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Samsung Electro-Mechanics announced second-quarter earnings on the 30th that exceeded market expectations, reporting revenue of 3.4572 trillion won and operating profit of 440.4 billion won. The results represented year-over-year growth of 24% in revenue and 107% in operating profit, driven by

SK hynix shares draw market attention. Citing industry sources, South Korea’s “Herald Economy” reports that SK hynix plans to begin mass production of the next-generation low-power mobile memory LPDDR6 in the second half of 2026, with industry rumors suggesting that Xiaomi’s (01810-HK) flagship devices will be the first supply targets. SK hynix completed development verification for a 16Gb LPDDR6 based on the 1c process in March. LPDDR6 Technical Specifications: 1c Process, 10.7Gbps Baseline Rat

Southern East Asset Management announced that its XL2 Southern SK Hynix Daily Leveraged (2x) product (07709) will adopt a flexible leverage structure starting August 3, with the target leverage ratio to be disclosed after market close on July 31. The decision follows significant volatility in SK Hyn

Binance.US plans to apply for a designated contract market license from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in August to launch a prediction market platform. Chief Executive Officer Stephen Gregory announced the plan during the Rare Evo conference in Las Vegas, with a company spokesperson

Global funds sold off Korean stocks led by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix in July, while simultaneously covering short positions in Hong Kong tech blue chips such as Alibaba and Tencent. The 20-day rolling correlation between the KOSPI and the Hang Seng Tech Index has turned negative again; the two have shown clear divergence in their trends. Data source: Bloomberg. The Korean KOSPI Index has fallen for two straight days this week and has repeatedly triggered circuit-breaker mechanisms, with a

The U.S. AI company copyright lawsuit front is continuously expanding. On July 20, U.S. federal judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of San Francisco approved a $1.5 billion class-action settlement involving Anthropic and a group of authors, marking the largest copyright class-action settlement amount in U.S. history. However, Universal Music is facing a $3.1 billion lawsuit, and Google Gemini has been sued again. Major ongoing AI copyright lawsuits According to the original text, the major ongoing AI

Korean stocks experienced their worst monthly performance among major global markets, with the KOSPI index falling 33.19% from 8476.48 on the 30th of last month to 5663.24 on the previous day, before recovering slightly on the 30th to open at 5681.77. The sharp decline was driven by concerns over

Twenty One Capital CEO Raphael Zagury warned in a July 22 SEC filing during a “market overview” session that issuing shares at a price higher than Bitcoin’s net asset value and using the proceeds to buy more Bitcoin is a market misalignment. Zagury’s solution is to build cash-flow-generating businesses around Bitcoin’s balance sheet, using mining operations as a revenue engine analogous to the return-generating insurance model used by Berkshire Hathaway. Zagury: Premium financing is a temporary

Samsung Electronics announced record-breaking Q2 2026 financial results on July 30, with operating profit reaching 89.4924 trillion won and revenue totaling 171.4995 trillion won. The semiconductor (DS) division's memory business drove the performance as AI

US stock index futures rose in Asian trading on the morning of July 30, driven by Microsoft's strong after-hours performance following the Federal Reserve's rate hold decision. E-mini S&P500 futures climbed 0.26% to 7,370.25, while tech-heavy E-mini Nasdaq100 futures advanced 0.63% to 27,512.25,

South Korea's Financial Services Commission announced on July 30 detailed regulatory amendments introducing cornerstone investor and pre-deal bookbuilding systems to the IPO market. The new rules require cornerstone investors to hold assets worth at least 20 times their subscription amount and

South Korea's Fair Trade Commission initiated deliberation proceedings against seven biofuel companies on the 30th for alleged bid-rigging, after submitting an audit report to the committee on the 29th. The FTC's audit office determined the companies — DS Dansuk, Aekyung

Jingjie Xuchuang (SZSE: 300308) shares were officially listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on July 30. The latest price on the first day was HK$962, down HK$18 from the IPO offer price of HK$980, a decline of about 1.8%. The global offering comprised 54.5 million shares, with net proceeds of approximately HK$52.89B. The funds are mainly used for continued investment in the R&D of optical interconnect products (35%) and expanding global production capacity (30%). Jingjie Xuchuang’s HKEX listin

Capricor Therapeutics, Inc. (CAPR) stock declined 67% this week after an FDA advisory panel voted 9-3 against Deramiocel on Wednesday, marking the third consecutive session in the red with a 6% drop. The FDA's Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee concluded that Capricor had not

In Beijing time in the early hours of July 30, the U.S. Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) released its latest interest rate decision, keeping the target range for the federal funds rate unchanged at 3.50% to 3.75%. This marked the Fed’s fifth consecutive meeting since January this year in holding policy steady. However, the real focus for the market is not the “no rate hike” itself. After the decision was released, Bitcoin surged from about $63,700 to near the $64,700 intrad

Samsung Electronics’ stock (005930.KS) management disclosed on July 30 during the Q2 earnings conference call that the company has received direct memory procurement intentions from an AI frontier model developer and has also received requests for long-term supply contracts. Samsung Electronics explained that, because it cannot obtain sufficient AI infrastructure capacity from hyperscale cloud service providers, the AI frontier model company is turning to purchasing memory directly and is asking

Crypto exchange Luno confirmed a 20 percent reduction to its global workforce this week, with Chief Executive Officer James Lanigan announcing the cuts as the platform shifts focus toward institutional clients and cost optimization. The move follows three unrelated exchange shutdowns in the same

SoFi Technologies Inc. (SOFI) and Robinhood Markets Inc. (HOOD) both delivered second-quarter results on Wednesday, with SoFi reporting record revenue of $1.21 billion and Robinhood posting $1.31 billion in total net revenue. The results were driven by strong core business performance, with SoFi's

Fidelity Digital Assets released its Q3 signal report on July 28, pointing out that Bitcoin’s measuring indicators are hovering near historical lows, while several sentiment indicators are approaching capitulation zones. Fidelity’s in-house Yardstick metric has spent 83% of the past 92 days in the “undervalued” range. Fidelity said this bear market has now lasted 203 days, and October may be a key time node for investors focused on cycle dynamics. Fidelity Yardstick metric breakdown According to