In the wake of a significant victory for the Democrats in the U.S. midterm elections, global markets are on edge with concerns heightening over potential tighter regulations on the AI sector. This unease triggered a sell-off that reverberated through Asian markets, pushing the Taiwanese stock exchange into a bear market and deepening losses in Japan and South Korea. Attempts to stabilize markets by officials, alongside a rebound in U.S. futures, provided some relief to the plunging numbers as trading progressed.