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Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-sure) issued 570 billion won in Refund Guarantees (RG) to domestic shipbuilders in the first half, exceeding four times the full-year 2024 total of 142.1 billion won. The surge reflects active financial support to enable domestic shipbuilders to fully utilize

The European Union faces strategic pressure from China's control over rare earth supply chains critical to electric vehicles, defense industries, wind power, semiconductors, batteries, and advanced manufacturing. Reuters Breakingviews stated the EU can resist China's economic pressure, but only if i

Choi Chang-gyu, head of Mirae Asset Asset Management, forecast that the KOSPI could reach an upper range of 10,000 points in the second half, with support at the 7,500 level recently recorded. The forecast comes as Korean stocks experience roller-coaster

Developer MaximeRivest released an open-source project called riddle on July 4, transforming the reMarkable Paper Pro e-paper tablet into an AI-responsive handwritten diary, inspired by Tom Riddle's magic diary from Harry Potter. After users finish handwriting on the e-paper and lift the pen, the ink gradually fades away after about 2.8 seconds, and the AI responds with a handwritten font that animates the reply stroke by stroke back onto the page. Ink fades after 2.8 seconds of pausing, Dancing

Circle secured the first electronic money institution license for a global stablecoin issuer under Europe's Markets in Crypto-Assets framework in France. The approval enables compliant issuance of USDC and EURC across the European region. The license provides Circle regulatory certainty as MiCA

Economist Mohamed El-Erian predicted that the era of excessive data dependency by central banks including the US Federal Reserve will soon face reassessment. On the 6th (local time), Fed Governor Christopher Waller delivered a speech criticizing overly rigid

German government-linked wallets transferred Bitcoin to Kraken and Coinbase exchanges, according to Arkham Intelligence tracking data. The transfers are being monitored by traders as potential sell-side pressure on BTC markets. The coins involved are seized assets, and the movement toward major exch

According to SaaStr, Anthropic's compute expenditure on reasoning and training is approximately $10 billion, translating to roughly $2 million in compute costs per employee per year; compared to Levels.fyi estimates, this is 2.3 times salary. But the Ramp AI Index for June shows that the top 1% of enterprise engineers spend $89,000 annually on AI, a 680x gap from the median engineer. Current Data on Anthropic vs. Industry Median Based on published data, the 2026 AI spending landscape is stratifi

As of July 7, the circulating market cap of Solana ecosystem meme coin ANSEM reached $417 million, surpassing TRUMP token's $395.8 million. After crypto KOL Ansem posted an update to the promotion plan last night, ANSEM continued to rise 32%, currently temporarily reported at $435 million, with 24-hour trading volume exceeding $52.6 million. ANSEM circulating market cap of $417 million surpasses TRUMP's $395.8 million According to GMGN market data, as of the time of reporting on July 7, 2026, AN

San Francisco venture capitalist Shaun Johnson told the Wall Street Journal that he has decided to send his son to Alpha School's kindergarten class at an annual tuition of $75,000, citing the belief that the current education system is largely broken. The school uses an AI tutoring platform for two hours of core academic learning daily, with tuition up to $75,000 per year, and plans to open nearly 24 new locations by fall 2026. --- Alpha School's "2 Hour Learning" Model Design: AI Tutor, Guides

SpaceX rebranded as SpaceXAI and unveiled a new logo on Monday to reflect the full integration of Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI into its business operations. The announcement was made in a post on X, marking the official rechristening of the rocket manufacturing company. Shares of

Tech strategist Dan Ives said the AI-driven tech rally remains in its early stages during an appearance on CNBC's Power Lunch, highlighting strong chip demand trends across Asia ahead of a key earnings season. Ives pointed to chip trading activity in Taiwan and Korea as evidence of robust demand,

People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyuk on the 7th day criticized single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for increasing volatility in South Korea's stock market, demanding an audit of the Blue House that directed their approval. Jang stated KOSPI triggered its 16th sell-side circuit

ByteDance's Doubao, Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen, Tencent's Yuanbao and other platforms have announced they will gradually shut down their user-customized AI persona features, in response to the "Interim Measures for the Management of Anthropomorphic Interactive Services" (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures") jointly released by China's Cyberspace Administration, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security

One of the most anticipated clashes in the Round of 16 of the 2026 World Cup — Argentina vs. Egypt — is about to kick off at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. It is not only a head-on collision between the defending champions and an African powerhouse, but also one of the most capital-concentrated match points in the knockout stage of this World Cup for prediction markets. As of before the match, Gate prediction market data shows a 73% probability of Argentina winning within 90 minutes, 9% for E

Individual investors in South Korea continued purchasing 30-year Korean treasury bond ETFs during the first half of the year despite mounting valuation losses, according to bond industry data released on the 7th. The persistent buying occurred as 30-year KTB yields rose sharply, causing three

On July 7, Alipay announced the official launch of the Alipay AI Open Platform, now open for invitation testing to enterprise developers and development service providers. Through this platform, merchants and institutions can upgrade their existing mini-programs, API interfaces, and service capabilities into AI-callable MCPs, Skills, or Agents. Once connected, enterprises can provide intelligent services to Alipay's 1 billion users via "Abot," while achieving single access and multi-platform dis

Coinbase announced support for Bittensor's TAO token, expanding access to the decentralized AI asset on one of the most visible U.S.-facing exchanges. The listing provides TAO with increased liquidity and exposure to Coinbase's retail and institutional user base. Bittensor has maintained

BlackRock's iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG) delivered a 38.00% one-year price return as of June 30, outpacing Vanguard's FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) at 20.68% over the same period — a 17.32 percentage point gap driven by South Korean stocks. MSCI includes South Korea in its

According to a Bloomberg report on July 6, the U.S. Bitcoin strategic reserve plan is at an impasse, with the core obstacles being a management power struggle between the Treasury Department and the Commerce Department, as well as questions over legal authorization; the Justice Department is studying feasible solutions. Sources familiar with the matter revealed that Trump originally planned to store the assets at the Treasury Department but faced internal opposition from officials. It has been m