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DeFi yield agreement Altura announced that the cash bank account holding the final round of payments from its stablecoin vault has been temporarily frozen by the bank, with the frozen amount exceeding £16.4 million. Previously, Altura had arranged the final step: after converting the cash into USDT via an over-the-counter (OTC) trade, it would distribute it to users; however, when the funds were being prepared to be transferred to the OTC partner, the account was frozen, and the bank is conducti

Baird Equity Research downgraded Caterpillar from Outperform to Neutral and slashed its target price from $1,200 to $900. The downgrade stems from spreading regulatory barriers against data center development across US states and localities, including New York's construction moratorium on

The Ethereum Foundation appointed Pascal Caversaccio, co-founder of crypto security response group SEAL 911, to its board on Wednesday. The appointment reflects the organization's deepening focus on privacy and security. Caversaccio, also known as "pcaversaccio," joined for an initial one-year

After Chinese humanoid robot company UBTECH (優必選) released its consumer humanoid robot UWORLD U1 series in Shenzhen on June 30, the company officially claimed that total omnichannel presales have cumulatively surpassed 13,361 units. Notably, on July 8, the JD.com platform showed 5,613 presales. And five days before the release, Sony announced that the robotic dog aibo ERS-1000 would stop sales in Japan once its domestic inventory was sold out. Pricing and specifications for the three U1 series m

Samsung Electronics posted a record second-quarter operating profit of 89.5 trillion won ($62 billion), up 1,814% year over year, driven by artificial intelligence demand for memory chips. Revenue climbed 28% quarter over quarter to 171.5 trillion won, setting a fresh company record, though it

KOSPI attempted a rebound on July 30 after a 39% plunge over one month, opening at 5681.77. The index fell from its intraday record high of 9385.59 on June 19, marking its worst monthly decline in history with a 33% drop in July alone. The selloff reflected multiple headwinds including

SK Hynix faces sharply divided analyst outlooks as its stock price halved over one month, with target prices ranging from 148만원 to 470만원. BNK Securities lowered its target to 148만원 from 185만원 in a report issued 전날, citing anticipated second-half memory demand slowdown and potential supply oversupply. Korea Investment Securities raised its target to 470만원 from 380만원 이날, attributing the company's Q2 earnings miss to shipment delays rather than demand weakness. The divergence follows SK Hynix's sto

InnoLight Technology (Hong Kong stock code 03308, Shenzhen stock code 300308) opened at 971 HKD on Thursday on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, down 9 HKD or 0.92% from its initial public offering price of 980 HKD. The decline extended the stock's grey market performance from Wednesday, when it

SK Hynix reported Q2 revenue of 79.3 trillion won and operating profit of 60.5 trillion won, achieving a 76% operating margin—a quarterly record for the company. The earnings surge was driven by strong demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) tied to artificial intelligence applications and a

The US Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate at 3.50%-3.75% on the 29th (local time) in a July Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decision marked by three dissenting votes for a rate hike, prompting Seoul bond market participants to characterize the outcome as a 'hawkish hold' that

Amazon is set to release its second-quarter earnings after market close on the 30th, with Wall Street focusing on whether Amazon Web Services (AWS) growth can justify the company's capital expenditure plans. In February, Amazon announced an estimated $200 billion in capital expenditures for 2026, an

CME Group announced a long-term partnership with Futuresports on July 29 to list futures and options tied to sports performance indexes. The first monthly and quarterly contracts are expected to trade this summer. The partnership targets the $650 billion global sports industry, where broadcasters, s

Democratic Party lawmaker Park Sang-hyuk acknowledged on the 30th at a National Assembly policy coordination meeting that many individual investors are experiencing difficulties amid the recent KOSPI decline, stating he feels great responsibility. The market volatility expanded significantly

The South Korea Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) and 12 major technology, power, and frozen food companies have formed a public-private partnership body, the “AIDC Alliance.” The founding ceremony was held at the Lotte Hotel in Seoul, with about 400 representatives from industry, academia, and four government ministries in attendance. The AIDC Alliance aims to build 18.4 gigawatts (GW) of AI data centers and turn South Korea into an export hub for “smart tokens” (the original output of AI comp

Samsung Electronics' Mobile Experience (MX) and Network division recorded its first quarterly loss since the division's establishment in late 2021, reporting a 700 billion won operating loss for Q2 2026 despite strong Galaxy S26 series sales. The company announced on July 30 that the division's

KDX and NXT, two South Korean consortiums operating fractional investment over-the-counter exchanges, are preparing formal licensing applications with a deadline of August 13, approximately two weeks away as of July 30. Both consortiums received preliminary approval from financial authorities in

According to BitcoinTreasuries on July 29 on X, the Japan-listed company Metaplanet issued Japan’s first batch of Bitbonds (bitcoin-backed bonds) to selected shareholders through its subsidiary, Metaplanet Securities, with an annual interest rate of just 4%. This move makes Metaplanet the global bitcoin treasury company with the lowest cost of fundraising. First Batch Bitbonds Key Terms: 4% Annual Interest Rate According to a public post on X by BitcoinTreasuries.NET, the core terms of the first

The Korean stock market experienced unprecedented turmoil this week as KOSPI triggered circuit breakers on consecutive trading days — the 28th and 29th — for the first time in history, while the food sector emerged as the sole rising industry with a 1.21% gain through the previous trading day. The p

SK Hynix (NAS:SKHY) American Depositary Receipts (ADR) saw short interest surge to approximately 13% of floating shares as of July 29 (US local time), according to a CNBC report citing S3 Partners data. The rapid increase in short positions followed the stock's decline after the company reported