technology on the 18th (local time), citing the company's dominant position in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market, technological leadership, and diversified customer base. The

Mirae Asset Securities is reviewing privately placed money market funds and private bonds for institutional investors, targeting a first-quarter 2027 launch for its first tokenized financial products, Digital Asset reported on October 19. The South Korean brokerage's initial lineup is expected to fo

Nine US-listed companies formally objected to tokenized versions of their shares being offered on OKXICE, according to a public notice dated October 15, 2026. The companies—Cerebras Systems, AppLovin, Applied Digital, Rocket Lab, CoreWeave, Verizon Communications, Applied Optoelectronics, Broadcom a

MARA Holdings, the world's largest publicly traded Bitcoin miner, transferred 1,000 BTC to crypto exchanges Binance and Gate over five days ending Oct. 19, according to blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain. The transfers, worth approximately $82.8 million, have fueled speculation that the

Rocket Lab (RKLB) stocks suffered their worst week on record, plunging over 25% as Ligado Networks filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) challenging the competitive benefits of Rocket Lab's proposed $8 billion acquisition of Iridium Communications. The letter, submitted

Boost Mobile founder and MobileX CEO Peter Adderton said over the weekend he is buying AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) stock around $40, while also floating a thesis that telecom giants could eventually acquire the satellite company as a counterweight to SpaceX. Adderton's position shifted after Deutsche

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