JOON HYOUNG LEE

North Korea reportedly hacked US$2 billion (about 3 trillion won) worth of cryptocurrency this year. On the 18th (local time), Bloomberg reported that blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis released a report with these findings. According to the report

Last week, U.S. initial jobless claims matched market forecasts. The U.S. Department of Labor said on the 18th (local time) that last week's initial jobless claims totaled 224,000. This figure matches experts' forecast (224,000). It is 13,000 fewer t

The United States' November consumer price index (CPI) rise came in below market expectations. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) under the U.S. Department of Labor said on the 18th (local time) that last month's CPI rose 2.7% year-on-year. Th

Tokenized stock platform XStocks (XStocks) is launching tokenized stock trading services based on the Toncoin (TON) blockchain. XStocks said on the 18th (local time) via its official X (X) account that it will support tokenized stock services on Tonc

Adam Back, an early Bitcoin (BTC) developer and CEO of Blockstream, said the risk that quantum technology poses to Bitcoin is "virtually 'zero (0)'". On the 18th (local time), via X, CEO Back said, "Bitcoin does not use 'encryption'" and that "in the

The Bank of England (BoE), the UK central bank, cut the base rate by 0.25% percentage points. The Bank of England said on the 18th (local time) after a Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting that it would cut the base rate to 3.75% from 4.0% by 0.25

Trump Media & Technology Group is seeking a merger with U.S. nuclear fusion technology startup TAE Technologies. On the 18th (local time), according to Fox Business, Trump Media announced that it had signed a merger agreement with TAE Technologies. T

An analysis says retail investor demand for Ethereum (ETH) has substantially weakened recently. A CryptoOnchain contributor to CryptoQuant said, "(Ethereum's) number of active sending addresses recently fell to 170,000," adding, "This means retail in

U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has appointed former UK Chancellor George Osborne as chair of its internal advisory board. According to Reuters on the 18th (local time), Coinbase announced that it had appointed former Chancellor Osborne as chai

Analysis has emerged that Bitcoin (BTC) prices are trapped in a structurally fragile trading range. It is pointed out that breaking above the 101,000 dollars range is necessary to secure sustained upward momentum. On-chain analytics firm Glassnode sa

An analysis said that Bitcoin (BTC) prices could fall further due to liquidity stagnation. Mignolet, a CryptoQuant contributor, said on the 18th (local time) via CryptoQuant, "The supply imbalance between Bitcoin and Ethereum (ETH) is deepening again

Christopher Waller, a member of the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed), has come out in support of additional cuts to the policy rate. Waller said at a CNBC forum on the 17th (local time), "The current policy rate is up to 1 percentage point higher than the

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has surpassed 90,000 dollars. On the 18th, according to CoinMarketCap, as of 00:07 a.m. Bitcoin was trading at 90,170.65 dollars, up 3.34% from the previous day. Compared with a week ago, this is 2.12% lower. The Kimchi pre

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) exceeded $89,000. On the 17th, according to CoinMarketCap, Bitcoin was trading at $89,338.3 as of 11:56 p.m., up 2.45% from the previous day. Compared with a week earlier, it was down 2.59%. The kimchi premium recorded 0%.

Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance is reportedly considering a plan to reduce the equity stake of co-founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) in its U.S. unit. On the 17th (local time), Bloomberg reported that Binance has recently launched an internal review

Global e-commerce company Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest more than US$10 billion (about 15 trillion won) in OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT. On the 16th (local time), Bloomberg and the Financial Times (FT) reported that Amazon recently ente

Thanks to the recent rise in gold prices, the market capitalization of 'tokenized gold' has surpassed US$4.2 billion (about 6.2 trillion won). On the 17th (local time), according to CoinGecko, the market cap of tokenized gold exceeded US$4.2 billion

Ethereum (ETH) whales (large investors)' unrealized profit has been analyzed as effectively approaching 'zero'. CW8900, a CryptoQuant contributor, said on the 17th (local time) through CryptoQuant, "Ethereum whales' unrealized profit is currently clo

The total meme coin market capitalization has plunged by nearly 70% over the past year. On the 16th (local time), according to CoinGecko's '2025 Meme Coin Report', the entire meme coin market was measured at 47.2 billion dollars as of last month. Com

The U.S. XRP (XRP) spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) has been drawing institutional funds and continuing its streak of net inflows. Meanwhile, the XRP token price has remained weak. On the 17th (local time), cryptocurrency data analytics firm SoSoValue

Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrency markets have entered a slowdown phase, according to an analysis. A CryptoQuant contributor for XWIN Research Japan said on the 17th (local time) via CryptoQuant that "the cryptocurrency market has clearly entere

There are observations that Bitcoin (BTC) could plunge sharply if it does not develop resistance to quantum technology by 2028. Charles Edwards, founder of US cryptocurrency investment firm Capriole, said on the 17th (local time) via X, "If counterme

There are expectations that the altcoin (cryptocurrencies excluding Bitcoin) market will be weak for the time being. Crypto analysis firm Matrixport said on the 17th (local time) via its official X (X) account, "The recent cryptocurrency market capit

Bhutan is allocating 10,000 Bitcoins (BTC) to the development of a special administrative zone. On the 17th (local time), Cointelegraph reported that the Bhutan government recently decided to use 10,000 Bitcoins for the development of 'Gelephu Mindfu

So far this month, Bitcoin (BTC) trading volumes on centralized exchanges (CEX) and exchange-traded funds (ETF) have been showing a downward trend. Arab Chain, a CryptoQuant contributor, said on the 17th (local time) via CryptoQuant, "Entering mid-De

There are views that the bearish phase of major cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin (BTC), could be prolonged. On the 14th, industry sources reported that crypto analytics firm Matrixport said in a recent report, "Bitcoin's price has fallen below a maj