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Solana moved its developer network to Alpenglow on September 25, a consensus upgrade designed to reduce transaction finality times from roughly 12.8 seconds to between 100 and 150 milliseconds. The migration, known as Alpenswitch, took effect at epoch 1167 after a 17-minute countdown and was

Korea Securities Depository (KSD) will implement a system reform starting late this month allowing institutional investors to submit stocks and bonds as collateral for settlement acceleration funds instead of cash only. Settlement acceleration funds are deposits required from domestic and foreign in

Borrowers in Korea face mounting interest payment burdens while savers benefit from higher deposit rates, as speculation grows that domestic rates may rise further after the Chuseok holiday following rate increases in the US and Japan. Self-employed business owners and mortgage holders are

AI companies reliant on debt face rising borrowing costs this week as Treasury yields climbed to their highest levels since 2007. The 10-year Treasury yield sits near 5.17%, up about 1 percentage point since the start of the year, forcing companies issuing debt to offer more attractive rates to

Deepwater Asset Management's Gene Munster projects that personalized artificial intelligence could generate operating income increases of 8% to 90% for Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc., describing the potential financial impact as "numbers so large they're hard to believe." Munster's analysis

Korea Investment Financial Group is preparing a corporate bond issuance of up to 500 billion won in October, as the Korean corporate bond market resumes activity following the Chuseok holiday. LG Uplus is planning an issuance of up to 400 billion won, with an issuance date set for October 21,

The Cardano Foundation and Fireblocks are preparing to integrate Cardano Native Tokens onto Fireblocks' institutional digital-asset custody platform. The Cardano Foundation announced the planned integration on September 24, stating that CNTs will receive standard-asset treatment on Fireblocks,

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin announced the network's evolution into a hybrid architecture in a recent tweet. The transition moves beyond traditional blockchain functionality and will follow the Hegota fork. The upgrades aim to integrate advanced cryptographic techniques to enhance Ethereum's

J.R. Global REIT received an audit opinion refusal from its external auditor on September 22 for its 14th fiscal year financial statements, triggering a delisting cause under Korea Exchange regulations. The auditor determined that significant uncertainty exists regarding the company's ability to

AI big tech companies issued $257 billion in long-maturity corporate bonds through August 2024 to finance data center construction and AI infrastructure, according to analysis from Hana Securities. The issuance volume represents 1.6 times the $158 billion issued in all of 2023, with the

The U.S. Navy and the British Royal Navy launched a U.S. Mk 48 heavyweight torpedo from the Royal Navy's uncrewed drone submarine, XV Excalibur, on September 13 at the British Underwater Test & Evaluation Center (BUTEC) in Scotland. The proof-of-concept launch validated weapon interchangeability

Approximately $15.6 billion in Bitcoin options expired on the Deribit exchange on September 25, marking one of the largest quarterly derivatives settlements of the year. The expiry involved roughly 182,000 BTC in notional contracts, with call options substantially outnumbering puts at

Listed Korean companies show widening K-shaped polarization in Q3 earnings estimate revisions over the recent 3 months from June 22 to September 22. Export-heavy conglomerates including HD Hyundai, SK, LS, and GS posted substantial upward estimate adjustments driven by global infrastructure

Korean brokerage firms maintain KOSPI upper targets between 8,000 and 9,000 for the second half, though some firms recently lowered their forecasts following increased market volatility after the July decline. The revised outlook reflects heightened external uncertainties including interest rates an

Riot Platforms repaid a $200 million credit facility from Coinbase Credit this week, releasing collateral held in custody. The Bitcoin miner finished paying the remaining principal and interest on Monday, according to a Friday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The facility had b

AMPL dropped 31.18% in 15 minutes, falling from $1.86 to $1.28. The sharp decline is attributed to liquidation pressure in the derivatives market, where traders faced margin calls triggering cascading sell orders. The drop occurred amid broader volatility across the cryptocurrency market, with

Intel reported a GAAP net loss of $11.0 billion for the second quarter against $2.2 billion of non-GAAP net income, with almost the entire $13.2 billion gap attributed to a $12.5 billion mark-to-market loss on shares Intel owes the US government under the CHIPS Act Secure Enclave agreement. The

Palantir (PLTR) closed at $189.67 on September 25, 2026, up 5.9% over twelve months and 13.0% year-to-date, despite the company roughly doubling its revenue during that period. The stock's muted performance reflects a collapse in its price-to-sales multiple, which fell by approximately half as the b

The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) will implement a revised PCE inflation calculation methodology on September 30. The change adjusts how portfolio management fees and software services are measured within the Personal Consumption Expenditures index. Wall Street analysts project the methodolog

High-net-worth investors in South Korea maintained their domestic stock allocation at 75.4% of total assets as of the 10th, according to data from four major securities firms including Mirae Asset, NH, Samsung, and Shinhan Investment & Securities analyzed by Financial News on the 27th. The allocatio