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South Korean authorities are coordinating policy measures for single-stock leveraged ETFs, with a potential announcement before the Financial Services Commission's presidential briefing on January 15. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Koo Yun-chul stated discussions are underway, while

Capital.com reported $1.13 trillion in client trading volume during the second quarter, with Gold accounting for 42.4% of all platform activity as geopolitical tensions, volatile commodity markets and shifting U.S. interest rate expectations drove retail traders toward precious metals. The online tr

Korean stocks experienced a broad-based decline on May 8, with all 50 KOSPI sectors and 39 KOSDAQ sectors recording negative returns. The market-wide selloff was driven by concentrated retail investor flows into leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) rather than individual stocks, weakening buying s

Foreign investors net bought 137.5 billion won worth of Korean stocks on July 9, marking the second consecutive day of net inflows into the KOSPI market, according to Korea Exchange data. The buying activity followed a 344 billion won net purchase the day before, ending a 14-trading-day selling

Ripple and the University of Kansas unveiled a multi-year partnership placing XRP patches on Kansas Jayhawks uniforms across multiple sports, making Kansas the first major college athletics program to feature a cryptocurrency brand on official game jerseys. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, a Kansas

OSL Group (HKEX: 863) announced on July 09, 2026 that its European subsidiary OSL EU received Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) authorization from the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) under the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). The authorization enables OSL Gr

Moneygram deployed an active Solana validator node and integrated into the Solana Developer Platform (SDP), marking a shift from infrastructure consumer to consensus participant. Harry Hwang, CEO of Flowra, warns that compliant order-flow lanes risk centralizing Solana's institutional liquidity into

US Bitcoin and Ethereum spot exchange-traded funds recorded sharply divergent flows on May 8 (local time), with Bitcoin ETFs posting $84.9 million in net outflows while Ethereum ETFs attracted approximately $70 million in net inflows for a fifth consecutive trading day. The Bitcoin ETF reversal

Robinhood Chain, the Layer-2 blockchain from US trading platform Robinhood, recorded spot decentralized exchange (DEX) trading volume of $563,853,994 on May 8 local time, reaching approximately 29.1% of Solana's volume during the same period. The surge followed liquidity inflow after the Robinhood C

SpaceX attracted an estimated $47.5 billion in fund inflows following its inclusion in the Nasdaq-100 index on the 7th (local time), according to analysis by Shinhan Investment & Securities and Bloomberg. The influx comprised $25 billion from active funds accumulated around the company's initial

Big Tech stocks outperformed in July as semiconductor stocks pulled back from last month's highs during the first full week of the second half of 2026. Nvidia posted its best single-day gain in a month on Wednesday, while Apple shares rose over 8% in July alone, exceeding the stock's entire first-ha

The USD-JPY exchange rate declined 0.06% to 162.422 yen as of 2:01 PM on July 9 in Tokyo trading, according to Yonhap Infomax. The rate initially rose following escalated US-Iran tensions, as President Donald Trump stated the ceasefire based on a memorandum of understanding was 'over' and the US

A finance employee at global engineering firm Arup transferred nearly $25 million after joining what appeared to be a legitimate video conference with the company's chief financial officer and colleagues, only to discover later that nearly every participant had been generated using AI. The

Sony Bank received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a national trust bank in the United States. The decision was ratified at a Board of Directors meeting of Sony Financial Group Inc. (SFGI) on July 6, 2026. The new entity, named Connectia

Mirae Asset Securities is forecast to significantly outperform Korea Investment Securities in Q2 net profit, solidifying its position as the top performer in the Korean securities industry. According to financial

South Korean stocks KOSPI and KOSDAQ posted modest gains on the 9th day after surrendering most of their intraday advances, with KOSPI closing at 7291.91 (+0.62%, +45.12 points) and KOSDAQ at 794.00 (+1.15%, +9.00 points). The indices had surged over 3% at the opening bell but retreated as

Heungkuk Asset Management sent a shareholder letter to SK Hynix on the 8th criticizing Chairman Choi Tae-won's announcement of a major semiconductor cluster investment plan in the southwestern region, questioning whether the board was bypassed, and retracted the letter on the 9th. The asset

Homeplus signed contracts to sell two closed stores for 170 billion won and is finalizing an additional sale of its Yuseong branch in Daejeon for 60 billion won, securing a total of 230 billion won in liquidity amid bankruptcy proceedings. The sales, reportedly to a public institution, prompted

KOSPI closed at 7291.91 on the 9th, up 45.12 points or 0.62%, rebounding after three consecutive days of decline from the 6th to 8th that saw the index plunge from the 8000 range to early 7000s. Individual investors net sold 1.3274 trillion won while foreign and institutional investors absorbed the

Korea Investment & Securities analysts predict the Bank of Korea will raise the base rate by 25 basis points with a unanimous vote at the Monetary Policy Committee meeting on July 16, citing continued strong growth and inflation remaining above target levels for a considerable period. The analysts a