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US stock markets declined on the 17th (local time) as semiconductor stocks faced heavy selling pressure. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 406.55 points (0.77%) to close at 52,146.42, the S&P 500 dropped 76.08 points (1.01%) to 7,457.69, and the Nasdaq Composite declined 361.70 points (1.40%) to

Korean stocks showed divergent performance through the 16th of this month, with the KOSPI small-cap index declining just 1.6% while the large-cap index plunged 20.6%, according to Korea Exchange data. The semiconductor sector's sharp downturn drove large-cap underperformance, as Samsung

The U.S. dollar declined slightly on July 17 as safe-haven demand weakened following a stabilization in technology stock sell-offs on Wall Street. The dollar exhibited a 'strong-early-weak-late' pattern, largely driven by equity market movements. According to Yonhap Infomax data at 4pm ET, the dolla

GraniteShares' 2X Long LCID Daily ETF (LCDL) entered delisting procedures after its net asset value turned negative following Lucid Group's stock collapse. According to a GraniteShares announcement on the 17th (local time), the leveraged ETF tracking Lucid stocks at 2x exposure saw its NAV drop

U.S. housing starts surged 19% in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.47 million units, rebounding from May's six-year low of 1.20 million units, the Commerce Department announced on Friday. The recovery exceeded economists' forecasts of 1.31 million units, yet gold prices remained

South Korean investors redirected holiday spending from travel and shopping to stock investments during the first half of the year, according to financial sector data. The five major banks reported 3,077,529 early terminations of individual customer savings and deposits in the first half, an 11.39%

Semiconductor stocks in South Korea's KOSDAQ market increased 88% in the top 100 companies by market capitalization over one year, rising from 17 companies in late July last year to 32 companies this month. This year through the 16th, KOSPI rose while KOSDAQ fell on 32 out of 132 trading days,

Ecoanalitica, a Venezuelan economic consulting firm, reported that Binance peer-to-peer USDT trading volumes in Venezuela reached $1.389 billion between June 11 and July 13, averaging nearly $44 million per day. Alejandro Grisanti, Director and Founding Partner at Ecoanalitica, stated the firm

SK Hynix's American Depositary Receipt (ADR) began trading on Nasdaq on the 10th (local time), drawing praise from NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang who called the listing 'incredibly successful.' The ADR allows global investors to trade SK Hynix shares without navigating complex procedures required for

The Trump administration has asserted control over access to frontier AI models from American companies, two sources familiar with the matter told CNBC. Previously, Anthropic and OpenAI independently decided which companies and agencies could access their most powerful models. Last month, the admini

Gold futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's COMEX division rose 0.59% on the 17th at 2:53 PM US Eastern Time, with the August delivery contract (GCQ6) trading at $4,015.60 per troy ounce, up $23.50 from the previous settlement price of $3,992.10. The price increase reflected safe-haven

Crypto KOLs (Key Opinion Leaders) are trusted analysts, traders, and educators whose recommendations influence trading behavior across blockchain communities as of 2026. MadeOnSol data from June 2026 shows the average 30-day win rate across 457 scored Solana KOL wallets sits at only 42 percent

Institutional analysts project Ethereum prices for 2026 ranging from Citi's $3,175 to Standard Chartered's $7,500, with quantitative models producing divergent outputs based on differing variable weights. The Stock-to-Flow model adapted for Ethereum projects ETH between $6,500 and $7,200 by

Webull reopened cryptocurrency trading for US customers in 2025 through its Webull Pay LLC subsidiary, a registered money services business that now supports over 50 digital assets including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and Dogecoin. The relaunch followed what CEO Anthony Denier described as a

Bank of America appointed Sonali Theisen as head of its global digital assets platform and Kevin Milsom as head of AI transformation, according to internal memos first reported by Reuters and Bloomberg. The appointments follow a trend of traditional financial institutions building specialized

Apple briefly reclaimed the world's largest market capitalization from Nvidia on May 17 (local time), as investor focus shifted from AI semiconductors to AI platforms and services. Apple's market cap reached

Numerai, a decentralized hedge fund powered by crowdsourced machine learning, completed its third strategic purchase of Numeraire (NMR) on July 17th, 2026, acquiring $1.2 million of the token from the open market.

The KOSPI fell 655.34 points (8.77%) to 6820.6 during the third week of July (July 13-16), with sidecar mechanisms triggering daily and a circuit breaker activating on July 13, according to Korea Exchange data released on July 18. The decline was driven by semiconductor sector concerns following

Korean retail investors adopted diverging strategies on the 15th and 16th as semiconductor stock volatility intensified amid AI peak-out concerns. KOSPI recovered to the 7200 level on the 15th after a 3-day rally, but fell over 6% to 6820.60 on the 16th, with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix

SK Hynix closed at 1,842,000 won on the 16th, marking an 11.53% decline and a 36.90% drop from its peak of 2,919,000 won recorded on the 22nd of last month. The decline stems from concerns over the sustainability of AI infrastructure investment, which has driven the memory semiconductor super