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South Korea recorded a current account surplus of $46.11 billion in August, marking the second-highest figure on record, according to data released by the Bank of Korea on October 8. The surplus was driven by strong semiconductor exports, with IT product shipments surging 162.6% year-over-year.

Kona I is forecast to see earnings improvement next year driven by expanded government support for regional currency and growing metal card supply in North America, according to NH Investment & Securities on the 8th. The brokerage projected an 18% increase in operating profit next year but did not p

NH Investment & Securities forecasts continued earnings improvement for Kona I, driven by expanded regional currency support budgets and increased metal card supply to North America. Analyst Kang Kyung-geun attributes the positive outlook to Kona I's 73% market share in the card-type regional curren

Crypto card transaction volume exceeded $1 billion in a single month for the first time in July, according to online payment analysis platform PaymentScan. Cumulative transactions since March 2023 surpassed $10 billion. The growth reflects increasing adoption of stablecoin payments and

Shinhan Investment & Securities maintained a 'Buy' rating and 500,000 KRW target price for LG Energy Solution (373220) in a report released on October 8. The brokerage cited better-than-expected Q3 performance and anticipated second-half momentum from energy storage system (ESS) orders and

LG Display is expected to report Q3 operating profit of 233.6 billion won, a 46% year-over-year decline that falls 33.3% short of the market consensus of 351 billion won, according to an SK Securities report released on October 8. Analyst Park Hyung-woo cited three negative factors: declining

Daishin Securities on the 8th lowered its target price for Hyosung Heavy Industries from 4.2 million won to 4 million won, projecting that Q3 earnings will fall short of market expectations. Analyst Heo Min-ho cited delivery delays in Middle East projects due to the US-Iran war aftermath and

Coinbase integrated the world's largest crypto options exchange into its platform to create a single regulated liquidity pool for US and global crypto derivatives. The integration aims to provide traders with more opportunities to engage in diverse trading activities within one platform. The regulat

Binance has added four tokenized securities as eligible collateral across its Cross Margin, Portfolio Margin, and Portfolio Margin Pro products. The tokens represent JPMorgan Chase (JPMB), Eli Lilly (LLYB), Securitize Corp (SECZB), and StablecoinX (USDEB), allowing users to support leveraged

US mobile trading platform Webull (NAS:BULL), which serves 28 million global users, faces allegations of structural ties to the Chinese government following a congressional investigation released October 7 (US local time), with Webull stocks dropping 19% in response. The House Select Committee on th

NAVER is expected to report third-quarter earnings below market expectations due to commerce investments and sports broadcasting rights costs, according to an October 8 report by Meritz Securities analyst Lee Hyo-jin. The analyst projected Q3 consolidated revenue of 3.4844 trillion won, up 11.0%

SK Hynix subsidiary Solidigm selected Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as lead underwriters for a potential US initial public offering next year, Bloomberg reported on December 7 local time, citing sources familiar with the matter. The flash memory company could raise approximately $10 billion

DS Investment & Securities announced on the 8th that it maintains a 'buy' rating on Samsung SDI while raising the target price from 840,000 won to 940,000 won. The upgrade reflects expectations for continued order announcements in Q4, with North American ESS additional discussions ongoing and

Samsung Electronics recorded an operating profit of 107.4 trillion won in Q3, marking the first time a Korean company exceeded 100 trillion won in quarterly operating profit, the company disclosed on the 8th. The semiconductor division drove the record performance as memory demand remained strong am

Hanwha Investment & Securities maintained a 'Buy' rating and 300,000 KRW target price for Samsung SDS on October 8, projecting the company's earnings growth will accelerate from next year driven by new data center operations and expanded AI infrastructure orders. Analyst Kim So-hye estimated Samsung

OpenAI's ChatGPT AI predicts XRP could surge to $50 or more by January 1, 2027, if a monumental catalyst materializes for Ripple. In this wildly bullish forecast, Claude projects a price range of $25-$40, with a stretch target exceeding $50 if a full-blown crypto bull market returns alongside a

Samsung Electro-Mechanics is projected to enter a three-year growth cycle driven by AI server component orders and substrate expansion, Yuanta Securities reported on the 8th. Analyst Ko Seon-young forecast Q3 2026 revenue of 3.7625 trillion won, up 30.2% year-on-year, and operating profit of 682.2 b

Korea Securities Depository (KSD) holds nearly 1.5 trillion won in unclaimed stocks as of August end, according to data submitted to the National Assembly. The 808.44 million unclaimed shares, valued at 1.4707 trillion won and belonging to 26,280 shareholders, accumulated because shareholders