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South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service issued a consumer alert on the 25th following 22 multi-level marketing complaints and 10 cooperative-based quasi-deposit fraud complaints received this year. The scams promise annual returns exceeding 15% with principal guarantees, then operators

The KOSPI market recorded 49 sidecar circuit breaker activations this year as of the 23rd, representing 44.95% of the 109 total activations in South Korean stock market history. The KOSPI index declined from 4214.17 at the end of last year to a peak of 9385.59 on June 19, then retreated to 7080.92 a

Korean retail investors net purchased the iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF (SGOV) most from January 1-22, Korea Securities Depository data showed. Net buying reached approximately 223.56 million USD. This pattern emerged as macro uncertainty across interest rates, oil prices, and exchange rates p

Block joined the x402 Foundation and added Bitcoin Lightning support to the payment protocol, the company announced Thursday. The integration aims to expand Block's push into payments for AI agents by enabling low-cost, high-volume transactions that agentic commerce requires. x402 is an open payment

German federal prosecutors arrested two suspects in the Nord Stream undersea gas pipeline explosion investigation that occurred in September 2022 in the Baltic Sea. The arrested individuals are Ukrainian professional diver Volodymyr Zhurausleu and former Ukrainian intelligence officer Serhiy

XEM cryptocurrency surged 11.8% in the last hour, reaching a price of $0.000638. The rally occurred amid broader crypto market volatility, with XEM recording a 24-hour trading volume of $309,531. The price increased from a low of $0.00052075 to a high of $0.0006376, representing a 13.89% increase

KOSDAQ-listed companies in South Korea have rushed to implement stock consolidation following strengthened delisting requirements introduced in July, but a Capital Market Institute report shows limited price recovery effects. Senior researcher Ahn Yu-mi reported that 13.7% of companies conducting pa

Korean stocks posted strong gains ahead of the Q3 earnings season, with KOSPI recording a 5.40% return over the past week, yet Q3 operating profit consensus fell 0.39% during the same period according to financial data provider FnGuide. The divergence reflects mixed sector outlooks: the electrical a

Oracle Japan shares surged more than 7% Friday after the company reported record fiscal first-quarter sales and profits driven by strong cloud business growth. The Japanese subsidiary posted net sales of 74.86 billion yen ($472 million) for the June-August quarter, up 13% year over year, while

Korean asset management firms recommended investment products for Chuseok bonus money on the 25th, with strategies divided into three categories: semiconductors and AI, dividend ETFs, and mixed stock-bond products. Investors are seeking ways to invest holiday bonuses as firms including Samsung

Eight KOSDAQ-listed companies received delisting decisions in the past three months for failing to meet market capitalization requirements, according to Korea Exchange data released on the 25th. The companies — Coiz, Wonpoong Mulsan, Shilla SG, KM Pharmaceutical, Gold & S, Suseong Webtoon, AFW,

Solana applications generated more revenue than both Ethereum and Robinhood combined in the last 24 hours, according to Twitter commentator @SolanaFloor. This milestone reflects the platform's growing popularity and robust user engagement across decentralized finance and digital collectibles. The

Korean money market funds (MMFs) experienced a 14.4 trillion won outflow as assets declined from 267 trillion won on April 4 to 252.6 trillion won as of the 21st, according to the Korea Financial Investment Association. The 5.4% decrease occurred as major Korean banks raised time deposit rates to th

NICE Credit Rating senior researcher Kim Woong presented an analysis of AI capital expenditure sustainability at an online seminar on the 22nd, concluding that financial constraints at major US tech companies are unlikely to trigger an AI investment downturn in the near term. The analysis examined f

Token Terminal reported that monthly trading volume for tokenized stock decentralized exchanges (DEX) surged to nearly $18B in September, up from $20M a year ago. This significant growth reflects rising interest in tokenized assets among investors and traders. The expanding volume underscores the gr

Brazil's Central Bank enacted Resolution BCB No. 588, requiring reporting for virtual asset transfers involving self-custody wallets that exceed $10,000, effective October 1, 2026. The regulation amends existing anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing rules to cover specific virtual as

BlackBerry (BB) stock rose 4% on Thursday to $8.73 after the company reported second-quarter results that highlighted record revenue from its QNX automotive software division, driven by rising royalty payments from vehicle manufacturers. QNX posted record revenue of $80 million, up 27% from a year a

Samyang Foods and other Korean food and cosmetics stocks declined over the past month through the 23rd as the won strengthened against the dollar. Samyang Foods fell 13.03% during this period, while cosmetics companies Dalba Global, Silicon2, and APR dropped 19.07%, 15.67%, and 4.53% respectively.

KiiChain launched global perpetual futures trading for its KII token on The New Money App, as reported by CryptoTwitter commentator @okx. The move aims to bolster KII's presence in the emerging markets sector, where demand for stablecoin solutions is rising. KiiChain serves as an on-chain foreign