Topics of Crypto World

Strategy resumes Bitcoin buying with a $370 million purchase, highlighting its digital asset reserve strategy and keeping MSTR closely tied to Bitcoin and broader market trends.

Bitcoin's kimchi premium has returned in South Korea, lasting a week for the first time since May. Learn what it means for BTC demand, sentiment, and prices.

Arthur Hayes says Ethereum may be returning to market focus as ETH/BTC improves. Explore Ethereum’s renewed momentum, staking, ETFs, and institutional demand.

The SEC proposes crypto custody reforms for investment firms, aiming to improve digital asset security, investor protection, and institutional adoption in the evolving market.

Japan is exploring a blockchain-based instant settlement system for stock and government bond markets, aiming to modernize finance, reduce costs, and improve efficiency.

Donald Trump sold MicroStrategy stock and bought other cryptocurrency-related stocks. Explore what the move means for crypto markets and investor strategies.

A Federal Reserve study reveals that cryptocurrency investors are influenced by strong conviction and sensitive to returns, offering insights into crypto market behavior.

Slovenia has officially appeared in the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) register of electronic money token (EMT) issuers for the first time. The addition comes through Dinaro, a Slovenia-based electronic money institution supervised by the Bank of Slovenia. The latest update from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) also included changes to the register of authorized crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), reflecting the continued expansion of Europe’s unified crypto regulatory framework.

The U.S. SEC proposes new cryptocurrency issuance rules with funding exemptions and a safe harbor framework, reshaping how blockchain projects raise capital and comply with regulations.

A recent study from the Bank of Italy examined whether stablecoins can provide meaningful advantages in international remittances compared with traditional payment methods. By analyzing USDC transfers across multiple global payment corridors, researchers found that blockchain transaction costs were not the main factor affecting efficiency. Instead, fiat conversion processes and local payment infrastructure played a larger role in determining transfer costs and settlement times.

Ethereum developers will review 66 proposals for the Hegotá upgrade, exploring scalability, account abstraction, data efficiency, and the future of Ethereum infrastructure.

Novig sues Wisconsin Attorney General over sports prediction contracts, challenging gambling laws and exploring the future of regulated prediction markets.

The cryptocurrency industry has evolved significantly, with institutional participation increasing, decentralized protocols generating real revenue, and blockchain applications expanding into practical use cases. Yet many investors continue prioritizing the search for the next 100x opportunity rather than focusing on established projects with stronger fundamentals. Insights from behavioral finance suggest that this pattern is not unique to crypto—it reflects a broader human tendency to pursue transformative wealth rather than simply optimize risk-adjusted returns.

SEC and CFTC sue Goliath Ventures over a $400 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, exposing fraud risks, investor protection challenges, and crypto compliance issues.

The Ethereum Foundation has appointed security researcher Pascal Caversaccio, known online as pcaversaccio, to its board for an initial one-year term. Caversaccio is a co-founder of the crypto security response group SEAL 911 and a long-time contributor to the Ethereum ecosystem. The appointment reflects the Foundation’s growing emphasis on privacy, censorship resistance, and post-quantum security as important components of Ethereum’s long-term protocol strategy.