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According to ETNews Korea, the Bank of Korea (BOK) plans to launch the second phase of Project Hangang as early as September. It will expand participating banks from 7 in the first phase to 9, and raise the user cap to 500k—far higher than the first phase’s opening-wallet scale of about 81k. The newly participating banks are Kyongnam Bank and iM Bank. Scale-up in Project Hangang second phase The main scale differences between the second phase of Project Hangang and the first phase are as follows

US Democratic Congressman Rich Torres from New York has requested the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate whether Truth Social's paid API service plan violates federal securities law. Axios reported that it obtained a copy of the letter Torres sent to the SEC. Last week,

Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain-computer interface company, is commanding valuations of up to $42 billion in private stock trading, according to Business Insider on the 22nd local time. Recent share transactions are occurring at enterprise values ranging from $29 billion to $42 billion, with some

Pi Network’s native token PI was the strongest performer among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap over the past week. According to CoinGecko data, the weekly increase is about 25%, and its current trading price is around $0.093. Analysts Crypto With Gopal and 0xNeena point to accumulation signs from a technical perspective, and each offers a bullish view. PI rebounds from a historical low near $0.07 According to CoinGecko data, Pi Network’s PI token fell to an all-time low of roughly $0.

J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs raised their target prices for HSBC Holdings in recent reports, citing stronger banking net interest income and earnings growth. J.P. Morgan increased its target price nearly 10% from HK$182 to HK$200 while maintaining an 'Overweight' rating, driven by expectations

Cathay Pacific expects to record consolidated shareholder profit of approximately HK$60 billion to HK$65 billion for the first half ending June, including about HK$14 billion in deemed disposal gains from the dilution of its stake in Air China. The Hong Kong-based airline reported shareholder profit

British lawmakers launched a parliamentary inquiry into banking restrictions on cryptocurrency businesses shortly after the UK completed its new regulatory framework for the sector. The Crypto and Digital Assets All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), co-chaired by former digital economy minister

Hong Kong stocks extended losses at midday, with the Hang Seng Index falling 208 points to close the morning session at 24,923, down 0.83%. The index dropped below the 25,000 level at market open and saw selling

State Street Chief Economist Simona Mocuta released a report on July 21 (local time) stating the Federal Reserve does not need to raise interest rates this year based on housing and labor market conditions. Mocuta explained that while housing and labor markets send different signals about Fed

Crypto exchange HTX has been rotating wallets across four blockchains to avoid sanctions screening since May, according to blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs, which released a report on Tuesday. The wallet rotation practice is designed to evade detection following UK authorities' sanctions

Kim Min-seok, former Prime Minister and Democratic Party representative candidate, announced financial reform tasks including the Digital Asset Basic Law on May 22 morning at a press conference in the National Assembly Communication Center. The '4+1 Reform Tasks' include digital asset sovereignty es

Hyundai Motor Company earned 186 trillion won in record-level earnings, yet its stock price remains stagnant due to inefficient capital allocation, according to analysis by THE COMPASS. The automaker's capital is tied up in unrelated equity holdings and real estate assets, hindering corporate

Seven in 10 U.S. crypto traders surveyed by OKX said they would be comfortable letting artificial intelligence manage their portfolios without human review, according to survey results published July 21. The group included traders willing to grant AI complete

After Balaji Srinivasan’s “Digital Nomads” community internet school, Network School, faced regulatory crackdowns in Malaysia, it quickly pivoted to Kazakhstan. On Tuesday, the Iskandar Princess City Council (MBIP) revoked the business license of NSO Malaysia Sdn Bhd, the network school’s operating entity, citing violations of permit conditions and requirements related to premises use. Malaysia Regulatory Action: MBIP Revokes NSO Malaysia Business License The regulatory actions targeting the net

Blockchain security company PeckShield said on July 22 that the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) 42DAO, which manages the Balance Protocol and the Balance Coin (BLC) token, suffered an exploit worth about $915k. The attack caused BLC to depeg, with the price collapsing to $0.001358—a drop of more than 99%. BNB Chain GemJoin vulnerability: 42DAO loses $915,000 According to reports from PeckShield and TenArmor, the main known information about this incident is as follows: Loss amount: a

HLB Genex Chairman Jin Yang-gon and CEO Kim Do-yeon purchased company shares on days 20-21 and day 13 respectively, following a stock price decline triggered by the parent company HLB's liver cancer drug approval delay in the United States. Jin acquired 50,428 shares over two days while Kim purchase

The LPL match between LGD and EDG kicks off today at 17:00. According to Gate’s prediction market data, the current market has 46% of funds backing LGD to win, and 55% backing EDG to win. This data in itself isn’t complicated, but the information it contains runs far deeper than the surface numbers. The core logic of a prediction market is “voting with money.” Unlike traditional polls or expert predictions, participants in a prediction market must express their

The EU’s highest court issued a ruling in July (Case C-788/24), holding that VPNs (virtual private networks) are “lawful technical tools.” Bypassing geo-blocked content by “going over the wall” does not constitute copyright infringement; as long as the publisher uses the “most advanced” geo-blocking technology, it has already fulfilled its obligation of reasonable oversight and does not need to be held liable for copyright infringement because users bypass the restrictions via VPN. VPN service p

Taiwan’s Economic Daily News reported that SpaceX has commissioned Foxconn (Hon Hai) to manufacture the first batch of AI server racks equipped with NVIDIA GB300, with an order value as high as $52 billion. However, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk later responded on the X platform, saying the related report is “false news.” Taiwan media report and Musk’s “false news” response: what happened and both sides’ claims According to a report by Taiwan’s Economic Daily News, the GB300 AI server order that SpaceX p

MVMT Labs, the developer of Movement blockchain, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware on the 15th (local time). According to court records from Bankruptcy Observer on the 22nd (Korean time), the filing follows Chapter 11 procedures