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The Senate’s timetable for the CLARITY Act, a bill to establish a market structure for digital assets in the US, may be slipping. Punchbowl News senior reporter Brendan Pedersen reported on April 21 that Republican Senator Thom Tillis asked Senator T
Global cryptocurrency exchange Bybit is stepping up its Southeast Asia expansion with an investment in Malaysian digital-asset exchange Hata. Bybit led Hata’s Series A funding round with an $8 million investment, Cointelegraph reported on April 20. G
Tether has acquired a stake in Bitcoin mining finance firm Antalpha, extending its influence in the sector. A filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21 showed Tether bought an 8.2% stake in Antalpha, making it a major sharehol
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has shifted toward a looser approach to cryptocurrency regulation and enforcement since the Trump administration took office, Cointelegraph reported on April 20. In the year since Paul Atkins became SEC cha
A string of security breaches is weighing on the decentralized finance, or DeFi, market, dragging down both total value locked and investor sentiment. The Block reported on April 20 that cumulative losses across the DeFi market have exceeded $600 mil
LayerZero said a hack that drained about $290 million from KelpDAO is preliminarily believed to be linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group. In a post on X on April 20, LayerZero said KelpDAO suffered an exploit that resulted in the loss of about $290 m
Bitcoin erased its weekend gains and fell to the $74,000 level as military tensions between the US and Iran intensified. As of April 20, according to CoinMarketCap, Bitcoin traded at $74,478.10, down 1.39% from a day earlier. It had earlier climbed t
Capital outflows from decentralized finance triggered by the KelpDAO hack are spreading beyond Ethereum-based networks into the Solana ecosystem. Wu Blockchain reported on April 20 that Solana lending protocol Kamino is showing signs of a liquidity s
Decentralized prediction-market platform Polymarket is seeking a major funding round, according to a media report. The company is discussing a capital raise at a valuation of about $15 billion, The Information reported on April 19, citing multiple so
Liquidity risks across decentralized finance came into focus after total value locked, or TVL, on lending protocol Aave plunged in the wake of the Kelp DAO hack. Cointelegraph reported on April 20 that Aave’s TVL fell to about $18.6 billion from roug
U.S. spot Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded funds both posted large weekly net inflows. SoSoValue data released April 19 showed U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net inflows of $996.38 million during the April 13-17 period, the largest weekly intake si
The hack of decentralized finance protocol Kelp has renewed concerns that interconnections among protocols can amplify risk across the broader market. Cointelegraph reported on April 19 that Kelp suffered a cyberattack that drained about $293 million
Lee Seung-yoon, co-founder and chief executive of intellectual property blockchain platform Story and AI data infrastructure company Poseidon, has been named to the World Economic Forum's 2026 Young Global Leaders list, Story said on April 20. The Wo
Economic Calendar ▶︎April 20 (Mon.): No major events scheduled Cryptocurrency Calendar ▶︎April 20 (Mon.): LayerZero (ZRO) will unlock 2.4% of its total token supply
Mawari, an extended reality, or XR, infrastructure platform, is addressing structural constraints in the market with real-time 3D streaming technology and a distributed graphics processing unit, or GPU, network, Tiger Research said. In a report relea
<Lee Su-hyun's Coin Radar> is a weekly column tracking the cryptocurrency market and explaining the forces behind it. It goes beyond listing price moves to analyze global macro issues and investor behavior, offering insight into where the market may
Bitcoin layer-2 project Citrea has a competitive edge over existing L2 networks because of its technical architecture, according to Tiger Research. The market research firm said May 16 that Citrea uses zero-knowledge proofs, or ZK, and BitVM to creat
Bitcoin edged lower, slipping below the $74,000 level. As of 2:42 p.m. Korea Standard Time on May 15, Bitcoin was trading at $73,967.28, down 0.48% from a day earlier, according to CoinMarketCap. On Upbit's won market, it was trading at 109.605 milli
XRP is rebounding on expectations it could be added to Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten's payments ecosystem, but analysts say more confirmation is needed before calling it a full trend reversal. CoinDesk reported on Aug. 15 that investor sentimen
Bitcoin held near the $74,000 level as risk appetite improved across global financial markets. CoinDesk reported on June 15 that Bitcoin was trading around $74,000, maintaining a firm tone. Global equities have also recovered to pre-conflict levels a
Satellite data cited by the Financial Times on June 15 showed Iran's crude storage facilities were already about 51% full. If exports of roughly 1.8 million barrels a day are blocked, storage capacity would be reached in about 16 days. That means Ira
US spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds continued to attract net inflows. US spot Ethereum ETFs recorded combined net inflows of $53.03 million on June 14, according to Trader T. That marked a fourth consecutive trading day of net inflows. Fidelity's
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded a large net inflow of funds. Trader T data showed US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted combined net inflows of $411.49 million on March 14. By product, BlackRock's IBIT led with $213.82 million of inflows, follow
21Shares has taken another step toward launching an exchange-traded fund tied to Hyperliquid's HYPE token. Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart said on July 14 that 21Shares had filed amended paperwork with the US Securities and Exchange Commission f
Shin Hyun-song, the nominee for Bank of Korea governor, said a won-denominated stablecoin does not have to be led by banks and that its operator should be chosen based on know-your-customer, or KYC, capabilities. Testifying at a parliamentary confirm
Crypto Planet said on April 15 that it will hold BUIDL Asia 2026 in Seoul on April 16-17, bringing together global blockchain and artificial intelligence developers. Now in its sixth year, BUIDL Asia is the main event of Korea BUIDL Week and is regar
Shin Hyun-song, nominee for Bank of Korea governor, said a won-denominated stablecoin could coexist with a digital-currency system centered on a central bank digital currency, or CBDC. In opening remarks at a National Assembly confirmation hearing on
Story, an AI-focused intellectual property blockchain infrastructure project, said April 15 that it had launched the testnet for its Confidential Data Rails, or CDR, aimed at enabling the secure use of sensitive data. As competition in artificial int
Ripple and Kyobo Life Insurance have launched a joint project to test a blockchain-based structure for trading government bonds. The two companies met at Kyobo Life’s headquarters in Seoul’s Gwanghwamun district on April 15 to discuss cooperation on
South Korea’s financial industry will strengthen its competitiveness not through faster technology adoption, but through a shift in mindset, according to a new analysis. Hashed Open Research, or HOR, the think tank of blockchain investment firm Hashe