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Blockchain research firm Populus joined WebX 2026 as a research partner, the company announced on the 9th. The conference is scheduled for July 13-14 at The Prince Park Tower Tokyo in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Populus will produce an exclusive research report analyzing the Japanese digital asset

Lemon Healthcare, D&D Pharmatech, and Pharma Research posted strong gains on July 7 amid high volatility in South Korea's pharmaceutical and biotech sector. Lemon Healthcare rebounded to the daily upper limit of 12,220 won after closing below its IPO price the previous day, driven by low-price

Wall Street analysts characterized the recent decline in AI semiconductor stocks as a technical correction driven by momentum investment liquidation rather than fundamental deterioration, according to CNBC on the 8th local time. The iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF (MTUM), which tracks momentum

Micron Technology and AI memory storage-related stocks reduced losses on May 8 (local time) as investors engaged in bargain hunting. Micron closed at $948.80, up 1.11%, while SanDisk rose 6.77% to $1,727.18 and Western Digital gained 3.42% to $550.30. Yahoo Finance attributed the recovery to

SK Securities maintained a 'buy' rating on Lotte Energy Materials (020150) on July 9 while lowering the target price from 90,000 won to 60,000 won. Analyst Park Hyung-woo cited expectations that 2027 copper foil supply shortages will benefit the company's AI substrate circuit board business

US tech stocks rebounded on May 8 (local time), with the Nasdaq rising 0.20% to 25,870.65 as semiconductor and AI infrastructure stocks attracted bargain hunting following recent declines. The recovery followed President Trump's statement that 'war will not restart' regarding US-Iran tensions,

LG Electronics saw securities firms raise stock target prices following the company's Q2 provisional earnings announcement on the 7th of this month. The electronics maker reported Q2 consolidated revenue of 23.8297 trillion won and operating profit of 1.5788 trillion won, representing a 146.9%

Trust Wallet integrated Robinhood Chain into its mobile application and browser extension, enabling users to manage assets on the Ethereum-compatible Layer-2 network within a self-custody framework. The integration addresses high Ethereum mainnet gas fees by processing transactions off-chain and

Viva Republica, the operator of South Korea-based mobile money transfer app Toss, has signed a memorandum of understanding with blockchain company Optimism. The partnership will test infrastructure for a Korean won-based stablecoin aimed at institutional payments. The three-month proof of concept wi

Wall Street analysts identified US stocks with potential gains exceeding 40% in the second half following recent geopolitical tensions. Donald Trump declared the US-Iran ceasefire "over" at a NATO summit, yet the NASDAQ index rose instead of falling. JPMorgan assessed that neither the US nor Iran in

TIME K-Culture Active ETF shifted its top holdings as of the 8th, with Samyang Foods (6.79%) and Hugel (5.74%) now leading the portfolio, according to financial investment industry data. Three months prior, beauty brand APR held the top position at 9.13%, followed by game developer Pearl Abyss at 8.

JP Morgan assessed a potential merger between SpaceX and Tesla as strategically coherent on the 8th (local time), with artificial intelligence serving as a key connecting axis between the two companies. Analyst Rajat Gupta stated in a report that combining SpaceX and Tesla could unify vision,

Private equity fund managers in Korea are increasingly adopting Continuation Vehicles (CV) as an exit strategy, with notable transactions including Han & Company's 2022 Ssangyong C&E deal worth approximately 1.9 trillion won and CVC Capital's 2025 transaction for online travel platform

SpaceXAI released Grok 4.5 on July 8 at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens, positioning it as a cost-competitive alternative in the AI model market. Elon Musk stated on X that the model is roughly comparable to Anthropic's previous flagship Opus 4.7 while emphasizing

The US dollar weakened slightly on the 8th afternoon as President Donald Trump stated he does not want a prolonged conflict with Iran, causing international oil prices to moderate their earlier surge. At 4pm ET on the 8th, the dollar index (DXY) fell 0.083% to 100.972, reversing from an intraday

Korean retail investors shifted capital from cryptocurrency markets to domestic stocks as KOSPI trading volume reached 65.8 trillion won on the 7th, a fourfold increase from 15 trillion won during the same period last year according to Korea Exchange data. The 24-hour trading volume of South Korea's

KB Securities forecasts SK Hynix stocks will undergo revaluation alongside its US American Depositary Receipt (ADR) as global investor access expands following the scheduled July 10 ADR listing. The brokerage maintained a 4.2 million won target price and Buy rating. Analyst Kim Dong-won, head of KB

CNBC's Jim Cramer said Wednesday that he is more concerned about a flood of new stock and bond issuance than re-escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran. The 'Mad Money' host warned that the surge of new equity and debt offerings has sopped up sidelined capital and could threaten the bull

KOSDAQ fell 14.73% over the recent one month (920.57→785.00) as of July 8, according to Korea Exchange, prompting gains in inverse exchange-traded funds while the market marked its 30th anniversary in July. The decline was driven by investor concentration in semiconductor large-cap stocks,

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix experienced sharp stock declines this month through the 8th, with Samsung Electronics falling 16.9% and SK Hynix dropping 21.7%, resulting in a combined market capitalization loss of approximately 740 trillion won. The declines were driven by spreading concerns