Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

According to Financial News citing Korea Exchange data, KOSDAQ's daily trading volume collapsed 66.1% from 15.3 trillion Korean won on May 27 to 5.2 trillion won on July 24. Over the same two-month period, 14 single-stock leverage ETFs tracking Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix generated 392.1 trilli

According to News1, South Korea's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 2.75% on July 16, marking the first increase in three years and six months since January 2023. Following the move, major commercial banks hiked deposit and savings rates, prompting

The Korean won's real effective exchange rate fell to 82.99 in June, the lowest level since March 2009 during the global financial crisis, according to data released July 26 by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). The Japanese yen's real effective exchange rate dropped to 65.3 in June,

According to BIS data released on July 26, South Korea's won reached its lowest real effective exchange rate since the 2009 financial crisis in June. The won's real effective exchange rate fell to 82.99, down 1.75 points from

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung announced plans to resume trade agreement negotiations with Mercosur and modernize the Korea-Chile FTA in a written interview with Spanish news agency EFE published on the 25th (local time). The president characterized South America as a core supply chain

Korean stock markets experienced 10 consecutive trading days of circuit breaker triggers from the 10th to the 24th, with KOSPI falling 5.72% and KOSDAQ dropping 5.32% on the 24th. Single-stock leveraged ETFs betting on Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix drove the extreme volatility. President Lee

Stocks logged a second straight weekly loss, with the S&P 500 slipping 0.6% and the Nasdaq falling 2.1% as investors navigated escalating Middle East tensions, key tech earnings, and healthcare developments. Oil prices, AI spending scrutiny, mixed data center earnings, and pharmaceutical

According to CNBC, stocks fell this week as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East sent oil prices to their highest levels in months. The Nasdaq declined 2.1%, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.6%, marking the indices' second consecutive weekly losses. West Texas Intermediate crude jumped over 8%, while

SpaceX launched Starship Flight 13 on July 24, deploying 20 next-generation V3 Starlink satellites and achieving an intact ocean landing in the Indian Ocean. The test occurred just after 6:50 p.m. Eastern from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, and marked the first Starship flight since SpaceX

According to Goldman Sachs, U.S. initial public offerings (IPOs) raised a record $225 billion in the first half of 2026, sparking debate over whether the market is showing early signs of excess. Owen Lamont, a senior portfolio manager at Acadian Asset Management, warned that the IPO surge meets

According to Houthi military spokesman Brigadier Yahya Saree, Iran-backed Houthi forces attacked two Aramco energy facilities in Saudi Arabia's Jizan and Yanbu on July 25 in retaliation for Saudi air strikes. The spokesman said forces used 10 ballistic missiles and drones to target the Jizan facilit

U.S. President Donald Trump announced his administration would immediately launch a Section 301 investigation into the European Union after Brussels fined Google approximately $1 billion under its Digital Markets Act. The investigation, authorized under the 1974 Trade Act, allows Washington to

On Friday, July 25, President Trump announced the start of a Section 301 investigation into European Union trade practices after the European Commission fined Google $1 billion under its Digital Markets Act. Trump said the U.S. would not allow Europe to treat America as a "piggybank," accusing the E

According to ChainCatcher, BNB has officially launched on Futubull, a licensed Hong Kong broker and the first to offer BNB order book trading. Qualified professional investors in Hong Kong can now execute real-time BNB trades within a compliant

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made his first post on X on Friday, advocating for open-weight AI models in a letter titled 'Open Weights and American AI Leadership.' Bitwise advisor Jeff Park called the post bullish for the intersection of crypto and AI, stating the letter's thesis on decentralization

According to CoinDesk, institutional crypto trading platform LMAX Group is exploring strategic options including a sale, SPAC merger, or initial public offering on Nasdaq or European exchanges, with a potential valuation reaching up to $5 billion. The company has engaged Morgan Stanley and

According to Ned Davis Research, the Trump Trade Index—comprising over a dozen exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking stocks expected to benefit from White House policies on defense spending, domestic manufacturing, and infrastructure—has declined approximately 16% since May after outperforming the

Bitcoin traded in a volatile range over the past 24 hours, swinging between $63,700 and $65,406 before settling near $64,000. The price movement followed spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds recording $225.18 million in net outflows on July 24, ending a seven-session inflow streak. The Crypto Fear &