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A majority of U.S. employees now support holding corporations accountable through an AI sovereign wealth fund, according to a national survey conducted in June by research firm Verasight. The survey of 1,690 adults, published earlier this month, found that 69% of Americans support forcing AI firms t

XRP bearish sentiment reached extreme levels after a 72% correction, but analysts including Crypto Patel believe the pessimism could signal a sharp reversal. Patel noted XRP funding rates on Binance fell deeply into negative territory, indicating traders aggressively betting against the asset,

Samsung Electronics will begin operating its first semiconductor production factory in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province in October 2029, up to two years earlier than the previously discussed 2030-2031 timeline. The acceleration responds to continuing global memory chip shortages and explosive demand. Samsu

SoFi (SOFI) traded at $18.78 on 10 July 2026, with 24 analysts setting a consensus target of $21.10 and a range from $12 to $31, despite broad agreement on 2026 earnings of approximately $0.59 per share on revenue of roughly $4.68 billion, per StockAnalysis. The $12 bear case applies roughly 20

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse revealed that Ripple nearly shut down after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued the company in December 2020. Garlinghouse stated that Ripple's leadership seriously considered winding down the business, including a proposal to distribute XRP holdings to

Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron are projected to see HBM4 memory prices double next year, according to multiple industry sources cited by Taiwan's DigiTimes. The forecast indicates HBM4 pricing will rise from approximately $2 per gigabit

Tether announced a $20 million investment in Mercado Bitcoin, a Brazilian financial services company, as part of a strategic growth financing round that also included SoftBank. On Monday, the Brazilian Federal Police executed Operation Veil of Maya, targeting 87 shell companies involved in illegal

US spot Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded funds returned to weekly net inflows for the first time since early May, collecting a combined $281.8 million over the five trading days ending Friday. Spot Bitcoin ETFs drew about $197.4 million for the week, ending a record eight-week outflow streak that h

Market analysts argue XRP doesn't need SWIFT for global adoption after SWIFT announced its blockchain-based shared ledger is ready for initial deployment nine months after development began. The announcement has reignited debate over whether the global messaging network and XRP are rivals,

South Korea's KOSPI stock market triggered circuit breakers six times in the first seven months of 2026, accounting for half of all circuit breaker activations since the mechanism's introduction in 2000. The sidecar system, which temporarily halts program trading, was activated 34 times in 2026

Shinhan Asset Management's SOL Semiconductor Front-End ETF recorded a year-to-date performance of 88.70% as of the closing price on the 9th, according to DataGuide on the 12th. The fund's six-month and one-year returns reached 77.74% and 154.32% respectively. Net assets surged from 36.2 billion

Korean exchange-traded fund (ETF) market saw Chinese semiconductor and oil-related products lead weekly gains during the period from January 6 to 10, while aerospace, defense, and AI semiconductor ETFs that previously drove the market posted double-digit declines, according to Korea Exchange data. T

Korean financial regulators and industry experts are debating stricter controls on single-stock leveraged ETFs for Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix following excessive speculation since their May 27 listing. From June 1 to June 10, individual investors net purchased ₩1.66 trillion worth of SK Hynix

SpaceX closed at $145.3 on the 10th (local time), marking its first month of trading 8% above its IPO price of $135 but 36% below the intraday high of $225.64 recorded on the 16th of last month. The decline left 100% of SpaceX-holding customers at NH Investment & Securities in loss territory as of t

US President Donald Trump declared the end of a ceasefire with Iran on July 8 ahead of a NATO summit, one day after US forces struck Iran again. Bond and commodity markets reacted immediately: the US 10-year Treasury yield climbed to 4.58%, rising 0.1 percentage points for the week, while Brent

JP Morgan acquired stakes exceeding 5% in four KOSDAQ-listed Korean materials, parts, and equipment companies between May 3-7, according to disclosures filed May 9-10 with Korea's Financial Supervisory Service. The US investment bank now holds 5.11% of Reno Industrial, 5.13% of TLB, 5.15% of MK

Leveraged funds reduced their net short position in the Japanese yen by 33,587 contracts to -104,231 contracts as of July 7, marking the largest decrease in approximately two years since August 2024, according to the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Fed Chair Kevin Wash is scheduled t

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh will deliver his first congressional testimony since taking office, appearing before the House Financial Services Committee on July 14 at 10 AM and the Senate Banking Committee on July 15 at 10 AM for semi-annual monetary policy reports. Both testimonies will occur 90 minutes a

The São Paulo State Court ordered Coinbase to return nearly $100K to a user after unauthorized wallet transactions occurred. Coinbase failed to prove the user initiated the transaction or that basic security measures existed in the wallet. The ruling applies provisions of Brazil's Customer

Democratic Party lawmaker Lee So-young announced on the 9th the acceleration of the 'PBR 0.8x Law' (Inheritance and Gift Tax Act amendment) aimed at preventing stock price suppression, revealing plans to reflect the bill in the government's tax reform plan to be announced at the end of this month an