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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

Galaxy Digital has committed $5 million to a Bitcoin Quantum Readiness Initiative to fund developers working on quantum-resistant security protections. The US-based crypto financial services firm is addressing a vulnerability affecting approximately 6.9 million BTC — about one-third of all mined Bit

The Philippine government has reduced telecommunications tower permit processing time from 241 days to 16 days, Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Secretary Ernesto Perez announced Tuesday, July 21, at the launch of the Independent Tower Companies Association of the Philippines (ITCAP). The reduction st

Japanese stocks closed mixed on the 22nd, with the Nikkei 225 index falling 116.59 points (0.18%) to 66,115.60 while the TOPIX index rose 18.18 points (0.45%) to 4,033.13. Morning buying in AI and semiconductor stocks pushed the Nikkei above 67,000 intraday, supported by Middle East instability and

Cracker Barrel (NAS:CBRL) sold its 'Maple Street Biscuit Company' brand and closed multiple locations on July 21 (US local time), according to Fox Business. The company executed the transaction to reduce debt and improve profitability. The restructuring follows a failed logo and interior redesign

Hyundai Engineering received a 3-month business suspension in the civil engineering and construction sector from the Seoul city government, announced on the 16th and effective August 5. The suspension covers 5.541 trillion won in business volume, equivalent to 39.9% of the company's recent total

Michael Burry assessed Disney's intellectual property as more durable than Netflix's catalog, according to Business Insider on local time May 20. Burry wrote on his Substack that Disney creates 'wine' while Netflix creates 'milk,' noting wine ages while milk does not gain value over time. He

Binance lowered its VIP 3 wallet asset requirement to $1 million and introduced a 4x multiplier for over-the-counter (OTC) spot trading volume on July 21, 2026, at 04:00 EST. The changes are designed to streamline access to mid-tier institutional benefits and drive broader participation across the e

Alphabet kicked off Big Tech's second-quarter earnings season on Wednesday, with investors shifting focus from traditional cloud growth metrics to capital expenditure trends. Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta have earmarked a combined $710 billion in AI development and data center investments

Yuanta Securities' lead underwriting competency faces scrutiny as BigWave Robotics, for which it serves as lead underwriter, repeatedly amended its securities registration following Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) requests. BigWave Robotics submitted its initial securities registration in May an

Samsung Display CEO Lee Chung stated on the 22nd at the K-Display 2026 exhibition in Seoul that artificial intelligence is creating new demand across the display industry. Speaking at the event held at COEX in Gangnam-gu, Lee—who also serves as chairman of the Korea Display Industry