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Foreign investors net sold approximately 8.7 trillion won in the Korean securities market this month while selectively purchasing stocks in semiconductor and Physical AI sectors including LG Electronics and Hanmi Semiconductor. The selling occurred amid a broader market decline that improved

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix led the KOSPI to recover the 7000 level intraday on the 22nd as investors bought the stocks at historically low valuations. The index surged 6.20% during trading to reach 7166.00, supported by foreign investors' net purchases for three consecutive days

Garmin Ltd. shares rose 1.3% in overnight trading ahead of Wednesday after the company unveiled the Cirqa Smart Band, a $200 screenless fitness tracker. The launch follows a drop in the previous session and marks Garmin's entry into the fitness band category popularized by Whoop, a niche product

Five KOSDAQ semiconductor materials, components, and equipment stocks declined between 22% and 46% from June 19 to July 22 despite reporting strong first-quarter earnings growth. Seojin System fell 46.30%, IO Technics dropped 38.11%, ISC declined 24.46%, Soulbrain decreased 24.45%, and Reno

The South Korean ETF market recorded net assets of 437 trillion won as of July 20, down approximately 100 trillion won from the record high of 533 trillion won reached on May 22, according to fund evaluation company KG Zeroin. The decline occurred as the domestic stock market plunge reduced both fun

Alteogen, the top market capitalization biotech company on KOSDAQ, postponed its planned transfer to KOSPI through a board resolution disclosed on the 16th. The company determined that remaining on KOSDAQ better aligns with enhancing corporate value and maximizing shareholder interests after

SK Ecoplant attracted 987 billion won in orders for its 100 billion won corporate bond offering during demand forecasting conducted on '22일', achieving a 9.87-times oversubscription ratio according to investment banking industry sources. The A-rated company's strong performance stemmed from Q1

Binance announced the listing of KORUB tokenized security at 10:30 PM Korean time on the 22nd, alongside nine other bStocks trading pairs. KORUB is based on KORU, a US-listed ETF that applies 3x leverage to South Korea's KOSPI index. The listing expands Binance's offerings targeting Korean stock

Lynq partnered with Nonco on July 21 to provide institutional clients with round-the-clock stablecoin liquidity, eliminating operational constraints tied to traditional banking hours. The collaboration allows clients to convert tokenized fund shares (TFND) into stablecoins including USDT, USAT,

KB Kookmin Bank announced on the 22nd that it has nominated Professor Chung Yoon-kyung of Sungkyunkwan University's Software Convergence College as a candidate for outside director. The nomination follows the recent resignation of former outside director Professor Moon Soo-bok of KAIST's School of C

Top 20 Korean stocks by market capitalization saw their average gap between current prices and securities firms' target prices reach 64.33% as of July 22, according to financial information company FnGuide. The gap expanded approximately 2.5 times from 25.04% at the end of last year. Securities firm

Bitfinex analysts identified $68,000 as a critical resistance zone for Bitcoin on 21일 (현지시간), following a 15% rebound from monthly lows that pushed prices above $66,000 to one-month highs. The resistance level corresponds to the average purchase price of investors who bought Bitcoin over the past fi

Korean retail investors net purchased $2.8788 billion in US stocks from July 1-21, quadrupling June's $632.95 million, as KOSPI volatility intensified with the index sliding to the 6500 level. The shift occurred amid a 30%+ decline in Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix stocks from recent peaks,

Trinity Air, formerly T'way Air, is pursuing a 5:1 stock consolidation ahead of a shareholder meeting scheduled for the 24th, with the consolidation effective August 11. The move aims to raise the stock price above the 1,000 won threshold introduced by Korean financial regulators on July 1 as a

Korean stocks closed in positive territory on the 22nd after a volatile trading session, with the KOSPI index rising 49.75 points (0.74%) to 6797.70, despite surrendering most intraday gains following aggressive institutional selling after 2 PM. The benchmark index had opened 304.14 points (4.51%) h

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Mining Automatic and its founder Zan Shaikh, alleging the Massachusetts-based operation defrauded investors in a crypto mining scheme that raised $22 million from hundreds of investors between 2023 and 2025. The SEC alleges that only

Oil and gold markets face key economic data releases this week as traders monitor UK inflation, the ECB rate decision, and British manufacturing data. UK inflation is expected to decline to 2.7% from 2.8% in the Wednesday release at 06:00 GMT, while the ECB is forecast to hold rates steady at 2.40%

S&P Dow Jones Indices and Pantera Capital launched the S&P Pantera Digital Asset Index on July 20, a benchmark designed to help institutional investors allocate capital to cryptocurrencies based on measurable economic fundamentals rather than price momentum or market capitalization. The index

Telegram will roll out a native non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet to every version of its messaging app before the end of summer, giving its audience of more than one billion monthly active users access to instant, zero-fee Gram transfers. Gram is the cryptocurrency formerly known as Toncoin.

Morpho launched its fixed-rate lending protocol Midnight on Coinbase's Base network on Tuesday, allowing lenders and borrowers to set their own interest rates, maturities and loan terms instead of relying on algorithmic pricing. The first market covers cbBTC and USDC across several maturity dates. M