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Tokyo and the Japanese government expanded electric vehicle subsidies this year, raising the national Clean Energy Vehicle (CEV) subsidy cap to 1.3 million yen and enabling Tesla Model 3 and Model Y buyers to receive 1.27 million yen in national subsidies alone, according to Kankyō Business. Tokyo r

Korea Investment & Securities lowered Hotel Shilla's target price to 85,000 won from 100,000 won while maintaining its 'buy' investment opinion, citing favorable Q2 performance and a positive industry outlook. Analyst Kim Myung-joo stated that despite the 15% target price reduction, the recent

French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are leading personal outreach campaigns to court tech CEOs as their countries compete to secure AI investment and infrastructure projects. The pair have ramped up moves to court leaders of the world's biggest tech companies, st

Autonomous AI agents require programmable payment infrastructure available around the clock, according to Alex Kozenko, WhiteBIT's chief marketing officer, in statements to Bitcoin.com News this week. Kozenko argued that crypto infrastructure naturally fits this need because autonomous

Experts at the Asian Finance Association conference identified dual listing as the cause of Korea's stock market discount on May 3. Kim Hyung-gyun of Cha Partners, Lim Sung-yoon of Dalton Korea, and Lee Chang-hwan of Align Partners stated dual listing lets controlling shareholders with 30-40%

Single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been identified as the primary driver of increased volatility in Korean stocks, according to Shinhan Investment & Securities research. The analysis found that when annualizing 2026 asset volatility, the KOSPI registered 57%, while SK Hynix

Gold and silver exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed on the Korea Exchange rebounded on July 2 after US employment data fell short of expectations, reducing the likelihood of interest rate increases. ACE KRX Gold Spot rose 2.41%, TIGER KRX Gold Spot gained 2.11%, KODEX Gold Futures (H)

Securities firms in South Korea saw retirement pension reserves surge 10 trillion won in Q1, reaching 141 trillion won from 131 trillion won, while bank reserves grew 3.6 trillion won during the same period. The accelerated migration from banks to securities firms follows implementation of the

Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) announced on Friday, July 3, that InstaPay transfers through its mobile banking apps would be free starting July 4, but the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has flagged the bank's fee structure as non-compliant with new regulations. The Yuchengco-led bank

Samsung Group and Hyundai Motor Group announced investment plans totaling 102 trillion won in South Korea's Yeongnam region during a national briefing on advanced industry development. Samsung will invest 60 trillion won while Hyundai Motor will invest 42 trillion won to establish manufacturing

Bitcoin market analysts predict a potential July rebound based on historical trading patterns and recent on-chain activity. From 2021 to 2024, Bitcoin recorded positive returns in July in four out of five years, with gains ranging from 6.9% to 28.0%, according to data from domestic Korean

Strategy, one of the largest bitcoin holders globally with 847,363 BTC, announced a five-part Digital Credit Capital Framework following liquidity pressure that drove its STRC preferred security to $71.25 on June 26. The framework, which includes a $1 billion preferred-stock repurchase

The won-dollar exchange rate dropped 30.20 won on the 3rd, closing at 1,525.60 won, driven by SK Hynix's American Depositary Receipt fund inflow expectations. Bloomberg reported SK Hynix plans to bring approximately $29 billion (about 45 trillion won) into South Korea on the 15th for semiconductor f

Korean financial regulators and the Korea Exchange enforced strengthened delisting requirements this month, prompting KOSDAQ companies facing market cap and stock price thresholds to adopt emergency survival measures including stock consolidations and subsidiary mergers. The reforms, which took

MarcyPen, the investment firm co-founded by American hip-hop mogul Jay-Z (born Shawn Carter), has established a joint venture with Hanwha Asset Management to create MarcyPen Asia, a specialized asset management company focused on K-entertainment investments. The partnership follows a memorandum of u

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) and the US Dollar Index have simultaneously risen in recent months, breaking their historical inverse correlation. This shift is driven by an AI investment surge that elevated semiconductor stocks—Taiwan Semiconductor, Samsung Electronics, and SK Hynix—to

Bitcoin deposits to exchanges surged to nearly 49,000 BTC on June 30, approaching a threshold seen only 4 other times this year, according to CryptoQuant. Julio Moreno, head of research at CryptoQuant, described the move as a rare extreme driven by large holders repositioning assets, with average de

Korean financial institutions are accelerating AI adoption to combat evolving fraud schemes following recent large-scale financial incidents that exposed limitations in human-centered review systems. According to a report on the 4th,

Single-stock leveraged ETFs tracking Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix recorded 50.5469 trillion won in trading volume over five trading days from June 29 to July 3, according to Korea Exchange data released on July 3. The trading volume represented approximately 23.8% of the total KOSPI trading volu

Bitcoin searched for a bottom throughout this week, dropping to $57,737 during trading sessions before recovering to the $61,000 range. The cryptocurrency fell to the $59,000 range on last month 29th and hit $57,737 intraday, marking its lowest level in 21 months. The decline followed Bitcoin's