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SpaceXAI launched Grok 4.5, its latest artificial intelligence model designed for coding, agentic workflows and advanced knowledge work. The company positions Grok 4.5 as its most capable system to date, built for technical tasks including software engineering, data science, research, finance and

Tobox Korea's management rights transfer to Ggumbi faced immediate legal challenge after Golden Eagle, the company's second-largest shareholder holding a 12.60% stake, filed an injunction on the 6th at Seoul Southern District Court to block new share issuance, with the filing disclosed on the 8th ac

Block has agreed to pay $45 million to settle allegations from a coalition of 46 U.S. states that accused the company of failing to protect Cash App users from fraud and misleading consumers about the platform’s security. The agreement also requires the fintech company to strengthen customer

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) released its regional economic report (Sakura Report) finding that corporate capital investment remains robust amid expanding global artificial intelligence (AI) demand, while cost increases from labor and raw materials—particularly those linked to Middle East conflict—are

Otec, known for its Carrier air conditioning brand, saw its Korean stocks rise 19.95% over the past three months as the company expanded into heat pump and data center liquid cooling technologies. The stock performance contrasted sharply with competitors Paseco and Winix, whose Korean stocks

ABL Life Insurance sent requests for proposals to major advisory firms recently to select a sale advisor for its Yeouido headquarters, ABL Yeouido Tower, according to investment banking industry sources on July 9. The company plans to hold presentations on July 10 and finalize the sale advisor

Tesla stock declined Wednesday as investors evaluated merger speculation between Tesla and SpaceX following SpaceX's initial public offering, which valued the aerospace company at approximately $1.77 trillion. JPMorgan stated the combination could make strategic sense due to complementary

KOSDAQ ETFs recorded double-digit losses on July 9 as the index failed to recover the 800 level. Major KOSDAQ 150 ETFs posted 17-18% losses over the one-month period ending July 9, while active KOSDAQ ETFs declined up to 22.96%. The underperformance stemmed from weakened investor sentiment toward

South Korea's National Assembly Finance Committee identified cryptocurrency taxation as a major policy issue in its second-half agenda, releasing a policy report on January 7. The committee faces two opposing bills: the People Power Party's proposal to abolish digital asset taxation and the

MSCI will announce stocks for inclusion and exclusion in its Korea Index regular review on August 13, according to the financial investment industry on July 9. MSCI conducts index rebalancing four times annually in February, May, August, and November. Inclusion in the index typically attracts

Daegu University professor Kim Kyung-ki argued on May 9 that South Korea's southwestern semiconductor cluster project requires power infrastructure verification before site selection. Kim, who serves as senior vice president of the semiconductor engineering society, presented technical analysis at a

South Korean authorities are coordinating policy measures for single-stock leveraged ETFs, with a potential announcement before the Financial Services Commission's presidential briefing on January 15. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Koo Yun-chul stated discussions are underway, while

Capital.com reported $1.13 trillion in client trading volume during the second quarter, with Gold accounting for 42.4% of all platform activity as geopolitical tensions, volatile commodity markets and shifting U.S. interest rate expectations drove retail traders toward precious metals. The online tr

Korean stocks experienced a broad-based decline on May 8, with all 50 KOSPI sectors and 39 KOSDAQ sectors recording negative returns. The market-wide selloff was driven by concentrated retail investor flows into leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) rather than individual stocks, weakening buying s

Foreign investors net bought 137.5 billion won worth of Korean stocks on July 9, marking the second consecutive day of net inflows into the KOSPI market, according to Korea Exchange data. The buying activity followed a 344 billion won net purchase the day before, ending a 14-trading-day selling

Ripple and the University of Kansas unveiled a multi-year partnership placing XRP patches on Kansas Jayhawks uniforms across multiple sports, making Kansas the first major college athletics program to feature a cryptocurrency brand on official game jerseys. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, a Kansas

OSL Group (HKEX: 863) announced on July 09, 2026 that its European subsidiary OSL EU received Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) authorization from the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) under the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). The authorization enables OSL Gr

Moneygram deployed an active Solana validator node and integrated into the Solana Developer Platform (SDP), marking a shift from infrastructure consumer to consensus participant. Harry Hwang, CEO of Flowra, warns that compliant order-flow lanes risk centralizing Solana's institutional liquidity into

US Bitcoin and Ethereum spot exchange-traded funds recorded sharply divergent flows on May 8 (local time), with Bitcoin ETFs posting $84.9 million in net outflows while Ethereum ETFs attracted approximately $70 million in net inflows for a fifth consecutive trading day. The Bitcoin ETF reversal

Robinhood Chain, the Layer-2 blockchain from US trading platform Robinhood, recorded spot decentralized exchange (DEX) trading volume of $563,853,994 on May 8 local time, reaching approximately 29.1% of Solana's volume during the same period. The surge followed liquidity inflow after the Robinhood C