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The Youngpoong-MBK Partners consortium on the 7th renewed calls for an independent investigation into alleged 'pre-investment and early redemption' patterns involving Korea Zinc director Choi Yun-beom's family. The consortium claims that during 2019-2023 when Choi served as CEO, his family

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, stated on September 7 that Bitcoin can address emerging technical security challenges through simple client and mining pool upgrades, without requiring social consensus. The comments counter a narrative suggesting artificial intelligence could pose an

Europe's government bond market is experiencing its worst selloff in years, driven by surging natural gas prices and geopolitical risk. Natural gas prices at the TTF hub, Europe's benchmark, have climbed past €75 per megawatt-hour, a level not seen since early 2023. Escalating tensions between the

AWE Network has set a September 21, 2026 deadline for holders to migrate legacy $STPT tokens to $AWE, giving remaining holders approximately one month to complete the conversion before the on-chain migration window closes permanently. Over 99% of the roughly 1.94 billion token supply has already mig

The United States public debt surpassed $40 trillion on August 18, 2026, reaching approximately $40.047 trillion and exceeding the national economy size of roughly $31.9 trillion recorded in June 2026. The milestone was driven by sustained deficit spending and revenue disruptions from tariff

Kyobo AXA Asset Management is ending its 18-year joint venture with France's AXA Group to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kyobo Life Insurance, with a shareholder meeting scheduled for the 22nd and a name change to Kyobo Asset Management planned for early next month. The restructuring follows Ky

Saudi Arabia has reportedly signed a $5.75 billion arms deal approved by the U.S. State Department, raising concerns about regional military dynamics. The arms package includes advanced weaponry such as JDAM-ER guidance kits, bombs, and Abrams tank engines, aimed at bolstering the country's strike c

On September 4, 2026, AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron publicly accused Robinhood on X of tokenizing AMC shares without authorization. Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev responded with four words: “What’s the concern?” The confrontation quickly became an on-chain liquidity catalyst, and the MEME token was born. According to Gate market data, as of publication on September 7, 2026, MEME was trading at $0.084, with a market cap of approximately $84 million. Over the previous three days, MEME experienced two

The Department of Energy announced on September 7 that fuel prices in the Philippines will increase starting September 8, with gasoline rising by P4.69 per liter, diesel by P5.18 per liter, and kerosene by P5.58 per liter. Energy Secretary Sharon Garin attributed the hike to renewed tensions

South Korean government bond yields declined on September 7, driven by a sharp drop in the USD-KRW exchange rate and substantial foreign investor buying. The 3-year Korea Treasury Bond (KTB) benchmark yield fell 0.2 basis points to 3.883%, while the 10-year yield dropped 0.9bp to 4.341%, according t

The Federal Reserve published a report on September 7th arguing that US Treasuries remain more important than gold as a reserve asset for major central banks, despite global gold holdings surpassing foreign government holdings of US Treasuries at the end of 2024. The Fed's report, titled 'Why Gold

Liquid Network paused operations on its Bitcoin sidechain after purported white-hat hackers withdrew approximately 4,000 bitcoin, valued at roughly $320 million, from the network's federation wallet, according to a statement issued on Sept. 6. The withdrawal, executed through the SideSwap Peg-out

Yuanta Securities Korea's stock price fell 43.9% from its May 8 high of 8,400 won to 4,710 won, even as the firm posted record first-half profits and distributed large-scale performance bonuses to employees. The company's H1 net profit surged 298% year-over-year to 129.8 billion won, while average e

In US Stock Market News, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is projected to reach a major revenue milestone as its data center segment passes 70% of total revenue in 2027, according to analysis based on company guidance and growth trajectories. The shift reflects accelerating demand for AI computing

South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) halted its currency hedging operations around June as the USD/KRW exchange rate declined to levels the fund deemed suitable for dollar purchases. The decision came after the exchange rate broke through the 1,350 won level and fell into the 1,330s range. N

NVIDIA announced on September 3 that it has agreed to acquire Hugging Face in a US Stock Market News deal valued at about $12.9 billion, expected to close in the first half of 2027. The acquisition represents nearly twice the value of NVIDIA's previous largest deal, the $7 billion acquisition of

Russia began implementing its first comprehensive digital asset legislation on September 1, introducing a licensing regime and rules for market operators, including cryptocurrency exchanges, brokers and custodians under the supervision of the Central Bank of Russia. This development comes amid expanded access to overseas digital asset derivatives in Thailand and renewed G20 attention to global regulatory standards. The new Russian regime, adopted by the State Duma on July 21, approved by the Fed

Sberbank Deputy Chairman of the Management Board Stanislav Kuznetsov called cryptocurrencies an important means for fraudsters to cash out stolen funds at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. The senior executive of Russia’s largest state-owned bank expressed satisfaction with the success of Russian authorities in combating the conversion of cryptocurrencies into cash. According to Kuznetsov, cryptocurrency exchange channels need to be targeted “systematically and ruthlessly.” Kuznetsov sp

Crypto wallets belonging to Russian exchangers, exchanges, brokers, and digital custodians will be easy to track if foreign authorities impose sanctions. As a result, assets that have passed through these wallets could be classified as high-risk, Kirill Pistsov, head of product development at the Finam financial group, said in an interview with Bits.media. Amendments to Russian legislation requiring all market operators to legalize their activities have made liquidity providers’ addresses and as

The Financial Times reported that former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is planning to develop autonomous robotaxi technology through his startup Atoms and has already held preliminary discussions with Uber about allowing its ride-hailing network to adopt the technology. Atoms raised $1.7 billion in July, led by a16z. Financial Times: Kalanick’s Ride-Hailing Market Plans Through Atoms According to the Financial Times, Kalanick is recruiting several former members of Uber’s autonomous-vehicle team thro