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South Korea's KOSPI stock index reached a record closing high of 9063.84 on June 18 and peaked at 9114.55 on June 22, then plunged to an intraday low of 5262.77 on the 29th, triggering nine circuit breakers in 2026—the highest annual count since the mechanism's introduction in 2000. The sharp

Korean stocks experienced significant declines on July 30, with the KOSPI closing at 5593.56, down 1.23%, and the KOSDAQ at 644.78, down 2.70%. The KOSPI has fallen 38.3% from its June 18 peak of 9063.84, while the KOSDAQ dropped 46.4% from its high of 1203.84. Market analysts attribute the

Reddit reported second-quarter earnings on Thursday that exceeded analyst expectations for both revenue and earnings per share, and issued third-quarter guidance above Wall Street projections. The social media platform's sales rose 61% year-over-year as its advertising business benefited from

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung arrived in Argentina on May 30 (local time) to begin a 2-night-3-day official visit, marking the first visit by a South Korean president to the country in 22 years since Roh Moo-hyun in 2004. The visit aims to formalize critical minerals supply chain

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is warning crypto holders that scammers are mailing counterfeit letters to taxpayers in an effort to steal their digital assets or data, according to Bloomberg. The letters direct recipients to register for a fake 'Digital Asset Compliance Portal,' which the IRS

Tesla produced its 10 millionth vehicle worldwide this week, with a Model Y leaving the assembly line at the Fremont Factory in California. CEO Elon Musk called the achievement 'an incredible amount of work.' The milestone marks a significant acceleration in the electric vehicle maker's

Google is supporting a $15 billion financing package for an AI data center campus in Texas linked to Anthropic, with a Morgan Stanley-led consortium of banks arranging the loan for Nexus Data Centers. The deal includes Google providing guarantees covering billions of dollars in Anthropic's lease

Microsoft and Meta announced earnings results on July 29, revealing divergent investor responses to their artificial intelligence infrastructure spending plans. Microsoft shares rose in Thursday afternoon trading after reporting accelerating Azure revenue and growing contract backlog alongside a $17

Google Chrome may implement faster security updates that require no browser restart, according to the company's recent announcement. Chrome 149 was released in early June and Chrome 150 followed a few weeks later, with both updates containing a combined 1,072 bug fixes. The surge in patches stems

FTX begins its fifth creditor distribution on Friday, moving approximately $900 million to holders of allowed claims. The round is the smallest of the five distributions the estate has paid since repayments began. The shrinking size points to a bankruptcy in its closing phase, with the harder

The Bank of England (BOE) held its policy rate at 3.75% on May 30 (local time), as three of nine policymakers dissented in favor of a 25 basis point hike — up from two dissenters previously — yet Governor Andrew Bailey explicitly rejected any trajectory toward rate increases. UK gilt yields fell

South Korean financial regulators announced a second round of regulatory measures targeting single-stock leveraged ETFs on the 29th, just 14 days after unveiling initial controls on the 16th. The new package includes a 20% individual investment limit and provisions for daily leverage ratio

Researchers from Princeton University, the UK AI Security Institute, Stanford University, and the University of Toronto published a study Wednesday finding that frontier AI agents failed to produce original research worthy of acceptance at a top machine learning conference. The study, titled 'Can AI

Major U.S. technology companies are urging Washington to prioritize open artificial intelligence as China extends its lead in open-weight AI model development. The push exposes a strategic gap in American AI policy: while the U.S. has established semiconductor restrictions and chip manufacturing

Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund Situational Awareness faced margin calls in July after gaining 439% in six months, forcing liquidation of its entire public stock portfolio to Ken Griffin's Citadel. The fund had grown to $45 billion by early July before an AI sector selloff triggered margin requirements from Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, CNBC reported. Bitcoin miners represented a quarter of the fund's last disclosed holdings at $1.38 billion, with Core Scientific, IREN an

Citigroup cut its Coinbase (COIN) price target from $400 to $235 on July 24, a 41% reduction, while maintaining its buy rating ahead of the company's second-quarter earnings report released today after the close. Citi analyst Peter Christiansen cited spot trading volumes near a two-year trough as th

Japan-listed Quantum Solutions sold 1,000 ether (ETH) on Thursday at an average price of $1,903 through its subsidiary GPT Pals Studio, generating approximately $1.9 million to fund AI data center expansion. The sale reduced Quantum's holdings to roughly 4,765 ETH, causing it to fall behind Def