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SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics are implementing record-level shareholder return programs through divergent strategies. SK Hynix is conducting a 40 trillion won share buyback with full share cancellation to defend holding company SK Square's ownership stake. Samsung Electronics is concentrating on

South Korea's small and mid-sized private equity fund managers face mounting operational pressure as capital flows concentrate among large firms and proposed regulations threaten to increase compliance costs. According to Financial Supervisory Service data, 45 large general partners managing

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a US soldier accused of making more than $400,000 through allegedly illegal trades on prediction market platform Polymarket, opposed the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's attempt to file an amicus brief in his criminal case through a Monday filing in the US District

South Korean cosmetics stocks surged on the 24th, with ODM manufacturer Cosmax rising 5.54% to close at 286,000 won after hitting a record intraday high of 288,000 won. The rally was driven by expanding exports to the US and Europe as companies reduced China dependence. Over the recent month, Cosmax

The Securities and Exchange Commission subpoenaed Bank of America, Citi, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase for trading records related to Situational Awareness following the AI-focused hedge fund's near-collapse last month. The subpoenas seek details on trade timing and communications about the fund

BNP Paribas Wealth Management set its 12-month target for the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield at 4.50% in July 2026. The adjustment followed observations of the yield around 4.40% and briefly surpassing 4.60% in May. The U.S. 30-year Treasury yield was recently noted at 5.285%, with longer-dated

Solana processed roughly 1.32 billion non-vote transactions between Aug. 17 and 23, 2026, setting an all-time record for weekly network activity, according to data from analytics firm Blockworks. The exact figure came in at 1,318,488,650 transactions for the seven-day span. The surge was driven by a

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland released a working paper this month examining cryptocurrency investment behavior among U.S. households. On July 14, researchers Bernardo Candia, Michael Weber, Olivier Coibion, and Yuriy Gorodnichenko published findings from repeated large-scale surveys of

Lighter's LIT token surged 357% from its all-time low of $0.78 in March 2026 to approximately $3.57 as of late August 2026 trading sessions. The protocol generated $57 million in trailing-year revenue, routing 100% of protocol fees to open-market buybacks of the LIT token supply. Lighter's

Bitcoin broke above $80,000 on Monday for the first time since mid-May, extending an August rebound that has lifted the cryptocurrency by roughly 25%. BTC entered Monday near $77,700 before pushing through $79,000 and then $80,000 after the Wall Street open, forcing more than $220 million of crypto

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced new comprehensive sanctions against Iran on the 24th (US Eastern Time), triggering the first decline in New York oil prices after a 7-day winning streak. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for

Cleveland Federal Reserve economists Michael Weber, Bernardo Candia, Olivier Coibion, and Yuriy Gorodnichenko conducted a study revealing that information about Bitcoin's past performance increases investors' inclination to enter the

Woori Asset Management's WON Doosan Group Focus ETF declined 10.67% over the past week, recording the weakest performance among South Korea's group-stock exchange-traded funds. The decline followed corrections in core holdings including Doosan Enerbility, Doosan, and Doosan Robotics, which

Iranian Economic Affairs and Finance Minister Seyyed Ali Madanizadeh stated on May 24 (local time) that Iran is fully prepared for new US economic sanctions, emphasizing the government has long-standing countermeasures in place. The statement followed the US announcement on May 24 of comprehensive s

Samsung Electronics and Samsung Group stocks plunged on the 24th despite the company announcing a shareholder return plan exceeding 100 trillion won, as the absence of treasury stock buyback commitments and unclear implementation timelines disappointed investors. The announcement triggered foreign i

Crypto.com extended its Formula 1 global partnership through 2030, according to a joint announcement from both parties in December 2024. The extension builds on an initial five-year agreement signed in July 2021 worth a reported $100 million, which positioned the exchange as Formula 1's official

Crypto exchange Gemini and Apex Fintech Solutions signed a non-binding letter of intent that would make Gemini Titan the exclusive regulated venue for crypto event contracts offered by brokerage firms through Apex's Futures Commission Merchant (FCM). Under the proposed arrangement, participating bro

Ox Alpha, an anonymous AI model described as designed for coding and production workloads, launched August 20 on OpenRouter, OpenCode, Cline, and Nous Research's portal+. The model appeared with no company attribution, listed as built by a third-party provider that chose to stay anonymous during

US stocks closed mixed on August 24 (local time) as semiconductor stocks declined despite falling Treasury yields. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.26% to 53,417.16, while the S&P 500 fell 0.28% to 7,652.86 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.77% to 25,980.19. NVIDIA declined nearly 3%,