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The Korean stock market was heavily impacted by the Iran situation, with the KOSPI composite index falling over 8%, triggering the circuit breaker and pausing trading for 20 minutes. International oil prices broke through $100 per barrel, causing market unease, and the future trend depends on the development of the international situation.

The Middle East situation has led to a rise in international oil prices, causing significant fluctuations in crude oil futures-related financial products. KODEX and TIGER crude oil futures ETFs hit the daily limit up. Conversely, inverse ETFs plummeted, and investors should be cautious about risk management. The stock market was also affected, with the Korea Composite Stock Price Index crashing sharply. Inverse products showed significant gains, highlighting the impact of market volatility on financial products.

Written by: Ye Kai
——Delin Holdings is just the beginning; behind the RWA craze of Hong Kong-listed companies, there’s a deeper game of利益重排 (interest reshuffling)
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RWA’s “Red Suit Godfather” Kai explains one thing clearly: today, many listed companies are doing RWA. On the surface, it’s about asset tokenization, but at its core, they’re seeking valuation, financing, and new fee rights, while also giving themselves a more future-oriented capital narrative.
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Let’s start with something both amusing and frustrating.
In recent months, whether through verbal guidance or the latest regulatory directives, I’ve received an increasing number of Hong Kong RWA announcements from friends. Each one comes with the same question: Kai, is this reliable? My first reaction isn’t to answer but to ask them: have you read the last page of that announcement? Many haven’t. They only look at the headline, the partner, and the chain name.

As international oil prices surpass $100, the Korean won to US dollar exchange rate rises to 1,493.7 won, reaching a new high since the financial crisis, influenced by risk aversion sentiment and uncertainties in the raw material markets. The South Korean government held an economic meeting to address the current economic situation. Future exchange rate trends will be affected by international oil prices and US diplomacy.

Written by: Chloe, ChainCatcher
Over the past two weeks, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has published a series of in-depth technical articles on X, covering scalability solutions, quantum resistance, account abstraction, execution layer restructuring, and AI-accelerated development. These are collectively referred to as the "2026 Ethereum Major Upgrade Blueprint." Behind this series of posts is the Ethereum Foundation's Strawmap roadmap sketch, a plan to increase Ethereum L1 throughput to 10,000 TPS by 2029.
However, the greater the ambition of the blueprint, the more skepticism there is about its delivery capability. Historically, Ethereum's development pace has often been slower than expected. Is Ethereum truly ready to move beyond "gradualism" and embrace radical restructuring?