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- South Korea Plans More Frequent Cybersecurity Checks After 16 Breaches
About 100,000 pieces of customer data were exposed, while a sectorwide checklist flagged security deficiencies at 130 of 555 financial companies.
· Regulation
- SK Hynix Shares Fall More Than 12% to Lowest Level Since April
The shares hit their lowest level since April 27, a more than five-month low.
· Investing
- SK Hynix Shares Fall More Than 12% to Lowest Since April 27
South Korea’s KOSPI fell 9% intraday, while Samsung Electronics shares dropped more than 11%.
· Investing
- South Korea’s KOSPI Falls 9% During Thursday’s Trading Session
The index stood at 5,467.66 points at 1:49 a.m. ET (05:49 UTC).
· Investing
- South Korea’s KOSPI Falls as Much as 8%, Triggering Trading Halt
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix fell 9% to 11%, erasing the index’s gains since its June peak.
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- PUFFER Rises More Than 150% in 15 Minutes Before Upbit Listing
PUFFER was quoted at 0.069 USDT at 12:46 a.m. ET Thursday, 14 minutes before the planned opening of its South Korean won market.
· Investing
- PUFFER Rises 155% in Eight Minutes to $0.06 Amid Upbit Pair News
The move may have been tied to news of a Korean won trading pair for PUFFER on Upbit.
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- Upbit to Add PUFFER to South Korea’s Won Market at 1 a.m. ET
Trading is scheduled to begin Oct. 15 at 14:00 KST, or 1 a.m. ET (05:00 UTC).
· Business
- Crypto tax deferral debate gathers pace as overseas data, framework law emerge as key issues
Debate over postponing cryptocurrency taxation is intensifying, with overseas transaction data and delays to the Digital Asset Framework Act emerging as key issues.
· Regulation
- South Korea’s KOSDAQ Triggers 20-Minute Trading Halt After Selloff
South Korea’s KOSPI benchmark separately fell 8% and approached a trading halt.
· Investing
- South Korea’s KOSPI Falls 8% as SK Hynix Drops More Than 11%
Samsung Electronics fell more than 9%, while trading in the KOSDAQ was suspended for 20 minutes after a circuit breaker was triggered.
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- U.S. Inflation Accelerates to 3.7% as AI Shares and Asian Markets Slide
Gasoline rose 9.1% in September, while CoreWeave and Oracle fell 15.5% and 8.8% in Wednesday’s U.S. session.
· Investing
- South Korea’s KOSPI Extends Losses to 7% as Chip Shares Slide
SK Hynix fell 10%, while Samsung Electronics lost about 8% as the Korean market’s decline deepened.
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Falls 7% as SK Hynix Shares Drop 10%
Samsung Electronics fell nearly 8%. The Korea Exchange also temporarily paused programmatic sell orders through a sidecar mechanism.
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- KOSPI Falls 5.59% Below 6,000 as SK Hynix and Samsung Drop
SK Hynix shares fell more than 7%, while Samsung Electronics shares declined more than 6%.
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Falls Below 6,000, Down 5.59% Intraday
SK Hynix shares dropped more than 7%, while Samsung Electronics fell more than 6%.
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- Flap Adds EWYB Token for Trading Exposure to South Korean Stocks
EWYB brings the exposure of the iShares MSCI South Korea ETF on-chain and is live on Flap as a “Quote Token.”
· Investing
- South Korea’s Five Largest Crypto Exchanges See Spot Volume Fall 33%
The second-quarter drop exceeded the decline among the world’s 10 largest exchanges. South Korea plans to begin taxing crypto in January 2027.
· Investing
- South Korea’s Kospi Erases 2.6% Morning Gain and Turns Lower
The benchmark reversed course during trading on Wednesday, Oct. 14.
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- Bitcoin Rebounds Then Slips as Korean AI Selloff Hits Markets
Bitcoin fell below $81,000 before recovering above $84,000, while crypto-futures liquidations reached about $814 million over 24 hours.
· Investing
- South Korea Central Bank Keeps Policy Restrictive as Won Strengthens
The governor said further won appreciation would support the economy by increasing household purchasing power and shifting growth toward domestic demand.
