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More than 40 former Pump.fun employees say the Solana launchpad dismissed them in early April, roughly two months before their PUMP token allocations were scheduled to vest. An anonymous X account claiming to represent the ex-staff began publishing termination emails this week, according to a

KB Securities analyst Ahn Jae-kyun stated that South Korea's 10-year to 3-year government bond yield curve is expected to flatten, considering the potential for tightening at the August Bank of Korea (BOK) Monetary Policy Committee meeting and concerns over 2-3 year bond issuance. The Ministry of

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on July 15 called for accelerated legislation on the so-called 'stock price suppression prevention law,' targeting companies with low price-to-book ratios. The proposed legislation aims to prevent controlling shareholders from artificially suppressing stock price

The US Treasury notified multiple banks on May 31 that it may intervene in the yen market and instructed them to prepare for potential actions, according to informed sources cited by Reuters. The notification came as the dollar-yen exchange rate reached the mid-160 yen range during intraday

SecondFi renewed its bounty offer to the attacker behind a $16.1 million Cardano exploit, continuing efforts to recover 16.1 million ADA stolen in a June incident. The exploit affected 374 wallets and stemmed from a key-generation vulnerability. SecondFi secured 129 million ADA during containment, b

Korean retail investors moved $4.176 billion into US stocks during July 1-28, a sixfold increase from June's $633 million, according to Korea Exchange and Korea Securities Depository data. The surge followed severe volatility in domestic markets, where the KOSPI index fell from the 9000 range to 500

An attacker targeting Coldcard hardware wallets stole approximately $30 million during the first 10 minutes of a systematic sweep operation, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis revealed on July 31. Investigators identified 500 victim wallets drained within 25 minutes, with three of the 10

Hanwha Investment Securities identified conflicts between South Korea's delisting reform measures and other capital market regulations one month after implementation. The Financial Services Commission and Korea Exchange raised market capitalization thresholds last month to 30 billion won for the

Doosan Group marked its 130th anniversary on the 1st, making it Korea's oldest company. The group announced on the 30th that it acquired a 70.6% stake in SK Siltron, Korea's only semiconductor wafer manufacturer established in 1983, for 2.3 trillion won. The acquisition completes Doosan's semiconduc

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix both reported record Q2 results, but market reactions diverged sharply. On the day of SK Hynix's earnings announcement, its stock plummeted 14%, while Samsung Electronics rose as much as 7% intraday. Analysts attribute the contrasting responses to the level of

Korean stocks forced liquidations reached 103.8 billion KRW on July 30, the highest in 14 trading days, according to Korea Financial Investment Association data released August 1. The surge followed late July's market crash when KOSPI dropped over 1,000 points across two days. Margin trading

Korean retail investors shifted funds from stocks to bank deposits during July as extreme market volatility triggered historic circuit breakers and eroded confidence. The combined market capitalization of Korean exchanges fell 15.15% from June 30 to July 31, while deposits at the country's top

Three Federal Reserve officials issued statements on the 31st explaining their dissent votes at this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting, citing inflation concerns as US Treasury yields rose across maturities. The 10-year Treasury yield climbed 8.10 basis points to 4.7440% as of 3 PM

XRP traded around $1.07 to $1.08 on July 30 and 31, holding support above the $1.04 level, according to market data from Coinglass. At the same time, whale exchange flows on Binance—both inflows and outflows—dropped sharply. The reduced activity among large holders coincided with reported inflows in

Open USD (OUSD), a stablecoin backed by over 140 companies including Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, BlackRock, and BNY Mellon, is preparing to launch initially on the Ethereum network. The announcement was made by Ethereum Institutional, an independent non-profit organization focused on Ethereum

Italy's financial markets regulator CONSOB ordered internet service providers to block six more unauthorized investment websites, raising the total number of restricted domains since July 2019 to 1,799. The Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa said the websites were allegedly offering inv

Reddit secured a legal victory on Friday when US District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer largely denied a motion to dismiss from web scraper SerpApi, which Reddit accuses of conspiring with Perplexity AI to illegally scrape copyrighted Reddit content from Google search results. The judge ruled that Reddit

Samsung Electronics stocks saw diverging target price revisions from securities firms on July 31, with projections ranging from 370,000 won to 650,000 won. Samsung Securities lowered its target from 500,000 to 400,000 won while Korea Investment Securities raised its target from 590,000 to 650,000 wo