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Australian bond market participants expect Amazon to follow Alphabet's successful kangaroo bond issuance after the Google parent company raised A$5.5 billion (~$3.8 billion USD) early this month. Market observers cite historical patterns where Alphabet's bond issuances are typically followed by Amaz

South Korea's Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries allocated 8.3 trillion won for its 2027 budget, marking a 10.8% increase from this year's 7.4583 trillion won, the ministry announced on the 1st. This represents the highest growth rate since the ministry's relaunch in 2013. The budget increase

Japanese 10-year government bond yields rose 4.35 basis points to 2.9908% as of 11:06 AM, reaching the highest level since September 1996, ahead of a scheduled bond auction. The yield increase was driven by rising US Treasury yields and growing market expectations that the Bank of Japan (BOJ)

China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has begun producing small quantities of HBM3E, an advanced memory technology used in AI accelerators, according to a report in The Information, with plans to expand production in 2027. Alibaba's T-Head and Chinese AI-chip designer Cambricon are already

The Block reported on August 29 that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ordered former White House teleprompter operator and presidential technical assistant Gabriel Perez to pay approximately $172,539 to settle an investigation into his use of his position to place insider bets on the prediction market Kalshi. This marks the first time the CFTC has specifically applied the concept of “insider trading” to a prediction market. Three CFTC-Imposed Penalties in Detail According to

Machi Big Brother Huang Licheng minted the memecoin Taiwan Coin (TAIWAN) on Robinhood Chain on Sept. 1, with a total supply of 1 billion tokens and a minting fee of 0.00055 ETH. TAIWAN’s primary liquidity pool is paired not with ETH or a stablecoin, but with TSMC’s tokenized stock. Five minutes after the token went live, its market cap briefly reached $1.59M. Basic Data on the TAIWAN Memecoin Launch machibigbrother.eth minted Taiwan Coin (TAIWAN) on Robinhood Chain at 1:46 a.m. Taiwan time on Se

NVIDIA and MediaTek announced on August 31 that NVIDIA would invest $3.5 billion in MediaTek’s overseas convertible bonds, accounting for approximately 90% of the offering. MediaTek’s Taiwan-listed shares opened at the limit-up price of NT$4,315 on the morning of September 1 and remained locked there, with more than 26k lots of buy orders queued at that price. MediaTek’s overseas convertible bond offering totaled $3.9 billion, with Alphabet and other investors also participating in the fundraisi

Yorkville America, the asset management firm managing ETFs under U.S. President Trump’s Truth Social brand, launched the “MANGOS Plus Index ETF” (FRUT) on Aug. 31, tracking an index comprising six major AI companies, including OpenAI, and seven “Parabolic 7” AI infrastructure stocks, including SanDisk. Dual Listing of the MANGOS Plus Index ETF Yorkville America launched the MANGOS Plus Index ETF (ticker: FRUT) on Aug. 31, 2026, tracking the Yorkville America MANGOS Plus Index (YAMANGOP). FRUT is

The APT channel released an interview video featuring Microsoft founder Bill Gates on August 28. When the host asked Gates how he would choose among the euro, cryptocurrency, gold, or stocks if he needed to diversify a small portion of his investment portfolio away from the U.S. dollar, Gates stated clearly, “I would not choose cryptocurrency,” describing it as “an asset driven purely by mania,” while expressing a long-term preference for a globally balanced stock portfolio. The Four Investment

Polish game developer CD Projekt Red (CDPR) co-CEO Michał Nowakowski told The Game Business in an interview at Gamescom that even if PlayStation stops supporting physical discs, The Witcher 4 will still receive a physical collector's box. Sony announced that, starting in 2028, physical discs will no longer be manufactured for new games. CDPR Promises a Physical Collector's Box with Merchandise for The Witcher 4 CDPR co-CEO Michał Nowakowski candidly stated in an interview with The Game Business

Zhipu Technology’s H1 2026 revenue (through June) reached 954 million yuan ($142 million), nearly quadrupling year over year but coming in about 30% below analysts’ expectations. Its net loss narrowed to 2.07 billion yuan, while its operating loss expanded 13% to $319 million, and R&D spending rose to $317 million. Company management said on an analyst call that annualized revenue had reached $1.6 billion by the end of August. Zhipu H1 2026 Key Financial Data According to Zhipu’s H1 2026 earning

Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) stock fell 2.30% on Sept. 1, the same day it announced two strategic AI developments. First, Tencent Cloud partnered with search technology company Elastic to launch “Tencent Cloud ES Enterprise Edition,” providing enterprise customers with enterprise-grade AI search and other features. Second, Tencent Games’ Motus showcased an AI-powered animation and intelligent character creation platform at Gamescom. Tencent Cloud and Elastic Deepen Cooperation Tencent Cloud and El

Korean ETF market experienced sector rotation in August as semiconductor-focused funds underperformed while nuclear and power ETFs surged. The KRX Semiconductor Index rose 11.94% in August, trailing construction (20.20%) and steel (20.07%) sectors, signaling a shift in investor appetite within AI

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced on August 31 that it would partner with blockchain infrastructure company tZERO to jointly build the back-end infrastructure for the “NYSE-affiliated tokenized stock market.” ICE also invested in tZERO’s latest funding round and obtained licenses to 103 blockchain patents. Citibank estimates that the tokenized securities market could reach $5.5 trillion by 2030. Four Core Arrangements of the ICE-tZERO Partnership According to ICE’s August 31, 2026, annou

Shein shares were officially listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Sept. 1, falling 7% on their first day of trading. The IPO offered approximately 280 million shares in total, with the final issue price set at HK$48.56 per share, below the upper end of the HK$49.5 price range, raising approximately HK$13.6 billion. The IPO valued Shein at approximately $26.5 billion—far below its $100 billion private-market valuation in 2022, representing a decline of more than 70%. Shein Shares’ First-Day

Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed allowing intermediaries to facilitate retail access to certain digital asset derivatives traded overseas. Under the proposal, eligible products must resemble crypto derivatives traded in Thailand, including their underlying assets,

Cluely founder Roy Lee recently appeared on the Jack Neel Podcast, outlining what he sees as three “small gold rushes” emerging in the AI industry: infrastructure for AI labs, rapidly building and marketing AI apps, and AI video advertising services, which he believes have the lowest barrier to entry and may be seriously underestimated. Lee believes that the biggest arbitrage opportunity in AI currently comes from information gaps. The First AI Opportunity: Infrastructure for AI Labs Such as Ope

ING Bank attributed the rise in US long-term Treasury rates to structural factors including bond issuance volume and real rate increases rather than inflation pressures. Padhraic Garvey, strategist at the Netherlands-based bank, stated in a report on the 31st (local time) that the primary driver

After SpaceX completed its $60 billion acquisition of AI coding tool Cursor, OpenAI announced on Aug. 29 that it plans to cut off Cursor’s direct access to OpenAI models starting in November, citing multiple precedents involving contract violations. However, Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown publicly responded that he still considers Cursor a trusted partner. OpenAI Announces Cursor Access Cutoff in November OpenAI stated on Aug. 29 that it plans to cut off Cursor’s direct access to OpenAI models s

The U.S. prediction market platform Kalshi has permanently banned former Republican Congressman George Santos from trading on the platform and fined him more than $71k. This marks the first time Kalshi has permanently banned a user as a disciplinary measure. According to a notice from Kalshi’s compliance team, Santos was found to have traded in a market whose outcome he could personally influence while attending the State of the Union address, in violation of Kalshi’s trading rules. Specific Gro