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Japanese stock indices closed mixed on the 29th, with the Nikkei 225 falling 930.73 points (1.49%) to 61,434.19 while the TOPIX rose 0.26% to 3,974.03. The decline was triggered by a semiconductor stock selloff after Korea's KOSPI index dropped over 12% intraday, accelerating selling pressure in

JKL Partners, the private equity fund operator holding a majority stake in Lotte Insurance, has shifted to a public sale process after exclusive negotiations with Shinhan Financial Group collapsed due to price disagreements. The breakdown occurred as JKL sought approximately 1 trillion won while Shi

South Korea's KOSPI index fell 35.74% in July, marking the largest monthly decline on record and surpassing the 27.24% drop during the 1997 IMF financial crisis, according to investment bank analyses released July 29. Individual investors incurred approximately $38.7 billion (56 trillion won) in

LG Uplus decided to invest an additional 1.3 trillion won in its Paju artificial intelligence (AI) data center. The investment supports phase 2 construction of the 200-megawatt (MW) AI data center currently under development. Computing Building 1, scheduled for completion in June next year, is

The US Treasury Department announced last week that the federal government's debt stands at $39.7 trillion, growing at approximately $7 billion per day. The debt ceiling, raised by $5 trillion to $41.1 trillion in July 2025 under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, has already been consumed by more

WSJ columnist Jason Zweig published a newsletter titled 'The Stock Market Is Not Your Rich Uncle' on the 29th, warning investors against treating bull market gains as 'free money' for speculative bets. The warning comes as Korean stocks face sharp declines, with the KOSPI index falling 5.98% to

Microsoft rose 1% in early premarket trading on Wednesday, ahead of its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report scheduled after market close, as investors focused on capital expenditure guidance and Azure cloud growth amid concerns over heavy AI spending. The company has forecast spending $190

Attorneys general from 44 states submitted a letter on Monday to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, arguing that the agency lacks authority to regulate sports-related prediction markets. Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson led the coalition, which filed the letter as the public comment period c

Iole, a company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) Growth Market, announced on the 29th that it has begun purchasing HYPE, the native token of decentralized exchange Hyperliquid. The company changed its fundraising purpose from 'BTC purchase' to 'virtual asset (digital asset) purchase' on the

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued new guidance instructing regulated prediction market exchanges to stop submitting broad template-style self-certifications covering large numbers of event contracts. The procedural change follows an explosion in prediction market activity driven by

Proprietary trading firms are increasingly seeking brokerage licenses, acquiring regulated entities, or partnering with licensed firms to expand beyond the evaluation model. The shift is motivated by desires to offer execution services, payment infrastructure, and live trading accounts under their o

South Korea's Financial Services Commission reaffirmed on the 29th its plan to institutionalize financial holding company governance reforms through amendments to the Financial Company Governance Act, according to statements made during a National Assembly Policy Committee briefing. FSC Chairman

MARA CEO Fred Thiel stated in a July 23 interview with Natalie Brunell that electricity used for artificial intelligence infrastructure generates substantially better returns than the same power devoted to Bitcoin mining. Thiel explained the gap reflects tougher mining economics driven by Bitcoin's

Onchain security firm Blockaid verified 212 blockchain exploits in the first half of 2026, totaling $1.1 billion in losses. The incident count represented 3.4 times the number of high-threshold exploits recorded across all of 2025.

Zcash developers activated the Ironwood upgrade at block height 3,428,143 as part of the NU6.3 network upgrade, replacing the Orchard shielded pool with a formally verified alternative. The replacement followed researcher Taylor Hornby's discovery in late May of an infinity bug in Orchard that

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and South Korean financial regulators introduced contrasting measures to address volatility in single-stock leveraged products. Starting August 3, Hong Kong will allow fund operators to flexibly adjust leverage ratios within a ±2x range based on

The National Futures Association is urging Member firms to complete final preparations for a major overhaul of its fingerprint submission process. Firms must activate a Business Information Group (BIG) account before the new system becomes mandatory on October 1, 2026. The reminder follows Notice to

Ahn Cheol-soo, a South Korean politician and founder of cybersecurity firm AhnLab, purchased an additional 10,000 shares of AhnLab stocks between the 22nd and 29th of this month for approximately 533 million won, according to disclosure filings with the Korea Exchange. The purchases increased his

Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman Lee Eok-won addressed President Lee Jae-myung's apartment transaction at a National Assembly Policy Committee hearing on the 29th, calling it a 'private transaction' and stating the Presidential Office explained it was conducted lawfully and

South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport designated approximately 2.5 million pyeong at the Gwangju Military Airport site as a candidate location for the Honam region semiconductor national industrial complex on the 29th. The designation followed deliberation and resolution by th