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Korean securities firms displayed inconsistent Total Shareholder Return (TSR) calculations in semi-annual reports starting June 2026. Major brokerages including Kiwoom Securities and Samsung Securities left TSR fields blank, citing undetermined dividend amounts for the current fiscal year. Other fir

Samsung Electro-Mechanics received $540 million in advance payments related to long-term supply agreements as of the end of June, according to a semi-annual report filed with Korea's Financial Supervisory Service on August 18. The amount represents an 8.2% increase from $499 million recorded at the

Payward, the parent company of Kraken, joined Anthropic's Project Glasswing on Monday and is using Claude Mythos 5 for cybersecurity vulnerability scanning. The move follows an open letter sent last week by over 40 Bitcoin and crypto companies, including Kraken, to Anthropic, OpenAI, and other AI la

CNBC's Jim Cramer said Monday the AI boom has rewritten the rules for memory stocks and their massive rallies may not be over. The Mad Money host highlighted that Sandisk has surged 653% this year, Seagate has jumped 261%, Micron has gained 254%, and Western Digital has climbed 211%. Cramer

South Korea's fractional investment market, considered an early stage of token securities (STO), is experiencing a decline as regulatory framework development faces delays. Fractional investment issuances dropped from 60 cases in 2024 to 50 last year and just 14 this year, according to Kiwoom

Robinhood Chain's total value locked exceeded $540 million in August, marking a 45% monthly increase, while tokenized real-world assets on the chain reached $32 million with 120% month-over-month growth. The disparity stems from TVL growing roughly seven times faster than tokenized RWAs since the ch

Ko Seok-tae, 72-year-old founder of South Korean semiconductor and display equipment conglomerate KC Group, is finalizing the transfer of shares to his son as the second-generation succession nears completion. The founder and his wife Oh Hee-bok plan to transfer their remaining 8.3% combined stake i

The European Central Bank warned on the 17th (local time) that US technology stock valuations driven by the artificial intelligence boom face a high probability of correction, regardless of whether current pricing reflects rational expectations. The ECB stated via blog that even if AI technology

L3Harris Technologies terminated CEO Chris Kubasik on the 17th (US local time) for conduct violations inconsistent with company values, the defense contractor's board announced. The board confirmed Kubasik engaged in behavior not aligned with organizational standards and voted to terminate his contr

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a court document Friday opposing xAI's attempt to block HF-1606, a state law targeting AI tools that generate realistic sexual images of identifiable people. xAI argues the law violates the First Amendment, while Ellison contends the company's Grok

Ingenia Therapeutics is expanding its vascular normalization technology from eye diseases to systemic conditions including chronic kidney disease and cancer, CEO Han Sang-yeol stated in an interview on the 17th at Seoul Bio Hub. The company validated its technology through a technology transfer of e

International crude oil prices rose over 2% on August 17 (US Eastern Time), with West Texas Intermediate (WTI) September delivery closing at $84.50 per barrel, up $2.10 (2.55%) from the previous session, and Brent October closing at $90.87 per barrel, up $2.35 (2.65%). The price surge followed

International oil prices surged over 2% on August 17 (US Eastern Time), with West Texas Intermediate (WTI) September futures closing at $84.50 per barrel, up $2.10 (2.55%), and Brent October futures rising $2.35 (2.65%) to $90.87 per barrel. The rally intensified in afternoon trading amid

Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss is opposing the potential sale of her family's 17.8% stake in the NBA team to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner. In a letter obtained by CNBC, her lawyer Adam Streisand stated that Jeanie Buss has not agreed to sell the team and that any vote suggesting the Buss fam

Nvidia signed a guarantee structure for OpenAI's Ohio data center project on Monday, August 17, committing up to $105 billion in credit support—less than half the roughly $250 billion backstop discussed in July. The chipmaker also invested $1.5 billion in developer SB Energy as part of the

Billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones' macro hedge fund Tudor Investment increased its stake in BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) last quarter after a year of selling. According to a 13F filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Aug. 14, the fund held 688,529 IBIT s

Ingeniaterapeutics and Kido Industrial will list on the KOSDAQ market on the 18th and 21st respectively, while Sensorview and Clobot will conduct general public subscriptions for forfeited shares from their rights offerings on the 19th-20th. According to the financial investment industry on the 18th

Blockchain analytics firms like Chainalysis use public ledger data to trace cryptocurrency transactions and link pseudonymous wallet addresses to real-world identities, a practice known as blockchain stalking. A warning posted on X in August 2026 revealed that WalletExplorer, operated by Chainalysis

SK Hynix faces mounting shareholder anxiety as its stock oscillates within a 1.4 million to 1.7 million won range while speculation intensifies over a potential NASDAQ listing of its US subsidiary Solidim. Market reports suggest Solidim is pursuing a pre-IPO fundraising of up to 10 trillion won at a