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Global Web3 venture capital firm Hashed officially announced the speakers and institutions participating in the ADFW 2025 'Web3 Leaders Roundtable' taking place on the 10th (local time). Hashed is co-hosting the event with ADGM Emerging Tech, the tec
Global web3 venture capital (VC) Hashed's subsidiary ShardLab will demonstrate a demo version of the AI agent-based stablecoin payment technology 'x402 protocol'. ShardLab announced on the 9th that it will present the x402 demo version at 'Solana Bre
Korbit Research Center, under domestic virtual asset exchange Korbit, announced on the 8th that it published its fourth annual report, "2026 Virtual Asset Market Outlook," which forecasts the virtual asset market for the new year, on the 5th. This re
Domestic virtual asset exchange Coinone announced on the 8th that it will hold a customer event to celebrate the launch of the installment investment service 'Coinmoeugi'. Coinone's 'Coinmoeugi Launch Commemorative Event' runs from December 8 to Dece
South Korea's largest virtual asset exchange operator Dunamu, which runs Upbit, said on the 8th that it had frozen KRW 2.6 billion of assets damaged by hacking. Earlier, Upbit detected abnormal withdrawal activity on a virtual asset wallet in the Sol
Domestic virtual asset exchange Bithumb announced on the 8th that it has partnered with education company YBM Net and will run the 'TOEIC Spec-Up Promotion' event until February next year. The core of the promotion is offering YBM Net's 'TOEIC test p
Global Web3 venture capital (VC) firm Hashed predicted that next year application services using virtual assets and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure will begin in earnest. Hashed said on the 8th that it released its annual report 'Protocol
Digital asset wallet specialist company IoTrust (IoTrust) said on the 8th that it received the '$2 million Export Tower' at the 62nd Trade Day ceremony hosted by the Korea International Trade Association. This award follows last year's '$1 million Ex
Coinone, a domestic virtual asset exchange, announced on the 5th that it opened a corporate-only service page, 'Coinone BIZ (BIZ).' Coinone BIZ is a corporate-dedicated service page designed to make it easier for corporate customers to start investin
Domestic virtual asset (cryptocurrency) exchange GOPAX announced on the 4th that it has launched a 'membership program' that provides benefits according to customers' usage experience. The membership program converts customers' trades and activities
Blockchain and fintech specialist Dunamu announced on the 4th that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hana Financial Group to jointly develop blockchain-based financial services. The two companies will pursue ▲the establishment of
ETHGas, an Ethereum (ETH) infrastructure project, on the 3rd (local time) unveiled the roadmap for the 'Open Gas Initiative' to eliminate gas fees on the Ethereum network. Open Gas is a program developed by ETHGas to reduce the gas fee burden on Ethe
Decentralized lending protocol Mutuum Finance said on the 30th (local time) that "it will raise the price per token to $0.04 in the Phase 7 presale." Mutuum Finance is currently conducting the Phase 6 presale of its native token, MUTM. The MUTM presa
Decentralized lending protocol Mutuum Finance said on the 29th that "participation in the ongoing token presale is increasing due to updates related to testnet development and audits." Mutuum Finance is currently conducting the Phase 6 presale of its
Decentralized lending protocol Mutuum Finance's sixth token presale allocation has been nearly 100% sold. Mutuum Finance plans to launch a testnet within the year. On the 28th, according to industry sources, Mutuum Finance's native token MUTM's Phase
The decentralized lending protocol Mutuum Finance's sixth token presale allocation has been reported to be nearly 95% sold out. As the market views it as a promising DeFi project, analysts say token demand could accelerate. According to industry sour
Min Byung-deok, a member of the National Assembly's Committee on Economy and Finance from the Democratic Party, on the 26th released a report that directly refutes the '7 major stablecoin risks' presented recently by the Bank of Korea. The report was
Korbit, a domestic virtual asset exchange, said on the 24th that its Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Lee Jung-woo attended the 'C-Suite Roundtable for Financial Firms Preparing for 2026' held at The Westin Chosun Seoul on the 18th of this month and ga
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Global blockchain research firm Messari has spotlighted the AI startup ChatAndBuild. Messari analyzes that ChatAndBuild is demonstrating the potential of the next-generation AI model 'Non-Fungible Agent (NFA)'. According to industry sources on the 21
Taiko (TAIKO), an Ethereum (ETH) rollup project, announced on the 21st that it has launched its own decentralized exchange 'TaikoSwap (TaikoSwap).' The exchange was launched as a core infrastructure of Taiko's decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem t
The event was attended by industry experts, blockchain developers, early-stage entrepreneurs, university project leads, and game studio developers, who shared the latest technology trends and development experiences. The event was co-hosted by blockc
HelloTrade, a blockchain-based trading platform founded by former employees of the world's largest asset manager BlackRock, has raised $4.6 million (about 6.8 billion won) in seed funding. HelloTrade said on the 20th (local time) that it had closed a
Nexon's blockchain subsidiary Nexspace said on the 20th that it will set up an ecosystem fund of up to US$50 million (about 70 billion won). The fund will be used for the long-term growth of the entire Nexspace ecosystem, including the blockchain gam
Ethereum infrastructure project ETHGas said on the 19th that it has implemented the 'Realtime Blocks (Realtime Blocks)' technology on the Ethereum mainnet, which can split blocks into 0.1 seconds (100ms) units. This technology is evaluated as a core
Taiko (TAIKO), an Ethereum (ETH) rollup project, announced on the 18th that Taiko's stack has been adopted as the underlying technology for the Ethereum Name Service (ENS)'s Namechain. Namechain is a new Layer 2 blockchain that ENS is pursuing. ENS w
As derivative trading based on real-world assets (RWA) expands in the crypto market, Ostium is drawing attention. Ostium is an Arbitrum-based perpetual futures platform designed to allow direct trading of foreign exchange, indices, commodities, equit
Domestic virtual assets (cryptocurrencies) exchange Korbit (Korbit) said on the 17th that it officially opened its 'coin lending' service, which allows borrowing up to 24 virtual assets. Korbit users can borrow up to 24 coins using a total of 12 asse
Dunamu, the operator of the digital asset exchange Upbit, said on the 14th that it significantly raised its third-quarter revenue and operating profit compared with the previous quarter. Dunamu's consolidated revenue for the third quarter of this yea
Bithumb said on the 14th that it will run the 'Bithumb Reward Event' with 11st until the 30th of this month. This event was prepared to coincide with 11st's biggest shopping event of the year, 'Grand 11 Day', and is an event in which participants sha