JOON HYOUNG LEE

The US economy is estimated to have grown 4.4% in the third quarter of last year. The US Department of Commerce said on the 23rd (local time) that the revised estimate of US gross domestic product (GDP) growth for Q3 last year came in at 4.4% (annual

US initial jobless claims last week came in below market expectations. The US Department of Labor said on the 22nd (local time) that initial jobless claims totaled 200,000 last week. The figure was 9,000 below the consensus forecast of 209,000. Compa

Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle, said that paying interest on stablecoins does not threaten banks. According to Cointelegraph on the 22nd (local time), Allaire, speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, said concerns that intere

Changpeng Zhao (CZ), founder of Binance, is said to be holding talks on asset tokenization with around 12 countries. According to CoinDesk on the 22nd (local time), Zhao, who attended the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, said, "Proba

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that in connection with the United States’ plans to annex Greenland, everything except sovereignty is open to negotiation. In a statement on the 22nd (local time), Frederiksen said, “We can negotiate polit

Justin Sun, founder of TRON (TRX), is investing $8 million in the DeFi project River. River said via its official X account on the 21st (local time) that “Founder Sun has made a strategic investment of $8 million in River.” River explained that “this

OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, is said to have approached Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds as it seeks to raise a large investment round. According to Bloomberg on the 22nd (local time), Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, recently visited the Middle

Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, has once again voiced support for the US crypto market structure bill, the CLARITY Act. Posting on X, Garlinghouse said on the 21st (local time), “No bill has ever been perfect by everyone’s standards,” adding, “What

US consumer inflation could exceed 4% this year, according to a new projection. According to CoinDesk on the 22nd (local time), the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) said in a recent report that US inflation this year could come i

Thailand is moving to institutionalize cryptocurrency-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs). According to local media outlets including the Bangkok Post on the 22nd (local time), Jomkwan Kongsakul, deputy secretary-general of Thailand’s Securities and E

The US Senate Banking Committee is said to be considering a plan to delay its review of the crypto market structure bill (the Clarity Act) by 1–2 months. Citing sources, Bloomberg reported on the 22nd (local time) that the committee is highly likely

Financial regulators are said to have set the disclosure threshold for listed companies’ crypto-asset investments at “3% of equity capital.” According to the industry on the 22nd, the Financial Services Commission recently presented a 3% of equity ca

Ethereum (ETH) holdings on cryptocurrency exchanges have fallen to their lowest level in the past 10 years, data show. Arab Chain, a CryptoQuant contributor, said via CryptoQuant on the 21st (local time) that "exchange-held Ethereum has continued to

Bitcoin (BTC) rose above $90,000 even after U.S. President Donald Trump’s Greenland-related speech at the World Economic Forum. According to CoinMarketCap on the 22nd, as of 12:09 a.m. that day, Bitcoin was trading at $90,082.2, up 0.27% from the pre

U.S. President Donald Trump said on the 21st (local time) that he "hopes to sign the Crypto Market Structure Act (the CLARITY Act) soon." Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump said, "Congress is currently pushing actively

U.S. President Donald Trump said on the 21st (local time) that “Greenland is, in effect, part of North America.” Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump said, “We need Greenland for strategic national security and internatio

Donald Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum (Davos Forum) is said to be focused on “America First.” According to Walter Bloomberg on the 21st (local time), a senior White House official said that day, “President Trump’s (Davos Forum) speech wil

Ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum (Davos Forum), the price of Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $89,000. According to CoinMarketCap on the 21st, Bitcoin was trading at $88,704.19 as of 9:08 p.m., down 2.7% from the prev

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, who founded U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, have donated $1.2 million to Zcash (ZEC). Shielded Labs said on the 21st (local time) that it received a contribution of 3,221 Zcash from the Winklevoss twins, worth about

XRP price volatility has been shown to have reached its highest level since November last year. An Arab Chain contributor to CryptoQuant said on the 20th (local time) via CryptoQuant, "XRP’s total open interest (OI) currently stands at $566.48 millio

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has received two comment letters related to the crypto market structure bill, the Clarity Act. According to Cointelegraph on the 21st (local time), the SEC’s Crypto Task Force (TF) recently received two

Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance will list the U.S. dollar stablecoin Ripple USD (RLUSD). Binance said on the 21st (local time) that it will list RLUSD on the 22nd. RLUSD is Ripple’s stablecoin, issued by Ripple, the issuer of XRP. The specific

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the crypto project backed by the family of U.S. President Donald Trump, will hold its first in-house forum next month. World Liberty Financial said on the 21st (local time) it will host the “World Liberty Forum” on the

Ripple, issuer of XRP, said it expects the institutionalization of cryptocurrencies to accelerate in earnest this year. Monica Long, president of Ripple, said on X (formerly Twitter) on the 20th (local time) that "2025 was the most exciting year in t

Trump Media and Technology Group, a Nasdaq-listed U.S. company, will distribute its own cryptocurrency to shareholders in early next month. On the 20th (local time), Trump Media said it had finalized the shareholder airdrop date for the 2nd of next m

Demand for Bitcoin (BTC) put options has recently been rising, data show. Crypto analytics firm Matrixport said on the 21st (local time) on X that "in the Bitcoin options market, demand for puts is clearly increasing relative to calls," adding that "