Gate Insights and Crypto Market Analysis

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

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

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

Elon Musk's net worth stood at $917 billion as of July 10, 2026, according to Forbes, with the Bloomberg Billionaires Index reporting $913 billion under a more conservative methodology. His personally confirmed cryptocurrency holding is 0.25 Bitcoin—approximately $16,000 at the July 13, 2026 price o

Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Group will open applications on July 16 for a lending service offering a 3% annual yield on JPYSC stablecoins. The 12-week fixed-term product will be available through SBI VC Trade, the group's crypto trading platform. The initiative follows SBI's launch of JPYSC

Seven US space-themed ETFs listed in South Korea experienced net outflows of 647.1 billion KRW over one month as of the 10th, with all funds posting negative returns ranging from -5.18% to -40.75%. The capital flight followed a 9.72% decline in SpaceX stock since its Nasdaq listing last month 12th (

Theme stocks in South Korea surged this month despite a market downturn, with Hansung Enterprise rising over 150% and Monami gaining more than 100% following online stories about corporate goodwill and patriotic sentiment. The rallies occurred as both companies' market capitalizations fell below a n

US Central Command launched strikes against Iran over the weekend in the third round of military action within a week, targeting Iran's ability to attack commercial vessels. The escalation followed Iranian forces hitting a Cyprus-flagged container ship, prompting Tehran to declare the Strait of

A retail investor holding a leveraged SK Hynix ETF posted an account screenshot showing a KRW 2.1 billion unrealized loss on 13일, when SK Hynix stocks fell over 13% intraday and broke below the KRW 1.9 million level. The investor holds 212,586 shares of the TIGER SK Hynix Single Stock Leverage ETF w

This week, global financial markets will focus on Capitol Hill in the United States. Newly appointed Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh will make his first appearance as Fed chair before the House Financial Services Committee at 22:00 Beijing time on July 14, then testify before the Senate Banking Committee the next day at 22:00 Beijing time. This will be the first time Warsh has faced congressional questioning on the semiannual monetary policy report since taking office, and markets view it as t

Hackers compromised the SpaceXAI and Starlink accounts on X and used them to promote a fraudulent meme coin called SCATMAN, netting approximately $125,000 in Ethereum before the posts were detected and removed. The attacker minted 10 trillion SCATMAN tokens and sold the entire supply through two