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Ripple CEO Says Michael Saylor Has Hurt Crypto Market

Ripple Chief Executive Officer Brad Garlinghouse publicly criticized Strategy Chairman Michael Saylor's approach to buying Bitcoin. Garlinghouse told CNBC on June 26 that financial engineering does not create long-term value and that the lasting valu

Michael Saylor Signals Another Bitcoin Purchase, Says It’s ‘A Good Time to Add More’

Strategy Chairman Michael Saylor shared a chart of the company’s Bitcoin holdings on his X account on June 7, writing, “A good time to add more dots.” Strategy is considered the world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin. Saylor has repeatedly poste

Solayer Launches Visa Card for USDC Payments

Solayer has launched a card that allows users to spend stablecoins in everyday transactions. Cointelegraph reported on May 15 that Solayer rolled out a Visa card tied to the stablecoin USDC. The card supports online and offline purchases, as well as

Korbit signs MOU with KG Financial… “Cooperation on digital-asset payment services”

Korbit, a domestic virtual-asset exchange, said on the 31st that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with KG Financial (formerly KG Mobilians), an integrated payment services company, to build digital-asset payment services. The MOU was

Dunamu discloses results of 'Upclass Senior'… “Digital finance confidence among those 50 and older up 156%”

Dunamu, the operator of Upbit, South Korea’s virtual-asset exchange, said on the 31st that it has disclosed the results of its “Senior Retirement Assets Value Upclass (Upclass Senior)” program, which it has run from September last year through recent

Bithumb, SSG Landers sponsor women’s baseball, raising 40 million won in donations

Bithumb, a South Korean crypto exchange, said on the 30th that it held a ceremony to deliver equipment to support women’s baseball using funds raised through the fan-participation donation campaign “Bithumb Donation Challenge,” carried out with the S

KGeN posts Q1 ARR of $83.5 million...up 300% YoY

KGeN, a decentralized verification-based distributed protocol, disclosed its first-quarter performance metrics on the 26th. KGeN said its annual recurring revenue (ARR) for the first quarter of this year came to $83.5 million, up 309% from a year ear

AI game creation platform 'Verse8' raises seed funding…$5 million round

Verse8, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based game creation platform, said on the 26th that it has raised $5 million (about 7.5 billion won) in seed funding. Participants in the round included the IP blockchain project Story Foundation, NEXPACE, Nexo

Future House signs partnerships with Web3 clubs at 10 universities in South Korea…to run a talent-development program

Future House, a blockchain education organization and community hub, said it has signed collaboration agreements with Web3 clubs at major universities across South Korea and plans to operate a talent-development program. Participating in the collabor

ETHGas to hold 'ETH Capital Summit' next month… “Linking Korean institutions with Ethereum”

ETHGas (ETHGas), an Ethereum (ETH) infrastructure project, said on the 24th that it will host its first “ETH Capital Summit” on the 15th of next month at The RAUM in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. ETH Capital is a global Ethereum conference hosted by ETHGas. Thi

Katana enters derivatives with IDEX acquisition… “Strengthening the chain’s revenue model”

Katana said on the 24th (local time) that it will launch its own derivatives product, “Katana Perps,” through the acquisition of decentralized exchange IDEX. Through the deal, Katana plans to build out the perpetual futures market—DeFi’s highest-volu

Surf Unveils No-Code Crypto Builder 'Surf 2.0'…Build Web Apps with AI

Crypto-focused AI platform Surf on the 24th launched 'Surf 2.0,' which enables users to build crypto products using natural-language prompts alone. With this update, Surf said it provides an environment where users can build crypto analytics tools an

Korea Buidl Week 2026 to be held in Seoul in April… bringing together developer and investor communities

The Korea Buidl Week Alliance (KBWA) said on the 17th that the blockchain and digital-asset event “Korea Buidl Week 2026” will be held across Seoul from April 13 to 19. Launched in 2018, Korea Buidl Week is the country’s longest-running developer-foc

Chiliz to join 'DC Blockchain Summit 2026' as main sponsor

Chiliz (CHZ), a global sports and entertainment blockchain company, said on the 16th that it will participate as the main sponsor of the 'DC Blockchain Summit 2026 (DC Blockchain Summit 2026),' to be held in Washington, D.C., from the 17th to the 18t

Korbit builds dual-redundant KRW deposit/withdrawal system, calling it an "industry first"

Korbit, a South Korean crypto exchange, said on the 16th that it has completed the industry’s first dual-redundant system for Korean won (KRW) deposits and withdrawals. The core of the project was diversifying the intermediary firm-banking network th

