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SK Hynix trades at approximately 1.73 million won per share in recent closing prices, sparking discussions about stock accessibility for retail investors. The high price point mirrors Samsung Electronics' situation in 2018, when its shares exceeded 2.5 million won before the company executed a 50-to

Standard Chartered analyst Geoffrey Kendrick stated on Aug. 21 that his $100,000 year-end bitcoin forecast may prove too conservative following record short liquidations. Bitcoin climbed to $79,500 on Aug. 21, its highest level since May, as short liquidations approached $1.44 billion during the Aug

Anthropic, the AI company operating Claude, is preparing to file for an initial public offering as early as the end of this month, according to Bloomberg. The market estimates Anthropic's post-IPO valuation at $2

OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman detailed the organization's shift from its December 2015 nonprofit model during testimony in May 2026, disclosing his personal stake in the restructured company was valued at nearly $30 billion. The testimony occurred during legal proceedings tied to a lawsuit filed b

Eric Trump denied rumors of a Trump family cryptocurrency launch on August 22, responding to claims circulated by X account @WhaleScan. Trump stated on X that no family member is launching any coin and labeled such assertions as fraud. The denial targeted a post suggesting Donald Trump was

Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Aave, announced on August 22 that total deposits on the Aave protocol have crossed $30 billion. The figure represents a 30% increase in deposits for the third quarter of the year. Aave is a decentralized finance lending protocol where users supply assets to

Iran's top security official Mohsen Rezaei announced on state television that the country plans to target the assets of nations supporting U.S. economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic. The declaration responds to ongoing U.S. economic sanctions against Iran. Rezaei's comments suggest a

Elice Group submitted securities registration documents on the 23rd to pursue a KOSDAQ listing within the year, according to industry sources. The AI full-stack company, founded in 2015, has developed proprietary AI cloud technology and provides full-stack AI solutions across two main business

Samsung Electronics announced a 90-110 trillion won shareholder return plan, but shares dropped 4-5% in after-hours trading. The plan is five times larger than the company's 2020 record of 20.3 trillion won, making it the largest in Samsung's history. The company confirmed a 30 trillion won cash

NH Nonghyup Card launched its first ultra-premium credit card 'the Origins' with an annual fee of 3 million won on the 10th. The card issued over 30 accounts within the first 10 days, equivalent to 8 business days since launch. The strategic shift marks NH Nonghyup's departure from its traditional m

Korean retail investors increased gold investments as prices rebounded from early-August lows, with ACE KRX Gold ETF net assets reaching 4.209 trillion won on August 20, up approximately 200 billion won from 3.823 trillion won on August 3. Individual investors net-purchased the ETF every trading

Lotte Holdings, Hanwha REIT, Samyang Packaging, and Kyobo Life Insurance will conduct demand forecasts for corporate bond issuances during the week of August 24-28. The corporate bond issuance market, which had effectively stalled until mid-August, has begun moving again ahead of September. These A-

Meritz Securities recommended investors focus on Korean stocks with strong Q2 2026 earnings momentum amid rising macro uncertainty. The KOSPI posted Q2 operating profit of 238 trillion won (up 34.4% quarter-on-quarter) and net profit of 225 trillion won (up 53.7%), though excluding semiconductors

Ethereum rose 29.8% over 7 days and reached $2,546 during a volatile rally that triggered $264.92M in ETH liquidations within a broader $1.21B crypto market wipeout, according to Coinglass data. The breakout from the mid-$1,800s to low-$1,900s range accelerated on Aug. 19 when ETH jumped

Four major South Korean financial holdings reported loan commitments exceeding 530 trillion won as of June end, according to financial sector data released on the 21st. The commitments increased 17.8 trillion won, or 3.5%, from 512.2 trillion won at year-end. The increase comes as the government

Google Quantum AI announced on December 9, 2024, that its 105-qubit Willow processor completed a random circuit sampling benchmark computation in under five minutes—a task that would require Frontier, one of the world's fastest classical supercomputers, an estimated 10 septillion years (10

US President Donald Trump executed over 1,000 securities transactions in June, according to a financial disclosure released by the US Office of Government Ethics (OGE). The transactions totaled between $78.1 million and $263.1 million (approximately ₩108.4 billion to ₩365.2 billion). Major

FIGS, a US-based medical apparel company, reported Q2 revenue of $196.6 million, a 28.8% increase compared to the same period last year, and net income of $28.4 million, four times the prior-year figure. The company's direct-to-consumer model and proprietary FIONx fabric have driven three

Single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in South Korea saw daily average trading volume drop to 862.2 billion won over the past three weeks, down to 11.2% of the 7.69 trillion won recorded in the prior three-week period, following deposit requirement increases implemented on July 31.