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The US Pentagon reported to Congress that war costs against Iran reached $45.1 billion as of September 3, according to multiple sources cited by CNN on local time September 18. The figure comprises $43.6 billion in baseline expenses plus an additional $1.5 billion in fuel costs. The calculation

Bitcoin surged more than 5% on Friday, briefly reaching around $81,400, after falling below $75,000 earlier in the week. The recovery brought BTC directly back to the resistance zone that repeatedly stopped rallies in late August and early September, making $82,000 the next major test. The rebound i

The XRP Ledger protocol upgrade BatchV1_1 is scheduled to activate on Sept. 29, contingent on maintaining over 80% support among trusted validators for two consecutive weeks. The amendment enables bundling up to eight transactions for atomic execution, where all operations either succeed together or

Cybersecurity stocks surged from the 14th to 18th, with the TIGER Global AI Cybersecurity ETF rising 15.43% and CrowdStrike hitting an all-time high of $235.38 on the 14th. The rally was driven by expectations that enterprise security spending will increase structurally as AI agent adoption

The USDC Treasury minted 250 million USDC tokens, equivalent to approximately $250,052,500, according to a report by Crypto Twitter commentator @whale_alert. The minting action reflects the USDC Treasury's mandate to adjust token supply based on market demand. USDC is a stablecoin issued by

The US military prepared a military operation against a Chinese vessel in spring 2025 based on an intelligence report that was later found to be erroneous, according to CNN. The report, which claimed the vessel in the Middle East was transporting nuclear program-related cargo, was created using an

Elon Musk's Terafab semiconductor facility received a cease-and-desist letter from U.S.-based company Tera-Print, which sent the letter to SpaceX and Tesla in May to stop using the Terafab name. The dispute arose because Tera-Print has used the Tera-Fab name for approximately a decade for its beam p

Tesla is accelerating construction of a dedicated factory for mass production of its humanoid robot Optimus at the Texas Gigafactory. US tech influencer Joe Tegtmeyer published drone footage on the 17th (local time) showing rapid progress on steel assembly and concrete pouring for the

JKL Partners is coordinating a public sale of Lotte Insurance targeting late September, while LG Household & Health Care's beverage subsidiary Haitai htb is expected to hold main bidding by the end of this month, according to industry sources. The Lotte Insurance sale, advised by Samjung KPMG,

IBK Securities cut its target price for Kakao Stock from 73,000 won to 53,000 won on the 19th, a 27% reduction, as the company pursues a demerger splitting its KakaoTalk and artificial intelligence business from its subsidiaries and investment operations. Analyst Lee Seung-hoon stated uncertainty

IBK Securities cut its target price for Kakao from 73,000 won to 53,000 won, a 27% reduction, in a report issued on the 19th as the company pursues a spin-off separating its KakaoTalk and artificial intelligence operations from subsidiary and investment businesses. Analyst Lee Seung-hoon cited

Commodity funds in South Korea attracted 1.2 trillion KRW in net inflows over the recent month as of the 17th, according to financial data provider FnGuide. The surge follows broad-based price gains across oil, copper, and agricultural commodities, with 37 commodity funds holding total assets of 5.8

OpenAI projects a cumulative cash deficit of $278 billion (approximately 386 trillion won) from 2026 through 2030, according to recent investor materials obtained by the Financial Times. The deficit projection comes despite the company forecasting nearly tenfold revenue growth during the same

Singapore-based payment company dtcpay completed its $25 million Series A funding round, initially led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India in April and now further anchored by Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Group, the company said on Friday. The round also drew participation from

Broadcom (AVGO) closed at $357.61 on Friday 18 September 2026, down 28% from its $495 peak, despite Q3 AI revenue rising 221% to $16.7 billion. The stock decline followed the company's 2 September earnings release, which showed total revenue of $29.59 billion, up 86%, yet AVGO fell 2.74% the next se

Bitfinex announced a new mechanism enabling private contracts to settle off-chain using Bitcoin. The system ties commitments to Bitcoin through transaction IDs and cryptographic proofs, making these transactions resemble standard Bitcoin transactions. The innovation aims to enhance privacy and

ONE token surged 10.70% to reach $0.002608 in the past 60 minutes, marking a significant shift in trading activity. The rapid price increase was driven by heightened trading activity and potential accumulation by investors seeking short-term gains. The broader crypto market is currently displaying m

NEAR Protocol launched Top Level Accounts, a new feature that removes the requirement for user accounts to end in the .near suffix. The protocol announced the update recently, stating that users can now establish up to five recovery methods to prevent account loss from forgotten credentials. The

NEAR Protocol launched its confidential inference capability via its AI Cloud, now live on SayGm's confidential tier. The integration enhances privacy for enterprise applications by allowing data processing without revealing sensitive information. The technology operates within Intel TDX enclaves to

Korean defense, construction, and energy companies are positioned to gain market share as the US-Iran war enters its seventh month, according to an iM Securities report on post-war industrial restructuring. The conflict, which began February 28 with US-Israel airstrikes on Iran, has expanded to