The performance of Asian stock markets in the past two years can be summed up in one word: crazy.

Just look at the numbers. The Korea KOSPI index increased by 75.6% in 2025, marking the largest annual gain since 1999. Samsung Electronics soared by 125% for the year, and SK Hynix was even more aggressive, skyrocketing by 274%, both hitting record highs. Not only Korea is excited; Japan's Nikkei 225 index also surged by over 10,000 points, stabilizing above the 50,000-point mark.

What is behind this? It's simple—AI and semiconductors.

What does SK Hynix's 274% increase indicate? It shows that HBM high-bandwidth memory has exploded. This isn't an optional component; it's a necessity for training large models. As competition among AI models intensifies, the demand for such high-end chips has opened the floodgates, and demand simply can't be stopped.

But there's an interesting question: will this AI chip boom also spill over into the Crypto AI sector? Will these two markets generate some kind of linkage? It's worth pondering.