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On the 23rd (Korea time), according to The Bitcoin Historian, David Marcus, former PayPal president, said, "Bitcoin (BTC) will become the base currency among artificial intelligence (AI) agents."
Safe-haven demand rises on geopolitical risks Continued central bank gold buying also a factor “$5,000 now within sight,” analysts say Silver and platinum also extend record runs International gold prices surged above $4,900 per troy ounce for the fi
Fashion Group Hyungji said on the 23rd that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Arbitrum (ARB) Foundation, an Ethereum (ETH) Layer 2, to build a stablecoin (a crypto asset pegged in value to fiat currency) payment infrastructur
Merkle Manufactory, the developer of the decentralized social networking (SNS) protocol Farcaster, has decided to return in full about $180 million in venture funding it has raised to investors. On the 23rd (Korea time), Dan Romero, co-founder of Mer
U.S. video game retailer GameStop is expected to sell its Bitcoin (BTC). On the 23rd (Korea time), CryptoQuant said in a report that "all Bitcoin held in GameStop’s on-chain wallet has moved to Coinbase Prime," adding that "the likelihood of a sale i
An analysis suggests that XRP could stage a sharp rebound. The reasoning is that an excessive build-up of short positions in the derivatives market could trigger a surge in buy-to-cover demand if prices rise. On the 23rd (Korea time), crypto-focused
India’s government appears to be moving to tighten regulations on so-called “privacy coins,” citing money-laundering risks. According to IndiaTimes on the 22nd (local time), the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), under India’s Ministry of Finance, re
With Japan’s macroeconomic indicators released on the day, investor sentiment toward Bitcoin (BTC) remained on the sidelines. As of 4 p.m. KST on the 23rd, Bitcoin was down 0.75% day on day at $89,414 on CoinMarketCap. Bitcoin briefly broke above $90
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) said no measures have been finalized yet regarding investment limits and disclosure standards for listed companies’ digital-asset investments. On the 23rd, the FSC said on its official website that re
Concerns are mounting that bitcoin (BTC) miners could face operational disruptions as forecasts call for a major winter storm to hit the southern United States. According to crypto news outlet Cointelegraph on the 23rd (Korea time), US weather servic
Ledger, a maker of hardware wallets for virtual assets (cryptocurrencies), is reportedly pursuing a listing on US stock markets. On the 23rd (Korea time), Wu Blockchain, citing the Financial Times, reported that Ledger is preparing a US initial publi
Kospi up 97% in a year Crypto market cap down 15% “Performance diverged due to differences in fundamentals” The Kospi broke above the 5,000 mark for the first time ever, turning the “dream index” into reality. By contrast, the virtual asset (cryptocu
Bitcoin (BTC)-based on-chain yield reserve platform Solv Protocol said on the 21st that its native token, SOLV, has obtained a license under the European Union’s (EU) Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation through the Dutch financial authorities.
Interview with Marcin Kaźmierczak, co-founder of RedStone ‘Oracle’ service spotlighted by BlackRock and Upbit “As RWA grows… the importance of oracles will come into sharper focus” “Tokens will be used as a means to access services” “Watching regulat
Financial authorities are reported to be working on measures to abolish the long-standing industry practice of “one exchange, one bank.” According to industry sources on the 20th (Korea time), the Korea Fair Trade Commission and the Financial Service
Stolen funds laundered into cryptoassets Vietnamese police have arrested a group that ran a fake investment platform impersonating the U.S. stock exchange Nasdaq, carrying out cryptocurrency investment scams. According to crypto-focused outlet Crypto
Crypto Now Briefly Topped $97,000 Last Week Easing Inflation Data Lifts Risk Appetite Bitcoin briefly rose above $97,000 last week. With a clear rebound so far this year, attention is turning to whether it can retake $100,000. According to CoinMarket
Cumulative payments processed by the China-led central bank digital currency (CBDC)-based cross-border settlement project “mBridge” have surpassed $55bn, data show. On the 18th (Korea time), digital-asset outlet Cointelegraph, citing data from the At
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The White House said building a strategic bitcoin (BTC) reserve remains a priority, attributing the relatively slow pace to interagency legal frictions. According to Cointelegraph, a cryptocurrency-focused outlet, Patrick Witt, executive director of
Ethereum (ETH) staking demand appears to be surging. On the 18th (Korea time), cryptocurrency news outlet Cointelegraph, citing Validator Queue data, reported that the Ethereum validator withdrawal queue currently stands at zero. Validator withdrawal
As President Donald Trump proclaimed tariff measures aimed at purchasing Greenland, Democrats are reportedly moving to block the effort. On the 18th (Korea time), The Kobeissi Letter reported that "Senate Democrats are advancing legislation to block
Blockchain-based Web3 gaming project Axie Infinity (AXS) is posting sharp gains intraday. As of 1 p.m. on the 18th (Korea time), Axie Infinity was trading at $2.07, up 49.68% from the previous day, according to CoinMarketCap. Axie Infinity isn’t the
A man in his 40s who laundered voice phishing proceeds has been sentenced to five years in prison. According to industry sources on the 18th (Korea time), the 11th Criminal Division of the Daegu District Court sentenced A, a money-laundering and exch
Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana (SOL), stressed the need for blockchain protocols to evolve continuously. On the 18th (Korea time), Yakovenko wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that “Solana should not depend on any particular group or individual,
A large-scale token sell-off has been identified from addresses linked to the Floki (FLOKI) team. On the 18th (Korea time), on-chain analyst ai_9684xtpa said on X (formerly Twitter) that "about an hour ago, 27.4 billion Floki tokens were sold from an
U.S. President Donald Trump has signaled legal action against JPMorgan Chase, the world’s largest investment bank. On the 18th (Korea time), Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social, “I will sue JPMorgan Chase within the next two weeks,”
Algorand (ALGO) is moving to re-enter the US market. According to Crowdfund Insider on the 18th (KST), the Algorand Foundation said in a statement that it has re-established its Americas headquarters in Delaware and launched a new board to oversee it
A whale that bought Bitcoin (BTC) 12 years ago has been revealed to have started selling. According to on-chain analyst EmberCN on the 18th (Korea time), the whale dumped 500 bitcoins nine hours earlier. The whale investor bought 5,000 bitcoins in No