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NH Amundi Asset Management's HANARO Global Gold Mining ETF returned 30.78% over one month as of the 21st, leading all Korean-listed ETFs. The ETF invests in global gold mining company stocks and outperformed gold futures ETFs (11.77% and 11.48% returns) and gold spot ETFs (6.81% and 6.18% returns) d

Tether minted 1 billion USDT, valued at approximately $999.9 million, at its treasury on the Tron network in recent market activity, according to Whale Alert. The transaction represents one of the largest single additions of USDT supply and adds substantial stablecoin liquidity to the

DS Investment & Securities analyst Jang Ji-hye recommended Korean ramen stocks in a recent report titled 'K-Ramen is Back,' citing strong Q2 earnings driven by overseas sales growth. Samyang Foods recorded Q2 consolidated revenue of 770.3 billion won and operating profit of 176.2 billion won,

Yen carry trade positions approached 2024 crisis levels as non-commercial yen futures net short positions reached 163,000 contracts as of local time May 28, according to a Korea Financial Research Institute report. Japan raised its policy rate to 1% on June 16, the first time the rate reached that l

US spot Solana exchange-traded funds recorded $15 million in daily net inflows on August 20, marking the largest single-session inflow in three weeks. The figure represents daily flow data rather than cumulative totals, providing a measure of fresh institutional demand for SOL exposure through

NVIDIA is scheduled to release its fiscal second-quarter earnings on the 27th, with LS Securities forecasting record-breaking results of $91.9 billion in revenue and earnings per share of $2.08. Despite the anticipated strong performance, LS Securities analyst Hwang San-hae noted that NVIDIA's

Two Binance employees were detained at airports in the United Arab Emirates in recent weeks during a fraud investigation and later released, The New York Times reported Aug. 20. One mid-level employee was held overnight at a Sharjah police station this month after being stopped at the airport,

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, collectively referred to as '삼전닉스,' face projections of shareholder returns reaching up to 300 trillion won. The mechanism involves selling portions of dollar reserves earned overseas, converting them to won, and using the won for expanded shareholder returns.

AT&T implemented model routing technology through LiteLLM to redirect routine employee queries toward lower-cost open-source AI models, achieving a 56% reduction in AI coding costs with only a 2% decline in performance quality. The telecom giant processes roughly 45 billion tokens daily through

Grayscale Head of Research Zach Pandl identified Ethereum, Solana and BNB Chain as potential beneficiaries of proposed U.S. fundraising rules in an Aug. 19 analysis. The assessment connects the Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation Crypto Assets proposal with investor focus on

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Directorate claims approximately 8500 North Korean troops are currently deployed in Russia, primarily stationed in the Kursk region, including 400 drone operators. Deputy Director Vadym Skibitskyi stated the deployed forces include 1000 engineers and mine clearance per

Korean banks reported renewed demand for gold investment products as of the 19th, following an international gold price rebound exceeding 12% over approximately one month. Three major South Korean banks recorded combined gold banking balances of 1.7822 trillion won as of the 19th, marking a

Kakao announced a corporate split into an artificial intelligence company and an investment company, triggering a 7.49% stock price drop to 35,800 won as investor disappointment selling emerged. The company stated the restructuring aims to resolve its undervalued market position by separating

U.S. President Donald Trump will host crypto executives at the White House on Wednesday to discuss regulation. The meeting, first reported last week by POLITICO, will include executives from Coinbase, Kraken parent company Payward, and Blockchain.com. The gathering occurs as the Securities and

DMND, the Stratum V2 mining pool, announced an integration with Mempool Accelerator last week on August 14th to introduce transaction acceleration functionality for individual Stratum V2 miners. The integration enables miners to control transaction prioritization and collect additional revenue

The U.S. national debt crossed $40 trillion this week as the Treasury Department announced buyback operations to bolster secondary-market liquidity, while 30-year Treasury yields hit their highest level since 2007 earlier this week before resuming their climb on Friday. Simultaneously, major tech

Chandler Fang, co-founder of AI agent trust startup t54, outlined on X on Aug. 21 how autonomous software could expand XRP use by advancing from purchasing digital resources to completing real-world commercial tasks. Before co-founding t54, Fang served as product lead at Ripple after holding

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on May 20 (local time) that the Treasury's long-term bond buyback program will expand to a minimum of $4 billion per operation, doubling the previous $2 billion level set just one day earlier on May 19. The move aims to suppress rising long-term

Bitcoin and Ethereum surged starting the 15th, with Bitcoin rising approximately 20% from the 88 million won range to the 100 million won range over one week on South Korean exchanges. The rally followed the US Treasury's announcement of expanded bond buyback measures and statements by President

Bitcoin surged past $75,000 on the morning of the 22nd, marking its highest level in 86 days since May 27. The cryptocurrency jumped approximately 24% over one week (August 16-22), climbing from $62,980 to $78,056 according to CoinMarketCap. The rally was driven by a short squeeze that