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Korean private equity fund operators face proposed regulatory changes as National Assembly bills seek to eliminate current exemptions for institutional-only PEFs regarding asset valuation and trustee oversight. The legislative proposals aim to strengthen monitoring of fund operations previously exem

Korea Exchange and securities firms earned ₩117.26 billion in fees from single-stock leveraged ETF trading between May 27 and the end of the previous month. The fees came from 16 Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix leveraged and inverse ETF products launched May 27. High trading volume in these

Broadcom (AVGO) shares rose 0.4% in overnight trading late Sunday, rebounding modestly after a 6% drop on Friday — the stock's worst single-day fall in over two months. The Friday decline followed a Bleeping Computer report that hackers were actively exploiting a newly patched critical VMware

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) flagged DistributeX for operating cryptocurrency marketing activities in Malta without regulatory approval or corporate registration. The entity, also known as Distributex Limited and DX, maintains physical offices in Birkirkara, Hamrun, Mosta and Hal

The USD/JPY exchange rate declined 0.14% to 159.074 yen at 1:52 PM in the Tokyo forex market, according to Yonhap Infomax. The yen strengthened as market participants sold dollars and bought yen amid expectations of an early interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan (BOJ). Export companies and

The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) labor union issued an official statement on the 17th opposing the government's proposed relocation plan for the agency. The union stated that the government is ignoring the voices of consumers and the financial industry by pursuing a uniform relocation

European regulators warned cryptocurrency investors about migration-related scams following the July 1, 2026 expiration of the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation transitional period. The deadline forced more than 1,700 unlicensed platforms to restrict or discontinue services

Michael Burry warned about Big Tech AI spending risks after a WSJ analysis found nine technology companies had accumulated approximately $3 trillion in off-balance-sheet commitments, stating he had highlighted these concerns months earlier. The 'Big Short' investor shared the WSJ report on X,

Harvard University disclosed a $2.2 billion stake in SpaceX in a Friday regulatory filing, making the rocket maker Harvard's largest individual holding within its $4.3 billion U.S.-listed equity portfolio. SPCX shares rose over 1% overnight late Sunday following the disclosure. Mizuho reiterated

US stock futures traded mixed Sunday night ahead of quarterly earnings from major retailers including Walmart Inc., Target Corp., and Home Depot, Inc. this week. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are coming off three consecutive weeks of gains, with the S&P 500 notching fresh record highs in recent sessions, w

Goldman Sachs disclosed nearly $75 million in combined holdings across Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR), Sellas Life Sciences (SLS), and ImmunityBio (IBRX) at quarter-end, positioning the investment firm behind three biotech companies approaching major FDA, clinical-trial, and commercial milestones. The

Dan Niles, founder of Niles Investment Management, stated the AI infrastructure rally has at least a year to run despite recent market volatility, citing the impact of agentic AI following the January 30th launch of OpenClaw. Niles pointed to cooling inflation measures, consumer sentiment

Micron Technology stock rose 1% in overnight trading late Sunday after gaining 10.7% over the past week to $971.66, with traders watching for a return to the $1,000 mark. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said over the weekend that the U.S. government does not want Apple to source memory chips

T-Mobile US Inc. (TMUS) received a downgrade from Wolfe Research analyst Peter Supino to 'Peer Perform' from 'Outperform' without a price target, despite the stock tracking toward a second consecutive month of gains in August. The analyst said in a note, according to TheFly, that the stock's bull

The USENIX Association identified $575 million in cryptocurrency losses on Ethereum and BNB Chain caused by address misuse, according to a new research study. The study analyzed millions of blockchain addresses and found 65,340 high-risk instances tied to contract and externally owned account misuse

South Korea's financial investment industry awaits detailed regulatory guidelines ahead of the token securities system implementation in February. Financial authorities are finalizing subordinate regulations covering fractional investment asset eligibility, disclosure requirements,

US strategic petroleum reserves have fallen to 298.7 million barrels, the lowest level since January 1983, amid a prolonged Iran situation. The reserves have declined by over 100 million barrels compared to levels in late February, according to iM Securities analyst Park Sang-hyun. The analyst

Open interest in perpetual futures linked to SanDisk stocks has reached approximately $1.73 billion across crypto trading venues, making SNDK the largest stock perpetual market by outstanding positions, according to data cited by Wu Blockchain. The figure is approximately 1.86 times the $928

Russian IT specialist Yuri Belenkiy was detained in September 2025 and charged on October 13, 2025 with terrorism financing based on Binance data provided to Russian authorities. Law enforcement documents reviewed by Reuters show the exchange shared records of Belenkiy's cryptocurrency donations — m

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said Sunday that Ethereum's scaling efforts can draw lessons from Bitcoin's Utreexo technology, a system designed to reduce the storage burden for blockchain nodes. Buterin credited Bitcoin developers for their work on UTXO-based architecture and Utreexo, which al