According to Yonhap, South Korea's government has recovered 72.9% of the public funds it used to support troubled financial firms since the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) said Tuesday. As of end-June, 123 trillion won ($83.3 billion) of the 168.7 trillion won in bailout funds had been repaid, up 0.3 percentage point from three months earlier. The FSC said 590 billion won was recovered in the second quarter alone.

According to Jin10, New Zealand's Reserve Bank industry factors inflation model rose 2.7% year over year in the second quarter.

South Korea's second-quarter economic growth is expected to slow but remain resilient, supported by strong chip exports driven by the AI boom. According to Jin10, a Wall Street Journal survey of 15 economists showed the median forecast for GDP to rise 0.4% quarter on quarter, down from a revised 1.8% in the first quarter. The survey also showed GDP growth was expected to remain solid on a year-on-year basis at 3.4%, compared with 3.8% in the first quarter. Moody's Analytics said in a report that exports will again take the lead as the AI-driven semiconductor boom continues, and Citigroup raised its growth forecasts for the second quarter and 2026 on strong chip exports. The second-quarter GDP data will be released on Thursday.

According to Yonhap, Bank of Korea Governor Shin Hyun-song will travel to Singapore later this week to attend meetings of top central bankers from the East Asia and Pacific region and discuss recent financial issues. The Bank of Korea said Shin will exchange views with governors of 10 other central banks at the Executives' Meeting of East Asia and Pacific Central Banks, or EMEAP, from Wednesday to Friday on the impact of artificial intelligence on the financial system and current economic issues. The BOK added that Shin will also attend the EMEAP Governors' and Financial Supervisors' Meeting, where participants are expected to discuss financial institutions' AI adoption, the financial impact of supply chain disruptions and policy responses. The EMEAP was founded in 1991 to promote monetary cooperation and information sharing among 11 central banks in the region, including South Korea, Japan, China, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand.

BNB Chain Developers said the Pasteur hard fork has been activated on the BSC Chapel testnet. According to Foresight News, the update was announced in a post on X.

According to the announcement from Binance, the company is introducing further changes to its VIP Program to make VIP status more accessible and to recognize a wider range of trading activity toward qualification. The update follows the March 2026 VIP program criteria adjustments and includes two main changes: the VIP 3 asset holding threshold will be reduced from $3,000,000 to $1,000,000, and OTC Spot Trading Volume will count at a 4x multiplier toward Spot Trading Volume. Binance also said the OTC VIP cap will be lifted to VIP 9, while the legacy OTC-only trading path is being retired. The revised VIP 3 asset holding requirement takes effect on 2026-07-21 08:00 (UTC), and Binance said the lower threshold is intended to make the VIP fee rate for VIP 3 holders more competitive and to create a smoother path through the VIP tiers. For Binance Affiliate Program participants, the company said there will be a 3-month grace period after the adjustment. During that period, affiliate commissions will continue to be calculated using the previous VIP 3 Holder threshold, with commission distributions made at the end of the grace period. Binance said this transition arrangement applies only to existing referrals and will not cover referrals invited after 2026-07-21 08:00 (UTC). Starting 2026-07-21 08:00 (UTC), OTC Spot Trading Volume will be counted at 4x and added to the Spot Trading Volume metric for VIP qualification, meaning $1 in OTC volume will count as $4 toward the threshold. Binance said this change is designed to expand eligibility for users active in both spot and OTC trading and to allow OTC traders to progress beyond VIP 4, up to VIP 9, in line with the full range of spot and futures pathways. The updated criteria state that users must meet the BNB balance requirement and at least one qualifying condition, including Spot Trading Volume, Derivatives Trading Volume, Wallet Assets, or 30-Day Average Net Borrowing. Binance also said there are no changes to VIP trading fees, and that spot trading volume includes Spot, Margin, Convert, Copy Trading, Trading Bots, Stocks, and bStocks activity. Wallet Assets refers to the total USD value held in a user’s Binance Wallet, while 30-Day Average Net Borrowing refers to the daily average net borrowing volume on Binance Loans over the trailing 30-day period. Sub-account volume is combined with the master account for VIP qualification, and users who qualify under multiple criteria will be assigned the highest applicable VIP level.

Gold rose on dip-buying as traders monitored developments in the Middle East for clues on how the clashes could affect energy prices and inflation, according to Bloomberg.

According to Yonhap, South Korean defense company LIG Defense & Aerospace (D&A) Co. said Tuesday it will team up with Airbus Helicopters to jointly develop next-generation unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding at the Farnborough International Airshow in Britain to co-develop next-generation UAS technologies. Under the agreement, LIG D&A will integrate its sensors and weapon systems into Airbus' latest UAS platforms to build multi-role aerial solutions with improved intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, as well as anti-submarine warfare capabilities. The companies also plan to examine how artificial intelligence can be applied to unmanned aircraft systems and their ground control stations to improve mission endurance and operating efficiency.

BIP-110は、最近ビットコインコミュニティで最も注目を集めているプロトコルをめぐる論争である。Strategyの創業者であるマイケル・セイラー氏は先日、110項目の反対理由を列挙した長文を発表した。

人々がAIについて語る際、その焦点は知能と生産性の革命に当てられる。一方、暗号資産については、単なる通貨や金融市場、デジタル資産という並行する分野としてしか捉えられていない。このような断片的な視点は、より大規模な変革を見落とすことにつながりかねない。

新たに発見されたマルウェアの一種は、2050年付けのMicrosoft 365カレンダーの招待状を秘密の通信経路として利用し、ハッカーからのコマンドを受信したり、盗んだデータを外部へ流出させたりしている。そのすべてが、マイクロソフト自身の信頼されたインフラを通じて行われている。

人工知能、AIエージェント、トークン、WAIC観察：70以上のイベントと、早まった未来　ゴールデン・ファイナンス、素朴な問いこそが、最終的にそれらの壮大な物語がどれほど残るかを決める。

米国経済の運営ロジックは、FRBの2％というインフレ目標という前提に基づいており、ドルの購買力を適度に希薄化することで消費と投資を刺激し、国民が深刻な経済的損失を被ることを回避することを目的としている。しかし、この理論のロジックは、現実においてはすでに形骸化している。

事情に詳しい関係者によると、ブラックロックは、Meta Platformsの支援を受けているエルパソにある大規模な新データセンタープロジェクトに向け、少なくとも120億ドルの資金調達を目標とした債務発行を主導しているという。

トランプ大統領は新たな大統領令に署名し、カナダからの一部の商品に対して50％の追加関税を課すとともに、北米自由貿易協定（NAFTA）に基づく商品に対する免除措置を撤廃した。ホワイトハウスは、この措置はカナダの差別的な通商政策への対応であると説明しているが、市場では、これが世界的な貿易摩擦を再燃させるのではないかとの懸念が広がっている。

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