· Regulation
- South Korea Sets Court Process to Seize Bitcoin for Unpaid Debts
Supreme Court Rule No. 3280 takes effect Nov. 1 and covers exchange-held and self-custodied virtual assets, including pending cases.
· Regulation
- Taiwan Stocks Suffer Third-Largest Foreign Selloff as Korea Tumbles
The Taiex fell 1.95% to 48,341.31 as foreign investors sold NT$165.34 billion of local shares, while South Korea’s KOSPI briefly dropped more than 7%.
· Investing
- Tom Lee Warns South Korea Stock Rout May Pressure Ether
The KOSPI fell 6.08% as semiconductor stocks declined, while Lee identified brokerage margin liquidations as a potential channel into crypto markets.
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Falls 6.5% as AI Crypto Tokens Slide
The index dropped to about 6,002 as investors sold semiconductor stocks after Chinese chipmaker CXMT announced a new memory-chip design.
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- Asian Stocks Slide as AI Concerns Send Kospi Down 7.4%
South Korea’s benchmark fell to 5,914.35 as semiconductor shares led a broad technology sell-off across Asia.
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- South Korea’s KOSPI Closes Down 5.47% as Chip Stocks Slide
SK Hynix dropped 10.09% and Samsung Electronics fell 7.38% in a semiconductor-led selloff on Oct. 13.
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- Upbit Places Blur Under Trading Warning, Suspends Transfers
The South Korean exchange suspended BLUR deposit and withdrawal services on Oct. 13.
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- Jeonbuk Bank Launches South Korea’s First Corporate Bitcoin Loans
The Korean bank has completed its first loan, with proceeds issued in won and restricted to business operating expenses.
· Business
- South Korea’s KOSPI Falls 6.1% as Samsung Slides 17%
The index posted its fifth straight daily loss and fell more than 15% in five sessions, adding to broader risk-off pressure relevant to crypto markets.
· Investing
- Samsung and SK Hynix Drop More Than 7% on AI and China Fears
Samsung Electronics fell 7.29% and SK Hynix dropped 8.35% as South Korean semiconductor stocks faced pressure from storage technology concerns and doubts about the AI investment cycle.
· Investing
- South Korea’s KOSPI Plunges 7% Intraday as Chip Stocks Slide
The index fell to 5,936.36 points, while SK Hynix dropped more than 9% and Samsung Electronics declined 8.4%.
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- Leveraged Samsung and SK Hynix Products Plunge More Than 16%
A two-times Samsung product fell 16.37%, while a leveraged SK Hynix product dropped 18.29% amid a sharp sell-off in Asian semiconductor stocks.
· Investing
- South Korea Moves to Block Access to 27 Unregistered Crypto Exchanges
The measures target overseas platforms serving Korean users and expand existing app restrictions to websites.
· Regulation
- South Korea’s KOSPI Slides 6% as SK Hynix, Samsung Tumble
SK Hynix fell 9%, while Samsung Electronics dropped 7% as a sharp equity selloff intensified in South Korea.
· Investing
- South Korean Stocks Plunge 5% as Chip Shares Lead Decline
The KOSPI’s losses widened to 5%, while SK Hynix fell more than 7% and Samsung dropped nearly 6%.
· Investing
- South Korea’s KOSPI Triggers Sell Circuit Breaker After 4% Drop
The five-minute halt followed a 5.08% decline in KOSPI 200 futures, marking the first sell-side circuit breaker since August.
· Investing
- South Korean Stocks Slide 5% as SK Hynix Extends Drop to 7%
Samsung Electronics fell 5.89% as both chipmakers headed for a fifth straight decline, while overnight U.S. chip losses added pressure.
· Investing
- South Korea’s KOSPI Falls 4% to 6,128.40
The Nikkei 225 also opened lower, falling 0.78% to 68,492.11.
· Investing
- South Korea’s KOSPI Opens Down 3.27% as SK Hynix Slides 4%
The index fell 208.95 points to 6,175.29, while Samsung Electronics dropped 3% at the open.
· Investing