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Kim Jung-hyun, ETF Business Group Head at Shinhan Asset Management, recommended a 'barbell strategy' combining semiconductor and financial stocks in a recent interview with Hankyung.com, citing inevitable volatility in the second half of the year. Kim stated that market doubts about the semiconducto

Crypto exchanges that demonstrate consistent withdrawal processing gained a trust advantage translating into user growth following the November 2022 collapse of FTX, which revealed frozen funds and misappropriated deposits. The failure followed collapses at Mt. Gox, Celsius, and Three Arrows

AMC Entertainment and CEO Adam Aron reported record-setting second quarter earnings during the Q2 earnings call, with Aron outlining six strategic moves behind the theater chain's strongest performance in its 106-year history. Aron credited loyalty programs, subscription growth, premium offerings, a

JP Morgan set a $520 price target for aerospace and defense company Moog Inc. (NAS:MOG.A) on the 20th (local time), projecting approximately 32% upside from the closing price on the 17th. Analyst Tomohiko Sano attributed the bullish outlook to expanding demand for missiles and commercial aircraft, n

Kim Yong-beom, South Korea's Presidential Policy Chief, proposed an 'AI Basic Society' vision in a Facebook post on the 21st, positioning artificial intelligence as production infrastructure accessible to all citizens rather than merely an industry to nurture. Kim stated AI service usage has

Shiba Inu (SHIB) burn rate climbed 350.29% over the past 24 hours as 12.47 million tokens left circulation, according to Shibburn data. The network removed 481,463 SHIB during the last hour, while the seven-day burn total reached 44.23 million SHIB, reflecting a 32.63% weekly increase. The surge in

Bitcoin blocks are limited by consensus to 4 million weight units, forcing transactions with lower fee rates to wait when capacity fills. As of 8 a.m. EDT on Monday, roughly 90,617 unconfirmed transfers were waiting in the mempool. The constraint triggers a fee-based auction where miners

South Korea's National Assembly Futures Institute published a research report on the 21st showing young digital asset holders perceive Korean society as significantly less fair than non-holders. The study surveyed 5000 households with individuals aged 19 to 39, finding digital asset holders

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is preparing new listing rule reforms that will allow startups to submit confidential listing applications and lower market capitalization thresholds, according to two sources cited by the South China Morning Post, with an official announcement

Goldman Sachs Asset Management forecasts that emerging market stocks will continue their upward momentum, driven by solid earnings growth and structural expansion in the artificial intelligence industry. Catherine Bodlmeier, co-head of fundamental equity portfolios for the Americas at Goldman Sachs

On July 21, Hong Kong stocks opened slightly higher. The Hang Seng Index was at 25,150.54 points, while the Hang Seng Tech Index opened at 4,755.66 points. Big model concept stocks, which had tumbled sharply earlier, collectively stabilized and rebounded in the morning. Zhipu AI (02513.HK), dubbed the “first big model stock in Hong Kong,” quickly surged after the open; at one point during the session it jumped by more than 19%, and the share price briefly regained the HK$1,000 level. Subsequentl

General Motors is set to report its second-quarter earnings before the bell Tuesday. Wall Street analysts expect adjusted earnings per share of $3.20 and revenue of $47.01 billion, according to average estimates compiled by LSEG. Those results would mark a more than 26% increase in adjusted earnings

Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn, which produces an estimated 40% of the world's consumer electronics, intends to establish the first US-led Pax Silica technology hub in New Clark City, Philippines. Finance Secretary Frederick Go stated the government hopes to sign the formal framework

Seoul Southern District Court postponed the sentencing in the 250 billion won Delio crypto fraud case beyond July during a court session held on the 21st, with the next hearing scheduled for July 27 at 2 PM. The

Democratic Party Financial Services Committee members held a meeting on the morning of the 21st at the National Assembly to discuss the Homeplus crisis, unanimously criticizing it as a predictable situation caused by inadequate private equity fund regulations and supervisory failures. The

FTX’s bankruptcy management team released an announcement stating that it plans to begin the fifth round of repayments at the end of July 2026, distributing about $900 million to creditors. Since officially starting the repayment process in 2025, FTX has cumulatively transferred nearly $10 billion to creditors and other claimants (this year’s March fourth round distributed $2.2 billion). FTX Repayment Timeline: Cumulative Nearly $10 Billion According to the FTX bankruptcy management team announc

JPMorgan, in a research note dated July 21, estimated that South Korea’s KOSPI stock index had already fallen back about 28% from the June 22 closing high of 9,114.55 points; around July 21, it hovered near 6,516 points. The report characterizes this leg of sharp selloff as leverage-driven deleveraging/forced unwinds and adjustments to concentrated positioning. Key de-risking data: the size of leveraged ETFs tied to Korean underlyings fell from about $5 billion at the end of June to $2.6 billion

Marketing consulting firm Emarketer, in its latest analysis, said the total addressable market cap for chatbot advertising is about $5.4 billion. Meanwhile, OpenAI’s external forecast projects that ad revenue will reach $102 billion in 2030 (36% of that year’s total revenue), a gap of about 90%. According to a report by The Information, OpenAI predicts that ad revenue will reach $2.5 billion by the end of 2026. Emarketer market size analysis: Four giants combined in 2026 total less than $1 billi

Grayscale filed amendments to convert staking rewards from its Ethereum (ETHE) and Solana (GSOL) trusts into quarterly cash distributions starting around Aug. 7, according to onchain analyst Wu Blockchain. The proposed amendments would require the trusts to distribute net staking rewards

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) completed its enforcement action against Celsius co-founders on July 21: a judge ordered former Chief Technology Officer Hanoch Goldstein to pay $2.014 million; former Chief Strategy Officer Shlomi Daniel Leon to pay $4.1 million; together, the two totaled more than $6 million. The FTC also imposed industry bans prohibiting marketing or sales. Fines and Industry Bans Ordered for Leon and Goldstein According to an FTC statement and a court order, the enforc