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South Korea’s BDACS Launches First Won-Backed Stablecoin Ahead Of Q4 Framework
As the South Korean crypto industry awaits the highly anticipated regulatory framework, digital assets custodian BDACS and financial giant Woori Bank have partnered to launch the first stablecoin pegg...
Japan’s core inflation dips to 2.7%, lowest since November 2024
Japan’s core inflation rate just fell to 2.7% in August, the lowest since November 2024, according to Reuters. This drop makes it the third straight month prices have cooled, and both headline and cor...
Scott Bessent says yuan drop against euro is Europe’s problem, not America’s
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in Madrid on Thursday that the slump in China’s currency isn’t a problem for the United States, it’s Europe that should be worried. Speaking during a joint i...
AVAX Surges as Avalanche Powers Stablecoin Payments in Korea and Japan
Avalanche (AVAX) is steadily expanding its international presence and now operates in Asia, gaining momentum in both Korea and Japan with new stablecoin payment solutions. The South Korean custodian B...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang defends $5 billion bet on rival Intel, calls it a smart play
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Thursday defended the company’s $5 billion deal with Intel, calling the collaboration a well-planned move after nearly a year of private talks. The announcement came during ...
AVAX Could Rally Further After KRW-Backed Stablecoin Launch, Targets $36.5 or May Retrace to $28
AVAX rallied 11.2% to an eight‑month high after South Korea’s first KRW‑backed stablecoin, KRW1, launched on Avalanche; the move boosted daily active addresses, futures/perpetuals volume and pushed AV...
Ripple Seals Deal With Southeast Asia’s Largest Bank
Ripple has inked a three-way agreement with DBS and Franklin Templeton to bring tokenized money market funds and stablecoin-based liquidity onto DBS Digital Exchange (DDEx), in a move that squarely ta...
Chinese AI firm says its model cost just $294,000 to train
China’s DeepSeek has claimed its flagship AI system, known as R1, was trained for just $294,000, which is a fraction of the sums believed to be spent by US competitors. The details were published in a...
Nvidia partners with Intel to co-develop AI data center and PC chips
Nvidia announced today that it will partner with Intel to co-develop PC and AI data chips. Intel stock surged above 28% today following the announcement, which forms part of a range of agreements. The...
De‑Dollarization Reaches Critical Phase: China’s Yuan Adoption for Cross‑Border Flows Tops 50%
The de‑dollarization milestone has been reached as China’s yuan benefits from the Trump administration’s uncertain foreign‑economic policy. While still in its nascent stages, the yuan’s internationali...
African telecom giant MTN is looking for US and European partners to develop AI data centers
Leading mobile operator in Africa, MTN Group, is in advanced talks with American and European technology firms over plans to roll out a new generation of data centres across the continent. The facilit...
BlockDAG’s Deployment Event: $405M Crypto Launches in Singapore With Flat $0.0013 Presale Pricing
The $405M Crypto That Skipped Token2049 to Own the Spotlight: BlockDAG’s Deployment Event Scheduled for October In a bold move that sets the tone for what’s next, BlockDAG (BDAG) is staging its own De...
