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Market news: South Korean prosecutors approved the postponement of the execution of the ruling request of Cao Guo, the leader of the opposition motherland reform party.The financial technology companies supported by Wal-Mart are valued at $2.5 billion. The traditional banking industry is under threat. Wal-Mart is injecting more funds into its newly-started financial start-ups, obtaining a valuation of $2.5 billion for this company, and indicating its ambition to further set foot in the financial services industry. According to informed sources, the world's largest retailer is jointly leading the financing of more than 300 million US dollars with investment company Ribbit Capital. This marks a new valuation for the company named One, in which Wal-Mart holds a majority stake. Wal-Mart has been providing products to many customers and employees in order to gain a greater foothold in the field of financial services. For the financial industry, the threat of Wal-Mart and other companies encroaching on its territory is getting closer and closer. Just last year, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon mentioned the competitive threat of Wal-Mart and other enterprises, pointing out that its hundreds of millions of customers and huge resources at its disposal were "extraordinary competitive advantages".The plan for Indonesian civil servants to move to the new capital was postponed until April next year. On December 13th, local time, Diana Kusu Mastu, Deputy Minister of Public Works of Indonesia, said that the Indonesian government planned to move civil servants to the new capital Nusantara in April 2025. The construction of necessary infrastructure, including residential buildings, is under way, and the current construction progress has exceeded 60%. (CCTV News)

Turkish Foreign Minister held talks with US Secretary of State to discuss the situation in Syria. On December 13th, local time, Turkish Foreign Minister Feidan held talks with US Secretary of State Blinken, focusing on the latest development of the situation in Syria. Feidan said that the talks discussed the cooperation between Turkey and the United States. The primary task of the two countries is to ensure the stability of Syria and prevent extremist organizations "Islamic State" and the PKK from occupying a dominant position in Syria. In addition, the advancement of the armed "Syrian National Army" supported by Turkey in the region is also one of the topics. Blinken revealed that the United States and Turkey have reached a broad consensus on the future of Syria. The two sides discussed the future role of the United States and Turkey in Syria and the necessity of continuing efforts to crack down on the extremist organization "Islamic State". (CCTV News)Huatong Co., Ltd.: The sales revenue of live pigs in November was 410 million yuan. Huatong Co., Ltd. announced that in November 2024, the company sold 201,000 pigs, including 10,600 piglets. The sales revenue of live pigs reached 410 million yuan, an increase of 20.56% from the previous month. The average selling price of commercial pigs was 16.5 yuan/kg, down 4.07% from October. In addition, the number of chickens sold in November was 1,205,900, a decrease of 47.69% from the previous month and a year-on-year increase of 19.79%. Chicken sales revenue was 20,213,700 yuan, an increase of 23.65% from the previous month. Sales data are unaudited for investors' reference. 

Guangdian Express won the bid for ICBC's all-in-one local and foreign currency banknote allocation and processing project. Recently, Guangdian Express successfully won the bid for ICBC's all-in-one local and foreign currency banknote allocation and processing project, achieving a major breakthrough at the head office level for the first time in the field of smart treasury. The intelligent solution for the number of local and foreign currency banknotes won this bid strongly supports the business process optimization of ICBC's large local currency and foreign currency, helps to create a new benchmark for smart vaults in the industry, and pushes the intelligent operation of domestic vaults to a new level.The financial technology companies supported by Wal-Mart are valued at $2.5 billion. The traditional banking industry is under threat. Wal-Mart is injecting more funds into its newly-started financial start-ups, obtaining a valuation of $2.5 billion for this company, and indicating its ambition to further set foot in the financial services industry. According to informed sources, the world's largest retailer is jointly leading the financing of more than 300 million US dollars with investment company Ribbit Capital. This marks a new valuation for the company named One, in which Wal-Mart holds a majority stake. Wal-Mart has been providing products to many customers and employees in order to gain a greater foothold in the field of financial services. For the financial industry, the threat of Wal-Mart and other companies encroaching on its territory is getting closer and closer. Just last year, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon mentioned the competitive threat of Wal-Mart and other enterprises, pointing out that its hundreds of millions of customers and huge resources at its disposal were "extraordinary competitive advantages".Alipay sells cryptocurrency funds? Originally an indirect investment in a product of Huabao Fund, the subscription has been suspended. Recently, some netizens found that Huabao Fund promoted a fund product issued by Huabao Fund in Alipay-QDII-FOF-LOF C (hereinafter referred to as "Huabao Overseas Technology C"), promoting "riding the wind to encrypt the rising market of currency" and "the representative of subversive innovation technology: cryptocurrency". According to the report of Warburg Overseas Technology C in the third quarter of this year, among the top ten funds with the highest fair value at the end of the reporting period, five were only index funds managed by Ark Investment Management under Cathy Wood, the "Mujie", accounting for 73.12% of the total. Looking through the archives of ARK Management Fund, the reporter found that ARK Innvonation ETF (hereinafter referred to as "ARKK"), the largest heavyweight of Huabao Overseas Technology C, was invested in Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange. ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (hereinafter referred to as "ARKW"), the second largest warehouse, invests in GBTC(Grayscale Bitcoin Trust) or investment tools such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrency ETFs. ARKW also suggests the risks related to the indirect investment of funds in cryptocurrencies. In addition, Coinbase ranks third among ARKW's heavy stocks. The reporter logged on to several consignment platforms such as Ant Fortune, Licaitong, Tiantian Fund, China Merchants Bank, Snowball Fund and found that the product was sold on the above platforms, but from December 11th, the large subscription of Class A shares and Class C shares was suspended, and the daily limit for each person was 1000 yuan RMB. However, on December 13th, Huabao Overseas Science and Technology Stock Securities Investment Fund announced that it would suspend subscription and regular fixed investment business. (21 Finance)