According to BlockBeats, Binance Alpha will airdrop tokens at 19:00 (UTC+8) on July 16th. Users with at least 250 Alpha points can claim tokens on a first-come, first-served basis until the airdrop pool is exhausted or the airdrop event ends. More details will be announced soon.

According to BlockBeats, on July 16th, based on statistics from the Financial Supervisory Service of Korea and a report from Goldman Sachs, South Korean individual investors suffered total actual losses of approximately 2.15 trillion won (about US$1.45 billion) in leveraged trading over the past month. These losses include forced liquidation of principal, declines in the net asset value of leveraged ETFs, debt incurred from margin calls, and losses on option premiums. On July 13th alone, over 1.2 million accounts in personal credit trading and leveraged products received margin call notices, with approximately 320,000 to 360,000 accounts being forcibly liquidated by brokerage firms, resulting in the complete loss of principal. The Goldman Sachs report indicates that forced liquidation on that day was a significant component of net institutional selling.

Among the accounts that experienced margin calls, young people aged 20 to 30 accounted for a staggering 62%, primarily those using 2x leveraged ETFs in the semiconductor sector, such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Meanwhile, the South Korean Financial Services Commission announced the launch of a nationwide unified debt counseling hotline, 1375, starting in October 2026, providing one-stop services for debt adjustment, personal bankruptcy counseling, and relief for victims of illegal private lending. This measure has been incorporated into the government's "Economic Crisis Suicide Prevention Measures" report to the National Assembly, aiming to prevent debt problems stemming from leveraged margin calls from escalating into a social crisis.

South Korea's Financial Services Commission today tightened regulations again, announcing new measures for leveraged single-stock ETFs, raising the minimum margin requirement for chip-related leveraged ETFs. The minimum margin has been increased from 10 million won to 30 million won, and only cash is accepted as margin. The limit for each leveraged transaction per stock is now 20 shares, down from 1 share previously. South Korea will also prohibit the listing of new leveraged single-stock products.