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Major US retailers handled tariff refunds differently during second-quarter earnings reports following a Supreme Court ruling in February that tariffs were unauthorized. Walmart received approximately $2.9 billion in refunds, Home Depot got $730 million, and Target saw a $752 million boost to net ea

Russia's largest bank, Sber, plans to expand its crypto-backed lending to accept Tether's USDT stablecoin and Ether as collateral alongside Bitcoin, Deputy Chairman Anatoly Popov confirmed according to a Friday TASS report. The bank will add the assets as collateral after the Bank of Russia

Russia's largest bank, Sber, plans to accept Tether's USDT stablecoin and Ether as collateral for crypto-backed loans alongside Bitcoin, Deputy Chairman Anatoly Popov said in a Friday TASS report. The bank will adapt existing products and expand offerings after the Bank of Russia permits the

The Sandbox’s SAND token suffered a major cross-chain exploit on August 21-22, allowing an attacker to create roughly 329.24 trillion unbacked tokens over about five hours. Despite the staggering figure, the attacker extracted only about $675,000 in real economic value. The incident highlights the

A security exploit in crypto card infrastructure drained roughly $1.1 million from several Solana-based programs, triggering a sharp sell-off in Avici’s AVICI token. The token fell as much as 49%, dropping from a 24-hour high of about $0.43 to a record low near $0.217 before recovering some

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix dominated Korean investor attention during August 18-24 following major shareholder return policy announcements, according to search data from financial information provider FnGuide. Samsung Electronics recorded 2,880 searches while SK Hynix captured 1,895 searches d

South Korean securities firms and financial holding companies are conducting corporate bond and subordinated bond demand forecasts this week (August 31–September 4) as the September refinancing season begins. Six securities firms—Woori F&I, Daishin

White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez must pay $172,539.02 and faces a three-year trading ban after the CFTC announced an enforcement action on Aug. 28. Perez won 39 of 43 Kalshi prediction market contracts between December 2025 and February 2026 by misappropriating insider information—he

Crypto markets ended Aug. 29 flat at $2.73 trillion as volatility erased earlier gains from a multi-week rally. Solana led altcoin advancers on Charles Schwab listing news while Dogecoin fell 7.2%, marking sharp divergence across digital assets. The choppy week followed a prior seven-day surge

The Bank of Korea raised its base interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 3.00% on the 27th, reflecting economic recovery driven by the semiconductor boom. The consecutive rate increase has triggered concerns about liquidity contraction in the Korean stock market, which has been moving within a b

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) will inspect Mirae Asset Securities next month over potentially improper sales practices related to the SpaceX IPO. The inspection will focus on whether the brokerage solicited general investors to register as professional investors during the June S

Gabriel Perez, a former White House teleprompter operator, must pay $172,539.02 following a CFTC order published on Aug. 28 after he won 39 of 43 prediction market contracts on Kalshi between December 2025 and February 2026. The regulator found Perez misappropriated insider information by

The Trump administration executed roughly 30 equity and quasi-equity transactions totaling nearly $27 billion since early 2025, converting federal grants and loan authorities into direct ownership stakes in private companies. The government now holds a 10% equity stake in Intel and a 15% stake in

OpenAI announced late Friday that it is ending developers' access to its models on Cursor, following the acquisition of the AI coding startup by Elon Musk's SpaceX on Aug. 14. The company cited concerns that SpaceX will not use its technology within terms of service, based on experience with Musk's

Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong stated on local time the 28th at Jackson Hole that Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's speech substantially addressed the market 'thirst' felt since the July Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. Rhee explained that Warsh clearly connected the Fed's 2%

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh delivered his first Jackson Hole speech on the 28th (local time) at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Wyoming, outlining a new communication approach that reduces reliance on forward guidance while emphasizing the Fed's 2% inflation target. Warsh

OpenAI announced late Friday that it is ending developers' access to its models on Cursor, following the AI coding startup's acquisition by Elon Musk's SpaceX earlier this month. The company cited concerns that SpaceX may not use its technology within terms of service, stating this decision is

Google Research introduced WikiSkill, a framework that enables AI agents to learn from experience and retain knowledge across iterations. The method addresses the problem that previous skill-evolution methods would generate useful insights during execution, then discard them after each cycle

Nvidia reported fiscal Q2 2027 revenue of $96.2 billion, a 106% increase from the prior year, yet Wall Street attention has shifted to the chipmaker's financial commitments, which analysts estimate could expose the company to between $80 billion and $200 billion in peak liabilities through 2028.