Omdia: China's semiconductor market will exceed $800 billion by 2026, with the memory chip market surging by 262.9%.
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Huahong Grace Semiconductor surges over 10% to a record high; total market capitalization of A+H shares surpasses 360 billion yuan.
According to Mars Finance, Huahong Grace Semiconductor, a leading semiconductor foundry, extended its gains to 10% intraday, hitting a new all-time high, with its total market capitalization (A+H shares) exceeding 360 billion yuan. (Cailian Press)
Momenta, dubbed the "first stock in physics AI," has completed its IPO, with its market capitalization once exceeding HK$70 billion.
Odaily Odaily reports that Momenta, dubbed the "first stock in physical AI," has completed its IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The offering price was HK$295.6 per share, and the public offering was oversubscribed by 414 times. The stock opened slightly higher, with its market capitalization briefly exceeding HK$70 billion. Assuming the "greenshoe option" (over-allotment option) is fully exercised, the global offering consisted of approximately 22.93 million shares, raising approximately HK$6.8 billion. According to ZhenFund, Momenta announced that its mass-produced business has surpassed 1 million units equipped with its technology.
In pre-market trading on the US stock market, semiconductor, memory, and optical communication sectors continued their decline, with Micron and SanDisk both falling by more than 5%.
According to Mars Finance, on July 8th, based on BIT (bit.com) market data, semiconductor stocks generally fell in pre-market trading in the US. Marvell Technology (MRVL) fell 4.46%, Arm (ARM) fell 3.51%, Intel (INTC) fell 3.47%, Lam Research (LRCX) fell 3.11%, and Applied Materials (AMAT) fell 2.85%. The memory sector saw the largest declines, with SanDisk (SNDK) falling 5.59%, Micron Technology (MU) falling 5.28%, Western Digital (WDC) falling 4.53%, and Seagate Technology (STX) falling 4.19%. Optical communication concept stocks also came under pressure, with Astera Labs (ALAB) down 4.57%, Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) down 4.47%, Credo (CRDO) down 4.42%, Corning (GLW) down 4.22%, Ciena (CIEN) down 3.69%, and Coherent (COHR) down 3.44%.
South Korean stocks plunge 20%, nearing a bear market; the AI boom faces the awkward situation of "the more disastrous the earnings, the steeper the decline."
According to BlockBeats, on Wednesday afternoon, July 8th, South Korean stocks extended their losses as investors reassessed the outlook for AI demand. The KOSPI index fell by more than 6% at one point, breaking below 7200 points, and has cumulatively fallen by more than 20% from its all-time high last month, poised to enter technical bear market territory. Memory chip maker SK Hynix fell by as much as 5%, and Samsung Electronics fell by 6.9%. The Korea Exchange initiated a temporary trading halt on the KOSPI index, suspending algorithmic trading. South Korean stocks were among the strongest performing markets globally this year, but their performance is highly dependent on SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics, amplifying volatility when sector sentiment weakens. Even with Samsung Electronics announcing a 19-fold surge in quarterly profits earlier this week, chip stocks continued to be under pressure. Jordan Klein, a TMT sector expert at Mizuho Securities, stated that investors overreacted to Samsung's preliminary second-quarter results. He believes this sell-off in semiconductor stocks is more a sign of waning momentum than a deterioration in fundamentals. Klein stated that excluding one-off bonus expenses, Samsung's operating profit actually significantly exceeded expectations, with its storage business implied operating margin potentially exceeding 80%. He indicated that Samsung's single-quarter operating profit has already surpassed the total of the past three years, and reacting to Samsung's stock price based solely on preliminary results is "extremely short-sighted." Meanwhile, an AI trading rotation occurred in Asian markets. Hong Kong-listed Chinese stocks rose, with the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index rising as much as 3.4%, the Hang Seng Tech Index rising over 5% intraday, Alibaba rising over 8%, and Tencent rising over 3%. Market analysts believe that funds are flowing from crowded trades focused on AI infrastructure to markets with lower valuations and more value-oriented characteristics. Reuters' report on DeepSeek's self-developed chip and The Information's report on Zhipu AI considering designing its own AI chip further fueled this rotation. (Jinshi)
Data: Since 2026, foreign capital outflows from the South Korean stock market have exceeded $100 billion.
According to Odaily Odaily, Coin Bureau published an article on the X platform stating that since the beginning of 2026, foreign investors have withdrawn more than $100 billion from the South Korean stock market.
Binance Research released a stablecoin industry report: platform stablecoin reserves reached $53 billion, with market share rising to 57%.
Odaily Odaily that Binance Research has released an industry report titled "Stablecoins: Reshaping the Financial Landscape." The report shows that as of now, Binance's stablecoin reserves have reached $53 billion, increasing its market share from 54% to 57%, approximately $42 billion higher than the second-largest exchange. Meanwhile, in the first five months of 2026, the cumulative trading volume of TradeFi-related perpetual contracts exceeded $1.1 trillion, with Binance accounting for over $500 billion, representing approximately 47% of the market share. Furthermore, since 2022, Binance Wealth Management has distributed $1.2 billion in yield to over 14 million stablecoin users; BNB Chain sees 10 million daily stablecoin transactions and 15 million monthly active addresses, representing a market share of approximately 24% by transaction volume. The report points out that stablecoins are evolving from crypto asset trading tools into a crucial global financial settlement infrastructure, and Binance has built a one-stop stablecoin financial ecosystem covering trading, payments, yields, investment, and on-chain ecosystem.