Tiger Research publishes an analytical report on Lambda256: "Supporting institutional adoption of digital assets"

Web3-focused research firm Tiger Research said on the 16th that it has published an analytical report on blockchain technology company "Lambda256." The report analyzes market trends, focusing on the key requirements financial institutions need when a

Iris scans and street snacks… 'World Chat Pocha' Ikseon-dong pop-up opens

World will run a three-day pop-up event, “World Chat Pocha,” from the 13th to the 15th at “World Space Seoul” in Ikseon-dong, Seoul. The event—combining its human-verification technology, “Proof of Human,” with an offline dining experience—marks the

Selanet launches ‘Agent-Node’… “Decentralized infrastructure dedicated to AI agents”

Selanet, a decentralized web access infrastructure dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI) agents, said on the 12th that it has launched a new version of its infrastructure that converts existing DePIN nodes into ‘Agent-Nodes’. Agent-Nodes are dece

[Key Economic & Crypto Calendar for the Week] US February CPI and More

▶︎ 9 (Mon): △US daylight saving time begins (local time: Sunday the 8th) △China Feb Consumer Price Index (CPI) (local time 09:30, Korea time 10:30), △China Feb Producer Price Index (PPI) (local time 09:30, Korea time 10:30) ▶︎ 10 (Tue): △South Korea

Centrifuge partners with Pharos to build on-chain distribution infrastructure for RWA assets

Centrifuge and Pharos are moving to build on-chain distribution infrastructure for real-world assets (RWA). The two companies said on the 5th that, through the partnership, they will push ahead with building infrastructure that expands on-chain acces

Sahara AI unveils 2026 expansion roadmap… “Accelerating the build-out of an open AI ecosystem”

Sahara AI (SAHARA) said on the 5th that it has unveiled a 2026 roadmap reflecting the growing importance of “AI agents.” Sahara AI is a decentralized AI infrastructure project that builds the protocols, infrastructure and applications that enable AI

Korbit Builds Support Framework to Expand Corporate Client Base for 'Staking Plus'

Digital asset exchange Korbit said on the 5th that it has established a technical and operational support framework to expand its corporate customer base for its flexible staking service, 'Staking Plus.' Korbit explained that it has completed prepara

Bithumb expands platform support for 'TWAP'… now available on app, PC and mobile web

Bithumb, a South Korean digital-asset exchange, said on the 5th that it has expanded support for its “time-weighted average price (TWAP)” feature—previously available only in some environments—to the Bithumb app, PC and mobile web. The TWAP feature a

Katana launches DeFi product integrated with Binance Wallet and OKX Earn… TVL tops $500 million

DeFi-focused blockchain Katana has rolled out a service integrated with Binance Wallet and OKX Earn. Katana said on the 5th that it is connecting Binance Wallet and OKX’s onchain yield products with its own DeFi yield infrastructure. The integration

"Boosted Bitcoin utility"… Threshold launches 'all-in-one liquidity app'

Threshold Network, a decentralized blockchain protocol, said on the 4th that it has updated its DApp and launched an "All-in-One Bitcoin Liquidity App." The Threshold app is designed to let users transfer Bitcoin to major blockchain networks and put

Hankyung Bloomingbit signs strategic partnership with Abstract

Bloomingbit, a virtual-asset (cryptocurrency) specialist subsidiary of Hankyung Media Group—the country’s largest business media group with 14 million digital subscribers—announced on the 4th that it has signed a strategic partnership with Ethereum L

Iotrust and Cashmallow enter Japan’s yen stablecoin business

Iotrust and Cashmallow will jointly issue and operate a compliance-focused stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the Japanese yen. On the 4th, the two companies said they are entering the yen-pegged stablecoin business based on the electronic payment instrument (

Citrea launches 'Citrea Foundation,' a dedicated organization for expanding Bitcoin infrastructure

Citrea, a Bitcoin scaling protocol, has launched an independent organization—the 'Citrea Foundation'—aimed at accelerating Bitcoin’s programmable future. On the 2nd (local time), the Citrea team announced the establishment of the foundation via its o

Korbit revamps its web trading system, citing “improved user experience”

Korbit, a digital-asset exchange, said on the 3rd that it has revamped its PC web-based Web Trading System (WTS) to improve the user experience (UX). The overhaul aims to enhance trading convenience and information accessibility by reflecting users’

Dunamu completes proof of concept with Hana Financial Group for overseas remittance technology based on 'GIWA Chain'

Dunamu, the operator of Upbit, said on the 27th that it has completed a proof of concept (PoC) with Hana Financial Group for a blockchain-based overseas remittance service. Specifically, the PoC converted remittance messages that had been exchanged b