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Sixteen cryptocurrencies recorded notable price movements across four major Korean exchanges during the 23-hour period from August 8, 9 AM to August 9, 8 AM. ACE (Fusionist) led gains with a 36.67% increase to 205 KRW on Bithumb, while BTT (BitTorrent) rose 33.33% to 0.0004 KRW on the same

South Korean stocks continued their decline led by semiconductor companies, with the KOSPI closing at 6,258.77 on the 7th, down 37.61 points or 0.60% from the previous session. KB Securities analyst Kim Min-gyu identified undervalued sectors including banking, food, cosmetics, non-ferrous metals,

Crocs, the Nasdaq-listed footwear company, saw its stock price surge from $85 to $136 this year, marking a nearly 60% gain. The company released Q2 results last month showing record quarterly revenue of 1.179 billion dollars, driven by explosive growth in Asian markets including China, India, and

An Ethereum whale sold 7,323 ETH for $13.96 million this week, pushing total realized losses on the position above $19 million. The wallet had accumulated ETH at an average price of $2,723 between February 2022 and March 2023, then staked the holdings for years before exiting at

Multiple Korean companies are conducting initial public offering (IPO) subscriptions during the second week of August. Kido Industries will hold general subscriptions on 11-12, while Hatchtech and Nearthlab will accept subscriptions on 12-13. The companies are seeking capital through KOSDAQ market l

Securities firms in South Korea are expanding fractional investment services as the industry prepares for the opening of over-the-counter exchanges for fractional investments within the year. According to the financial investment industry on the 9th, Shinhan Investment & Securities recently signed a

Korean retail investors are withdrawing funds from the domestic stock market amid extreme volatility, with investor deposits falling 36.8 trillion won in two months to 102.82 trillion won as of this month 3rd, according to Korea Exchange data released on the 9th. The exodus follows unprecedented mar

KB Asset Management, Korea Investment Trust Management, and VI Asset Management will list three new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the Korea Exchange on the 11th. The offerings include passive ETFs focused on US space infrastructure and Korean strategic industries, as well as an active

The South Korean government plans to lower income thresholds for newlywed couples seeking policy loans for home purchases and rental deposits in the second half of the year. The move addresses a gap where dual-income couples who individually qualified for loans before marriage exceed combined income

SK Hynix announced a quarterly dividend of 375 won per share (totaling 273.3 billion won) on the 7th after market close, alongside a commitment to finalize and announce additional shareholder return measures within Q3. The announcement came after the stock fell -4.88% during regular trading, with th

Bitcoin reclaimed the $65,000 threshold during the first week of August, lifting the aggregate cryptocurrency market capitalization from under $2.2 trillion to $2.9 trillion by Aug. 8. The digital asset gained over 3% over seven days, ascending from $62,721 to a peak just above $65,300 on Friday

Hanwha Corporation completed a spin-off on August 1, dividing into existing Hanwha Corp and newly established Hanwha Machinery & Services Holdings (Hanwha M&S), with trading halted from July 30 and scheduled to resume August 25. The restructuring transferred approximately 900 billion won in assets t

Antpool and Roughnecks mined competing Bitcoin blocks at height 961632 shortly after 4 p.m. EDT, creating a chain split logged by monitoring sites forkwatch.tv and fork.observer. The split occurred as rival miners clashed over BIP-110 implementation, with Antpool's block advancing the main chain

Foreign investors net purchased Korean 3-year treasury bond futures for 12 consecutive trading days from the 23rd of last month to the 7th of this month, totaling 137,410 contracts according to data from Yonhap Infomax. The buying activity drove 3-year treasury bond futures prices from 102.6 to 103.

Korean securities firms issued 724 trillion won in commercial paper (CP) and electronic short-term bonds through early this month, a 170% increase from 267 trillion won in the year-ago period, according to data from Korea Financial Supervisory Service's DART system and KOSCOM CHECK. The surge was

Baek Ji-yoon, CEO of Blash Asset Management, recommended investors diversify their portfolios away from semiconductor-heavy allocations in an interview with Maeil Business Newspaper. She proposed a 50% Samsung Electronics and 50% KOSDAQ biotech and small-cap stocks composition for the second half, s

Retail investors in South Korea accumulated net purchases exceeding 200 trillion won in domestic stocks through July 31, according to data from Korea Exchange and Yonhap Infomax released on August 9. The surge occurred despite

SK Hynix stocks continued declining in recent trading days despite the company announcing plans to allocate 50% of free cash flow to shareholder returns, with the American Depositary Receipt (ADR) falling for three consecutive trading sessions. Market rumors suggesting SK Hynix supplies