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Strategy leads all publicly traded companies with 843,775 BTC worth approximately $58 billion as of July 25, 2026, according to data from bitcointreasuries.net. The top ten corporate bitcoin holders reveal a stark performance divide in 2026, with mining companies like Riot Platforms gaining 73%

Korean retail investors purchased 502.13 million USD (approximately 734.6 billion KRW) in SK Hynix American Depositary Receipts (ADR) during the one-week period from July 17 to July 24, according to Korea Securities Depository on July 26. The buying spree in SK Hynix Stocks reflects expectations

The KONEX stock market recorded a market capitalization of 3.2919 trillion won as of the 24th, according to Korea Exchange data released on the 26th. The market has seen its market cap fall by more than half from the 7 trillion won level reached in 2018-2019, driven by declining new listings and

Korean energy-focused exchange-traded funds surged during May 20-24, while semiconductor ETFs declined sharply, according to data released by the Korea Exchange on the 26th. The PLUS Solar&ESS ETF posted the highest return at 18.17%, followed by TIGER Oil Futures Enhanced(H) at 15.25% and KODEX

Hanwha Asset Management launched the 'PLUS 200 Covered Call Active' ETF on the 23rd of last month, employing a flexible option-selling strategy and dividend-avoidance approach to navigate volatile stock markets. The fund reached net assets of 55.324 billion won as of the 23rd, according to Korea

JKL Partners and Shinhan Financial Group are negotiating the sale price of Lotte Insurance, with a potential public sale in August if talks fail, according to market sources. On the 23rd, Shinhan's CFO stated the group is reviewing various acquisition targets and that reaching a compromise may

SK Telecom established SK Hyper as a 100% subsidiary on the 23rd to formalize its AI data center business, committing 750 billion won by 2030. Approximately 330 billion won will be executed within July, with the remainder disbursed in stages. Mirae Asset Securities raised SK Telecom's target price t

Hyundai Motor Group announced its Physical AI vision on May 24 (local time) at the San Francisco AI Summit, with Chairman Chung Euisun leading the initiative to establish the city as the group's innovation hub. The strategy aims to achieve city-level integrated intelligence by connecting

Hwaseong Dongtan-gu and Guri City apartment prices continued rising this month following their new designation as regulated zones, according to KB Real Estate's July monthly housing price trends. Hwaseong Dongtan-gu recorded a 6.25% increase in apartment sale prices, expanding 2.09 percentage

Moon Mun-young, a researcher at the Korea Insurance Research Institute, issued recommendations on the 26th for insurance companies to strengthen suitability assessments and consumer explanations for dollar-denominated insurance products amid surging sales. The recommendations came as dollar insuranc

A Korea Insurance Research Institute researcher proposed on the 26th to narrow the gap between standard auto insurance policy terms and court rulings to reduce social costs, as complaints and litigation over auto insurance claim payouts continue to rise in South Korea. Senior researcher Jeon

A 21-year-old Florida man faces a federal conspiracy charge after malware concealed in downloadable video games allegedly compromised approximately 8,000 devices and enabled unauthorized access to about 80 cryptocurrency wallets, resulting in at least $220,000 in stolen digital assets. Federal

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service issued consumer guidance on May 26 regarding domestic market return accounts (RIA), integrated management accounts (IMA), and bank exchange-traded fund (ETF) trusts. The guidance addresses growing consumer complaints as RIA account holders increased

Korean investors using RIA accounts to sell overseas stocks must verify the settlement completion date, not the order execution date, according to guidance issued by the Financial Supervisory Service on May 26. The tax deduction rate is determined by the settlement completion date, and a

South Korea's IPO market recorded 17 listings in the first half, a 59% decline from the 10-year average of 27 listings per half-year period, according to a report by Oh Gwang-young, a researcher at Shinhan Securities. The market raised KRW 1.1 trillion, down 48.7% year-over-year, marking a 30%

The U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia announced on July 21 that five civil forfeiture complaints seek forfeiture of more than $25 million in cryptocurrency tied to international fraud schemes targeting residents of the United States and Canada. The

LG AI Research developed a financial AI service that analyzes approximately 8,000 listed companies in the US and Korea, according to Lee Hwa-young, Executive Director of Business Development at LG AI Research, in an interview on the 24th. The AI system uses multiple specialized agents—an AI

219 Korean export manufacturers surveyed by the Korea Trade Association identified freight rate increases as their top logistics challenge in the first half, with 83.1% of respondents citing this as their primary concern. The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) reached 3,062 points on

SK Telecom announced on the 26th that it will provide its proprietary artificial intelligence model A.X K1 to startups to support the development of practical and industrial AI services. The company is participating in the Ministry of SMEs and Startups' '2026 Modu's Challenge AX-LLM' program,

Hana F&I and Meritz Financial Group are conducting bond demand forecasting this week, targeting 1500억원 each on July 27 and July 29 respectively. The move comes as the Korean corporate bond market experiences reduced summer issuance activity, yet recent successful demand forecasting by SK