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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasted on the 7th (local time) that the spread of national currency-based stablecoins may increase demand for dollar stablecoins. Dan Katz, IMF First Deputy Managing Director, stated at a lecture held at Cape Town University in South Africa that national cur

Airbnb stock jumped 17% on Friday after the company reported second-quarter revenue of $3.61 billion, a 17% increase that beat Wall Street estimates of approximately $3.57 billion, while CEO Brian Chesky presented specific metrics showing AI reduced customer support costs per booking by 16% year

Tech entrepreneur, cryptocurrency expert, and leveraged trader Waqar Zaka won the TradFi competition championship and was awarded a brand-new 2026 Mercedes-Benz G-Class SUV in Dubai. The TradFi competition is a global individual trading championship, and Zaka’s victory marks the first time a Pakistani trader has topped such an international, multi-asset online trading event. TradFi Competition Format: 3,000+ Participants and Multi-Asset Evaluation Criteria According to reports, unlike traditiona

Oneul E&M, a KOSDAQ-listed company, signed a 7.441 billion won contract with KT for mobile base station antenna supply, with the contract period running from August 2026 to July 2027. The company was selected as the top supplier in KT's bidding process for mobile base station antennas. This

Bloomberg reported that the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index at one point plummeted 29% from its June high, triggered by the liquidation of AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness. However, investors not only failed to retreat—they instead poured more than $11 billion into semiconductor ETFs within just two trading days. BofA’s Bull & Bear Indicator rose to its highest level since 2021, while the S&P 500 Index reached an all-time high. Fund Flow Statistics After the Philadelphia Semiconducto

Korea Exchange convened asset managers and securities firms on August 10 to discuss ETF trading in the after-hours market scheduled for launch on the 14th of next month. The meeting aims to reassess demand and address concerns following heightened market volatility after single-stock leveraged

The Bank of Japan released minutes on the 10th from its July 30-31 monetary policy meeting, revealing multiple board members advocated accelerating rate hikes despite holding rates steady. Members cited core consumer price index approaching 2% and upside inflation risks as reasons to adjust the

Korean construction stocks surged 17% in August while the broader KOSPI index fell over 5%, driven by a strategic shift from nuclear power projects to AI data center development and US power plant opportunities. The KOSPI construction index rose 17.42% from Aug 3-7, marking the highest gain

The Pakistan Digital Nation Act 2025 has officially taken effect, establishing the Pakistan Digital Authority (PDA) and granting it the legal authority to build national digital infrastructure based on three pillars: a digital society, a digital economy, and modern digital governance. In July, the PTA fined all mobile operators a total of approximately 740 million rupees (about $2.7 million) for violations in the SIM card issuance process, including inadequate oversight of biometric verification

Hong Kong stocks extended gains this morning, with the Hang Seng Index rising over 200 points to reclaim the 250-day moving average at 25,738 and the 10-day moving average at 25,768. The index opened 137 points higher at 25,805 and climbed to an intraday high of 25,899, up 231 points, before

Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) stock is drawing market attention as the company reports its FY2026 fourth-quarter results: HDD business revenue was $3.75B, up approximately 44% year over year from $2.61B, with a GAAP gross margin of 54.1%. The midpoint of its FY2027 first-quarter revenue guidance is approximately $4.1 billion. WDC Q4 FY2026 Core Financial Data According to Western Digital’s FY2026 fourth-quarter earnings release, the key financial data are as follows: HDD business revenue: $3.75B

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced in a weekend social media post that the company's Starlink V3 satellites will deliver more than 100 times the bandwidth of the current V2 system. The aerospace company plans to launch its next Starship test flight as soon as this month, with the mission set to deploy u

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix experienced sharp declines in early August, with Samsung falling 12% and SK Hynix dropping 17.2% from the start of August through August 7, according to Korea Exchange data. Foreign investors net sold ₩1.299 trillion of Samsung Electronics and ₩3.508 trillion of SK H

Lee Dong-hu, Samsung Asset Management ETF Investment Solutions Team Leader, stated that foreign investors sold 190 trillion won from Korean stocks since early this year due to mechanical portfolio rebalancing, not negative semiconductor outlook. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix stocks experienced

Apple officially announced in an Aug. 9 update to the Simplified Chinese Mac User Guide published on its official website that Alibaba Group’s Qwen AI model has been integrated into Apple Intelligence for users in China. Users can access Qwen through Siri and Writing Tools to compose, rewrite, and summarize text. Two Core Qwen Integration Features: Writing Tools and Siri Integration According to Apple’s official Mac User Guide, Qwen integration supports two main functions: Writing Tools: Users c

During the week of August 10, three major technology companies simultaneously released dedicated tools for AI agents. Alibaba launched MerchantBench—a benchmark that simulates 365 days of e-commerce operations, using more than 98,000 real product records and 26 tools to evaluate AI agents’ long-term business decision-making capabilities; the results showed that the best-performing LLM achieved only 27.3% of the net assets of human operators. Alibaba MerchantBench: 365-Day E-Commerce Simulation,

South Korea's Ministry of Finance and Economy is reviewing tax reform measures for Individual Savings Accounts (ISA) and stock price suppression prevention rules after President Lee Jae-myung ordered revisions within a week of announcement. The review addresses investor opposition and

Korean Treasury futures declined on the morning of August 10, with foreign investors selling 3-year contracts for the first time in 13 trading days despite weaker US employment data that pushed US Treasury yields lower. The 3-year futures dropped 5 ticks to 103.34 and 10-year futures fell 8 ticks to

White House crypto adviser Patrick Wyatt publicly accused Democrats of “pulling out all the stops” to deliberately obstruct a procedural vote on the CLARITY Act before the August recess. He said that if the Senate cannot vote on the bill by September 15, its prospects of passing this year may come to an end. Senate Majority Leader John Thune moved on August 8 to invoke cloture on the bill. Thune Files Cloture Motion on the CLARITY Act The motion submitted by John Thune on Saturday called for end

KB Financial Group published its 'KB Commercial District Revitalization Insight' report on the 10th, revealing that regional commercial districts' monthly average sales per store stand at only one-third of Seoul's level. The report analyzed over 1,200 commercial districts across 3,555