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Baek Ji-yoon, CEO of Blash Asset Management, recommended investors diversify their portfolios away from semiconductor-heavy allocations in an interview with Maeil Business Newspaper. She proposed a 50% Samsung Electronics and 50% KOSDAQ biotech and small-cap stocks composition for the second half, s

Retail investors in South Korea accumulated net purchases exceeding 200 trillion won in domestic stocks through July 31, according to data from Korea Exchange and Yonhap Infomax released on August 9. The surge occurred despite

SK Hynix stocks continued declining in recent trading days despite the company announcing plans to allocate 50% of free cash flow to shareholder returns, with the American Depositary Receipt (ADR) falling for three consecutive trading sessions. Market rumors suggesting SK Hynix supplies

Korean listed companies reported Q2 earnings results with 91 out of 157 companies (58%) exceeding market consensus as of the 6th, according to financial data provider FnGuide on the 9th. The earnings season entered its final phase with companies analyzed by three or more securities firms, while 66 c

Korean construction industry external audit companies saw their marginal firm ratio nearly triple between 2021 and 2025, according to data from the Korea Construction Industry Research Institute released on August 9. Among 2,004 construction external audit companies, marginal firms increased from 4.

Korean stocks remained directionless during the week of August 3-7, unable to sustain momentum following a historic rebound on July 31. KOSPI fluctuated near the 6200 level, briefly rising before plunging nearly 5%, while KOSDAQ triggered three consecutive buy-side circuit breakers for the first

The Korean stock market faces a critical week as US July inflation indicators are set for release, with the consumer price index, producer price index, and Michigan consumer sentiment index scheduled for publication. The KOSPI index fell 5.1% during the week of August 3-8, marking its seventh

Forty-six companies listed on the Korea Exchange face management stock designation this week after their share prices remained below 1000 won. The designation process begins on the 12th following warnings issued during the 5th to 7th period for 25 consecutive trading days below the threshold. The

KOSDAQ market credit balance fell to 5.9255 trillion won, marking the lowest level since June 3, 2020, according to market data. The decline represents a 46% drop from the 10.885 trillion won recorded when the KOSDAQ index peaked at 1226.18 on April 27. The KOSDAQ-to-KOSPI credit ratio dropped to 26

France introduced bill 921 on July 17 to implement the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), enabling automatic exchange of crypto user data with 48 countries. French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot presented the text in the Senate, seeking to enshrine the CARF

Santiment, a cryptocurrency market analysis platform, released its latest weekly report detailing divergent behavior between small Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoin investors and large wallet holders. Recent uncertainties and sideways/downward price movements have triggered significant panic among

SharpLink CEO Joseph Chalom, a former BlackRock executive, publicly opposed Ethereum proposal EIP-8363 on Friday, warning the change would weaken decentralized finance and eliminate ETH's native yield advantage over Bitcoin. The proposal would burn validator rewards as the staking ratio increases, w

A volunteer security initiative led by AnchorWatch CEO Rob Hamilton announced earlier this week that it used frontier AI models to scan approximately 150 Bitcoin repositories and discovered more than a dozen vulnerabilities. Hamilton stated the group has spent about $20,000 on AI services while

U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded net inflows of $98.85 million on August 7, extending a streak to five consecutive trading days, while spot ether ETFs added $49.60 million the same day, marking four straight days of inflows. BlackRock's IBIT captured $479 million of a $626 million th

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds attracted approximately $1 billion in net inflows this week, their strongest performance since April and third-best week since October, according to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas on Saturday. The rebound signals renewed investor appetite after months of u

Bitcoin's BIP-110 proposal approaches its mandatory signaling deadline at block 961632, scheduled to occur in less than eight hours at 9 a.m. EDT on Saturday, with miner support sitting at just 2.6% at press time. The proposed rule change would restrict non-financial data such as images or files