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Bitcoin holds above $78,000, while HYPE gains ~4% and other major altcoins decline over 24 hours amid hawkish Fed bets
Bitcoin holds above $78,000, while HYPE gains ~4% and other major altcoins decline over 24 hours amid hawkish Fed bets
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Revolut, after years of struggling for a banking license, now aims to disrupt the industry with an ‘everything app’
Revolut, after years of struggling for a banking license, now aims to disrupt the industry with an ‘everything app’
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Wall Street banks including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Citi are demanding that large law firms lower their fees due to efficiency gains from AI.
Wall Street banks including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Citi are demanding that large law firms lower their fees due to efficiency gains from AI.
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Disasters to cost world $450bn a year from climate change and development, FT reports
According to the Financial Times, more than half of these losses are not covered by insurance, as carriers are increasingly carving out risk and cutting exposure.
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Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission proposes allowing retail investors to trade regulated overseas crypto derivatives.
Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed allowing retail investors to trade regulated overseas crypto derivatives, provided these derivatives are traded on qualified, centrally
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Japan’s 10-Year Bond Yield Hits 3% for First Time Since 1996
Japan's 10-year government bond yield touched 3% for the first time this century, marking an important milestone for a debt market that is returning to normality after benchmark borrowing costs langui
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MAS Consults on Legislative Amendments to Implement Stablecoin Regulatory Framework
The proposed amendments to the Payment Services Act 2019 (PS Act) will set out how stablecoin issuers may qualify to be MAS-regulated, and the safeguards they must meet to support value stability and
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The 30-year U.S. Treasury yield has hit its longest streak of elevated levels since 2006, closing above 5% for 55 consecutive trading days as of this Monday.
The 30-year U.S. Treasury yield remains under pressure due to a confluence of factors, including persistent high U.S. fiscal deficits, a surge in corporate bond issuance, and rising expectations for F
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South Korea's exports in August surged by 68.7% year-on-year to $98.25 billion, with semiconductor exports skyrocketing by 209% to a record high of $46.65 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of $34.75 billion.
South Korea's August exports surpassed market expectations with a 62.0% increase, extending the strong growth seen in July. Semiconductor exports exceeded the $40 billion mark for the third consecutiv
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Zhipu AI disclosed an ARR guidance of $2.4 billion by year-end, admitting it lags Anthropic by approximately 17 months but has narrowed the gap by 7 months; API call volume still grew over 40 times after the average API price increased by 101%.
Zhipu AI, during its interim results press conference and analyst meeting on August 31, for the first time provided official guidance for an ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) of $2.4 billion by year-end,
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South Korea Plans Up to 222.8 Trillion Won in 2027 Bond Issuance
South Korea plans to issue up to 222.8 trillion won ($162.7 billion) of bonds in 2027. This total is near this year’s record, as President Lee Jae Myung pushes his expansionary fiscal agenda.
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Mifeng delivered its 20,000th set of embodied data collection equipment to JD Technology, with cumulative data exceeding one million hours. CEO Yao Maoqing stated that the embodied data industry is heading towards an oligopoly.
Mifeng announced on August 31 that its 20,000th MEgo disembodied data collection device has rolled off the production line and been delivered to JD Technology Group. Concurrently, Mifeng's cumulative
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US Soybean Futures Hit Highest in Almost Three Years on Trump Administration's Biofuel Exemption Announcement
US Soybean Futures Hit Highest in Almost Three Years on Trump Administration's Biofuel Exemption Announcement
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch: The gap between China's AI model capabilities and global top-tier levels continues to narrow, with Kimi K3 and GLM-5.3 achieving 95% of Claude Opus 5's intelligence index.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch reported that China's AI model market saw intensive upgrades in August, with the gap between domestic models and global top-tier levels continuing to narrow. According to
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BofA Securities: China's AI model market saw accelerated upgrades and a surge in usage in August, with capital expenditures for the top four cloud platforms expected to increase by 98% year-on-year in 2026.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch's latest monthly monitoring report on China's AI models indicates that in August, China's AI industry saw rapid model upgrades, tightening hashrate demand, and a signific
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Donald Trump's son's co-owned fund, 1789 Capital, led Polymarket's $1 billion funding round, valuing the latter at $21 billion.
1789 Capital, a venture capital fund co-founded by Donald Trump's son, is leading a funding round of approximately $1 billion for prediction market platform Polymarket, with the fund contributing arou
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**Prominent Investor Gavin Baker: NVIDIA Has Become the "Central Bank" of the AI Supply Chain, Its Moat Is Extremely Difficult to Replicate**
In a recent a16z podcast, renowned investor Gavin Baker and a16z partner David George engaged in a deep conversation, with both agreeing that NVIDIA is "in a very, very strong position." Baker pointed
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US, China Discuss Cutting Tariffs on "Non-Sensitive" Products Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit
The United States and China are considering reducing tariffs on "non-sensitive" products ahead of a summit between the two countries' top leaders. However, according to sources familiar with the matte
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India pivots to natural farming and approves anhydrous ammonia to reduce farmers' reliance on urea, following the impact of the Iran war on the urea market.
