JOON HYOUNG LEE

An analysis has found that selling pressure in altcoins excluding Ethereum (ETH) has recently hit its highest level in five years. IT Tech, a CryptoQuant contributor, said on the 18th (local time) via CryptoQuant that "the 'Cumulative Buy/Sell Diff'

U.S. crypto venture capital (VC) firm Dragonfly has raised a new fund totaling $650 million. Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly, said on X on the 17th (local time), “We closed Dragonfly’s fourth fund at $650 million.” Dragonfly began work

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a cryptocurrency project backed by the family of U.S. President Donald Trump, has withdrawn more than 300 million of its own tokens from Binance. According to Onchain Lens on the 17th (local time), World Liberty Financ

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) sovereign wealth fund’s investment in spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is estimated to have surpassed $1 billion (about 1 trillion 400 billion won) as of the end of last year. According to CoinDesk on the

Bridge, a stablecoin infrastructure company owned by U.S. fintech Stripe, has cleared a key regulatory hurdle to establishing a bank. Bridge said on the 17th (local time) that it has received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of

Bitcoin (BTC), which has recently plunged, is failing to reclaim the $70,000 level. In the won market, the psychological support line of 100 million won has broken. Some are now questioning whether Bitcoin’s “digital gold” narrative has effectively c

Global investment bank (IB) Standard Chartered (SC) has lowered its Bitcoin (BTC) price target for this year. According to Walter Bloomberg on the 12th (local time), Standard Chartered on the day cut its year-end Bitcoin target to $100,000 from $150,

Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, mentioned the company’s in-house artificial intelligence (AI) agent. On the 12th (local time), Ardoino said via X that he is “testing Tether’s AI assistant ‘QVAC.’” Ardoino added that “(QVAC) runs even in laptop GPU envi

The White House is reportedly moving to persuade Democrats in an effort to avert a partial shutdown of the federal government. According to Walter Bloomberg on the 12th (local time), the White House recently provided Democrats with legislative langua

Crypto infrastructure provider Zerohash has begun supporting Circle (USDC) payments on Monad. According to The Block on the 12th (local time), Zerohash announced the previous day (the 11th) that it would add Monad (MON) to its stablecoin payments sys

US initial jobless claims last week came in above market expectations. The US Department of Labor said on the 12th (local time) that initial jobless claims totaled 227,000 last week. The figure was 5,000 higher than economists’ forecast of 222,000. I

A new analysis suggests Kevin Warsh, the nominee for the next chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed), is unlikely to pursue aggressive monetary tightening. According to Walter Bloomberg on the 12th (local time), Evercore ISI, a major Wall Street inv

The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) has disclosed a streamlined application process for issuing stablecoin licenses. According to Cointelegraph on the 12th (local time), the NCUA announced the previous day (the 11th) a proposed rulemaking

Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance has converted its user protection fund, “SAFU,” entirely into Bitcoin (BTC). Binance said on the 12th (local time) via its official X account, “We have completed the process of converting SAFU’s $1bn stablecoin

The Bhutanese government has transferred bitcoin (BTC) worth $6.8 million to a market maker (MM). According to Onchain Lens on the 12th (local time), the government transferred 100 BTC to Singapore-based market maker QCP Capital. At current prices, t

Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX, bought additional Hyperliquid (HYPE) worth $600,000. According to Lookonchain on the 12th (local time), Hayes purchased 22,754 more Hyperliquid tokens that day, valued at $603,000 at current prices. Hayes has been

Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano (ADA), said a “new narrative is needed for crypto.” According to crypto-focused media outlet Coin Bureau on the 12th (local time), Hoskinson made the remarks while attending “Consensus Hong Kong 2026,” held in Ho

Richard Teng, co-chief executive officer (CEO) of Binance, has pushed back against claims that Binance was to blame for the mass liquidation event that roiled the crypto market in October last year. According to CoinDesk on the 12th (local time), Ten

ARK Invest, led by Cathie Wood—often dubbed the “Money Tree Sister”—bought more shares of crypto-related stocks Circle (USDC) and Bullish. According to The Block on the 12th (local time), ARK Invest on the previous day (11th) added $11.6 million wort

Stretch, the preferred share of Strategy, the world’s largest Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company, has recovered to its par value for the first time in about a month. According to CoinDesk on the 12th (local time), Stretch traded above its $100 par value

Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance will list Espresso (ESP). Binance said on the 12th (local time) via its official website that it will list Espresso. The listing will go live at 10 p.m. KST on the day. A Seed Tag will be applied to Espresso. Th

An analysis has suggested that the likelihood of a “short squeeze” (forced liquidation of short positions) in the Bitcoin (BTC) futures market has increased. PelinayPA, a CryptoQuant contributor, said via CryptoQuant on the 12th (local time) that “Bi

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a cryptocurrency project backed by US President Donald Trump’s family, is set to launch a foreign-exchange trading platform. According to CoinDesk on the 12th (local time), Zak Folkman, co-founder of World Liberty Fina

The American Bankers Association (ABA) has been confirmed to have sent a letter to financial regulators calling for delays in approvals for crypto companies. According to industry sources on the 12th (local time), the ABA said in a letter sent the pr

Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance has bought an additional $300 million worth of bitcoin (BTC) through its user protection fund, “SAFU.” According to blockchain analytics firm Arkham on the 12th (local time), Binance purchased an additional 4,54

U.S. President Donald Trump again underscored the need for interest-rate cuts, citing domestic employment figures. In a post on his social-media platform Truth Social on the 12th (local time), Trump said the “jobs data far exceeded expectations,” add

UK asset manager Aviva Investors has entered into a partnership with Ripple, the issuer of XRP. Aviva Investors said on the 11th (local time) that it has partnered with Ripple to pursue fund tokenization. Aviva Investors said, “This is Ripple’s first

Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $67,000. According to CoinMarketCap on the 11th, Bitcoin was trading at $66,923.26 as of 11:56 p.m. that day, down 2.18% from the previous day. That marks a 10.58% decline compared with a week earlier. The so-called Korea pre

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is set to list its tokenized money market fund (MMF), BUIDL, on the decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap (UNI). On news of the collaboration with BlackRock, Uniswap’s price jumped more than 20%. According