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XRP Ledger activity reached a two-month high on Aug. 14 when analytics firm Santiment recorded 49,929 active addresses in one 24-hour period. The increase occurred while XRP commentary reached its most bearish level in three months across X, Reddit, Telegram, and other crypto channels. The spike

Choi Tae-won, Chairman of SK Group, decided to re-appeal the divorce settlement ruling with Roh So-young, Director of Art Center Navi, following the remand trial decision. The final settlement amount confirmed by the Supreme Court and the stock price movement of core

TIME Portfolio Asset Management's TIME US Dividend Dow Jones Active ETF will be delisted on the 19th due to correlation coefficient shortfall, reigniting controversy over Korean stock market regulations that penalize outperforming funds. The ETF failed to maintain the required 0.7 correlation coeffi

VC Inc., a South Korean golf rangefinder and wearable device manufacturer, recorded second-quarter revenue of 17.4 billion won, up 41.1% from the same period last year. Operating profit reached 2.1 billion won, a 74.4%

Galaxy Digital cut the CLARITY Act's passage odds to 10% from 75%, according to an Aug. 14 post on X by Alex Thorn, head of firmwide research at the digital-asset firm. The revised estimate reflects political obstacles and unresolved disputes over ethics controls, bank lobbying, and developer

Maxus, a South Korean non-memory semiconductor distributor, reported second-quarter earnings that significantly exceeded market expectations, driven by increased demand for FPGA (field-programmable gate array) chips used in HBM (high-bandwidth memory) testers and defense applications. The company's

Korean bank stocks remained stagnant despite record Q2 earnings, contrasting with global banks that surpassed year-highs. Samsung Securities researcher Kim Jae-woo attributed domestic underperformance to a '10% ROE' market preconception, with KB Financial's 1x PBR acting as resistance. The

Junior accountants from South Korea's Big 4 accounting firms are moving to global private equity (PE) fund managers in growing numbers. Four junior accountants from one Big 4 firm (Samil, Samjeong, Anjin, Hanyoung) transferred to foreign PE Korea offices this year, according to investment banking

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix margin trading credit balances surged as of the 14th, reaching 4.8821 trillion won and 4.8121 trillion won respectively, according to data compiled by Yonhap Infomax on the 16th. The increases came as semiconductor stocks rallied following reduced uncertainty

Shake Shack reported Q2 2025 revenue of $417.6 million, a 17.2% year-over-year increase, and adjusted earnings per share of $0.43, beating Wall Street consensus of $0.30 by 41.7%, during the April-June period. The premium burger chain's customer traffic grew 2.0% in Q2, marking the fourth

Private equity firm HAN & Company has completed a decade-long restructuring of two major shipping portfolio companies through a three-phase strategic transformation. HAN & Company acquired Hanjin Shipping's dedicated vessel division, now H-Line Shipping, in 2014 and SK Shipping in 2018, when both co

Ripple announced an expanded program for its Swell 2026 conference in New York, expecting more than 1,500 attendees, over 75 speakers, and 50-plus sessions across three stages from Oct. 27-29. The company shared the latest speaker additions on X on Aug. 13. Financial institutions are increasing

US stocks hit a record high on the 7th (local time) despite July nonfarm payroll data showing a decline of 23,000 jobs, significantly missing expectations of an 80,000 increase. The S&P 500 rose 0.62% to a new all-time high following the employment report release. The positive market reaction

Kiwoom Securities accumulated 120 billion won in pension assets and attracted 9000 Individual Retirement Pension (IRP) subscribers within two months of entering the pension business in June. The brokerage reported that 96% of IRP subscribers were existing Kiwoom customers who transferred pension ass

NHN stocks surged 78.71% this week from the 10th to the 14th, driven by record Q2 earnings and consecutive analyst target price upgrades. The company announced Q2 revenue of 757.9 billion won and operating profit of 57.9 billion won, representing year-over-year increases of 25.3% and 164.1%

MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor published an essay on August 15 introducing a 'deep freeze' analogy for Bitcoin. Saylor argues that money stores the value created by time and work, and Bitcoin preserves that value like a freezer prevents food from spoiling. The analogy addresses inflation's

Securities firms that underwrote unsold shares during Neuromeca's capital increase reduced their valuation losses as the KOSDAQ-listed company's stock price rose 10.28% to 23,600 won on the 14th. The recovery brought the stock price close to the final issue price of 24,450 won per share, following a

BNK Investment & Securities researcher Lee Seong-kyung assessed on August 16 that South Korean credit spreads remain stable with minimal fluctuation, though clear momentum to expand bond demand is still absent. Lee stated in a report titled 'Credit Spread Stability, Demand Remains Weak' that

Ingenia Therapeutics, Kido Industry, and Skylabs are proceeding with KOSDAQ listings in the third week of August following their initial public offering processes. Ingenia Therapeutics will list on August 18 after setting its IPO price at 12,000 won with a retail subscription ratio of 3.09:1,

The US Senate's consideration of the CLARITY Act faces a critical vote in September after summer recess prevented floor debate from beginning. Senate Majority Leader John Thune filed a cloture motion on the Motion to Proceed on August 8, setting up a procedural vote expected September 15 following t