South Korea's Mirae Asset Group will inject 50 billion won into Korbit via a third-party share placement.

Lenovo's CEO stated that the company will partner with NVIDIA (NVDA.O) to launch AI PCs equipped with RTX chips later this year. (Jinshi)

Local time on Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury Department issued $42 billion in 10-year Treasury notes, with the auction’s winning yield rising to its highest level since 2007. While investors still showed some demand, the required return for purchasing U.S. Treasuries has grown increasingly higher. The 10-year Treasury yield had earlier climbed to around 4.75%, an 18-month peak. Meanwhile, the 30-year Treasury yield hovered above 5.2%, and the upcoming 30-year Treasury auction on Thursday is projected to see financing costs reach roughly the highest level in 25 years. This implies that even if the Federal Reserve does not raise interest rates in September, the U.S. government’s long-term financing costs may not decline. Analysts note that this situation signals the core contradiction in the current U.S. interest rate market: policy rates are determined by the Fed, but long-term borrowing costs are increasingly driven by a combination of fiscal factors, inflation, oil prices, and investor risk appetite.

According to Bitget market data, the Nikkei 225 index closed up 784.53 points on Thursday, August 13, a 1.16% gain, to 68,308.59 points. South Korea’s KOSPI index closed up 210.97 points on the same day, a 3.21% rise, ending at 6,790.01 points. SK Hynix rose 5.9% and Samsung Electronics gained 3.9%.

The three major A-share indices pulled back in the afternoon session, with the Shanghai Composite Index and Shenzhen Component Index turning negative, while the ChiNext Index’s gains narrowed to 0.58%.

According to Bitget market data, Hong Kong-listed Lenovo Group continued to rally in the afternoon session, surging over 20%. Earlier, Lenovo released its financial results at noon: adjusted net profit attributable to equity holders rose 176% year-on-year in the first fiscal quarter, while AI-related business revenue increased 60% YoY to 63.4 billion yuan, hitting a record high. Citigroup analysts including Kyna Wong noted in a report that the results significantly exceeded expectations across the board, further reinforcing the AI-driven structural growth thesis.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), the hacker group Lazarus Group is making large-scale BTC transfers: 2 hours ago, it moved 262.2 BTC to a new address, worth $16.64 million, likely intending to launder the funds; currently, the group still holds over $73.06 million in on-chain assets, primarily in BTC, USDT and ETH.