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Dyna Robotics released a report titled “Not Just a Model, But a Product” on Aug. 30, announcing that Dyna-2 robots had been fully deployed at all Din Tai Fung locations in the United States and had surpassed the return-on-investment threshold. Din Tai Fung USA is a restaurant chain that officially describes itself as having the highest per-location sales of any restaurant chain in the United States. The contract requires the robots to fold 1,500 napkins during an 18-hour shift. Performance Bench

Jon Bessent, the U.S. Treasury representative, faces a significant diplomatic challenge at the upcoming G20 summit as he addresses issues including tariffs, the ongoing Iran conflict, and recent bond market instability. Markets are speculating that Bessent's involvement could influence the

Bitcoin (BTC) has pulled back from last week’s high and was trading at around $77,680 as of August 31. Strategy Chairman Michael Saylor posted the message “We’re back,” hinting that the company may resume buying Bitcoin. Russia’s largest bank, Sber, plans to expand its crypto-backed lending business and will accept Tether’s USDT stablecoin and Ethereum as collateral. Macro Events & Crypto Highlights CoinTelegraph reported that in his latest post on X (formerly Twitter), Strategy’s Michael Saylor

UK-based proprietary trading firm XTX Markets distributed £1.7 billion in dividends from its 2025 fiscal year trading profits, with founder Alex Gerko receiving £683 million and 23 core technology developers sharing £833 million, according to a filing with the UK Companies House. Gerko's payout

Fourteen financial institutions surveyed by Yonhap Infomax on the 31st forecast the USD/KRW exchange rate will trade between 1,350.93 won and 1,409.21 won in September, marking a significant downward revision from

MG Saemaul Geumgo's corporate loan delinquency rate reached 10.17% at the end of June. The institution disposed of nearly 3.5 trillion won in non-performing loans during the first half of this year. The delinquency rate rose 2.40 percentage points from 7.77% at the end of last year, even as corporat

Korea Housing Finance Corporation announced on the 31st it will temporarily expand guarantee ratios for real estate project financing (PF) sites to 100% to facilitate housing supply. The measure, which increases the ratio from the existing 90-95%, will remain in effect until the end of next year and

Saemaul Geumgo missed its Q1 2024 merger deadline set in the 2023 reform plan, extending insolvent institution consolidation into a third year. The South Korean cooperative network completed 21 mergers in the first half of this year and plans 30 more in the second half, yet new insolvencies

TKG Aegang, a KOSDAQ-listed penny stock designated as a managed stock on the 13th, surged to its daily upper limit following a tender offer announcement by major shareholder TKG Taekwang. The shareholder will purchase 31.04% of outstanding shares at 900 won per share from today through next

Lee Dong-hoon, CEO of SK Biopharm, disclosed on the 31st that he purchased 2,000 shares of the company at an average acquisition price of 90,898 won per share, totaling approximately 180 million won. The purchase occurred one day after SK Biopharm publicly announced the introduction of Opakalim at a

Cronos Network announced on August 31 that it had suspended operations after the on-chain lending protocol Tectonic was attacked. On-chain researcher Li Weilin estimated that the attacker increased the price of the low-liquidity TONIC token by approximately 100x within about 20 minutes, then used the overvalued TONIC as collateral to borrow other assets from Tectonic, involving approximately $75 million. Technical Mechanism of the TONIC Price Manipulation Attack According to an analysis posted b

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) and prediction market platform Kalshi completed an exclusive prediction market partnership agreement before the start of the 2026 US Open main draw, publicly disclosed on August 31 by Front Office Sports (FOS), citing two sources. Under the agreement, the USTA prohibits other prediction market platforms from placing advertisements inside tournament venues or in ESPN broadcast footage. Agreement Background: USTA Originally Planned to Consider Prediction

US President Donald Trump urged Canadian businesses trading with the US to immediately relocate their operations to America to avoid tariffs, according to statements posted on his Truth Social account on August 30 (local time). Trump stated that many of these companies had left the US years ago

Bitcoin was trading at $77,960 on Aug. 31, retreating from the Aug. 28 high of $81,455. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh said in his first keynote speech since taking office, delivered at Jackson Hole, that year-over-year PCE inflation remained at 3.7%. The U.S. military struck two launch systems on Iran’s Larak Island, sending Brent crude up more than 2% to $90.32 and WTI to $85.41. U.S. Military Strikes Iran’s Larak Island, Brent Crude Breaks Above $90 per Barrel According to a Reuters report on Aug. 31,

Bitcoin futures open interest reached $54.82 billion this weekend, with Binance holding $11.24 billion and options markets showing 288,409.93 BTC in calls versus 185,234.42 BTC in puts, according to derivatives data from Coinglass. Recent 24-hour trading volume tilted defensive, with puts

Affirm Holdings (NASDAQ:AFRM), a buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment platform, received a price target upgrade from Bank of America (BofA) to $104 from $93 on May 28 (US local time), despite issuing conservative near-term earnings guidance. BofA maintained its Buy rating on the stock, citing the

Korea Exchange (KRX) will sign a memorandum of understanding with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the 3rd to strengthen cooperation on capital market initiatives including trading hours extension and settlement cycle shortening. KRX Chairman Jeong Eun-bo departed for the United States on the 3

Vuno experienced a sharp stock decline on the morning of the 31st following its announcement of a large-scale rights offering. As of 9:09 AM on the 31st, Vuno stocks traded at 5,520 won, down 1,880 won or 25.41% from the previous day. The company disclosed after market close on the 28th a 31.4

President Trump interrupted a NASA post-launch news conference on Sunday morning by calling NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's mobile phone during the briefing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Isaacman left the dais mid-conference to take the call, then returned to allow Trump to address