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Arbitrum announced the launch of $VAR, a new token designed to enhance its ecosystem and attract institutional interest. The announcement was made via a tweet from the official Arbitrum account. Arbitrum is a layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum that aims to improve transaction speeds and reduce co

Visa published a survey of 2,192 U.S. users on its investor relations page on September 24, showing that if stablecoins offered bank-level fraud protection and deposit insurance, U.S. users’ willingness to adopt them could rise from 36% to 56%. If stablecoins were provided by existing financial institutions, willingness to adopt them could also rise from 36% to 45%. Three Levels of Willingness to Adopt Stablecoins in Visa’s Survey: The Path from Current Conditions to Bank-Level Protection and Gr

Trump disclosed in his latest filing with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics that he bought Strategy (MSTR) stock in two transactions in July, with the larger purchase totaling up to $100,000, making it one of his largest single investments in crypto-related stocks this year. The timing of the disclosure coincided with the SEC approving a temporary exemption framework for tokenized U.S. stocks and the CFTC submitting a draft of the “Crypto Asset Trading and Market Regulation Rules” to the Whit

All 11 Democratic members of the Senate Banking Committee jointly wrote to Committee Chairman Tim Scott on September 24, calling for a public bipartisan hearing on prediction markets; that same day, Scott privately arranged a closed-door roundtable between Republicans and Kalshi. The Democrats’ core concern involves whether prediction contracts linked to financial assets such as stocks constitute security-based swaps and should therefore be regulated by the SEC rather than the CFTC. Democrats’ D

Korean banks and savings banks are raising interest rates on parking accounts following the Bank of Korea's consecutive base rate increases in July and August. Parking accounts allow customers to deposit and withdraw funds freely, similar to temporarily parking a car, and some now offer rates

South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy confirmed the Texas Encinal gas-fired power plant project as the first US investment project on 22nd, with a large nuclear power plant project emerging as the likely second project. The nuclear project discussions include potential construction of

Within the first hour after the iPhone 18 Pro series officially went on sale in China, JD.com had delivered orders to more than 30k customers. Meanwhile, Cybernews reported on Sept. 22 that some iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max users experienced random restarts while using Face ID, making Apple Pay payments, and during calls. The cause of the restarts remains unknown. JD.com’s First-Hour Delivery Results: More Than 30k Customers in Dozens of Cities Received Their Orders Within Minutes of the

A survey conducted by Tiger Research in collaboration with South Korean polling firm PMI among 2,423 Korean Crypto investors found that 73.7% of respondents opposed implementing the current Crypto tax plan as scheduled in January 2027, 82.9% opposed the current plan or called for a delay, and 75.2% believed implementation in 2027 would be premature. Among those who opposed the plan, 51.5% said they could accept taxation if the related issues were properly addressed. Key Survey Finding: 73.7% Opp

NH Investment & Securities forecasts gold prices will recover to $5000 per ounce by year-end, despite ongoing concerns over additional Federal Reserve tightening. Last week, the S&P GSCI composite commodity index rose 0.22% as investors treated Fed policy concerns as already priced in and resumed

SpaceX is expanding into artificial intelligence infrastructure supply alongside its core space operations, positioning the company to benefit from surging AI demand, according to Samsung Securities analyst Park Jun-gyu. The analyst identifies SpaceX as a primary beneficiary in the AI infrastructure

HLB secured FDA approval for Lifirafuglutide (Rivoceranib) as a second-line cholangiocarcinoma treatment on the 24th, drawing market attention to the company's next steps. Chairman Jin Yang-gon explained future plans and timelines via YouTube immediately following the approval announcement. The appr

Payment companies including Kakao Pay, Samsung Card, and Kakao Bank face significant impact from AI agent payment systems, according to a PwC report released on the 24th. The report identifies simple payment providers, card companies, and payment gateway operators as sectors most affected as AI agen

MoonPay announced on September 23 that it would acquire private-market infrastructure provider North Capital in an all-stock transaction valued at more than $60 million. North Capital holds four SEC licenses covering a registered broker-dealer, an alternative trading system, a transfer agent, and an investment adviser, enabling the issuance, custody, and secondary-market trading of private securities, including tokenized securities. North Capital’s Four SEC Licenses: Already Supporting More Than

Alexandr Wang, Meta Platforms' Chief AI Officer, announced that the company will soon release its most capable AI model to date. The declaration positions Meta for direct confrontation with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google in the frontier model race. Wang framed the company's Muse Spark model,

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word essay on August 10 titled 'The Future Is for Everyone: The Path to a Positive AI Future,' outlining a vision to provide personal superintelligent AI to billions through open-source models. The strategy contrasts with competitors like OpenAI and

Meta launched its Muse Voice Transcribe model on September 1 across its entire smart glasses lineup, including Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta devices, delivering real-time voice AI with 0.16-second latency after speech completion. The upgrade introduces transcription speeds faster than the average

Anthropic announced on September 23 that approximately 950 autonomous Claude AI agents discovered a previously unrecognized enzyme system in bacteriophage DNA, named array-associated reverse transcriptases

Xbox laid off another 268 employees this week as part of its plan to eliminate 3,200 positions during the current fiscal year. Xbox content chief Matt Booty said in an internal email that, including the studios previously sold, the restructuring is about 75% complete. As for the studios’ fate, Xbox plans to shut down Ninja Theory, the developer of Hellblade, while two deals that could potentially have saved the studio have fallen through in succession. 268 Layoffs This Week and Progress on the A

Bybit launched URNMUSDT perpetual futures on September 22 at 13:00 UTC, a contract tied to the Sprott Uranium Miners ETF. The product offers up to 25x leverage and settles in USDT, enabling traders to access uranium miner price exposure through Bybit's derivatives infrastructure rather than