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Kakao's stock price dropped 47% over the past year despite CEO Jeong Shin-ah's October 13 shareholder value commitment, falling from 59,800 won to 31,700 won as of the previous trading day. The decline erased 12.4 trillion won in market capitalization, reducing the total from 26.5 trillion won to 14

Kakao CEO Jeong Shin-ah unveiled AI agent services at the if(kakao)26 conference held October 13-14 in Yongin, one year after pledging AI as a growth driver. The company introduced Kanana Space and Canvas to transform KakaoTalk's 50 million user base into an execution-focused AI platform. Jeong's Oc

The US Social Security Administration (SSA) announced on October 14 (local time) a 3.6% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for next year's Social Security benefits, resulting in an average monthly increase of $75 for recipients. The upward adjustment reflects elevated inflation driven by the impact of

Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, raised concerns about September inflation data in an interview with Yahoo Finance on October 14 and signaled the possibility of further monetary tightening. Goolsbee said the September Consumer Price Index was disappointing, with

Bithumb and OK Cashbag launched the Bitcoin Double Rewards service on Oct. 14, enabling users to accumulate Bitcoin through everyday spending at cashback affiliate merchants and via the OK Cashbag app. The partnership allows users to build Bitcoin holdings through routine payment activity without

Korean private equity fund managers adopted sharply divergent strategies following KOSPI's 994.93-point plunge over six consecutive trading days from the 6th to the 14th. The index fell 14.21% during this period, with foreign investors selling 4.544 trillion won on the 13th alone, even as Samsung

Ethereum leads the tokenized ETF market with a market cap of $303 million, according to a report by Token Terminal. BNB Chain ranks second at $192.1 million, followed by Solana at $91.5 million. These three platforms collectively represent approximately 85% of the total tokenized ETF market, which i

BNB Chain achieved $87.7 million growth in its tokenized stock market cap over the past week. This growth reflects increasing investor appetite for tokenized assets in the cryptocurrency sector. The performance positioned BNB Chain ahead

Ondo issued $325.7 million in tokenized ETFs, leading a market valued at $686.5 million total. The company accounts for nearly half of all tokenized ETF issuance, according to data shared by @tokenterminal. This concentration reflects the growing integration of traditional finance with blockchain te

Samsung Biologics' planned large-scale rights offering faces scrutiny after the company's Sangseong Union requested South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) to review disclosure adequacy. The union claims the securities registration statement insufficiently reflects risks from a second

A major player in Russia’s pawnshop market, Neolombard, approached the Bank of Russia with a proposal to accept cryptocurrency as collateral, Izvestia reported, citing the company’s letter to the regulator published on October 14, 2026. The proposal would allow digital asset owners to obtain funds without selling their cryptocurrency while retaining the opportunity to profit from potential price increases. The Essence of the Pawnshop’s Proposal Neolombard proposed accepting cryptocurrency as col

Anthropic presented third-quarter revenue of $16.8 billion during an investor presentation on October 14 at its San Francisco office, marking a 46% increase from $11.5 billion in the second quarter, as the AI startup prepares for a planned initial public offering in November. The company reported

CNBC's Jim Cramer warned on Wednesday that investors exiting the stock market amid volatility could miss the next rally, despite the S&P 500 falling just over 1%, the Nasdaq shedding 1.9%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing slightly lower. Cramer cited uncertainty surrounding inflation, in

Technology stocks declined significantly on Wednesday following a higher-than-expected inflation report that bolstered expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, marking a major pullback in the US Stock Market News sector. The S&P 500 fell 1.11% and the Nasdaq Composite fell 1.88%,

The US dollar strengthened on October 14, with the Dollar Index (DXY) rising to 102.537, up 0.323 points (0.316%) from the previous session, as of 4pm Eastern Time in the New York foreign exchange market. The dollar's appreciation was driven by US September consumer price index (CPI) data

Morgan Stanley's wealth management unit reported more than $116 billion in new client assets connected to IPOs in its latest quarter, the company disclosed Wednesday. The unit's total net new assets reached $232 billion, approximately $150 billion more than the same period a year earlier, driven

GraniteShares has filed for a Cash-Burn Growth ETF that aims to invest in companies exhibiting negative income or cash flow. CryptoTwitter commentator Eric Balchunas highlighted the filing. GraniteShares is known for innovative investment products including ETFs catering to diverse investor

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics announced on October 14 that the consumer price index rose 0.6% from a month earlier and 3.7% from a year earlier in September, exceeding Dow Jones estimates of 3.6% for headline CPI. The gasoline price index jumped 9.1% from the previous month, accounting for

Deepwater Asset Management's Gene Munster and Doug Clinton stated on Wednesday that Meta's Muse personal AI agent poses a more significant long-term risk to Alphabet Inc.'s Google than OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot. The analysts explained that conversational tools like ChatGPT primarily field questions s

US Stock Market News shows the 10-year Treasury yield fell on Wednesday after jumping earlier in the day as traders awaited more inflation data due out Thursday (Oct 17, 2026). The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note — which influences mortgages, auto loans and credit card debt — slid more