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Democratic Party Representative Kim Hyun-jung proposed an amendment to South Korea's Capital Markets Act that would allow the Financial Services Commission to mandate leverage ratio reductions for single-stock leveraged ETFs without investor consent. The proposal, submitted the previous day

Daelim Corporation stocks closed at 1,813 won on a specific trading day, down 13.25% from the previous close of 2,090 won, after briefly hitting the daily upper limit of 2,715 won during the session. The sharp intraday reversal occurred within hours of a stock recommendation posted on Naver's

Susan Collins, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, expressed support for a rate hike next month if elevated inflation persists, according to an interview with the Financial Times on the 12th local time. Collins stated that businesses and households in the northeastern United States

TRON processed $2.1 trillion in USDT transfers during Q2 2026, according to Messari's State of TRON Q2 report. The network's circulating USDT supply reached $87.9 billion, surpassing Ethereum, while average daily transactions rose 8.7% to 11.8 million. The figures underscore TRON's role as a major s

Bank of Korea researcher Jang Jin-seong published an analysis on August 12 showing artificial intelligence expansion will create simultaneous upward and downward pressure on the neutral interest rate. Productivity improvements from AI increase investment demand and reduce savings, pushing the neutra

Sharplink, a Nasdaq-listed ethereum treasury company, reported a net loss of $394.3 million for the three months ended June 30, despite earning $11.2 million from staking its ETH holdings. The loss was driven by a $321 million unrealized loss on crypto assets held at fair value and $76.1 million in

Korea Blockchain Business Cooperative requested regulatory sandbox permission for virtual assets (digital assets) at a regulatory innovation forum on the 12th. The cooperative stated that pilot projects using the regulatory sandbox are needed for pre-inspection during the institutionalization

South Korean cryptocurrency investors moved approximately 700 trillion won from domestic exchanges to overseas platforms since 2021. Web3 research firm Tiger Research and blockchain analytics company Chainalysis released this finding on August 12 after tracking around 120,000 wallets identified as d

36 Korean securities brokerages earned a combined 89.35 billion won in commission fees from single-stock leveraged and inverse ETF trading between May 27 and July 31, according to data submitted to National Assembly member Kim Jae-seop by the Financial Supervisory Service. During the same period, re

Korean stocks saw trading volumes plunge to year-lows this month, with KOSPI daily average reaching 24.8215 trillion won as of the 12th, down 32.69% from the prior month, Korea Exchange reported. Weakened investor sentiment amid sluggish market conditions drove the decline, with standby funds also c

The USD/JPY exchange rate rose 0.12% to 159.420 yen as of 2:10 PM on August 12 in Tokyo foreign exchange trading, according to Yonhap Infomax. Ongoing Middle East geopolitical uncertainty applied downward pressure on the yen as international oil prices rebounded while Japanese financial markets

Daishin Securities released analysis on July employment trends, with researcher Jo Jae-woon stating that while Korea's July employment figures showed surface-level job gains, underlying signals indicate weakening labor market strength. According to the National Data Office data released on the 12th,

Mirae Asset Asset Management's TIGER KOSDAQ Active ETF achieved a 23.6% return in August as of August 11, outperforming the KOSDAQ index which rose 19.2% during the same period. The ETF exceeded its benchmark by approximately 4.4 percentage points through a sector diversification strategy that

Robinhood Chain led Layer 2 network revenue in July, generating approximately $3.6 million according to Blockworks Research. The Ethereum Layer 2 network outperformed Polygon PoS at $2.7 million and Base at $2.1 million during the same period. The revenue milestone demonstrates how traditional

Tether (USDT) market cap fell by approximately $4 billion over a 60-day period, with the decline accelerating in recent weeks, according to CryptoQuant data. Binance monthly Futures volume dropped from $2.55 trillion in July 2025 to $1.40 trillion in July 2026, while OKX volumes fell to about $447 b

GEODNET (GEOD), the governance token for the Global Earth Observation Decentralized Network, surged 39% in 24 hours recently before retracing approximately 15%. The altcoin's price movement followed its listing on Upbit last week, which triggered increased trading activity across centralized and

Mantle (MNT) posted significant daily gains recently, pushing the token above both its 20-day and 50-day exponential moving averages at press time. The move marked a key shift in short-term momentum as buyers seemingly regained control across the board. This development came after a week of

AmorePacific Industrial reported Q2 operating profit of 4.5 billion won, down 59.4% from the same period last year, despite achieving record quarterly revenue of 194.2 billion won. The profit decline occurred as the company increased marketing investments and restructured operations, while global

Kostas Chalkias, co-founder and chief cryptographer of Mysten Labs, has revealed plans to mass-produce an affordable quantum-resistant hardware wallet for the Sui blockchain, with a target retail price below $10. The personal initiative, undertaken outside his corporate role, involves leasing a

VELVET token surged 25%, extending its 90-day gain to 548%. Retail traders drove much of the move, with the whale-retail delta remaining negative to indicate retail activity stayed dominant. A slight uptick suggested whales may have contributed to the rally. The key question is whether VELVET's