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MoonPay, a global digital asset payment infrastructure company, announced partnerships with KB Financial Group, Kakao Bank, and Woori Bank on the 29th. The collaborations will cover on/off-ramp services, wallet solutions, stablecoin issuance and distribution, overseas remittance, and cross-border pa

The European Securities and Markets Authority published its 2027 Annual Work Programme on 28 September, outlining priorities for crypto-asset service provider oversight as the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation shifts from rulemaking to active supervision. Chair Verena Ross told the European

The 15th round of the 2026 F1 season, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, concluded at the Baku City Circuit. Starting from pole, George Russell won by a narrow margin of 0.196 seconds after two safety car periods, securing his third win of the season and eighth of his career, while also cutting his deficit to teammate Kimi Antonelli in the Drivers’ Championship from 81 points to 66. However, Gate’s F1 Drivers’ Championship Event Market shows that Antonelli’s implied probability remains as high as 91%, w

Korea Exchange's value-up program has driven 756 companies to disclose corporate value enhancement plans since its May 2024 launch, representing 83.4% of total market capitalization, according to Kim Jung-young, Executive Director of Korea Exchange's Management Support Division, speaking on May 29 a

MBK Partners Chairman Kim Byung-joo is repaying ₩76.4 billion in loans related to Homeplus restructuring using personal funds, according to investment banking industry sources on the 29th. The repayment, which started in August, includes ₩60 billion in principal and interest from Curious Partners an

Oracle is integrating its Oracle Banking Digital Assets platform with Swift's blockchain-based shared ledger to enable banks to transfer tokenized commercial-bank deposits across institutional boundaries. The integration addresses a central challenge in tokenized banking: deposits issued on one bank

Major Wall Street bond managers are divided on investment strategy after US 10-year Treasury yields reached 5.241% on the 28th (local time), the highest level since June 2007, according to the Wall Street Journal on the 29th. BlackRock and PIMCO executives view current conditions as a prime

Korean financial authorities are pursuing a tax deduction proposal for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) investing in lower-segment KOSDAQ companies, according to the financial investment industry on the 29th. The measure aims to mitigate investment concentration in upper-segment blue-chip stocks

Lotte Insurance's public sale has been postponed to mid-October from the originally planned end of September announcement. JKL Partners, the majority shareholder, and sale advisor Samjong KPMG are coordinating the revised timeline to maximize the pool of potential buyers before launching the

Jung Pil-seung, a partner at Edaily ON, provided an October stock market outlook emphasizing that semiconductor earnings and major macro indicators will influence market flow, while investors need to prepare for volatility driven by key scheduled events. Jung explained that the first week of October

Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) announced a pilot project on September 29 focused on utilizing stablecoins for fund settlements in trade transactions. The initiative is part of the FinTech Proof of Concept Hub and the Payment Improvement Project (PIP), aiming to enhance payment systems

Kakao Pay Securities and Ondo Finance signed a memorandum of understanding on the 28th to establish an overseas distribution system for Korean listed stocks through tokenization infrastructure. The agreement aims to increase overseas individual investor access by connecting domestic stock trading in

South Korean financial authorities ordered securities firms to tighten leverage and credit financing controls on the 29th, following a surge in investor debt-funded stock purchases. Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) Governor Lee Chan-jin convened chief executives from 23 securities companies and i

SK Hynix stocks fell 5% on May 28, extending a three-month decline that has erased over 40% of the stock's value since its intraday peak of 2,987,000 won on June 25. As of May 29 at 1:23 PM local time, shares traded at 1,752,000 won, down 0.90% from the previous close. The decline accelerated

Stablecoin issuer Tether froze nearly $550 million in Iran-linked USDT during 2026, working closely with international law enforcement on sanctions enforcement. The company disclosed the figure on Monday as Democratic investigators on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released a re

JP Morgan announced an Overweight investment stance on Korean stocks for a 6-12 month horizon at the Korea Premium Weeks 2026 event on May 29 in Seoul. Mixo Das, JP Morgan's Korea equity strategy head, stated the firm remains bullish on AI capital expenditure and expects Korea to deliver the

Jang Hyun-il, Chief Financial Officer of DB Securities, spoke on the 29th at an Ethereum Korea event, stating that blockchain technology must move beyond demonstration-focused proof-of-concept projects to practical business implementation. He delivered the speech at 'Ethereum Korea One: Genesis ·

Kakao Pay Securities and US tokenization technology firm Dinari signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the 29th to establish an overseas distribution infrastructure for Korean listed stocks. The partnership will jointly pursue a proof-of-concept (PoC) for stock tokenization and form a task fo

OKEX transferred 106,335,859 USDT, valued at approximately 106,394,450 USD, to an unknown wallet. The transfer was reported by CryptoTwitter commentator @whale_alert. Traders are monitoring the movement as large USDT transfers can influence market liquidity and trading strategies in the current