NVIDIA has signed a $1.5 billion agreement with Aimark Technology to support the latter in expanding its chip packaging production capacity.

SK Hynix chief Choi Tae-won is set to get a new court ruling in his prolonged divorce dispute with ex-wife Roh Soo-young. The case is poised to become the highest-compensation divorce case in South Korean history. The Seoul High Court will announce the ruling on Friday, determining how much of Choi’s wealth will be divided with Roh. Choi’s current net worth stands at around $5.5 billion. The core of the ruling hinges on how South Korean courts will evaluate the value of Roh’s contributions to building one of the country’s largest corporate empires. Roh initially sought 42.29% of Choi’s SK stake, a demand that could have threatened his control of the firm, before revising her claim to a cash settlement. In 2024, a court ordered Choi to pay Roh 1.38 trillion won (approximately $10 billion) in divorce compensation, marking a new record for South Korea’s highest divorce payout. But after Choi filed an appeal, the Supreme Court of Korea overturned the ruling, reasoning that the earlier judgment incorrectly factored in contributions to the couple’s wealth from illegal funds allegedly tied to Roh’s father, former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo.

Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry has confirmed with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick that no additional tariffs will be imposed beyond the scope of the existing agreement, noting that Japan’s burden will not exceed the terms of last year’s deal. (Jinshi)

According to Bitget market data, Hong Kong-listed AI stocks have seen partial strength, with Zhipu (02513.HK) surging over 10% and MINIMAX-W rising 1.66%.

According to Bitget's market data, the Nikkei 225 index fell 3.00% intraday and is currently trading at 64,387.67 points.

On-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa) has monitored that a trader has opened a short position of 1.23 million CXMT tokens, worth approximately $7.88 million, with an average entry price of $6.615. (CXMT has a market cap of 3 trillion yuan.) Additionally, 420,000 limit sell orders placed by the trader at an average price of $6.4284 have only been 34.39% filled. If all these orders are executed, the trader’s total short position will rise to $9.65 million.

A whale staked 2.93M $HYPE ($172M)! Over the past 24 hours, 19 wallets (likely belonging to the same whale) deposited 2.93M $HYPE ($172M) into Hyperliquid and staked it. The 2.93M $HYPE was accumulated 9 months ago at an average price of $44 and is now up ~$44.5M.