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- South Korea Plans Immediate Crypto Incident Reporting to Two Agencies
The Financial Services Commission announced the guidance plan Nov. 5 as authorities pursue a broader security law by the first quarter of 2027.
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Narrows Loss to 6.8% After Trading Resumes
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix each remained down about 7% in the update at 7:36 p.m. ET Thursday.
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Triggers 20-Minute Halt After 8% Drop
The Nikkei 225 also fell 3.65%, slipping below 59,000 in the same regional session.
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- Samsung, SK Hynix Fall More Than 10% as Asian Markets Slide
KOSPI 200 futures fell 7.9%, while an ETF tracking South Korean stocks lost 13% overnight. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index dropped more than 12%, its largest one-day loss since March 2020.
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- Samsung Electronics Falls 10.9% Over 24 Hours to 145.85 USDT
The quoted price was recorded at 9:41 a.m. ET Thursday (14:41 UTC).
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- KORU Falls 15.97% to $9.42 as Open Interest Rises 9.35%
The Direxion South Korea Bull 3X Tokenized ETF traded near its lower Bollinger Band. Binance account data showed a long skew, while taker sell volume exceeded buy volume.
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Falls 5.28% as Japan’s Nikkei Slides 1.79%
Trading pauses interrupted program trading in South Korea as SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics dropped 9.45% and 7.56%.
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Sinks 6% as SK Hynix Shares Drop More Than 10%
Samsung Electronics shares also fell more than 8%, with all three moves captured intraday at 12:57 a.m. ET.
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- SK Hynix Shares Fall 7.4% as Hyperliquid ADR Premium Widens
The SKHY contract fell 5.43%, while its common-share-linked counterpart dropped 6.40% over the comparison period.
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Falls 5.6% as Both Indexes Trigger Sell Sidecars
SK Hynix slid 10%, while both the KOSPI and KOSDAQ activated sell-side sidecars.
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Extends Losses to 5.41% as SK Hynix Drops Nearly 10%
At 12:29 a.m. ET (05:29 UTC) Thursday, SK Hynix was down nearly 10%, compared with a 5.41% drop in the KOSPI.
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Falls More Than 5% in Intraday Trading
SK Hynix fell more than 7%, while Samsung Electronics declined more than 5% in the same market update.
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- South Korea Finalizes 361.96 Billion Won in Bank Fines
The decision also sets 1.778 billion won in administrative penalties for seven banks over Hong Kong H-index ELS sales.
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Falls More Than 3% as Chip Stocks Slide
SK Hynix dropped nearly 7% and Samsung Electronics fell close to 4%, while the index stood at 5,489.51 points in an intraday update.
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- SK Hynix Quote Drops 10.3% in 24 Hours to 980.02 USDT
A separate opening snapshot showed South Korea’s KOSPI down 1.82% and SK Hynix shares down 6%.
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Opens Thursday Down 1.82% as Chip Stocks Fall
SK Hynix fell 6% and Samsung Electronics dropped 3%, outpacing the benchmark’s decline at the start of trading.
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- South Korea’s Democratic Party Leader Proposes Crypto Tax Delay
The tax was originally scheduled to begin Jan. 1, 2027. The proposal would put the Digital Asset Basic Act first.
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- Coupang Posts $10 Billion Third-Quarter Revenue, Up 7% Year Over Year
Revenue rose 7% year over year on a reported basis and 11% on a constant-currency basis.
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Turns Positive After Erasing an Earlier 4% Drop
The reversal was timestamped at 12:42 a.m. ET (05:42 UTC) on Nov. 4, giving crypto traders a regional market swing to track.
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- South Korea's KOSPI Falls 4% to 5,422.53 During Trading
The index stood at 5,422.53 points in a snapshot timestamped 10:45 p.m. ET Nov. 3 (03:45 UTC Nov. 4).
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Falls 2.3% to 5,653.92 During Asian Trading
The index was down 132.21 points from its opening level of 5,786.13; Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.8% to 61,855.03.
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Opens 2.43% Higher as SK Hynix Gains 4.8%
Samsung Electronics advanced 3.6% at the open, also outpacing the index.
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- South Korea Weighs Raising Crypto Exchange Cold-Wallet Floor to 99%
The current minimum is 80%. Some small and midsize exchanges are only slightly above that threshold.
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- South Korea's President Calls for a Central Cybersecurity Authority
Urgent security checks are underway at more than 2,100 public bodies as the government considers stronger coordination.
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- SK Group Chairman Sees More Than $1 Trillion in Korea-Japan Synergies
Chey Tae-won said growth and lower costs could create gains across the countries’ combined $6 trillion economy.
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- South Korea’s Lee Seeks Cybersecurity Body After Binance Theft
The National Intelligence Service asked 2,100 public bodies to run their own security checks and plans direct assessments of critical infrastructure.
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- South Korea Says Overseas Crypto Perpetual Tax Treatment Is Undecided
The dispute involved U.S. stock perpetual contracts described as overseas stock derivatives subject to capital gains tax.
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Falls 4% as Asian Stocks Come Under Pressure
Taiwan’s index fell 3%, while Japan and mainland China posted losses below 1%.
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Extends Its Decline to 4% in Late Trading
The index stood at 5,624.71 at 11:23 p.m. ET Monday as the decline widened.
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- South Korea’s Ruling Party to Recommend About a Two-Year Virtual Asset Tax Delay
Party leaders are expected to shape a proposal for policy committee discussion. A digital asset law may also change the tax system.
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Opens 3.8% Lower at 5,637.77 Points
The index fell from a previous close of 5,859.08. The sharp equity-market move adds a South Korean signal to the risk backdrop relevant to crypto traders.
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Opens 2.46% Lower; SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics Fall More Than 4%
The opening figures were timestamped 7:02 p.m. ET Monday (00:02 UTC Tuesday).
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- South Korea Reviews Exchange Defenses After $6.3 Billion Binance Hack
The regulator urged stronger cold-wallet holdings and closer transaction monitoring. The FBI attributed the theft to North Korea.
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- XMax Sees Project-Backed Businesses Generating More Than $100 Million Over Five Years
The forecast depends on commercializing its AI platforms, while the 60-month GPU services agreement lists about $122.5 million in scheduled charges payable by XMax.
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- South Korea Says It Has Not Considered an Education Tax on Crypto Exchanges
The Oct. 26 statement clarified the ministry's position on a possible levy for digital-asset exchanges.
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- South Korea's Financial Regulator Orders Exchanges to Raise Cold-Wallet Holdings
The review covered IT access, wallet-transfer controls, real-time asset monitoring, emergency staffing and reserves.
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- Crypto Address With $31.92 Million in Profits Opens $3.38 Million SKHX Long
The address closed about $720,000 in SKHX shorts and held roughly $3.05 million in longs after the trades.
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- Lee Urges Passage of Record 2027 Budget With About $16 Billion Tech Package
The 21.3 trillion won package combines AI spending with three major technology projects; a separate government budget line proposes 9.4 trillion won for AI.
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Reverses Earlier Losses and Rises 2%
The index had fallen nearly 2% earlier in the session; SK Hynix rose 3.8% and Samsung Electronics gained 1.3% at the later update.
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- South Korea’s FSC Reviews Exchange Security and 80% Cold-Wallet Rule
The regulator met with Upbit, Bithumb and Coinone after a large-scale asset theft at Binance. Their cold-wallet ratios ranged from just above 80% to more than 99%.
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