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Busan Digital Asset Exchange said April 23 that its digital-asset trading platform, Bdan, received the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award in the innovation brand category at the 18th Creative Management 2026 awards ceremony. The Creative Ma
Kakao Pay Corp. warned users to check their mobile security after malicious applications linked to virtual-asset scams, including Ponzi schemes and phishing, surged recently. On April 23, Kakao Pay said data from its "Kakao Pay Vaccine" security serv
Interview with SharpLink CEO Joseph Chalom Company Holds More Than 860,000 Ether Former BlackRock Executive Helped Lead Crypto ETF Launches Sees South Korea as Key Market, Says It Can Lead Asia Industry Should Persuade, Not Clash With, Government Reg
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds posted net inflows for a third straight trading day, with total assets edging closer to $100 billion. Data from SoSoValue showed the 13 US spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted a combined $26.05 million in net inflows as o
Layer-1 blockchain Sui outlined a vision for an “agentic finance” era in which artificial intelligence independently holds and manages assets. The company said it aims to remove intermediaries from traditional finance and make the movement of money a
Ha Tae-kyung, head of the Korea Insurance Institute, denied recent claims that the organization plans to invest 15% of its reserves in Bitcoin. The institute is a non-profit private corporation with no government capital, not a public institution fun
As the era of agentic AI — systems that can make decisions and act without human intervention — takes hold, blockchain is emerging as a core layer of trust infrastructure. Forbes reported on April 16 that major global financial institutions view bloc
Hanwha Investment & Securities plans to launch a digital asset platform based on real-world assets, or RWAs, early next year as it steps up its Web3 business. The company aims to win demand from institutions and wealthy clients through a "TraDeFi" mo
KRWQ, a Korean won-based stablecoin, has listed on EDX Markets, an institutional digital-asset exchange. The stablecoin was designed to make won-based transactions more efficient in an on-chain environment. The listing links KRWQ to spot trading in a
Joseph Chalom, CEO of SharpLink, said Ethereum will fundamentally reshape financial infrastructure. Speaking at the ETHCapital Summit hosted by EtherGas at the Raum Art Center in Seoul's Gangnam district on August 15, Chalom said the $700 trillion tr
Global venture capital firm Hashed offered a detailed assessment of accelerating institutional entry into Web3 in Southeast Asia and evolving regulatory conditions in South Korea. Speaking at the ETHCapital Summit held at Raum Art Center in Seoul's G
Ethereum infrastructure company EthGas said it has dramatically improved Ethereum’s performance and secured a large-scale investment partnership as it pushes to upgrade the blockchain’s ecosystem. At the ETHCapital Summit hosted by EthGas at Raum Art
AI agent economy gains traction B2A and A2A markets move into focus Stablecoins gain ground as a payment method Korea risks isolation if regulation lags Circle Chief Executive Officer Jeremy Allaire and Hashed CEO Kim Seo-jun said stablecoins will be
Jeremy Allaire, chief executive officer of Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, said South Korea needs to adopt a privately led won stablecoin to preserve the competitiveness of its economy. At a closed-door press briefing in Seoul's Gangnam di
Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, said it would establish a local unit and formally enter South Korea if the country finalizes regulations that allow overseas issuers to operate there. The company plans to secure the necessary licenses and e
‘Won stablecoin would be difficult to issue’ Focus on technology partnerships with Korean companies Tie-ups with local exchanges including Dunamu and Bithumb Talks with financial firms on cross-border payments and RWA Circle Internet Group, the issue
Bhutan, which has mined and held Bitcoin at the state level, has sold about 70% of its holdings over the past 18 months, CoinDesk reported. The drawdown has also raised questions over whether the country has effectively halted its hydropower-based mi
South Korea’s financial authorities are reviewing a plan to confiscate investors’ principal in virtual-asset trades that use nonpublic information. According to the financial industry on April 11, the Financial Services Commission is considering addi
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has completed appointments to its Innovation Task Force, or ITF, aimed at improving regulatory clarity for the digital-asset market. Cointelegraph reported on July 10 that the CFTC named the initial five
Bitwise Asset Management is moving into the final stages of launching a spot exchange-traded fund tied to Hyperliquid's HYPE token. The disclosure of a ticker and fee typically signals that a listing is near. In an updated filing with the Securities
Iran is running into practical obstacles in complying with President Donald Trump’s demand for the Strait of Hormuz to be reopened immediately. Tehran has not identified the exact locations of all the naval mines it scattered in the waterway during t
Grayscale has published a list of cryptocurrencies it is reviewing for potential investment products in the second quarter. In the list released on April 11, the asset manager named more than 30 tokens across four categories: smart contracts, financi
The US money supply has climbed to a record, adding to concerns about the dollar’s eroding purchasing power. The Kobeissi Letter wrote on April 10 that US M2, a broad measure of money supply, rose 4.8% from a year earlier to $22.6 trillion in Februar
The US and Iran are set to resume negotiations as early as the afternoon of Aug. 11 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Uncertainty remains over whether the meeting will go ahead, however, as Iran is sticking to its preconditions. Iran is ready to begin talks wi
Crypto infrastructure firm StarkWare has unveiled what it described as the first practical technology for defending Bitcoin against quantum-computing attacks without modifying the network. Even so, the approach is viewed as commercially unviable beca
A lunch event for holders of Official Trump (TRUMP), the meme coin bearing President Donald Trump’s name, is facing scrutiny from U.S. senators. Politico reported on May 9 that three senators — Elizabeth Warren, Adam Schiff and Richard Blumenthal — s
More than $100 million flowed into the US spot Ethereum ETF market, snapping a two-day stretch of net outflows. Data compiled by Trader T for July 9 showed US-listed spot Ethereum ETFs posted total net inflows of about $106.16 million. BlackRock's ET
More than $300 million flowed into the US spot Bitcoin ETF market in a single day. Data from Trader T showed the 12 spot Bitcoin ETFs trading in the US recorded combined net inflows of about $304.9 million on April 9. BlackRock's IBIT led with net in
World Liberty Financial, the decentralized finance project led by US President Donald Trump’s family, rejected recent claims that a large loan position on the platform faces a liquidation threat. In a post on its official X account on April 9, WLFI s