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Kioxia's stock rose 5.27% on the 3rd at the Tokyo Stock Exchange despite weaker earnings reported on the 31st of last month. The company announced a buyback of up to 800 billion yen (approximately 7.2 trillion won) representing 5.5% of outstanding shares, and a 3-to-1 stock split planned for

Ethereum spot ETFs recorded $365.17 million in inflows during July, marking their strongest month since October 2025, per SoSoValue data. However, weekly inflows collapsed 74% in the final week of July, dropping from $103.9 million to $27.42 million in the week ending July 31. The pullback

Korean stock markets have activated over 70 market stabilization measures this year as extreme volatility grips trading. The Korea Exchange has deployed emergency mechanisms including sidecars and circuit breakers at an unprecedented frequency to prevent cascading sell-offs and investor panic. The r

S&P Global reported July UK manufacturing PMI final figure at 51.9, below the preliminary estimate of 52.8 and June's 52.5, marking a 4-month low. The decline reflected price and demand trends not fully translating to labor market strength, with July manufacturing employment growth virtually

S&P Global reported that the Eurozone Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) final reading for July stood at 51.9. The figure nearly matched the preliminary estimate of 52.0 and marked the highest level in three months, surpassing June's 51.4. Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at S&

Ripple (XRP) consolidated near the $1.07 level after defending the $1.04 support zone over recent sessions, with price trading around $1.07 as of the latest data. The consolidation occurred as weekly spot ETF inflows reached $14.86 million by July 31st, marking a third consecutive week of positive f

Ethereum rallied against Bitcoin in Q3 2026, with the ETH/BTC ratio climbing over 10% during the quarter. The move was driven by capital rotation as ETH surged 18.55% in July, outpacing Bitcoin's return by more than 2x. The performance mirrors Ethereum's Q3 2025 rally, when ETH/BTC gained 56% and Et

Germany's manufacturing sector recorded a Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) final reading of 52.2 in July, matching the preliminary figure and rising from June's 50.3, according to S&P Global on the 3rd. The reading equaled the March record and marked the joint highest level since May 2022, driven

South Korea's government revised comprehensive real estate tax deductions for non-resident single homeowners, reducing the basic exemption from 1.2 billion won to 900 million won starting next year, despite raising the tax threshold from 1.2 billion won to 1.4 billion won in public disclosure

Small Bitcoin holders moved coins on July 31 at a rate not seen since the collapse of FTX, as news spread that Coldcard hardware wallets had been generating guessable keys for five years. Transfers of less than 1 BTC totaled 39,600 BTC on that day, according to CryptoQuant Head of Research Julio

On Aug. 3 Beijing time, international oil prices opened sharply lower. Brent crude’s maximum drop reached 7.3%, falling to $81.55 per barrel; WTI crude fell below $80 per barrel, at one point dipping to $78.78 per barrel, down 6.83%. As of press time, the decline in international oil prices narrowed. According to Gate market data, Brent crude was trading at $83.70 per barrel, while WTI crude was at $79.85 per barrel. The dramatic swings in oil prices were driven by an abrupt turn in the geopolit

NICE Credit Rating placed SK Siltron on credit downgrade review watch on the 3rd, following Doosan's announcement to acquire a 70.61% stake from SK. SK Siltron currently holds an A+ (stable) corporate bond rating. The review stems from the removal of a 1-notch rating uplift tied to potential

South Korean individual stock wealth rankings underwent significant reshuffling as of July 31, according to financial data provider FnGuide, driven by the artificial intelligence and semiconductor rally. Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong retained the top position with holdings valued at 46.2

The Ethereum network generated $1.79Bn in application layer fees during Q2 2026, but captured only $88.4M in Real Economic Value at the L1 level—a 4.9% value capture ratio, according to on-chain analyst @Tanaka_L2 in a July 31 breakdown. The divergence stems from Layer 2 rollup scaling, which now

SushiSwap launched Sushi Launch on August 03, 2026, a token issuance platform built exclusively on Robinhood Chain that enables users to create tokens paired with tokenized real-world assets including equities, with each token automatically supported by a live Sushi V3 liquidity pool from

Foreign investors sold 103.23 trillion won in Korean stocks from May through July, while retail investors absorbed 82.87 trillion won of the selling pressure during the same period, according to Korea Exchange data. The shift occurred as retail buying momentum weakened in late July, with the KOSPI i

Micron (MU) stocks dropped nearly 2% in premarket trading on Monday, extending a turbulent stretch after the stock plunged 29% in July — its worst monthly performance since June 2005. The decline followed a 5.2% drop in South Korea's KOSPI index, where Samsung Electronics fell 8.8% and SK Hynix decl

The Senate left the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act off Monday's floor schedule, with five days remaining until the August 7 recess. The House-passed bill, designed to divide cryptocurrency oversight between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission,