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The crypto-asset (cryptocurrency) market is posting broad-based gains. Prices of major crypto assets, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, are rebounding in tandem, signaling an improvement in investor sentiment. According to Binance’s Tether (USDT) marke
An advisory committee under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recommended adopting a policy that would allow trading of blockchain-based token securities (ST) on a limited basis. On the 12th (local time), the SEC’s Investor Adviso
On decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Aave (AAVE), an investor attempted to buy tokens worth $50 million (about 74 billion won) but suffered massive “slippage” (the gap between the order price and the actual execution price), wiping out most of th
KGeN, a decentralised verification-based distributed protocol, said on the 9th that it successfully held its community event 'VeriFi: Seoul After Hours' in Seoul on the 26th of last month. The event was organised as a forum where key participants in
ZX Squared Capital, a crypto investment firm, said Bitcoin (BTC) has entered a full-fledged bear market and that further price declines are likely within the year. According to CoinDesk on the 6th (local time), CK Jung, founder of ZX Squared Capital,
More than $300 million exited the US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) market in a single day. According to on-chain data platform SoSoValue on the 6th (local time), the 12 US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded total net outflows of $348.83 million. No
Bitcoin mining companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges have accelerated selling amid a bear market in the crypto-asset space. Since October last year, they have offloaded more than 15,000 coins into the market. According to data analytics platform T
BlockFills, a Chicago-based crypto (cryptocurrency) trading and lending platform, has moved to launch a full-scale restructuring process after suspending customer withdrawals. According to the Financial Times (FT) on the 6th (local time), BlockFills
Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX, forecast that amid the armed conflict in the Middle East over the weekend, decentralized crypto exchanges (DEXs) would serve as a barometer for international crude oil prices in place of traditional financial marke
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has moved to sharply limit redemptions in a major private credit fund after facing large-scale withdrawal demands from clients. As concerns grow over the health of the fast-expanding private credit market
Beth Hammack, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, drew a line in the sand, saying US inflation remains too high and there is no reason to change the current monetary-policy stance for the time being. On the 6th (local time), Hammack s
Global prediction-market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket are reportedly pursuing fresh fundraising rounds, each aiming for a valuation of around $20 billion. However, with U.S. regulatory pressure on prediction markets intensifying, there are questio
Investor sentiment in the crypto-asset (cryptocurrency) market is rapidly freezing up as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East flare again. With Iran’s armed provocations spreading to neighboring countries and signs emerging that the situation cou
A large-scale outflow of funds hit the market for spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) trading in the United States. According to data from TraderT on the 5th (local time), the 11 U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted net outflows totaling $240.14 milli
US spot Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted net inflows for a second consecutive session. According to data from TraderT on the 5th (local time), a total of $22.72 million (about 30 billion won) flowed into the nine spot Ethereum ETFs
Bitwise, a digital-asset (cryptocurrency) manager, said on the 5th (local time) that it has made its second annual donation to open-source developers responsible for the security and improvement of the Ethereum (ETH) network. In a press release, Bitw
Global quantum-computing company PsiQuantum has begun construction of a quantum-computer facility on the scale of 1 million qubits (qubit, the basic unit of quantum-computer computation)—a level widely viewed as capable of breaking Bitcoin (BTC)’s cr
Michael Selig, chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis met and aligned on advancing legislation on the crypto market structure. The Donald Trump administration’s push to bring crypto into the
US regulators are accelerating efforts to advance new supervisory measures for virtual assets (cryptocurrencies) and prediction markets. According to Bloomberg on the 5th (local time), the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity
US banking regulators have issued an official position that tokenized securities (ST) will be subject to the same capital rules as existing traditional securities. The move is expected to further accelerate the institutional adoption of tokenized sec
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) abruptly dropped a securities-law lawsuit it had brought against Tron (TRX) founder Justin Sun. According to the final ruling issued on the 5th (local time) by the US District Court for the Southern Dis
US grants stablecoins ‘safe-asset’ status Debates on allowing nonbank issuance and interest payments Korea sticks with the 51% rule and equity-stake restrictions Industry: “Galapagos-style regulation…risk of being left behind” National strategies to
Coinbase, a U.S. digital-asset (cryptocurrency) exchange, said on the 25th it will launch spot trading for ETHGas’ governance token, GWEI. According to Coinbase, trading in GWEI will be available only in supported regions and subject to meeting liqui
Stockplus, an investment information platform operated by Dunamu, said on the 25th that it has expanded the scope of information it provides beyond Korean equities to include overseas stocks and virtual assets (cryptocurrencies). A key highlight of t
IQ said on the 25th that its won-denominated stablecoin, “KRWQ,” has purchased South Korean government bonds held by Shinhan Securities as reserve assets. The bonds were tokenized through EtherFuse’s “Stablebond” framework and are being custody-held
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is reportedly seeking ways to enter the stablecoin payments market in the second half of this year. On the 23rd (local time), CoinDesk, citing multiple sources, reported: "Meta is considering partnerships with ex
U.S. President Donald Trump, strongly pushing back against a Supreme Court ruling that put the brakes on a key plank of his trade agenda, announced he would immediately raise a universal tariff applied worldwide from 10% to 15%. On the 21st (local ti
The US market for spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted a modest net inflow. According to data from SoSoValue on the 20th (local time), the total daily net inflow into spot Ethereum ETFs trading in the US came to $17,210. Reversing the pr
The US market for spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) swung back to net inflows after four trading sessions. Some institutional money appears to have returned even as volatility has recently intensified. According to data from SosoValue on the