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Pi Network Pi Core team announced on July 9th that backend support has been enabled for the App Studio building platform for AI applications. The first feature launched is "Persistent Storage," allowing newly created App Studio applications to save and retrieve user-specific data across different sessions, solving the problem of progress disappearing immediately after users leave the app. App Studio Backend Support Launch: Persistent Storage Enables Cross-Session User Data Saving According to an

According to the 2027 budget bill signed by North Carolina on July 10, 2026, starting from January 1, 2027, prediction market platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket will be required to pay a 6% net trading fee income tax. This effectively serves as a "concession in exchange for taxation," acknowledging federal regulation authority by the CFTC. Core Provisions of North Carolina's 2027 Budget Bill: 6% Tax Rate Under the 2027 budget bill signed by North Carolina on July 10, 2026, the tax framework

As of July 10, the KOSPI early trading rebounded, surpassing 7,500 points, driving the Korean main board securities stocks generally higher; Hanwha Investment & Securities rose over 11%, with individual stocks gaining between 5% and 6%. Analyst Lim Hye-yeon from Shinhan Investment Securities predicts that the net profits for Q2 of Asset Securities, Korea Investment Holdings, Kiwoom Securities, Samsung Securities, and NH Investment & Securities will all exceed market consensus. Early morning secu

The Financial Supervisory Commission of Taiwan (FSC) revised the “Regulations Governing Securities Investment by Overseas Chinese and Foreign Nationals” at the end of April, allowing listed and over-the-counter companies to distribute U.S.-dollar-denominated cash dividends to foreign shareholders. The market calls it the “TSMC provision.” The system is expected to be completed in the third quarter, with the dividend payout season officially beginning in 2027. What the TSMC provision entails: FSC

AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) stocks slipped 1% on Thursday to close at $73.88, down 13% this week, as FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said SpaceX and Amazon are intensifying competition in the satellite-to-cell market. Carr attributed recent weakness in wireless carrier stocks to heightened telecom competition

PepsiCo Inc. shares slipped overnight Thursday after analysts cut price targets following the company's downward adjustment to its earnings outlook after fiscal second-quarter results. Evercore ISI reduced its target to $150 from $170, Piper Sandler lowered to $176 from $178, and UBS slashed to $159

OpenAI’s latest flagship model, GPT-5.6 (Sol), was “held” by the U.S. government for 12 days between completing training and its public release; Sam Altman said on CNBC that the process involved multiple rounds of talks with officials including Commerce Secretary Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Bessent, and National Cyber Director Cairncross, but OpenAI refused to disclose specific details. Sam Altman: The review involved multiple rounds of talks with the commerce secretary, treasury secretary, and

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds and private credit markets experienced simultaneous large-scale capital outflows in June and the second quarter, signaling weakening shock absorption capacity across financial markets according to market observers. Bitcoin ETFs saw approximately $4 billion in ne

DS Asset Management announced on July 10 at a press conference at Korea Exchange (KRX) in South Korea that its first ETF, the “DS KOSDAQ Active ETF,” will be officially listed on July 14. This is an active ETF focused on leading companies in the KOSDAQ market’s structural growth industries; its management fee is set at 1.00% per year. Key Stock-Picking Differentiation of the DS KOSDAQ Active ETF: Index Coverage of 60% According to remarks from Jeong Sung-in, Director of the ETF Team at DS Asset

Kim Yong-beom, Chief of Policy Office at the Blue House, stated on the 10th that while he is considering relaxing mortgage loan regulations for young actual homebuyers, there is more opposition within the government. Kim made the remarks when asked about the possibility of easing loan requirements f

Researchers from Tel Aviv University, the Israel Institute of Technology, and Intuit have revealed a new attack method called "Adversarial HalluSquatting" in the paper "Beware of Proxy Zombie Networks: Achieving Scalable Unidirectional Promptware Attacks via Universal and Transferable Adversarial HalluSquatting," which exploits AI hallucination phenomena to trick AI agents into downloading malicious code. HalluSquatting Attack Mechanism: Technical Principles of Predicting AI Hallucination Resour

Hanwha Investment Securities identified a buying opportunity in memory semiconductor stocks after Micron and SanDisk fell approximately 30% from recent peaks, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index declining 15% and major chipmakers NVIDIA and Broadcom dropping around 20%. The brokerage's

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Swift) officially announced on July 9 that its "blockchain-based shared ledger," which took nine months from concept to actual development, is ready for initial deployment; 17 top multinational banks from six continents will participate in the first real transaction pilot, utilizing "Tokenised Deposits" to enable seamless cross-border payments 24/7. 17 Pilot Banks: Top Institutions from Six Continents Participate in Real Transactio

On July 10, 2026, Micron Technology (MU) became the focus of the U.S. semiconductor sector. The stock reached an intraday high of $1,035.50, with an increase of over 6%, and ultimately closed at $991.64, up $42.84 for the day, a 4.52% gain. With a trading volume of approximately 40.8 million shares and over $41 billion in trading value, this sharp rise followed by a pullback sparked intense market discussion about the future of storage chips. What was the direct catalyst for the surge? Micron’s

Dunamu, the operator of Upbit, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Seoul Metropolitan Government on May 9 at the Korea Press Center to strengthen youth economic and financial capabilities and promote proper understanding of digital assets. The partnership aims to address financial,

After SpaceXAI released Grok 4.5, Musk described it on X as an "Opus-level product, faster and cheaper," and later added that "it seems to rank first in at least some benchmark tests"; however, Musk later admitted that this comparison was against the previous generation Claude Opus 4.8, not the current one. Grok 4.5 costs $2 for input, while Claude Opus 4.8 costs $5 According to SpaceXAI's official pricing and Artificial Analysis data, Grok 4.5's API pricing is $2 per million tokens for input an

Meta Platforms, Inc. released the Muse Spark 1.1 AI model on Thursday, while Cathie Wood's ARK Investment Management purchased 34,080 Meta shares valued at $20.6 million. The AI model represents Meta's most capable release yet for coding and agentic tasks, marking the company's push to compete in th

U.S. stock indices ended higher on Thursday as chipmaker stocks rebounded sharply, with the S&P 500 rising 0.8%, the Nasdaq 100 gaining 1.3%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average adding 0.3%. The rally occurred ahead of SK Hynix's scheduled Nasdaq debut on July 10, while investors dismissed

CSX Corp., Penguin Solutions, and UnitedHealth Group stocks reached new 52-week highs on Thursday as investors responded to analyst upgrades and strong earnings momentum ahead of the second-quarter earnings season. CSX hit a record $49.54 after Citi raised its price target to $53 from $46, Penguin S

DS Asset Management, known for unlisted company investments, held an ETF market entry press conference on the 10th and announced the launch of 'DS KOSDAQ Active ETF' on the 14th. The new product actively invests in leading KOSDAQ stocks expected to show structural growth, differentiating from