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Lotte Card issued bonds at rates significantly above benchmarks on the previous trading day, reflecting persistent investor caution despite regulatory penalty reduction announced on January 31. The Financial Services Commission imposed a 1.5-month business suspension and 5 billion won fine on Lotte

The Korea Exchange (KRX) issued a trading inquiry to SK hynix on Aug. 10, asking about reports that it plans to sell part of its stake in a NAND flash semiconductor packaging and testing plant in Chongqing, China. The immediate trigger for the inquiry was a Bloomberg News report on Aug. 7, citing multiple sources, that SK hynix was considering selling its stake in the Chongqing plant. SK hynix is evaluating multiple options, including bringing in investors to accelerate the plant’s expansion. Ba

The New York Times (NYT) reported on Aug. 8 that the funds for World Liberty Financial’s (WLFI) largest publicly disclosed governance-token purchase to date—a $100 million investment—came from Chinese businessman Guren Bobby Zhou, who is currently under investigation for money laundering by UK law enforcement agencies. Up to $75 million flowed directly to entities controlled by the Trump family. Guren Bobby Zhou’s Background: Timeline of His Arrest in the UK and $100 Million WLFI Purchase Accord

South Korea's KOSDAQ market triggered its 31st buy-side circuit breaker of the year at 9:50 AM on the 11th as the index surged over 6%, according to the Korea Exchange. The KOSDAQ150 futures rose 6.05% and the KOSDAQ150 index climbed 6.25% from the previous trading day's close, sustaining this

Gold futures surged nearly 7% last week, recovering the 50-day moving average and breaking a downtrend that had dominated prices since March, according to Yahoo Finance. The 4% single-day jump on the 5th marked the largest daily gain since February and lifted gold futures to a 7-week high. The

SpaceX (SPCX) stock rose 15.83% on August 7 to $133.11. CNBC’s Mad Money host Jim Cramer called SpaceX “the investment of the next century.” Veteran investor and former Peter Lynch partner George Noble believes SpaceX’s fair value is just $30 per share, approximately 72% below its current trading level. SpaceX Stock Market Background: Q2 Capital Expenditures Exceed Expectations as Lock-Up Period Ends Reports indicate that SpaceX stock fell 13.61% on August 5, following five consecutive weeks of

South Korea's Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan and Labor Minister Kim Young-hoon have engaged in repeated public disagreements over semiconductor industry policy. The disputes began in May when Kim Young-hoon raised questions about distributing semiconductor companies' excess profits among

The Bank of Korea's monetary policy advisory committee meeting on the morning of August 7 reportedly produced hawkish signals, intensifying market confusion over a potential back-to-back rate hike in August. The signals emerged despite recent stabilizing factors including international oil prices, t

Arthur Hayes, co-founder of Bitmex and chief investment officer at Maelstrom, warned that bitcoin may fall to $50,000 before eventually reaching $1 million in an essay published on Aug. 4. Hayes argued that the multitrillion-dollar artificial intelligence infrastructure boom resembles a real

The AI video generation platform Higgsfield recently open-sourced all the prompts, character models, and scene assets for the 95-minute AI film “Hell Grind,” along with a 19-minute behind-the-scenes breakdown and a set of prompt tools packaged as a Claude Skill that can be deployed in about 30 seconds. “Hell Grind”: Production Scale and Cost Structure According to Higgsfield’s official statement, “Hell Grind” was produced by a 15-person team in Almaty, Kazakhstan, over 14 days, at a total cost o

Korean securities firm employees are expecting higher performance bonuses this year as firms report record profits driven by a strong stock market rally. Front-line staff in branches handling stock trading and wealth management report bonuses increased approximately 1.5 to 2 times compared to last y

Korea Investment & Securities rapidly narrowed its net profit gap with Nomura Securities, Japan's leading brokerage, during the first half of this year, driven by a domestic stock market boom led by semiconductors. The firm posted net profit of KRW 1.7311 trillion in H1, a 68.9% increase from the

The Korean won appreciated 1.49% against the US dollar last week, marking the strongest performance among major currencies, according to data from Yonhap Infomax. The won's strength resulted from a combination of improved domestic foreign exchange supply and easing dollar strength. However,

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest bought approximately $15 million worth of NVIDIA (NVDA) stock on July 28, distributed across 5 of its ETFs; on July 29, it bought approximately $14.7 million worth of TSMC (TSM) stock, distributed across 4 ARK ETFs. Market data shows that NVIDIA and TSMC currently both have forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios of approximately 25x. Ark Invest’s Two-Day Trading Details: ETF Allocation of NVIDIA and TSMC Based on Ark Invest’s daily trading disclosures, as required by U.S

AsWeMake, operator of food ingredient ordering and delivery platform QMarket, faced fraud allegations during a 50 billion won fundraising round. New investors discovered discrepancies in client records, sales data, and bank balances during due diligence verification. Founder and CEO Son Soo-young

Bitcoin and gold showed signs of price synchronization as their correlation coefficient turned positive to 0.2207 on the 9th, according to CoinGlass data viewed on the 10th. The shift marks a reversal from the negative correlation of -0.2021 recorded on the 31st of last month. Correlation coefficien

Korean brokerage firms issued target prices for SK Hynix ranging from 1.48 million won to 4.7 million won based on reports published from June 1 to August 6, creating a 217.6% gap between the lowest and highest estimates. The divergence stems from conflicting views on memory chip supply dynamics and

Bitcoin (BTC) gave back its weekend gains, trading at around $65,030 on August 10. Strategy founder Michael Saylor said BIP-110 has received only around 0.15% of Bitcoin’s hashrate and that its first difficulty adjustment could take 25 years. South Korean People Power Party lawmaker Jung Sung-kook plans to propose a bill delaying the implementation of taxation on virtual asset income by three years, until 2030. Macroeconomic Events & Crypto Hotspots Michael Saylor posted on X that the BIP-110 br

The Korean Exchange triggered a buy-side sidecar for the KOSDAQ market at 9:50 AM on August 10, marking the third such activation in August. The circuit breaker engaged after the KOSDAQ150 futures index rose more than 6% and the spot index climbed over 3% compared to the previous trading day's

On August 7, SpaceX（SPCX） closed at $133.11, rising 15.83% on the day and gaining 25.77% cumulatively over the past five trading days. What makes this rebound unusual is that it occurred precisely as the widely feared “unlocking sell-off” hit the market. Source: Google Finance On August 6, Beijing time, SpaceX’s first large-scale post-IPO lock-up period expired. Approximately 911.5 million shares held by insiders became eligible for trading, lifting the company’s free-