JOON HYOUNG LEE

Bernstein, a major Wall Street investment bank (IB), maintained its price target for Circle, the issuer of the dollar stablecoin USDC, at $190. According to DL News and others on the 26th, Bernstein assigned Circle an “outperform” rating and kept its

An analysis has emerged that deleveraging in the Bitcoin (BTC) market is gaining pace. On-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant said in its weekly report on the 26th (local time) that “the Bitcoin market has now entered a deleveraging phase,” adding t

Swiss-based crypto-focused financial firm Sygnum has rolled out an institutional crypto asset management service. According to Cointelegraph on the 26th (local time), Sygnum announced it would launch an institutional crypto asset management service c

Uniswap (UNI) jumped nearly 15% on discussions about expanding fees. According to CoinMarketCap on the 26th (local time), Uniswap at one point traded in the $4.20 range, up about 15% from the previous day. As of 7:28 p.m. that day, Uniswap is trading

An analysis has suggested that Bitcoin (BTC) may be in the mid-to-late stages of a bear market. Crypto analytics firm Glassnode said in its weekly report on the 25th (local time) that “Bitcoin is moving sideways in the $60,000–$70,000 range, down 47%

Stablecoin platform AllUnity has launched a Swiss franc-backed stablecoin. According to Cointelegraph on the 26th (local time), AllUnity announced it would launch the stablecoin “CHFAU” that day. CHFAU is a stablecoin whose value is pegged 1:1 to the

An analysis suggests it is still too early to conclude that Bitcoin (BTC), which has recently rebounded, has entered an uptrend. A CryptoQuant contributor from XWIN Research Japan said via CryptoQuant on the 26th (local time), “Bitcoin’s recent rebou

Sam Bankman-Fried, who founded cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which went bankrupt in 2022, has cited the US crypto market structure bill known as the Clarity Act. In a post on X on the 25th (local time), Bankman-Fried said, "The Clarity Act will be a m

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum (ETH), has been found to have sold Ethereum worth USD 33 million (about KRW 47 billion) so far this month. According to Onchain Lens on the 25th (local time), Buterin has sold 16,420 Ethereum from the 2nd of th

Bitcoin (BTC) rose above $67,000. According to CoinMarketCap on the 26th, as of 12:04 a.m. that day, Bitcoin was trading at $67,205.38, up 5.94% from the previous day. Compared with a week earlier, it was down 0.19%. The so-called “Kimchi premium” ca

Crypto asset manager 21Shares is launching a financial product in the European Union (EU) that allows investors to gain exposure to Strategy’s preferred stock, “Stretch.” 21Shares said on the 25th (local time) it will list a Stretch-linked exchange-t

The United States will impose tariffs of 15% or more on some countries. The countries subject to tariffs of 15% or higher were not disclosed. According to Reuters on the 25th (local time), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer said in an in

Tether (USDT), the issuer of the dollar stablecoin, is investing in the online marketplace Whop. Tether said on the 25th (local time) it has decided to make a strategic investment in Whop. Tether explained, "Whop is a platform where people create con

Hong Kong will issue its first stablecoin licence next month. According to The Block on the 25th (local time), Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan said that "the first licence for fiat-referenced stablecoin issuers will be approved next month." H

Bitcoin (BTC) mining stocks such as Terawulf have posted gains so far this month. According to CoinDesk on the 25th (local time), shares of bitcoin miner Terawulf rose about 31% this month. Shares of other bitcoin miners Cipher Digital and Hut 8 also

Bitcoin (BTC) rose above $66,000. According to CoinMarketCap on the 25th, as of 9:55 p.m. that day, Bitcoin was trading at $66,145.22, up 4.91% from the previous day. Compared with a week earlier, it was down 2.06%. The kimchi premium came in at the

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has made a large bitcoin transfer to Coinbase. According to Onchain Lens on the 25th (local time), BlackRock deposited 1,134 bitcoins into Coinbase that day. At current prices, that amounts to $74.18 mill

An analysis has emerged that whales (large investors) are stepping up their buying of Bitcoin (BTC). CW8900, a contributor to CryptoQuant, said via CryptoQuant on the 25th (local time) that "during this corrective phase, losses for Bitcoin on-chain i

Circle, the issuer of the U.S. dollar stablecoin USDC, reported that its revenue and income from reserve management in the fourth quarter of last year rose by nearly 80% from a year earlier. Circle said on the 25th (local time) that total revenue and

FG Nexus, a U.S. Nasdaq-listed company that has been stockpiling Ethereum (ETH), unloaded Ethereum worth $14 million (about 20 billion won). According to Lookonchain on the 25th (local time), FG Nexus sold 7,550 Ether that day. At current prices, the

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum (ETH), has reportedly sold as many as 17,000 ether so far this month. CoinDesk, citing data from blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence on the 25th (local time), reported that the ETH holdings in Buterin

Police have arrested a group accused of leaking bitcoin (BTC) seized by Gangnam Police Station to the outside. The Cyber Investigation Division of the Gyeonggi Northern Provincial Police Agency said on the 25th that it has arrested and is questioning

Bitcoin (BTC) appears to have registered its highest level of selling pressure in the past three months. Gaah, a contributor at CryptoQuant, said via CryptoQuant on the 25th (local time) that “since July 2025, the dominant force in the (Bitcoin) mark

Anchorage Digital, a U.S. crypto infrastructure firm, has been found to hold preferred shares of Strategy, the world’s largest Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company. Nathan McCauley, CEO of Anchorage Digital, said on X on the 24th (local time), “Anchorage D

Jeonbuk Bank is reviewing a plan to pursue a crypto wallet business. There is also speculation that the wallet service could later be integrated with GOPAX, a domestic cryptocurrency exchange. According to industry sources on the 25th, Jeonbuk Bank h

The Democratic Party of Korea is pushing a bill that would require financial influencers who recommend investments in stocks and cryptocurrencies to disclose their financial assets. According to the National Assembly and other sources on the 25th, Re

Tron (TRX) posted a more than 16% increase in transaction count in the fourth quarter of last year compared with the previous quarter. According to Lookonchain on the 25th (local time), Tron logged 994 million transactions in Q4 of last year, up 16.5

Governments and institutional investors were found to have bought as many as 1 million bitcoins (BTC) last year. Analysts say institutional adoption is accelerating despite the recent downtrend in Bitcoin prices. River, a crypto financial platform, s