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Optimism disclosed a critical vulnerability in its pre-Lagoon refund path through a post on the Optimism governance forum. The issue involved the SDM verify path accepting forged refund payloads without recomputation, creating a risk where the system could accept refund data it should not have

Dev3pack, an Arbitrum grant recipient, published its final DeFi Builder Club report showing the program recorded 1,018 developer registrations across bootcamps, trained 6 ambassadors, and graduated 9 developer teams into the Uniswap Hook Incubator program. The report was posted on the Arbitrum

Naver, NVIDIA, and Brookfield announced on the 25th the expansion of their multi-tenant artificial intelligence (AI) factory in Sejong City from the original 55 megawatts (MW) to 200MW by 2028. The announcement was made at the AI Summit in San Francisco. The expansion aims to provide large-scale

Samsung SDS announced on July 25 a strategic partnership with generative AI company Anthropic to expand enterprise AI business in the Korean market. The collaboration aims to discover new business opportunities, train specialists in deploying and operating Anthropic's AI model Claude, and support AI

SK Group announced partnerships with NVIDIA, Microsoft, Anthropic, and Amazon Web Services for AI infrastructure development at the K-AI Summit held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco on July 24 (local time). The collaborations include building an AI factory with up to 2 gigawatts capacity and e

Samsung Electronics signed a strategic partnership memorandum of understanding with Broadcom on the 24th (local time) at the AI Summit in San Francisco. The collaboration, valued at over $200 billion (approximately 280 trillion won), will run through 2030 and focus on building next-generation

The Economist published a report on May 23 (local time) comparing Korean retail investors to 'impulsive gamblers' and warning about aggressive leveraged trading in Korean stocks. The British financial publication highlighted that the KOSPI index tripled since early 2025 but declined

South Korean investors bought a net $2.53 billion in US stocks from day 1-23 of this month, four times the prior month's $632.96 million. Data from the Korea Financial Investment Association and Korea Securities Depository showed the sharp increase coincided with South Korea's KOSPI market

SpaceX conducted the 13th test flight of its Starship launch system on May 24 (local time) from the Starbase launch site in Texas. The flight marked the company's first launch since completing its initial public offering last month, after being delayed twice from the originally scheduled May 16

Tesla stocks plunged 14.5% to close at $319.69 on April 23 (local time) following the company's Q2 earnings announcement, erasing approximately $215 billion (about 320 trillion won) in market capitalization. The crash was triggered by Q2 adjusted net profit of $1.2 billion—a 17.0% year-over-year

Anthropic is conducting direct negotiations with US regulatory authorities regarding access to its advanced AI model 'Mythos', currently blocked to Korea under US export controls. Kim Yong-beom, Blue House Policy Office Director, revealed on the 24th (local time) that the Ministry of Science and

Lee Kwang-hee, a 36-year-old associate at Korea Investment & Securities, achieved a 25.6% return and 3rd place in the H2 2025 Hankyung Star Wars competition. Lee advocates holding semiconductor stocks unconditionally while targeting overlooked stocks showing volume surges after price drops. He

The Australian Federal Police-led Joint Policing Cybercrime Coordination Centre (JPC3) warned that criminal syndicates are deploying artificial intelligence to construct deceptive investment schemes that have stolen tens of millions of dollars from Australian investors. The warning coincides with th

Korean covered call ETFs expanded to 26.4 trillion won in assets under management, growing 30-fold from 800 billion won in 2023, according to Hana Securities data released on the 25th. The surge reflects investor demand for income strategies that convert market volatility into option premium

Coinbase enabled USDC payments from artificial intelligence agents for over 5,000 Coinbase Business customers through x402, an open payment standard developed for machine-to-machine transactions. The feature integrates with existing Coinbase Business accounts, allowing companies to manage,

US stocks ended mixed on Friday, with the S&P 500 rising 0.1% while the Nasdaq 100 fell 1.2% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.5%. The session marked the second consecutive weekly decline for major indices as investors assessed big-tech earnings amid heightened geopolitical

SpaceXAI released its Grok add-on for Google Workspace on Friday, embedding the conversational AI assistant directly into Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. The integration aims to streamline digital workflows by operating alongside active files, allowing users to generate content, analyze data, and d

Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) informed clients on Friday that it will raise component prices by double-digit percentages starting September. The announcement came in an official customer communication viewed by Bloomberg. The San Diego-based semiconductor giant, the world's leading smartphone processor

Michael Burry, 'The Big Short' investor, disclosed an updated list of portfolio moves on Substack on Friday, expanding his bearish bets on semiconductor-related stocks while increasing exposure to sports betting companies. Burry added to short positions in Micron Technology Inc. at $933.86 and

Institutional investors are focusing on multifamily rental housing as a stable inflation-hedge asset, according to reports from the Korean financial investment industry on July 25. While infrastructure has gained preference over traditional real estate during prolonged inflation, multifamily