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Heavy selling pressure breached Kioxia's support levels, sending its stock price down more than 15% in a single day to hit a new low since May of this year.

As the U.S. midterm elections approach, the three major U.S. stock indexes and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index collectively suffered a sharp decline.

As the US midterm elections enter the final countdown, Japanese and South Korean stock markets opened lower on risk aversion, with Samsung falling below the 220,000 mark and Kioxia tumbling 12%, while the market remains in wait-and-see mode for a post-election rebound.

Although BTC could potentially retest its low and drop back to near $57,000 in November, the resolution of uncertainties—especially if the Clarity Act is approved—will quickly attract sidelined capital back into risk assets. This makes a Bitcoin breakthrough above $100,000 highly probable, though the timing is more likely to fall between mid-to-late November and the end of December, rather than on the November 3 voting day itself.

If the Devcon conference fails to reach a consensus on how to fix EIP-8037, leading to the indefinite postponement of Glamsterdam and EIP-7732, ETH prices could suffer a setback and test the $2,000 mark. As this level converges dense trading volume nodes across multiple cycles, an immediate breakdown is unlikely. However, if the Fed's FOMC delivers hawkish signals that trigger a sell-off in global high-beta risk assets, there is a high probability that ETH could drop to test this year's bottom of $1,500.

Binance narrowly intercepted $3 billion, while BNB staged a strong V-shaped recovery to break above $700, with short-term targets pointing toward $800.

The KOSPI plunged 5%, triggering a Sidecar mechanism to stabilize the market, while SK Hynix and Kioxia both tumbled 7%.

Sharp drops in SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics dragged the KOSPI down by more than 5%, triggering a sidecar mechanism to cool program selling.

Amazon's financial results missed expectations, sending its stock tumbling 12% and testing the key $200 level technically.

Binance suffered a major hack with potential losses reaching $2 billion, sparking a wave of panic selling across the cryptocurrency market.

The KOSPI gapped down 4.1%, falling below 5,700 points, with Kioxia dropping over 7%, while SK Hynix and SoftBank tumbled more than 5%.

Japanese and South Korean markets diverged at elevated levels, with Japan outperforming and South Korea underperforming. Samsung plunged 4% in a sell-the-news reaction, sending the KOSPI below the 6,000-point mark, while the Nikkei extended its strong rally to a fourth straight session.

Although Marvell's acquisition of Lumentum remains unconfirmed, a surge in buying pressure sent Lumentum soaring 15%, briefly breaching the $1,000 mark.

Alphabet's financial results missed expectations, causing its stock price to plunge 10% and setting up a critical make-or-break battle to defend the $270 level on the technical front.

The Federal Reserve held rates steady as expected, driving a strong rebound in crypto assets, with Bitcoin returning to $81,000.

Japanese and South Korean markets slowed their rally after a sharp surge, with the KOSPI holding steady at the 6,000-point mark, Kioxia surging over 5%, and SK Hynix surpassing 1.5 million won.

The KOSPI surged 6.63%, breaching the 6,000-point mark, as SK Hynix rallied 11%, Kioxia soared nearly 14%, and Samsung and SoftBank joined the rally.

SoftBank has partnered with five Japanese companies to deploy quantum computing platforms, attracting aggressive capital inflows and sending its stock price surging by more than 4%.

The KOSPI Index surged over 5%, with extremely intense buying momentum prompting the Korea Exchange to trigger the Sidecar mechanism again to suspend program buying.

SK Hynix reported a record-breaking Q3 operating profit while announcing a massive 100 trillion won (approximately $75 billion) shareholder return plan, sending its stock price surging 4%.