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The UK's HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) published its first official statistics on taxable crypto asset gains on Aug. 27, revealing that 240 individuals each declared more than £1 million in capital gains during the 2024-25 tax year. The release forms part of HMRC's annual Capital Gains Tax statistic

Mirae Asset Asset Management's Hong Kong entity launched a tokenized class for the GlobalX HSCEI Covered Call Active ETF on the 27th, in partnership with Citi and digital asset platform OSL. This marks the first tokenization of a fund directly managed by Mirae Asset, where each token corresponds

Iran fired missiles at US naval vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on the 31st (local time), one day after US forces struck Iranian military sites on Larak Island. Iran's state-run Press TV reported the missile launch targeting US vessels, though immediate confirmation of hits or damage was not

Samsung Electro-Mechanics plans to raise multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) prices for original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and original design manufacturer (ODM) customers in Q4, according to a report from iM Securities citing global market research firm TrendForce on the 31st. The move

KB Asset Management launched the 'RISE Global AI NAND Memory Semiconductor' ETF on the 31st, allocating 70% equally across four global NAND leaders - Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, SanDisk, and Kioxia - at 17.5% each. The firm positions NAND flash as the solution to AI inference bottlenecks, where m

Samsung Biologics decided on a 3.0094 trillion won rights offering on the 28th, with securities analysts characterizing the move as proactive capital raising for large-scale growth investments rather than financial distress. The company will issue 2.27 million new ordinary shares at 1.322 million wo

Kiwoom Asset Management announced on May 31 that it will list the 'KIWOOM Samsung SK Group TOP4+ Exchange Traded Fund (ETF)' on June 1, investing in core Samsung and SK group affiliates centered on Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. The ETF tracks the 'Akros Samsung SK Group TOP4+ Index,'

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Friday that Gabriel Perez, a former White House teleprompter operator, agreed to pay $172,000 to settle insider-trading charges. Perez allegedly misappropriated confidential government information to trade "presidential mention market" contracts

Hanwha Investment & Securities raised its target price for Samsung SDS stocks from 250,000 won to 300,000 won on May 31, maintaining a 'Buy' rating, citing the company's secured key tenants for its AI data center expansion. Analyst Kim So-hye stated Samsung SDS has already confirmed core leasing

KB Securities issued a 'buy' rating for Sanil Electric stocks with a target price of 300,000 won on August 31, citing the company's early-stage growth driven by on-site power generation demand. The brokerage highlighted Sanil Electric's position as a beneficiary of the shift toward

Enex announced on the 31st that it will file an injunction to suspend any management stock designation resulting from failure to meet market capitalization requirements. The acquiring consortium 에넥스미래성장조합, which signed a management acquisition contract, stated it will pursue necessary legal

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix declined in pre-market trading on the 31st following hawkish remarks from US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Wash at the Jackson Hole meeting. As of 8:10 AM, Samsung Electronics stocks fell 2.14% to 251,500 won, while SK Hynix stocks dropped 2.06% to 1,619,000 won on the

Private equity fund JKL Partners announced it will return to a public sale process for Lotte Insurance after exclusive negotiations with Shinhan Financial Group collapsed over price disagreements. The negotiations broke down when Shinhan set a ceiling of approximately 800 billion won for the

Lee Hyung-il, South Korea's 1st Vice Minister of Economy and Finance, has been nominated as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance. The nomination positions Lee to lead the administration's second-term economic team, drawing on his experience managing public funds during the 1997

Vietnam launched a five-year pilot program for tokenized assets under Government Resolution No. 05/2025/NQ-CP, signed on September 9, 2025. The program requires licensed exchanges to meet VND 10 trillion minimum capital requirements and restricts initial participation to foreign investors, with

Apple named John Ternus as its next CEO on April 20, with the 25-year company veteran set to officially take charge on September 1. He succeeds Tim Cook, who will transition to executive chairman of the board after a 15-year tenure that added roughly $3.6 trillion to Apple's market value. The

The Depository Trust Company, a subsidiary of DTCC, converted eligible US Treasuries and equities into tokenized digital twins on July 15, with BitGo Bank & Trust serving as custodian handling settlement and movement of those assets onchain. The milestone was part of DTCC's Tokenization Service,

Pump.fun's mobile app crossed $50 million in daily trading volume, scaling from $250,000 at launch. Daily transactions increased from 2,500 to 905,000 over the same period. The platform debuted in April 2024 as a Solana-based memecoin launchpad using a bonding curve mechanism that automatically

Chainlink added nine integrations spanning five of its services and five blockchain networks on August 30, marking another week of infrastructure expansion for the oracle platform. Eight platforms participated in the integration batch, with Coinbase and Robinhood Crypto among the recognizable