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SK E&C, a South Korean renewable energy developer, surged over 55% in July, closing at 80,600 won on the 23rd with a 30.00% single-day gain — a record high. The rally occurred as the KOSPI index fell from mid-8,000s to early 7,000s during the same period. The surge was driven by a renewed Middle

Hyundai Department Store, Lotte Shopping, and Shinsegae stocks declined on the 23rd after reaching price peaks last month, with Hyundai Department Store closing at 139,600 won (up 0.36%), Lotte Shopping falling 4.61%, and Shinsegae dropping 3,000 won (0.55%). The declines followed a period when the

Korea Exchange plans to launch after-market ETF trading from September, allowing transactions between 4pm and 8pm, while alternative exchange NXT will start pre-market and after-market ETF trading from November. The expansion comes as the Korean ETF market capitalization exceeds 500 trillion won,

US stocks fell across all three major indices on April 23 (local time), with the Nasdaq declining 2.15%, the S&P 500 dropping 1.21%, and the Dow slipping 0.97%. The decline was driven by renewed concerns over AI investment bubbles and escalating fears of a wider Middle East conflict. Investor

The Pentagon on Thursday announced a contract with Oracle worth up to $7 billion over a decade for software use in on-premises data centers serving military branches, the U.S. intelligence community, and the Coast Guard. The Department of Defense's chief information officer Kirsten Davies stated the

Stefano Gogioso and Daniela Herrmann warned during a BeInCrypto Experts Council panel that the cryptocurrency industry is treating quantum computing's threat to Bitcoin as a trillion-dollar risk too casually. Gogioso, a quantum computing lecturer at the University of Oxford and co-founder of

Hackers hijacked Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev's X account on July 23, 2026, posting a fake promotion for a VLAD token to his nearly 800,000 followers. The scam resulted in wallets behind the fake token extracting an estimated 690 ETH, approximately $1.3 million, before the token's market cap

International gold futures experienced a sharp decline on the afternoon of the 23rd (US Eastern Time), with August delivery contracts falling 2.54% amid rising oil prices and Treasury yields. The August gold futures contract (GCQ6) on the COMEX exchange dropped $105.60 to $4,046.30 per troy ounce as

The German 10-year Bund yield, serving as the eurozone government bond market benchmark, reached a 15-year high on July 23 (local time) amid surging international oil prices. The yield closed at 3.2304%, up 2.81 basis points from the previous session — the highest level since May 2011. The rise

Spot gold and silver prices declined Thursday ahead of the North American market open, as rising U.S. Treasury yields, a firmer U.S. dollar, and surging crude oil prices outweighed safe-haven demand tied to U.S.-Iran tensions. At the time of writing, spot gold traded near $4,066.82 an ounce,

E-Mart faces lowered earnings expectations from Korean brokerages ahead of its Q2 provisional results announcement scheduled for next month 12th. Since June, three out of six domestic securities firms that issued investment opinions on E-Mart's Q2 performance have downgraded their target stock

Zhibao Technology Inc., a Nasdaq-listed Shanghai-based InsurTech company, signed a non-binding term sheet Wednesday for a private investment in public equity (PIPE) financing involving approximately 3,500 Bitcoin, worth roughly $220 million at current prices. The buyer, Joyertech and Information

Southwest Airlines shipped jet fuel from Texas to California by boat for the first time, with the vessel arriving in Los Angeles on May 28 carrying approximately 12.6 million gallons. CFO Tom Doxey said the Dallas-based airline hired the ship amid supply concerns and price volatility on the West

Intel reported second-quarter results on Thursday that exceeded analyst expectations, with the chipmaker posting its fastest revenue growth rate since 2011 and issuing third-quarter guidance above consensus estimates. The company recorded adjusted earnings per share of 42 cents on revenue of $16.1 b

Rainbow Robotics and other South Korean robotics stocks rebounded over recent three days ending the 23rd, with Rainbow Robotics rising 6.17% to 508,000 won and Doosan Robotics climbing 3.25% to 69,800 won. The rally followed Samsung Electronics' announcement on the 21st of a new RX (Robotics

The National Cryptocurrency Association (NCA), an organization backed by Ripple Labs, released a study Wednesday estimating the crypto industry will contribute $55 billion to the US economy in 2026 through salaries, worker spending and output. The report, prepared by the Pragmatic Policy Group,

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan stated in a recent blog post that positive signals regarding Bitcoin bottoming are beginning to emerge, following sharp cryptocurrency market declines since October 2025. Hougan cited Bitcoin's rise since early July, renewed inflows into spot Bitcoin

The US Treasury on July 23 (local time) auctioned $21 billion in new 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS), with the yield settling at 2.438%—the highest level since October 2008. The yield came in 2.8 basis points above the when-issued trading level, reflecting

Market analyst EGRAG CRYPTO stated that XRP has broken out of a multi-year symmetrical triangle and entered a macro breakout retest phase. With XRP trading at $1.10 according to CoinCodex, the analyst identified key support between $0.85 and $0.88, with potential price targets of $6.40 and a long-te

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna stated on Thursday that only 2% of the company's software could be replaced by AI applications, following disappointing second-quarter results. Krishna made the remarks to CNBC's 'Squawk on the Street' as IBM shares have declined 30% this year amid Wall Street concerns that AI