South Korea’s Regulators Accidentally Triggered a 30% Small-Cap Rally
South Korea’s financial regulators wanted to calm a volatile stock market as they cracked down on leveraged ETFs. However, they have made it more chaotic instead. Crackdowns on leveraged ETFs tied to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, which required retail investors to post higher cash deposits, did not cool speculation. Retail money rotated en masse
US Export Control Meant to Cripple China’s AI. But They Created Its Most Valuable Company
When Washington blocked China from buying advanced chips, the goal was to slow Beijing’s AI ambitions. It may have accelerated them instead. CXMT Corp, a memory chipmaker once dependent on foreign technology, debuted on Shanghai’s STAR Market last month and surged 466% in a single session. The stock eclipsed Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
BTC, ETH, XRP Whales Step Up Accumulation as CryptoQuant Sees the Bear Market Nearing Its End
The firm said whale accumulation near realized prices aligns with the late stage of a bear market.
Cathie Wood Says Open Source AI Is Making OpenAI and Anthropic Richer, Not Poorer
The common view says open-weight AI is bad news for frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic. ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood argues the opposite. An open-weight AI model is one in which the creator releases the underlying parameters publicly. It allows anyone to download, run, and modify it on their own hardware without paying for access.
Asia Stocks Climb and Rate Bets Ease. Now Comes Wednesday’s CPI Test
Asian stocks edged higher Monday and the probability of a September US rate hike dropped sharply, giving global markets room to extend last week’s record run. The calm has one clear expiry date: Wednesday’s inflation report. Japan’s Nikkei and South Korea’s KOSPI added marginally as the new week began. The MSCI Asia-Pacific index outside Japan
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