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xAI officially announced on August 12 that it had released Grok 4.6, an upgrade to Grok 4.5, with core optimizations focused on long-running AI agents and complex visualization tasks. Grok 4.6 scored 61 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, tying OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol Max. Grok 4.6’s Training Improvements: Agentic Reinforcement Learning, Curated Reasoning Data, and an Improved Optimizer According to xAI’s official announcement, Grok 4.6 introduced four major training improvements: longer

Private equity firm Han & Company announced on the 13th a fleet restructuring between portfolio companies SK Shipping and H-Line Shipping. Under the transaction, SK Shipping will receive 16 LNG carriers from H-Line Shipping in exchange for 12 tankers and approximately $300 million in cash. The restr

On August 12, 2026, The Block reported that Anchorpoint, backed by Standard Chartered Bank, officially launched the first phase of its HKD stablecoin, HKDAP. Using a B2B2C model, it provides institutional and professional investors with beta access through authorized distributors. HashKey Exchange has completed the first HKDAP minting and redemption transactions. Anchorpoint Background: Standard Chartered Bank Subsidiary and One of the First HKMA-Licensed Stablecoin Issuers Anchorpoint is a subs

Bitcoin (BTC) continues to weaken, trading at around $63,620 as of August 13. The Fidelity Ethereum Fund (FETH) plans to enable staking for up to 100% of its Ethereum holdings, distribute 85% of staking rewards, and make quarterly cash distributions. Goldman Sachs is acquiring asset manager Neos, thereby taking over the $1 billion Bitcoin ETF and directly challenging BlackRock with a yield of up to 27%. Macro Events & Crypto Highlights According to BlockTempo, U.S. asset management giant Fidelit

Meritz Securities analyst Yoon Yeo-sam warned on August 13 that AI investment firms carrying large debt loads could face the first impact from Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. Yoon stated that if global monetary tightening intensifies to control inflation, AI investment companies may be the firs

South Korean stocks rallied Thursday, with the benchmark Kospi jumping over 4% in early trade and lifting its rebound from the July 30 low to roughly 23%, entering a technical bull market. The rally was driven by gains in chip giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, which rose over 4% and 7%

Rosherville Pty Ltd, an Australian Securities Exchange shareholder, notified ASX on Wednesday that it plans to seek Federal Court permission to sue certain former ASX officers and directors over alleged breaches of duty connected to the exchange's failed blockchain-based clearing and settlement over

Oxford Economics projects that renewed hostilities between the United States and Iran will lead to a sustained reduction in shipping volume through the Strait of Hormuz through at least 2028. In a report released on the 12th (local time), the institution stated that deep mutual distrust between the

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix surged on the 13th, driving the KOSPI to reclaim the 6800 level during intraday trading, as US server and cloud company earnings reconfirmed sustained global AI infrastructure investment and memory supply shortages. The rally was triggered by strong quarterly

K&S I&C, a satellite communication antenna solution company, surged 100% during intraday trading on its KOSDAQ IPO debut, reaching 23,750 won. The company and lead underwriter IBK Investment & Securities set the public offering price at the upper band (9,000-11,000 won) following institutional

South Korea's Ministry of Planning and Budget announced on the 13th that the country's fiscal deficit reached 84.4 trillion won for the January-June period. Total revenue during this period increased by 61.3 trillion won year-over-year to 381.9 trillion won, while total expenditure rose by 36.6 tril

The CFTC (U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission) issued guidance on Aug. 13 warning that incentive programs operated by prediction market platforms present compliance concerns. The CFTC noted that although the number of incentive program filings has increased, these filings are often procedurally or substantively deficient. The CFTC believes that reward mechanisms targeting high-volume participants may encourage participants to trade solely to reach volume targets, increasing the risk of fra

If you feel the market has moved but do not know which way to bet, today's market answer is actually deeply divided: CPI gave the Fed some breathing room, but the Treasury market is not buying it; AI hardware rebounded across the board, while after-hours trading following earnings reports is exposing a lack of confidence; gold skyrocketed $460 in 9 days and copper hit an all-time high, as hard assets are being repriced. All three lines are saying the same thing: “good news” is no longer good eno

On August 12, 2026, hosting provider Teraswitch experienced a routing configuration error that caused 28.83% of the staked SOL on the Solana network to go offline. Under Solana’s consensus mechanism, when the proportion of offline stake reaches 33.34%, the network will stop finalizing blocks and effectively halt, leaving Solana just 4.51 percentage points below that threshold in this incident. Teraswitch Routing Error Triggers Network Halt Mechanism According to the incident report released by T

Securitize, a US-based real-world asset (RWA) tokenization company, saw its stock plunge 16% in after-hours trading on May 13 (Korean time) following its first quarterly earnings report since going public. The decline occurred despite growth in tokenized assets under management (AUM) and

Bitcoin fell further to $63,569 on August 13, remaining trapped in the $62,000–$66,000 range for several consecutive weeks. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its July Consumer Price Index (CPI) report on August 12, and the overall data was in line with market expectations: a seasonally adjusted monthly increase of 0.1% and an unadjusted year-over-year increase of 3.4%; core CPI, which excludes food and energy, rose 0.2% month over month on a seasonally adjusted basis. Four Key U

David Rosenberg, head of Rosenberg Research who predicted the 2008 housing market collapse, highlighted that US existing home sales in July fell below early 2008 levels, according to Business Insider on the 12th (local time). The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported July existing home sal

Norway's sovereign wealth fund (NBIM) doubled its Korean stock holdings in the first half of 2026, elevating Korea to the 4th largest country by investment size in its portfolio. NBIM's Korean equity holdings surged from 278.5 billion kroner (approximately 41.6 trillion won) at year-end 2025 to 564.2 billion kroner (approximately 84.3 trillion won) in H1 2026, a 102.6% increase. The expansion coincided with a 101.12% rally in the KOSPI index during the same period, delivering above-global-averag

Daishin Securities analyst Ryu Hyung-geun stated in a report on June 13 that Korean semiconductor stocks, which experienced a sharp decline since late June, could rebound supported by structural industry strength and expanded shareholder returns. The analyst attributed the price drop to a failure to

Binance launched VIP Earn, a dedicated yield hub offering VIP users annual percentage rates 10% to 20% higher than standard retail rates across more than 20 digital assets including bitcoin, ether, USDT, and BNB. The product automatically provides eligible users across VIP Tiers 1 through 9 with