South Korea gets rich from crypto… North Korea gets weapons

In Seoul, crypto is loud and hard to ignore. In Pyongyang, it moves in silence, but its impact spreads far beyond the country’s closed borders. The two Koreas are among the most influential countries in crypto today, but for opposite reasons. South Korea drives markets through retail participation, culture and politics. A Seoul crypto trading … Read more

South Korea gets rich from crypto… North Korea gets weapons

In Seoul, crypto is loud and hard to ignore. In Pyongyang, it moves in silence, but its impact spreads far beyond the country’s closed borders. The two Koreas are among the most influential countries in crypto today, but for opposite reasons. South Korea drives markets through retail participation, culture and politics. A Seoul crypto trading … Read more

Should you sell your Bitcoin for nickels for a 43% profit? 

Watch out Bitcoin, there’s a new inflation hedge in town.  It’s no secret that when governments debase currencies, investors run to scarce, hard assets like gold, silver, real estate and Bitcoin.  But investors occasionally share the idea online there’s an even harder money out there: the American five-cent coin, or at least, the metal that … Read more

Should you sell your Bitcoin for nickels for a 43% profit? 

Watch out Bitcoin, there’s a new inflation hedge in town.  It’s no secret that when governments debase currencies, investors run to scarce, hard assets like gold, silver, real estate and Bitcoin.  But investors occasionally share the idea online there’s an even harder money out there: the American five-cent coin, or at least, the metal that … Read more

Bitcoin’s ‘biggest bull catalyst’ would be Saylor’s liquidation: Santiment founder

The Bitcoin market would definitely bottom if Michael Saylor’s Strategy gets rekt, says Maksim Balashevich, founder of the crypto sentiment platform Santiment. “The biggest bull catalyst will be the liquidation of Saylor,” Balashevich tells Magazine. “The bull catalyst is when everything is bad. So bad it cannot be even worse,” the Switzerland-based crypto entrepreneur says. … Read more

Did a Hong Kong fund kill Bitcoin? Bithumb’s ‘phantom’ BTC: Asia Express

Bitcoin ETF blowup shortlists a handful of Hong Kong funds A popular theory explaining Bitcoin’s recent selloff points to an Asian fund whose leveraged spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) options trade blew up. Parker White, chief of operations and investments at DeFi Development Corp, said in a viral tweet that a Hong Kong-based company is … Read more

ETH Rally At Risk Due To Network Growth Challenges, US Macro

ETH price moved above $2,150 as Bitcoin and US stock markets rallied, but does data show whether derivatives traders have turned bullish yet? Key takeaways: Ethereum maintains dominance in its total value locked metric, yet faces scrutiny over layer-2 scaling. ETH inflation rose to 0.8% as onchain activity slowed, while US macroeconomic fears kept the … Read more

ETH Rally At Risk Due To Network Growth Challenges, US Macro

ETH price moved above $2,150 as Bitcoin and US stock markets rallied, but does data show whether derivatives traders have turned bullish yet? Key takeaways: Ethereum maintains dominance in its total value locked metric, yet faces scrutiny over layer-2 scaling. ETH inflation rose to 0.8% as onchain activity slowed, while US macroeconomic fears kept the … Read more

MrBeast Acquires Gen Z Banking App Step

Beast Industries, the entertainment company founded by YouTuber Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson, is acquiring Step, a mobile banking app focused on teenagers and young adults, marking its most significant push into finance to date. In a post to X on Monday, Donaldson said the motivation behind the acquisition was to equip young people with the tools … Read more