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Barclays economist Son Beom-ki released a report on July 13 warning that market participants are considering the risk of back-to-back rate hikes by the Bank of Korea in the fourth quarter. While the BOK is unlikely to signal consecutive increases at its monetary policy meeting scheduled this week, S

Japanese stocks declined on this trading day, with the Nikkei 225 index falling 1,315.00 points (1.92%) to close at 67,242.73, dragged down by sharp losses in artificial intelligence and semiconductor-related stocks. The decline intensified after South Korea's KOSPI index plunged over 8%, weighing o

Samsung Electronics disclosed on the 13th the disposal of treasury shares worth approximately 322.8 billion won for executive performance bonus payments. The disposal targets 1,132,477 treasury shares distributed to 928 executives. Samsung Electronics explained the action aims to strengthen executiv

Aegis Asset Management's Sindorim D-Cube City remodeling project begins construction mid-month after securing 490 billion won in project financing, with a target completion date of July next year. The project overcame an Event of Default (EOD) crisis earlier this year through successful

Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is likely to reject Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama's request to increase domestic investment, according to market observations reported by The Japan Times. The fund completed its latest investment framework review in 2025 and maintains a policy

Foreign investors net bought select non-semiconductor Korean stocks on July 13 despite driving the KOSPI index down 8.95% through ₩1.8795 trillion in net selling concentrated in semiconductor shares. The buying targeted companies with rising earnings consensus in sectors including power equipment, I

BlackRock's tokenized money-market fund BUIDL surpassed $900 million in assets on Avalanche in a week, more than doubling from about $464 million to over $900 million in seven days according to RWA.xyz data cited by market reports. The roughly 105% weekly increase added about $436 million to BUIDL's

XRP (XRP) trades near $1.06 in mid-July 2026, and the five US spot XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have pulled in roughly $1.47 billion cumulatively since launching in November 2025 — eight straight weeks of positive inflows. But the inflow rate tells a different story. Standard Chartered's

Coinbase Ventures led crypto venture-capital deal count in the first half of 2026, participating in 30 investments as the exchange's corporate venture arm remained one of the most active backers of early-stage blockchain companies. According to CryptoRank data cited by market reports, Coinbase Ventu

Energy Fuels, a US uranium mining and refining company, received a $725 million conditional loan from the US Office of Strategic Capital for a 20-year term to expand rare earth processing capacity at its White Mesa facility in Utah and build new rare earth metal and alloy production facilities.

Gate exchange recorded $207 million in net outflows over a seven-day period following a verified user's claim that approximately $1.7 million had been stolen from their account, according to DeFiLlama data cited by market reports. The outflows occurred after the theft allegation sparked community co

Korean Air disclosed Q2 operating profit of 261.8 billion won on the 13th, down 34.4% year-over-year, but exceeding market expectations by more than sixfold as revenue reached 5.0199 trillion won, up 25.9%. The airline attributed the performance to increased passenger demand driven by won

Standard Chartered economist Park Jong-hoon forecasts the Bank of Korea will unanimously raise its benchmark interest rate at the July Monetary Policy Committee meeting. Park stated in an interview with Yonhap Infomax on the 13th that recent growth and inflation are both exceeding the BOK's

European defense startup Helsing announced Monday it raised $1.8 billion in a funding round valuing the German firm at $18 billion. The round drew participation from new and existing investors including U.S. investment bank JPMorgan Chase and venture capital funds Lightspeed Venture Partners and

American Bitcoin, the Bitcoin mining company co-founded by Eric Trump, has declined more than 95% from its September high, erasing hundreds of millions in market value. The drop forced the company to execute a 1-for-15 reverse stock split to maintain its Nasdaq listing, reducing outstanding shares f

Global institutional investors are reducing exposure to Asian semiconductor stocks SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, and TSMC after their combined market capitalizations doubled to approximately $1 trillion each over a six-month period, according to Financial Times reporting. The concentration has

Korea Exchange reported 661 exchange-traded product tracking error disclosure cases in the first 9 trading days of this month through the 13th, approaching the record level set last month. The disclosures included 380 exchange-traded fund cases and 281 exchange-traded note cases, driven by extreme v

Korean semiconductor ETFs suffered significant losses on the 13th as Samsung Electro-Mechanics stock plunged 18.62%, outpacing declines in Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. ETFs with high Samsung Electro-Mechanics allocations experienced single-day losses exceeding 14% and weekly losses

Bond-hybrid ETFs containing Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix stocks significantly outperformed pure stock holdings during the recent one-month correction period from June 12 to July 13, according to Korea Exchange data. Samsung Electronics shares plunged 14.88% while the KODEX Samsung Electronics Bo

The stablecoin market has lost about $10 billion in value since May, marking its largest retreat since the Terra collapse. According to CoinDesk, Tether's USDT fell to roughly $184 billion in market capitalization from about $190 billion in May, a decline of around $6 billion, while Circle's USDC