Ondo Finance, a company that offers tokenised stocks, said its founder and CEO Nathan Allman died unexpectedly at age 32. Ondo Finance posted the announcement on social media platform X on May 26 local time and did not disclose the cause of death. The company said Ian De Bode will take over as CEO. Allman previously worked at Goldman Sachs on digital asset services for institutional investors and founded Ondo in 2021.

South Korea\'s convenience store market is entering a saturated phase, prompting the four major operators to strengthen private brand (PB) products. CU and GS25 are expanding PB as a growth engine for overseas stores, while Seven Eleven and Emart24 are using PB to improve efficiency and profitability. With store growth slowing for most players, PB shares last year were 29.5 percent for CU, 20 percent for GS25 and 29.5 percent for Seven Eleven.