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President Lee Jae-myung instructed the Ministry of Justice on the 14th to review legislation enabling criminal punishment for illegal lending that exceeds five times the legal interest rate. Speaking at a cabinet meeting at the Blue House, the president also requested the ministry examine debt

Global law firm Reed Smith launched an automated compliance platform called Aquarius on July 14, aiming to help crypto companies comply with the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulations. Aquarius can automatically handle key compliance tasks such as crypto asset classification, regulatory whitepaper generation, due diligence, and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) information disclosures. Aquarius Platform Core Features According to Reed Smith’s official materials, Aquarius is d

The KOSDAQ market triggered a sell-side sidecar at 12:06:33 PM on the 14th after the index plunged nearly 5%, according to Korea Exchange. The circuit breaker marked the 20th sidecar activation in the Korean Stocks market this year. The sharp decline was driven by synchronized drops in major

OpenAI’s official release of a GPT-5.6 prompt guideline: internal tests show that after significantly trimming a lengthy system prompt, scores not only don’t drop—they rise by 10% to 15%, while token usage is reduced by 41% to 66%. The core recommendation of the guideline is that developers only need to tell the model the expected results and red lines; they don’t need to specify how to take every step. The model will choose the efficiency path on its own. Test data for simplifying the system pr

Japanese Finance Minister Katsuya Katayama said the government wants public funds—including the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)—to increase their allocation to Japan’s domestic financial assets. The targets include Japanese government bonds, stocks, and other local assets. The move comes as pressure on Japan’s debt rises. Some market analysts interpret the government’s guidance of public capital to buy domestic assets as a typical case of “financial repression,” boosting the safe-haven

Jefferies raised its price target for Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) stocks to $400 from $375 on Monday, citing the company's second-quarter delivery beat of 480,100 vehicles against a consensus estimate of 406,000. The brokerage maintained a Hold rating and said a potential merger with SpaceX could leave

Oracle Corp. shares tumbled 6.5% on Monday to their lowest level in 14 months as a fresh escalation between the U.S. and Iran rattled markets. The decline extended a 47% drop since the start of June, driven by investor concerns over Oracle's rapid debt accumulation and its reliance on a $300

The global smartphone market recorded an 11% year-over-year shipment decline in the second quarter of 2026, reaching its lowest second-quarter volume since 2013, according to preliminary data released Monday by Counterpoint Research. The drop was driven by an intensifying DRAM and NAND memory chip s

Sandisk Corp. (SNDK) shares fell 12.63% in Monday's session and extended losses by 1.06% in after-hours trading, caught in a broad chip sector selloff. Despite the decline, Wall Street analysts reaffirmed or raised price targets, with Citigroup maintaining a $2,500 target and Evercore ISI lifting it

Q32 Bio (QTTB) shares surged 91% on Monday after the company reported positive 36-week results from its early-stage trial of bempikibart in patients with severe or very severe alopecia areata. The stock recorded its best single-day gain since July 2025 before declining 5% in after-hours trading. The

White House Chief Crypto Adviser Patrick Witt will conclude his work at the White House next Friday and will report to the Georgia Army National Guard JAG program by July 27 to begin several months of training. Deputy Chairman of the Crypto Commission Harry Jung will assume his responsibilities. Witt’s departure comes at a critical time for the drafting of the CLARITY Act (the crypto market structure bill). Witt Departure Schedule: Report to JAG Training by July 27; Future Role Uncertain Accordi

Oppenheimer warned that the S&P 500 faces potential correction risks during the third quarter despite an ongoing bullish trend in US equities. Technical analyst Ari Wald stated in a recent investment note that the index could retreat approximately 8% from current levels to the 7,000 mark due to

US ETF issuer Subversive has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch two “ex-Musk ETFs,” with tickers QQNE and SPNE, scheduled to be listed on September 21. The two funds are designed to exclude companies that are “founded, led, controlled, or otherwise primarily affiliated” with Musk. The current exclusion list includes Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX (SPCX). QQNE and SPNE Two Ex-Elon ETF Key Specifications Based on the filing documents and TechCrunch coverage, the main s

Futu Holdings, a Chinese brokerage firm listed on Nasdaq, held a media briefing in Hong Kong on July 13. Futu Securities’ Managing Director Sze Tak-yuan said it expects its Mainland China business to gradually shrink; as of the end of March, the share of its Mainland China funding accounts in its total accounts had fallen to 13%, and those accounts represented 17% of customers’ total assets. Financially, for Q1 through March, net profit was HK$831 million. Futu Holdings’ stance on rectification

Foreign investors recorded a net outflow of $30.72 billion from South Korean securities markets in June, according to data released by the Bank of Korea on July 14. Stock funds saw a record $32.37 billion net outflow, surpassing the previous month's record, while bond funds registered a $1.65 billio

Multiple financial institutions updated their Hong Kong-listed stock ratings on July 14: CICC P&C maintained a “Buy” rating on MINIMAX-W (00100.HK), stating that its scarce AI large-model resources recently completed fundraising; CICC Securities maintained a “Strong Buy” rating on Alibaba-SW (09988.HK), with a target price range of HK$161 to HK$189, highlighting that Alibaba Cloud’s profit margin has risen far more than market expectations. CICC Maintains MINIMAX Buy Rating, Focuses on AI Large-

Strategy Inc. disclosed on July 13 that its USD Reserve increased by $450 million to $3 billion, extending dividend coverage to 20.4 months. The company reported holdings of 843,775 bitcoin and $1.763 billion in annual dividend obligations. The reserve expansion supports preferred-stock

Houthi rebels claimed Saudi Arabia struck Sanaa International Airport in Yemen on the 13th (local time), while Yemen's Defense Ministry countered that the airstrike was conducted by Yemeni government forces, not Saudi Arabia. The Yemen government stated the runway was targeted to prevent an

The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) experienced sharp fluctuations during the early trading session on July 14. As of 11:00 a.m., it was at 6,712.84 points, down 1.38%. During the session, it briefly rose by more than 2% on bargain hunting, approaching the 7,000-point threshold, but then fell back to around 6,700 due to selling pressure. Retail investors were net sellers of 2.3 trillion won, while foreign investors were net buyers of 430 billion won. Retail investors sold 2.3 trillion

BNK Investment Securities issued a research report on May 9th setting a target price of 185 million won for SK Hynix stocks with a 'hold' rating, a forecast now gaining renewed attention as SK Hynix shares fell into the 180 million won range. Analyst Lee Min-hee cited concerns that competitive