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Korean stock markets KOSPI and KOSDAQ closed sharply lower in synchronized decline, with both triggering sell-side circuit breakers during trading. KOSPI fell 304.33 points (-4.46%) to close at 6516.27, while KOSDAQ dropped 42.20 points (-5.33%) to finish at 749.64 after hitting a 52-week low

On July 20, international energy markets saw a landmark moment. Brent crude futures surged through the $90-per-barrel mark in one move, topping out at $91.42 during the day; WTI crude futures also climbed into the $84 range. This breakout level is not coincidental—over the past week, Brent crude has risen 15.9% in total, posting the largest single-week gain since April; from the early-July low near $71, the rebound is already close to 30%. {currencycard:tradfi}(XTIUS

The USD-TWD exchange rate reached 32.390 Taiwan dollars as of 1:41 PM on July 20, continuing a multi-day upward trend driven by sustained foreign investor capital outflows. The rate exceeded 32.400 TWD in morning trading and had previously hit 32.464 TWD on July 17, marking the highest level since

South Korean companies are preparing compliance measures as ESG disclosure transitions to legally binding mandatory reporting from 2028. Attorney Cho Du-yeon from Kim & Chang law firm stated at a seminar on May 20 that disclosure is no longer promotional but carries legal responsibility under

ARK Funds, led by CEO Cathy Wood, sold 23,573 AMD shares on the 17th (local time) at $495.76 per share, totaling approximately $11.7 million (17.3 billion won). The transaction continues Wood's months-long pattern of reducing AMD holdings, with the fund selling 137,421 AMD shares this month alone. T

Homeplus filed an immediate appeal to the Seoul Rehabilitation Court on the afternoon of July 20 after securing 2000 billion won in debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing. The retailer submitted board resolutions from three Meritz Financial Group entities — Meritz Securities, Meritz Fire & Marine

Media outlets reported on 14日 and 15日 that cigarette smoking is re-emerging as a cultural symbol among US youth, Boston Dynamics is testing its Spot robot dog for delivery automation, analyst Dan Ives is launching a new investment bank with Yorkville Securities, Panasonic is pivoting to AI

South Korea's National Tax Service officials have proposed amendments to the Criminal Procedure Act to enable seizure of self-custody crypto assets. Four NTS officials including Jang Hee-won published a paper in June in the Korean Institute of Criminology and Justice journal titled 'Limitations of S

Uber announced on May 16 (local time) a public tender offer for Delivery Hero (DH) at €41.5 per share, valuing the company at approximately $14.8 billion (₩22 trillion). On May 20, DH notified bidders that the sale process for Baemin (Baedal Minjok), South Korea's leading food delivery platform,

Troy Hunt, creator of the Have I Been Pwned security website, announced plans to drop cryptocurrency donations after AUSTRAC enforced Travel Rule requirements on July 1. Coinbase prompted Hunt to provide extensive sender information—including full name, country, ID number, address, and date of

SpaceX (SPCX) shares rose 1% overnight heading into Monday after CEO Elon Musk dismissed a report claiming the rocket and satellite company had placed a $52 billion order with Foxconn for Nvidia-powered AI servers. Musk called the report 'fake news' on X in response to a post summarizing the

Reuters and Bloomberg criticized South Korean financial authorities on the 19th (local time) for their response to extreme volatility in the Korean stock market caused by single-stock leveraged ETF products on Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. The foreign media outlets characterized the

Digital Asset editor-in-chief Park Sang-hyuk explained why cryptocurrencies maintained strength despite recent declines in semiconductor-related stocks. Speaking on SamproTV on the 20th, Park attributed the resilience

Economist Nouriel Roubini warned during a Bloomberg TV interview that artificial intelligence could force governments to adopt universal basic income or move toward a more socialist economic model as automation reshapes the global workforce. Roubini, known as 'Dr. Doom' after warning about risks

Hyperliquid announced on Sunday that it will introduce permissionless deployment for HIP-4 outcome markets in a future upgrade. The feature will first launch on testnet before moving to mainnet. According to the announcement on Telegram, permissionless deployments are especially important for the gr

Lee Nam-woo, Chairman of the Korea Corporate Governance Forum, on May 20 criticized Chey Tae-won, Chairman of both the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry and SK Group. Lee stated that Chey must uphold fundamental capitalism principles including shareholder rights protection and board

James Howells, a Welsh IT engineer, lost access to 8,000 Bitcoin after an encrypted hard drive was mistakenly discarded in 2013 during a cleanup by his then-girlfriend and sent to Newport's Docksway landfill. UK courts rejected Howells' legal claims in 2025, with the High Court in Cardiff ruling

David Sacks, the White House AI and crypto policy chief known as the 'crypto czar', criticized US AI model security guardrails on July 19 via X, citing Chinese AI model Kimi K3 as an example. Sacks stated that Kimi K3 fixed 15 critical security bugs that US models Codex and Fable refused to

The KOSPI index fell 3.03% to 6614.20 as of 1:52 PM on July 20, according to MP Doctor data, driven by sustained selling pressure from individual and institutional investors. The index opened 2.60% lower at 6643.58 and briefly recovered to near-flat territory before resuming declines, reaching an in

Gaon Cable reported a 55.5% year-over-year increase in Q2 consolidated operating profit to 361.3 billion won, driven by expanding US AI data center and power grid investments that boosted cable and busduct demand. The South Korean cable manufacturer's Q2 revenue grew 35.1% to 869.39 billion won,