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According to the Royal Bank of Canada, Canada's central bank is widely expected to hold its overnight rate at 2.25% unchanged when it announces its rate decision on Wednesday. This will mark the sixth consecutive hold following consecutive 50 basis point rate cuts in September and October of last

According to a Ukrainian drone commander, Ukrainian forces struck 20 Russian ships in the Black Sea overnight on July 14, with 17 of the vessels being oil tankers.

According to Korea Exchange and Korea Securities Computing data, South Korean retail investors faced significant losses on July 15 after betting on further declines in SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics through inverse leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The "SOL SK Hynix Futures Single-Stock

According to Kpler ship-tracking data, vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz rebounded on Tuesday, July 14, with nine of eleven ships using Iranian routes as Iran accelerated export shipments ahead of a U.S. blockade announced that day. The outbound vessels included a VLCC carrying 2 million b

According to KIC President Park Il-young, the Korea Investment Corporation's assets under management reached $243.2 billion as of end of June, representing an increase of $11.2 billion from the end of last year. The announcement was made during a government report meeting at the presidential

According to CME data, on July 14, copper and Brent crude oil surged in both trading volume and open interest, while silver and natural gas cooled. Copper volume rose 6,410 contracts to 56,166 and open interest increased 3,415 to 259,598, while Brent crude oil volume jumped 239,188 to 433,687 and op

According to Korea Exchange and KOSCOM, Korean retail investors on July 15 purchased 67 billion Korean won (KRW) in SK Hynix 2X Inverse ETF and 90.3 billion KRW in Samsung Electronics 2X Inverse ETF, betting on further declines. Both semiconductor stocks surged the same day, causing significant

According to Bloomberg, on July 15, SK Hynix stock collapsed 15.37% on July 13—its steepest decline since company founding—while Samsung Electronics dropped 10.7%, as leveraged exchange-traded funds triggered forced selling. Bloomberg cited a Goldman Sachs report indicating that leveraged ETF

According to the chairman of the Japan Petroleum Association, Japan plans to research how to participate in Middle Eastern oil-producing nations' initiatives to increase exports through routes bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, including expanding pipeline transmission

According to Axios, on July 14, President Trump convened a situation room meeting to discuss military operations against Iran extending far beyond current strikes in the Strait of Hormuz region. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Joint Chiefs

Mizuho downgraded Circle Internet Group to Underperform from Neutral and cut its price target to $50 from $85, citing rising competitive pressure from OpenUSD. Circle shares fell 4.1% to $60.47 after the downgrade, according to Barron's.
The Japanese investment bank cited concern that OpenUSD's

According to The Information, DeepSeek is seeking $7.4 billion in new funding on July 15, raising its company valuation to $74 billion. The AI company's annual revenue has reached $400 million to $500 million, according to the

According to Seo Hyun-min, director of S2W's strategy division, on July 15 at the Ethiopia x K-Digital Connect 2026 forum in Seoul, the AI-based cybersecurity company introduced its multi-domain analysis technology that integrates data from the dark web, Telegram, and blockchain to track

According to Foresight News, OKX will launch tokenized U.S. stock spot trading on July 16, allowing users to trade price exposure of stocks and ETFs with ticker symbols prefixed with "X" (such as XNVDA and XTSLA). Users can deposit and withdraw via Solana and X Layer networks, with trading

According to BlockSec monitoring and reported by Foresight News, Ethereum DeFi protocol BarnBridge SMART Yield (cUSDC) recently fell victim to a governance attack. Attackers exploited the DAO governance mechanism to upgrade a malicious contract, gaining authorization to drain user funds. The attack

According to a Stocktwits Poll with 1,400 votes, neocloud stocks including Nebius Group (NBIS), CoreWeave (CRWV), Applied Digital (APLD), and IREN (IREN) have fallen between 25% and 38% over the past month amid investor concerns about rising competition and high debt levels. However, 65% of retail t

According to Guru Club, Indonesia's benchmark stock index fell 4.2% to 5,688.574 points on June 4, marking its lowest level since December 2020.

According to Chosun Ilbo, South Korea's National Tax Service is accelerating preparations for virtual asset taxation in 2027, including establishing a digital asset division and implementing a comprehensive analysis system. Virtual asset investment gains are taxed at 22% after a 2.5 million Korean

Over the past two weeks, NATO, the U.K., and Germany announced major investment plans for drones and autonomous systems. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte unveiled a drone initiative committing more than $40

According to The Block, TeraWulf shares fell 7.08% to close at $19.41 on Tuesday after New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order imposing a temporary one-year pause on new large-scale data center permits. During this period, the state's Department of Public Service will develop