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Cronos, the native token of U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com, burned 230 million tokens following community approval of two governance proposals to revamp tokenomics, Odaily reported on Oct. 4. The first proposal transferred 228 million Cronos tokens from the community pool to a burn

Lee Eok-won, Chairman of South Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC), convened an emergency meeting on the 4th to address recent hacking attacks across the financial sector, warning that artificial intelligence-assisted attacks cannot be ruled out and urging maximum vigilance. The meeting at t

iM Securities identified oil prices as the critical factor for US financial markets amid sustained high interest rates, per an October 4 report. August core PCE inflation rose 0.2% month-over-month (below 0.3% forecast), while Super Core PCE jumped 0.36% versus July's 0.07%. September WTI crude

U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded net inflows of $82.9 million this week, according to data from Farside Investors on Oct. 4. BlackRock's IBIT led the inflows with $292 million, while Fidelity's FBTC saw $167.9 million in net outflows. BlackRock IBIT Leads Weekly Inflows with $292

PHA surged 10.07% in one hour to reach $0.0798 during the current trading session, following a day low of $0.0681. The token posted a 12.08% gain over 24 hours with trading volume reaching approximately $2.1 million. The source attributes the price movement to buying interest and potential whale

Seoul Southern District Court Civil Division 51 granted on the 2nd injunction applications by KOSPI-listed Juyeon Tech and KOSDAQ-listed KM Pharma against Korea Exchange, halting their delisting procedures. The court ruled that Korea Exchange's requirement for companies to maintain market

Moon Seong, a partner attorney at Yulchon LLC, lectured on December 3rd at the Herald Money Festa 2026 event in Seoul. Moon stated the National Pension Fund achieved an 8% average annual return from 1988 to 2025, outperforming real estate rental yields, bank term deposits, and retirement pension ret

The $270 billion dollar stablecoin market is approaching integration into the US regulatory system as the implementation deadline for the federal GENIUS Act nears. Under Section 20 of the law enacted in July 2025, the Act takes effect 18 months after enactment or 120 days after federal regulators

KOSPI is attempting to stabilize at the 7000 level this week as market attention focuses on Samsung Electronics' upcoming earnings announcement. Last week, KOSPI declined 1.09% but managed to defend the 7000 threshold despite US 10-year Treasury yields exceeding 5%, while KOSDAQ surged 5.78%

Hyperliquid reached a record 11.8% share of the global perpetual futures market as of Oct. 4, according to Odaily and other outlets. The figure represents Hyperliquid's portion of the entire perpetual futures market measured by open interest, including major centralized exchanges such as Binance,

Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner at Dragonfly Capital, stated in a recent commentary that ongoing token unlocks are significantly eroding confidence in the crypto market. Strategic investors offload their tokens immediately upon release, creating persistent selling pressure. This trend discourages n

Dan Roberts, CEO of OnRefinance, stated that reinsurance ventures are increasingly turning to Solana. Roberts highlighted Solana's transaction speed and highly engaged market community as key factors attracting these businesses. This development reflects a broader trend of blockchain networks

Lee Hyung-il, South Korea's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy, recently instructed senior officials that polarization reduction must become a key agenda for the ministry. Despite South Korea's visible 3% growth rate this year and per capita income approaching $40,000, the

Korean inverse exchange-traded funds betting against the US dollar dominated third-quarter performance rankings as the won-dollar exchange rate declined sharply during the period. KODEX US Dollar Futures Inverse 2X led all domestic ETFs with a 22.76% return in the third quarter, according to Korea E

Ripple and the XRP Ledger Foundation on October 3 jointly established XRP Asia, an organization dedicated to expanding the XRPL ecosystem across the Asia-Pacific region. The announcement came from industry sources that day. XRP Asia plans to run education, technical and commercialization programs, a

The Seoul foreign exchange market will track whether the USD-KRW exchange rate, which fell to the early 1,340 won range following weak US employment data, will decline further during the week of Oct 5-9. US September nonfarm payrolls rose by only 29,000, significantly below the 90,000 market

South Korea's National Pension Service increased its KOSDAQ stocks investment to over 100 trillion won for the first time last year. The pension fund's KOSDAQ allocation reached 106.2164 trillion won at the end of last year, representing 40.6% of its combined KOSPI and KOSDAQ investments,

Foreign investors sold 20.3 trillion won worth of stocks in South Korea's KOSPI market from December 1 to January 2, according to Korea Exchange data released on January 4. The massive sell-off drove Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix foreign ownership ratios to their lowest levels of the year, with t

Samsung Securities analysts predict that renewable energy, secondary battery, and energy storage system (ESS) stocks could benefit if the Democratic Party achieves a 'Blue Wave' by controlling both chambers in the US midterm elections on November 3. Park Hye-ran, a researcher at Samsung Securities,

US memory semiconductor company Micron reported quarterly earnings and guidance exceeding market expectations last month 30th local time, lifting South Korean semiconductor stocks Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Samsung shares rose 2.79% to 276,000 won and SK Hynix gained 3.21% to 1,833,000 won on