The Indian government is striving to reduce farmers' reliance on urea to mitigate the impact of the US-Israel war on Iran on urea costs and supply. To this end, the Indian government is urging farmers
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Gavin Baker, a renowned tech investor, states that the real risk in the AI industry is under-building, not over-building, due to severely underestimated demand and limited supply.
Baker noted in a recent a16z podcast that he found no deteriorating quantitative data points during his industry visits, and that the AI industry's fundamentals continued to accelerate in July and Aug
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Prominent tech investor Gavin Baker: U.S. data center construction is creating numerous high-paying blue-collar jobs, boosting small-town tax revenues tenfold; warns that severe AI hashrate supply shortages could persist until 2028, potentially causing access costs to skyrocket tenfold.
Prominent tech investor Gavin Baker: U.S. data center construction is creating numerous high-paying blue-collar jobs, boosting small-town tax revenues tenfold; warns that severe AI hashrate supply sho
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China's RatingDog Manufacturing PMI rose to 51.5 in August, a two-month high. New export orders saw their fastest growth in six months, but ex-factory prices declined for the first time this year.
China's RatingDog Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for August registered 51.5, an increase of 0.6 percentage points from July's 50.9. This marks the ninth consecutive month the index has
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Cambodian Central Bank Rejects Plea to Extend Loan Forbearance Measures Until End of 2026
Cambodia's central bank rejected a request from financial institutions to prolong special loan forbearance measures, stating that an extension could mask credit weakness and hurt growth.
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Australian Benchmark Bond Yield Jumps to Highest Level in 15 Years, Last Seen in 2011, Amid Global Selloff and RBA Rate Hike Bets
Australia’s benchmark sovereign bond yield rose to its highest level in 15 years as a global selloff deepened and traders increased bets that the Reserve Bank of Australia may need to hike interest ra
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U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance: The U.S. hopes Iran will make "verifiable commitments" to prevent it from rebuilding its nuclear program.
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance stated that Washington wants "verifiable commitments" from Iran to prevent it from rebuilding its nuclear program. He noted that the U.S. had achieved "decisive victorie
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FT: America's $10tn AI infrastructure boom is starting to fray
The Financial Times reports that a vast bet on the future of AI technology, involving an estimated $10 trillion in infrastructure investment, is encountering challenges from the unforgiving economics
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A Financial Times survey of 94 economists shows that the global economy is poised for an AI-driven growth wave, with benefits expected to extend far beyond the United States and China.
A Financial Times survey of 94 economists shows that the global economy is poised for an AI-driven growth wave, with benefits expected to extend far beyond the United States and China.
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Anthropic Seeks Lawyers to Help AI Agents Strike Deals
As machines begin to negotiate on behalf of humans, tech companies are being forced to confront challenges to negotiation rules.
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Latvia's Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs calls for a visa ban on Russians, linking travellers to escalating hybrid threats from Moscow
Latvia's Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs calls for a visa ban on Russians, linking travellers to escalating hybrid threats from Moscow
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Nikkei Asia: IMF Meetings Conclude, Asia's Economic Resilience Increasingly Uneven, Some Nations Miss AI Boom
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) meetings concluded on October 17, Nikkei Asia reported. The summary of the meetings noted that Asian economies have demonstrated solid resilience in the face of e
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China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.: Passenger volume reached 3.71 billion in the first three quarters, a year-on-year increase of 4.8%, hitting a new historical high for the same period.
China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.: Passenger volume reached 3.71 billion in the first three quarters, a year-on-year increase of 4.8%, hitting a new historical high for the same period.
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Yemen's Houthis Release 159 Government Troops with ICRC Aid
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed that Yemen’s Houthis have released 159 people detained in connection with the ongoing fighting. Houthi official Abdelqader al-Murtada stat
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A reconnaissance helicopter belonging to the Saudi-led coalition crashed in Saudi Arabia's Najran region, killing two crew members.
A reconnaissance helicopter belonging to the Saudi-led coalition crashed in Saudi Arabia's Najran region, killing two crew members.
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US journalist Heidi Levine undergoes surgery after being beaten by Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank
Photographer Heidi Levine, who works for The Washington Post, sustained a nearly detached finger, a broken rib, multiple broken vertebrae, and lacerations after being attacked by Israeli settlers in t
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Tokyo's new real estate purchase regulations, requiring nationality disclosure, coupled with the central bank's interest rate hike to a 31-year high, have analysts concerned about suppressed foreign investment.
