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[Fact check] Do Koreans really hold a lot of XRP? The short answer: YES, and the share is shocking. According to a 2024 survey by the Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), worldwide...
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Chinese banks have reportedly been told to sell U.S. Treasuries. Is this simple risk management, or the opening shot signaling the end of dollar dominance? If China sells Treasuries, prices...
"$49 vs $199": the price war has begun. In February 2026, U.S. telehealth company Hims & Hers Health threw a punch that...
K-bio's ambition for a KRW 100 trillion global market: who is the real alternative? Market size: Korea's GLP-1 market takes off in earnest in 2025. Global GLP-1...
Recent news that Samsung Electronics is increasingly likely to supply its next-generation high-bandwidth memory, HBM4, to Nvidia is heating up the market. This is more than a simple parts supply deal...
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Why a "big exchange" decides survival in a crisis. The most dangerous risk in crypto investing is not just a price crash but "it looks like you can sell, yet...
Solid-state batteries are next-generation batteries that use a solid electrolyte instead of a liquid one, removing the fire risk of conventional lithium-ion batteries and raising energy density by more than 40%...
As the explosive growth of the artificial intelligence industry turns power shortages into a live problem, power infrastructure stocks are emerging as the market's new leaders, beyond semiconductors. Elon Musk and...
Bitcoin falls for four straight months: what is different this time? Bitcoin, which topped $120,000 in October 2025, finally gave up even the $80,000 level in late January 2026,...
With the Semiconductor Special Act passed by the National Assembly, a new wind is blowing through Korea's chip industry. This law covers making the "semiconductors"* that go into every electronic device, from smartphones to AI...
SK hynix recently announced it will cancel all of its treasury shares, worth a whopping KRW 12 trillion, and the stock market is heating up. A share cancellation is when a company, from the market...
Samsung Electronics and SK hynix both posted record 2025 results and strengthened shareholder returns. On Jan. 8 Samsung Electronics reported fourth-quarter revenue of KRW 93 trillion and operating profit of KRW 20 trillion (a 21.5% margin). SK hynix...
One of the keywords mentioned most often in the U.S. crypto market lately is "delayed legislation." The market talked as if the U.S. would soon bring crypto into the regulated system, but...
The KOSDAQ breaking 1,000 after the KOSPI hit 5,000 is not just a joint rally; it is closer to the start of a new experiment: "a growth-stock index nurtured by policy." 1. KOSDAQ...
The debate over Chinese demand for Nvidia continues. After export controls prompted talk of a "collapse," the U.S. recently approved exports of H200 chips to China on conditions...
The recent claim that "Ethereum will become the center of stablecoins" is not just a price forecast; it is about which ledger the global financial system will run on...
The KOSPI breaking 5,000 and entering a range where 6,000 can be discussed is not a simple technical rally. It is a “global risk […] set off by Trump's tariff retreat...
A decision by a company to shrink or split itself is a major event that directly affects the value of investors' assets. With news of a large-scale business reorganization at Hanwha Group...
As the KOSPI breaks above 4,800 to set new highs, the KOSDAQ is stuck around 900, and investor frustration is growing. But as the Lee Jae-myung government's pledge to boost the KOSDAQ gets fully underway...
To understand this article, you first need to know two kinds of money recorded on a company's books. Paid-in capital is the base money shareholders pooled when the company was first founded...
When a company goes public, it suddenly has money. This sentence is half right and half wrong. That is exactly where most retail investors get confused. When a company lists...
Korean stocks, especially export-oriented companies, can act as a hedge through currency gains when the won is weak, and as an inflation hedge their pricing power...
