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Samsung Electronics foundry division employees showed significantly higher turnover intentions compared to their memory division counterparts, according to a recent survey by the company's early-stage labor union. The survey found 81.5% of foundry division union members expressed intention to

Circle partnered with BIND Group on Tuesday to provide Argentine institutions access to USDC liquidity through the BEN platform. The alliance enables corporate treasury management and digital asset transfers via BIND's virtual asset service provider infrastructure. Argentina has emerged as a key

Nokia stock is heading for its worst week in over five years as investors take profits following a major rally driven by artificial intelligence excitement, but retail traders remain focused on the company's AI-RAN technology push as a long-term growth catalyst. The decline follows a 12-month

Bybit launched a locally operated platform in Indonesia on Thursday after acquiring a majority stake in PT Enkripsi Teknologi Handal, formerly known as NOBI. The acquisition enables Bybit to combine its global capabilities with an experienced local team familiar with Indonesia's market and

SBI Holdings announced on July 16 that it has reached a strategic partnership with U.S. RWA tokenization platform Ondo Finance. The plan is to tokenize assets such as Japanese stocks and bring them to Ondo’s on-chain platform, while also distributing Ondo’s tokenized products within the SBI ecosystem. Both sides also plan to use the trust-based Japanese yen stablecoin JPYSC as an on-chain settlement and collateral instrument. SBI and Ondo Finance Partnership Announcement SBI Holdings announced o

BlackRock's Ishares Bitcoin Trust held 734,762 bitcoin worth $48 billion as of July 15, 2026, making it the largest spot Bitcoin ETF by holdings. Most spot Bitcoin ETFs concentrate custody with Coinbase Custody Trust Company,

According to 36Kr on July 17, based on multiple independent sources, as of July, Zhipu (02513.HK)’s annual recurring revenue (ARR) has reached $1 billion. Zhipu increased from $100 million to $1 billion in 5 months, faster than Anthropic. Citing the platform’s latest data, Hugging Face said that China’s open-source models account for 41% of monthly and total download shares, surpassing the United States for the first time. Zhipu’s ARR hits $1 billion in five months from $100 million Based on dat

Power-related stocks sparked the hottest IPO frenzy of the century in the first half of 2026. According to Dealogic statistics, global energy-sector listings raised $12.6 billion in the first half of this year, setting the highest half-year record since the 1999 dot-com bubble peak. The core driving force is electricity-supply anxiety for AI data centers. H1 2026 Energy Sector IPO Size: Dealogic Tracks $12.6 Billion According to data firm Dealogic, in the first half of 2026, global energy-sector

OpenAI’s official merch store, OpenAI Supply Co., has stocked a $70 rubber basketball and a $175 half-zip top. According to the description on OpenAI’s product page, the basketball comes from the “Pause. Play. Prompt.” marketing campaign, positioned as a physical reminder that creativity doesn’t only live on screens. The $70 basketball printed with the ChatGPT name currently shows “out of stock”. OpenAI Supply Co. Merchandise Overview According to the information on OpenAI Supply Co.’s official

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis published a framework manifesto on his personal Substack in July, arguing for the creation of an international regulatory body independent of governments and corporations, modeled after the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) framework. It calls for all AI models that meet the frontier threshold to undergo mandatory review for up to 30 days before release. The core design of Hassabis’ manifesto Hassabis chose FINRA as the reference framework: a

Microsoft (MSFT) shares rose 1.8% to $402.70 on July 16, extending Wednesday’s 2.8% gain. Over two days, the cumulative increase reached 4.6%, adding about $132 billion based on the latest market cap. In Microsoft’s third fiscal quarter, Azure revenue grew 40%, and annualized AI revenue exceeded $37 billion (up 123% year over year). Nasdaq closes weaker as Microsoft climbs against the trend, up 1.8% Microsoft shares rose 1.8% to $402.70 during Thursday afternoon trading. The stock moved higher a

According to Forbes on July 17, Australia has passed the 2026 Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1), which will eliminate the 50% capital gains tax (CGT) discount for assets held longer than 12 months, starting July 1, 2027. This applies to all asset classes, including stocks, real estate, and cryptocurrencies, representing Australia’s most significant capital gains tax reform in the past 25 years. Australia to eliminate the 50% capital gains tax discount from July 2027 Under the 2026 Treas

Netflix (NFLX) stock tumbled overnight Thursday as the company's fiscal third-quarter guidance fell short of analyst expectations, with projected earnings of $0.82 per share and revenue of $12.86 billion missing estimates of $0.84 per share and $13 billion. During the fiscal second-quarter earnings

U.S. President Donald Trump delivered an approximately 25-minute prime-time national television address from the East Room of the White House on July 16. This kind of nationwide prime-time speech is usually reserved for major crises, national security events, or important policy announcements, making it a relatively rare format. Trump said he released some recently declassified intelligence materials involving vulnerabilities in voting system security, risks in election procedures, and certain i

The Kimi K3 of Moonshot AI (Moonshot AI) was crowned champion of the “Frontend Code Arena” by Arena.ai on July 16, with an Elo score of 1,679, surpassing Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol. Arena.ai’s Frontend Code Arena Scoring Mechanism (Source: Arena.ai) Arena.ai’s “Frontend Code Arena” ranking logic differs from typical AI benchmark leaderboards: the evaluation has no fixed question bank, and it does not use machine-based automatic scoring. The scoring process is as follows:

Tether invested $20 million in Ualá, an Argentine neobank, as part of a $197 million funding round led by Allianz X. The round was announced in March, with Tether's involvement disclosed recently. Ualá operates in Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia, serving over 11 million users. The capital will

Seoul's foreign exchange market operated normally on Constitution Day morning as South Korea's new 24-hour forex trading system faced its first public holiday test. Two bank staff arrived at 6 AM to maintain dollar-won trading from 6 AM to 6 AM the following day, with the time-weighted average rate

Kioxia (Kaischi) shares fell sharply 13.09% at the open on July 17, and were last at 53,980 yen. That is down more than 52% from the all-time high of 108,600 yen set in mid-June. The company’s market value has evaporated by at least $185 billion, slipping from Japan’s No. 1 to No. 4 by market cap. In mid-June, Kioxia shares jumped past Toyota Motor to become Japan’s highest market-cap company. Kioxia shares slide from their peak to 53,980 yen Kioxia is a major Japanese NAND flash memory manufact

Xiaomi (01810-HK) shares have fallen more than 57% since their June 2025 peak, with market value evaporating by nearly a trillion Hong Kong dollars. In Q1 2026, Xiaomi’s global smartphone shipments fell 19.2% year over year; the decline was 35% in the China market, pushing it out of the top five handset makers. Its smartphone gross margin shrank to 10.1% as memory chip costs rose 80% to 100%, hitting a two-year low. Xiaomi’s Auto Strategy Shift: From Pure EV to Range-Extended SUVs Xiaomi’s produ