According to analysts, new regulations implemented in Tokyo, Japan, since October 5, requiring all property buyers to declare their nationality, have sparked investor concerns and could curb foreign i
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Gaza Health Ministry states Israeli attacks have resulted in 6 Palestinian deaths; Israeli military claims 4 Hamas members killed.
Israel's attacks have killed 6 Palestinians and injured 43 since Friday, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The ministry also stated that since the "ceasefire" in October 2025, the death toll has
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Israelis protest in Tel Aviv against settler violence in occupied West Bank, call for government change
Israelis protested in Tel Aviv on Saturday night against settler violence in the occupied West Bank and called for change in their government. Some participants held placards reading “Palestinian live
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Iran's IRGC says two oil tankers caught fire after hitting naval mines in Strait of Hormuz on Saturday
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Saturday that two oil tankers, each carrying about two million barrels of crude oil, caught fire after hitting naval mines in the Strait of
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Inchcape Shipping Services to expand presence in South Korea
British maritime services giant Inchcape Shipping Services is stepping up its presence in South Korea, betting on the country's shipbuilding strength and growing naval maintenance business to drive ex
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Mirae Asset Global Investments opens Jeonju office near NPS HQ to strengthen ties and serve regional clients
Mirae Asset Global Investments opens Jeonju office near NPS HQ to strengthen ties and serve regional clients.
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Yemeni government forces reported that 8 soldiers were killed in clashes with Houthi rebels on the Makatila front line in the southern Lahj province.
Yemeni government forces reported that 8 soldiers were killed in clashes with Houthi rebels on the Makatila front line in the southern Lahj province.
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Saudi-led forces launch airstrikes around Yemen's Taiz to break Houthi siege
Saudi-led forces launch airstrikes around Yemen's Taiz to break Houthi siege
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US Senator Rubio says pause on Russian sanctions needed as global conflicts impact oil prices
US Senator Rubio says pause on Russian sanctions needed as global conflicts impact oil prices. He stated that global oil prices are affected by various conflicts, including the war with Iran, Houthi a
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Vanderbilt Chancellor warns universities face security compliance challenges amid AI, US-China tech race
Vanderbilt University Chancellor Daniel Diermeier stated that universities must contend with real concerns about national security, particularly regarding high-risk and dual-use technologies. He empha
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Venezuela expects nearly $76 billion in oil and gas investment over the next five years, Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said.
Venezuela expects nearly $76 billion in oil and gas investment over the next five years, Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said. The country seeks to draw private capital to boost energy production, wi
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Israeli Settlers Attack EU Diplomat Convoy, French, Belgian, and Polish Diplomats and French Mayor Attacked
Last Saturday, Israeli settlers attacked a convoy of French, Belgian, and Polish diplomats near the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank. According to witnesses and media
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Circle defends USDC business model as rivals, including Coinbase-backed Open USD, offer partners larger reserve income cuts
Circle defends USDC business model as rivals, including Coinbase-backed Open USD, offer partners larger reserve income cuts
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Saudi-led coalition forces launched two airstrikes on Yemen's Hodeidah port, according to the Houthi-controlled Al Masirah TV. The Saudi-led coalition has not yet commented on the matter.
Saudi-led coalition forces launched two airstrikes on Yemen's Hodeidah port, according to the Houthi-controlled Al Masirah TV. The Saudi-led coalition has not yet commented on the matter.
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MetalLB: Core Load Balancing Solution for Bare-Metal Kubernetes with Five Key Highlights
MetalLB is an open-source network load balancer specifically designed for bare-metal Kubernetes clusters, addressing the absence of a native LoadBalancer service type in non-cloud environments. The project is currently in Beta but is widely adopted and considered stable and reliable. This article will delve into MetalLB's definition, its current project status, and its five core highlights, including its unique bare-metal load balancing capabilities, Layer 2 and BGP operational modes, lightweight Kubernetes-native design, cost-effectiveness and flexibility, and dynamic IP address allocation and external advertisement features, revealing its critical role in private cloud and edge computing scenarios.
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Previous, Forecast, Actual: These three numbers in the economic calendar are the market's script.
The economic calendar doesn't predict market trends; it merely answers "when, which country, and what numbers will be released." What truly drives prices is the difference between the actual value and the forecast. This article uses two sets of real data to illustrate how to read previous values, forecasts, and actuals, clarifies three common pitfalls—importance ratings, time zones, and revised figures—and provides a replicable weekly scheduling method.
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From Event to Your Screen: The Four Hurdles a Financial News Alert Must Clear
By the time the news is seen, half the market move has already happened. The problem often lies not in judgment, but in the sequence of information arrival. A financial news flash, from event occurrence to reaching the reader, must pass through four checkpoints: source coverage, deduplication and compression, traceable origin, and multi-language synchronization. This article breaks down this chain and provides three questions for ordinary investors to filter out noise.
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Ledger co-founder Bacca reacts to AI Claude's ECDSA origins discovery, saying 'Checkmate Satoshi'
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