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Volato Group ($SOAR) shareholders approved the merger with M2i Global ($MTWO) on the 7th. Out of a total of 15.1 million shares, 99% voted in favor, further increasing the likelihood of the deal's success.
After the completion of this merger, based on fully diluted shares, the newly formed merged entity will be owned approximately 85% by M2i Global shareholders and about 15% by Volato Group shareholders. Both companies expect the transaction to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2026, provided that customary closing conditions are met.
Targeting the "$400 billion" key mineral market
Post-merger, the combined company will actively enter the "key mineral" market. The company states that, based on 2025, the market size is $400 billion. At an exchange rate of 1 USD to 1,451.80 KRW, this is approximately 580 trillion 720 billion Korean won.
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Domestic government bond yields across all maturities are falling across the board, showing a strong and sustained downward trend. The Korean bond market is also declining, with 3Y to 50Y yields all decreasing, and long-term yields also dropping, indicating increased market risk aversion and expectations of lower benchmark interest rates in the future. This full-range decline is seen as a signal that monetary policy will become more accommodative. Future trends may be influenced by the Bank of Korea's policy, inflation indicators, and fluctuations in U.S. Treasury bonds; if the economy slows down or inflation stabilizes, downward pressure on interest rates may continue.

Sustinvest's analysis on the 7th states that as of the end of last year, domestic actively managed ESG equity funds had returns of 37.22%, 83.20%, and 112.26% over 6 months, 1 year, and 3 years, respectively, higher than non-ESG funds at 35.08%, 77.00%, and 107.18%, covering 55 funds (out of 188 total). The ESG score is 77.51, higher than the KOSPI average of 77.21 and non-ESG at 76.27, and governance scores are negatively correlated with downside risk, indicating strong risk management potential. The net assets for the year are 9.603 trillion KRW, with a net outflow of 851.6 billion KRW in the second half of the year. Bond ESG funds experienced outflows, while overseas stock/bond funds saw inflows, showing a trend of diversification and allocation adjustments toward overseas markets.

Gyeongnam Robot Park Consortium and Gyeongsang National University Startup Support Group signed a cooperation agreement on May 7, 2026, aiming to combine the startup support network with empirical infrastructure to jointly identify and support promising robotics companies, promoting commercialization. The agreement will also revitalize the Robotics Research Center, connecting university talent, entrepreneurial capabilities, and regional industrial foundations to facilitate the collaborative development of the robotics industry ecosystem in the Gyeongnam region.

Bitcoin rebounds to about $80k, but several analysts believe the bottom has not yet been reached and it is still in a bearish flag downward trend. If the upper channel test fails, there may be a further dip; historically, this flag often breaks after the second upper test, and the bottom may not appear until the end of this year. The current price is about $80.9k, and the short-term rebound is seen as a reassurance; $83k to $85k is a key resistance, and market volatility may increase.

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In the cryptocurrency industry, individuals who have a record of failures involving "60 million USD" have instead become "supervisors" criticizing other scams, sparking controversy. Anonymous trader 0xSisyphus is a typical example.
According to UK media Protos, 0xSisyphus is accused of being a core figure in a project that lost about 13,556 Ethereum (ETH), worth approximately 60 million USD at the time, due to the AnubisDAO collapse. Despite this, he currently operates on the X platform with a fan base of up to 153k, acting like a blockchain scam tracker.
The issue lies in his past. In October 2023, NFT Ethics, an anonymous investigative account, claimed that Kevin Pawlak, former head of risk at OpenSea, is the mastermind behind 0xSisyphus. The article

KT&G releases its 2026 Q1 consolidated results: sales of 17.036 trillion won, up 14.3% year over year; operating profit of 364.5 billion won, up 27.7%; net profit of 378.2 billion won, up 46.6%, exceeding Infomax’s expectations by 5.2%. With tobacco as the core and expansion into healthy food and real estate, the improvement in profitability indicates a lighter expense burden, and net profit growth is higher than operating profit growth. If, going forward, KT&G continues to create steady cash flows that beat expectations, its defensive consumer-stock positioning is expected to be further strengthened.

Grayscale adjusts its DeFi fund holdings in the first quarter of 2026: adding Ethena, removing Aerodrome Finance, with Ethena accounting for 13.59%, becoming the fourth-largest holding; the top four holdings are Uniswap 35.22%, Aave 21.36%, Ondo 19.83%, Ethena 13.59%, Curve 5.27%, Lido DAO 4.73%. After rebalancing the Grayscale Smart Contract Fund, Ethereum's weight remains dominant at 30.14%.