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According to Turkish Justice Minister Akın Gürlek on Saturday, Richard Heart (real name Richard James Schueler), founder of Hex and PulseChain, was detained in Istanbul on Wednesday along with his wife. Authorities conducted raids across 15 addresses in three Istanbul districts, seizing $7.75 millio

Taiwanese authorities restricted access to Coinbase and Kalshi websites in October over concerns involving election betting ahead of local elections scheduled for November 28. Kalshi operates event-based contracts while Coinbase offers cryptocurrency services. Taiwan has strict rules regarding elect

According to an Insurance Research Institute report released today (October 16), South Korean insurers are accelerating overseas expansion by following Tokyo Marine's playbook. Tokyo Marine grew its overseas business from 3% of adjusted consolidated net profit in 2002 to 70% by 2024 through strategi

According to an Insurance Research Institute report released on October 16, Tokyo Marine, Japan's largest casualty insurer, has significantly expanded its overseas operations. The company's share of group operating profit from international business grew from 3% in 2002 to 70% in 2024, driven by maj

According to Turkish Justice Minister Akın Gürlek, HEX and PulseChain founder Richard Heart and his wife were detained on October 14 in Istanbul's Beşiktaş district, with authorities seizing $7.15 million in cash, six cryptocurrency cold wallets, and numerous luxury assets. Investigators searched 15

According to ChainCatcher, at a Q3 earnings call, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said tokenization is expanding financial opportunities across multiple asset classes and has already enabled the tokenization of bonds, money market funds, and select client real estate. Solomon noted that blockchain-r

According to CCTV, on October 18, China's first domestically-produced AI supercluster featuring 100,000 chips made its debut at the 2026 National High Performance Computing Academic Conference in Shenzhen. The system released ten major application achievements.
The supercluster's computing power ca

According to South Korea's financial sector data, five regional banks—Gyeongnam, Gwangju, Busan, Jeonbuk, and Jeju—recorded non-performing loan (NPL) coverage ratios below 100% as of June 30, 2026. The banks' coverage rates stood at 74.39%, 83.01%, 85.34%, 90.59%, and 98.22%, respectively, all decli

According to Nikkei, Japan's Finance Ministry plans to strengthen customs enforcement to curb gold smuggling and prevent export of undisclosed-source gold that may facilitate tax evasion. Trade data from 2025 shows Japan imported 10 tons of gold but exported 228 tons, suggesting significant volumes

According to the Associated Press, on Saturday, Trump claimed at a Kentucky rally that the ongoing Iran war, which has lasted nearly eight months, would end soon and gas prices would subsequently fall below pre-war levels. The president also reiterated a contested pledge that each American adult wou

According to China's Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology, on October 16 China proposed adding 40 technologies to its export control list, with 23 items related to artificial intelligence, 12 to solar energy, and 5 to biopharmaceuticals. Of these, 14 would be fully prohibited

According to ChainCatcher, Deutsche Bank is launching institutional-grade crypto asset custody services within weeks, initially targeting German enterprises and professional investors. The offering will support Bitcoin and Ethereum, with technology developed jointly by Swiss digital infrastructure f

According to Morgan Stanley's latest research report released on October 17, when including data center leasing financing in the calculation, hyperscalers and neocloud providers' total AI computing investment for 2027 reaches approximately $1.58 trillion, expanding about 14% compared to traditional

According to the Bank of Korea, foreign investors withdrew $19.97 billion from South Korea's securities markets in September, including $14.16 billion from stocks and $5.81 billion from bonds. The outflows came amid global interest rate rises and concerns over slowing AI investment momentum, offsett

According to Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree, the group downed a Saudi Apache helicopter on October 17 near Najran in the Saudi border region. Saree stated the aircraft was conducting hostile operations against Houthi positions at the time. The group did not disclose details on the crew or the exact lo

According to Yonhap Infomax, Nvidia launched RTX Spark on October 16, a new notebook processor combining Blackwell GPU and Grace CPU. The device enables local AI processing without token charges, featuring up to 128GB unified memory and up to 1 PetaFLOPs AI computational performance via 4-bit floati

According to Abacus Data, support for Alberta remaining in Canada rose to 68% in a poll released Saturday, up from 64% last month. The survey of 1,021 eligible voters showed 24% would support initiating a legal process that could lead to separation, unchanged from the previous month. Voters undecide

According to CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis in a May 1, 2025 podcast interview, Bitcoin is not truly anonymous but pseudonymous, allowing U.S. intelligence to track adversaries including drug cartels and terrorist organizations. Ellis clarified that while Bitcoin activity is tied to addresses rat

According to Farsi News Agency, Yemen's parliament speaker urged Egypt not to join the conflict on Oct 18, warning that involvement would pose a serious threat to Egyptian national security and domestic stability. He called on Egypt to take a firm stance and avoid following Saudi Arabia's policies t

According to ChainCatcher, Coinbase's crypto lending program launched in January 2025 has reached $2.3 billion in outstanding principal. Eligible U.S. users outside New York can collateralize Bitcoin to borrow USDC through Morpho, a decentralized lending protocol on Base. The platform expanded suppo