South Korea2026-10-02 06:02:09South Korean crypto exchanges posted a 78% drop in operating profit in H1 2026South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit, or KoFIU, said operating profit at the country’s cryptocurrency exchanges fell 78% in the first half of 2026 compared with the previous six months. The same dataset showed a 44% decline in average daily trading volume, a 33% drop in total market capitalization, a 35% fall in Korean won deposits, and a 41% decline in exchange revenue. The survey covered 26 registered virtual asset service providers, including 17 exchange operators and nine custody and wallet service firms, for the period from Jan. 1 to June 30, 2026. The number of accounts eligible to trade edged up 0.4% over the same period. Cointelegraph cited the figures.70
Samsung Elect2026-09-07 05:37:46Mirae Asset says Samsung’s HBM expansion may offset slower conventional memory growth in 2027Mirae Asset Securities analyst Kim Young-gun said Samsung Electronics’ expanding shipments of high bandwidth memory, or HBM, for AI applications are expected to offset the impact of slower growth in conventional memory chips next year. The firm projects Samsung’s HBM shipment volume and average selling price in 2027 will jump 57% and 49%, respectively, outpacing the expected 16% and 20% growth rates for conventional memory. Mirae Asset also said Samsung’s earnings are likely to face pressure from a stronger Korean won against the U.S. dollar, though overall profitability should remain solid. It lowered its forecast for Samsung’s operating profit in 2026 by 5.7% to KRW 370.057 trillion, and cut its 2027 estimate by 4.2% to KRW 535.682 trillion. The report was cited by Jin10 in a news brief carried by Odaily.730
Meituan2026-08-28 09:01:39Meituan Q2 Revenue Up 14.4% to RMB104.643B, Adjusted Net Profit RMB2.524BMeituan reported unaudited results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026. Second-quarter revenue reached RMB104.643 billion, up 14.4% year over year. Operating profit was RMB2.691 billion, profit for the period RMB2.155 billion, up 490.0%, while adjusted EBITDA came in at RMB4.098 billion, or 3.9% of revenue, up 47.3%. Adjusted net profit was RMB2.524 billion, or 2.4% of revenue, up 69.0%. Core local commerce revenue rose 10.1% to RMB71.531 billion, with operating profit of RMB5.668 billion and a margin of 7.9%; new initiatives generated RMB33.112 billion in revenue but posted an operating loss of RMB1.739 billion. Net operating cash inflow for the quarter was RMB9.7 billion. In the first half, revenue climbed 10.1% to RMB195.682 billion. The company recorded an operating loss of RMB3.779 billion and a period loss of RMB4.672 billion, with adjusted EBITDA of RMB1.049 billion and adjusted net loss of RMB2.444 billion. As of June 30, cash and cash equivalents stood at RMB104.7 billion, and short-term wealth management investments at RMB63.6 billion.1320
Policy Regula2026-08-19 15:18:09U.S. retail giant says $994 million tariff refund lifted Q2 operating profit to $2.6 billionA U.S. retail giant said it received a pretax tariff refund of $994 million, a payment that lifted its operating profit for the second quarter to $2.6 billion. The item was published by Techub News and cited BBC News as the source. The brief did not name the company involved and did not include additional financial breakdowns, such as revenue, net profit, or the period tied to the tariff refund beyond the second quarter reference. Based on the information provided, the key disclosed point is the direct link the company itself drew between the pretax refund and the higher quarterly operating profit. No further corporate guidance, market reaction, or regulatory detail was included in the source text.1150
Anthropic2026-08-14 21:31:42Bloomberg: Anthropic’s preliminary Q2 revenue topped $11.5 billionBloomberg reported that Anthropic posted preliminary second-quarter revenue of more than $11.5 billion, a jump of at least 14 times from $787 million a year earlier. The figure also came in above the company’s first-quarter revenue of $4.73 billion. According to the report, Anthropic also turned adjusted operating profit positive during the quarter. Separately, the company’s annualized revenue had already surpassed $47 billion in May. The update points to a sharp acceleration in the company’s top-line growth over both the prior-year period and the immediately preceding quarter.1200
Upbit2026-08-14 14:48:04Dunamu, operator of Upbit, posts 73% quarter-on-quarter drop in Q2 operating profitDunamu, the operator of South Korean crypto exchange Upbit, reported weaker results for the second quarter of 2026. The company posted revenue of 173.5 billion won, or about $123 million, and operating profit of 23.5 billion won, or about $16.65 million. Compared with the first quarter, revenue fell about 26% and operating profit dropped about 73%. For reference, Dunamu recorded first-quarter revenue of 234.6 billion won, or about $166 million, and operating profit of 88 billion won, or about $62.34 million. The company said the decline in second-quarter performance was mainly tied to a broader contraction in global digital asset market liquidity. It added that investor sentiment weakened as a result. The latest figures point to a sharp slowdown from the previous quarter, with profitability taking a much bigger hit than revenue. Dunamu attributed that pressure to market conditions rather than to a company-specific factor.1320
Metaplanet2026-08-14 05:37:42Metaplanet H1 FY2026 Revenue Up 134% YoY to ¥4.94 BillionMetaplanet's CEO, Simon Gerovich, has disclosed financial results for the company's fiscal first half of 2026. Revenue for the period reached 4.94 billion yen, representing a 134% increase compared with the same period last year. Operating profit amounted to 3.33 billion yen, up 136% year on year. The firm also reported net assets of 340.88 billion yen, which is 25.7% lower than the figure at the end of fiscal 2025. The numbers were reported by ChainCatcher. These figures reflect increases in revenue and operating profit, alongside a decline in net assets versus the prior year-end.1460
SK Hynix2026-07-26 03:55:33SK Hynix Q2 profit seen hitting record, combined earnings with Samsung may top KRW 150 trillionSK Hynix is set to release its second-quarter results on July 29, and market estimates point to record profitability following Samsung Electronics’ earlier earnings update. Data compiled by Yonhap Infomax from reports issued by 14 brokerage firms over the past month show SK Hynix is expected to post second-quarter revenue of KRW 84.0597 trillion and operating profit of KRW 64.0899 trillion. The projected operating profit would exceed the company’s full-year 2025 operating profit of KRW 47.2 trillion by roughly KRW 17 trillion. Combined with first-quarter operating profit of KRW 37.6103 trillion, SK Hynix’s first-half operating profit would surpass KRW 100 trillion. Earlier this month, Samsung Electronics said its DS division delivered operating profit of KRW 89.4 trillion in a preliminary earnings release. If SK Hynix meets current market expectations, the two South Korean memory chip makers would post more than KRW 150 trillion in combined operating profit for the second quarter.1420
