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Finance

Mutual funds lag as ETF fee war deepens for asset managers

South Korea's exchange-traded fund market has entered an era of more than 300 trillion won in net assets, but asset managers are growing more concerned as fee cuts intensify. More than 60 percent of net inflows into domestic public funds in 2025 went to ETFs, as active equity funds fell out of favor. Large firms have lowered total fees to around 0.01 percent, squeezing margins. Authorities and the industry have introduced listed share classes of public funds to improve access, while experts call for more differentiated portfolio strategies.

AI & Enterprise

Anthropic shakes global stock markets as its AI profile rises

Anthropic, often grouped with OpenAI and Google as a Big 3 in large language models but viewed as No. 3, is gaining prominence after unveiling Claude Co-Work and its latest model, Claude Opus 4.6. The releases have been linked to declines in software company shares and wider discussion of a “death of software.” Reports cited by the article show rapid growth in annualised revenue and rising enterprise market share, with strong usage in LLM APIs and coding tools.

Crypto

Bitcoin breaks below 100 million won mark as Bithumb hit by mistaken transfer incident

Bitcoin fell sharply on Feb. 6 night to the $65,000 range, triggering selling across the crypto market and coinciding with weakness in U.S. stocks. On Upbit, bitcoin traded in the 90 million won range, below the 100 million won threshold. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dismissed the possibility of intervening in bitcoin markets. In Korea, Bithumb mistakenly deposited 2,000 bitcoin per person instead of 2,000 won and later announced full compensation measures and plans for a 100 billion won investor protection fund.