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Korean stock market volatility is the highest since the Asian financial crisis in 1998

THE KOREAN STOCK MARKET HAS BENEFITED MOST, ACCORDING TO THE NEWS OF 13 JULY, DRIVEN BY AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BOOM. AT THE SAME TIME, THE CURRENT VOLATILITY OF THE KOREAN STOCK MARKET HAS REACHED ITS LEVEL AT THE HEIGHT OF THE ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS IN 1998. THE DATA SHOW THAT AN INDICATOR MEASURING PRICE VOLATILITY ON THE MSCI SOUTH KOREA INDEX FOR 60 DAYS HAS RISEN TO ITS HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE FEBRUARY 1998 AND EVEN EXCEEDED THAT OF THE 2008 GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS. PRIOR TO THIS, THE MSCI SOUTH KOREA INDEX, WHICH WAS HISTORICALLY HIGH, WAS DRIVEN BY FANATICAL TRANSACTIONS AND SIGNIFICANT LEVERAGE, AND IS NOW 28 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IT WAS IN JUNE, FALLING BY 10 PER CENT ON MONDAY, BACK TO ITS LEVEL MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AGO。

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The total investment in Meta Louisiana data centre will exceed $250 billion

On 13 July, Meta Platforms pledged an additional $40 billion to its large data centre campus in Louisiana, United States, and the project ' s projected total investment will exceed $250 billion as the company continues to expand its artificial intelligence computing layout. Meta announced on Monday that the data centre project in rural areas of Louisiana would be expanded to at least 5 GW, with a total investment of $50 billion. Previously, the company had announced that it would invest $10 billion to build the data centre and surrounding communities. In May this year, it was reported that Meta planned to invest an additional $200 billion in the project, mainly for the purchase of high-cost chips to be installed in the nearly 4,000 acres of the site. According to an informed source, this would bring the project ' s projected total investment to at least $250 billion. To date, Meta has not disclosed any specific expenditure for the project other than the $50 billion。

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QCP Capital: The situation in the United States and Iraq is intertwined with macro events, and markets are wary of continuing encryption fluctuations litres Wen

On 13 July, according to QCP Capital, 12 days after the signing of the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iraq, the prospects for a second round of negotiations were stymied by renewed military clashes between the two sides over the weekend and mutual accusations of violations of the 60-day ceasefire agreement. Oil prices remained close to $70, but were to recover slower than expected, they would remain at risk of upwards. With regard to the encryption market, the implicit volatility of the BTC, ETH, increased demand for the $55,000-58,000 BTC, due in July, continued net outflows of spot ETFs, Strategy-related concerns and US shareholdings have slowed market sentiment. However, the market also saw a large buyout of $64,000 on the 17-day maturity of the BTC to raise options. This week, the market will focus on Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh’s address at the ECB Forum, as well as data on ISM manufacturing PMI and non-farm employment in the United States, which are expected to remain high in the context of low pre-leave mobility。

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Grok, 4.5 on the Agent Endurance List, over 60% without a model

Grok 4.5 took the top of Agent's endurance list and performed 13 tasks, but more than 60 per cent of them were not performed by any model. The LHTB benchmarking test, issued by the team of telecommunication hybrids, comprises 46 tasks covering areas such as software engineering, experimental recurrence, scientific computing and multi-modular analysis. Each mission runs for a maximum of 90 minutes and usually requires hundreds of steps of continuous operation. LHTB is concerned not only with the ultimate success or failure, but also with the actual progress in part of the completion of the task. Hiding the certifier will check the file, test results and program output, and angent claims that it does not count. Fifteen models were tested in the first edition of the paper, of which GPT-5.5 completed 7 and ranked first. The current public results have been extended to 20 models, with Grok 4.5 peaking at an average score of 0.505. Of the 46 missions, 29 still did not have any models that met completion standards. Most agents have been able to complete some of the steps, but often spend 90 minutes or close early when they have not completed their tasks and cannot actually complete complex tasks。

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CHEON-ANN WILL BE DOWN ON JULY 17, 2026 FOR MORE THAN ONE BOND DEAL, INCLUDING 1 INCH/USDC

ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT, ON 17 JULY 2026, AT 14:00 (UTC+8), THE FOLLOWING BOND TRANSACTIONS WILL BE MADE: FULL-TIME TRANSACTIONS: 1 INCH/USDC, LPT/USDC, MAGIC/USDC, MASK/USDC, SUSHI/USDC; AND WAREHOUSE-TO-WARE TRANSACTIONS: USDP/USDT. SINCE 14 JULY 2026 AT 14:00 (UTC + 8), THE AFOREMENTIONED WAREHOUSE-TO-WARE LENDING SERVICES HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED. USERS ARE REQUIRED TO FLATTEN OR TRANSFER ASSETS MANUALLY BY 14:00 (UTC+8) ON JULY 17, 2026, WHEN THE SYSTEM WILL AUTOMATICALLY SETTLE AND CANCEL ALL SHEETS。

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QCP Capital: The situation in the United States of America and the United States of America and the effects of macro-factors, and the increased volatility of the encrypted market

According to QCP Capital, as a result of the situation in the Americas and the macro-level factors, there has been an increase in the volatility of the encrypted market, a continued high rate of implicit volatility of the BTC and ETH, and a combination of falling demand and rising buyouts in the BTC options market。

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Analyst: Dropped by $1,800 at the inn price, still targeting $2140

After the military escalation between the United States and Iran, the far-flung prices fell to a critical level of $1,800, with the current transaction price at approximately $1775, a decline of about 3.6 per cent over the daily high of $1837. As oil prices rose, investors withdrew from risky assets. Despite this, the buyer is still defending the US$ 1750 support. According to analyst Ali Martinez, a new rise in space would be opened if US$ 1850 were to be exceeded by the Taifaf。

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