South Korea’s crypto market is entering a structural shift as retail participation slows and institutional players move in, according to a new report by Tiger Research. The country, which has more than 11 million registered crypto users, is...
Lido Finance has proposed a new emergency shutdown mechanism, “CircuitBreaker,” as part of efforts to enhance security and efficiency within its DeFi infrastructure. The upgrade is designed to replace GateSeal, Lido’s current emergency pause system, which required annual...
OKX Ventures has announced a strategic investment in Vietnam Prosperity Crypto Asset Exchange Joint Stock Company (CAEX), joining founding shareholders VPBankS and LynkiD, as well as HashKey Capital. The investment will support CAEX’s participation in Vietnam’s government-backed pilot...
Singapore- and Hong Kong-listed firms Oceanus Group and HashKey Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop a regulated stablecoin settlement framework aimed at modernizing global trade finance and addressing liquidity gaps affecting small and medium-sized...
Oil price volatility is increasingly shaping crypto market direction as energy-driven inflation expectations and shifting liquidity conditions influence broader risk appetite across financial markets. While digital assets like Bitcoin are not directly tied to crude oil, market analysts...
Pharos Network has introduced a pre-mainnet liquidity program titled “Stake before the Stake,” designed to attract early capital into its Real World Asset (RWA) ecosystem ahead of the upcoming “Pacific Ocean” mainnet launch. The initiative, launched in partnership...
Decentralized finance activity on Solana is entering a critical phase of growth and complexity, according to DeFi researcher Flow, who argues that the ecosystem is expanding rapidly but remains constrained by structural inefficiencies in risk assessment and capital...
Bitcoin has re-entered geopolitical discussion following commentary from author Jesse Tevelow, who linked recent reports of Iran’s proposed Bitcoin-based payment mechanism for the Strait of Hormuz to a broader shift in global monetary systems. Tevelow, author of Life...
Financial institutions are advancing efforts to integrate blockchain into traditional finance following a successful pilot of a shared-ledger system designed to improve payment efficiency and support digital asset workflows. The initiative tested a “Universal Ledger” framework, a distributed...
Gate.io has launched a digitalized Pre-IPO participation model, allowing users to access early-stage equity offerings through its platform using crypto-native infrastructure. The new feature introduces a tokenized approach to pre-IPO investing, enabling users to reserve allocations in upcoming...
