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Park Hyun-joo, Chairman of Mirae Asset Group and Global Strategy Officer, stated on the 26th that South Korea must maintain semiconductor production facilities domestically despite US investment pressure. Speaking at a DigitalX employee meeting at the Four Seasons Hotel in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, Park e

Park Hyeon-joo, Chairman of Mirae Asset Group, stated on May 26 that the era of accumulating wealth through real estate must end and capital should shift to productive investment. Speaking at a Digital X employee meeting at the Four Seasons Hotel in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, Park evaluated the recent

BlackRock slashed the minimum Bitcoin holding required to swap coins directly for shares of its spot Bitcoin ETF from $25 million worth of Bitcoin to $1 million, according to Bloomberg. The 96% reduction opens direct conversion access to a wider pool of wealthy individuals and mid-sized

Japan's Financial Services Agency is supporting a blockchain-based demonstration experiment for securities settlement, working with the country's largest banks and brokerages to test infrastructure that records and manages transfers of Japanese government bonds, corporate bonds, investment trusts, a

Hong Kong stocks closed higher as the Hang Seng Index rose 0.56% to 25,652.97 points at market close. The rally was driven by positive external environment and individual stock catalysts across multiple sectors. Technology, brokerage, semiconductor, and non-ferrous metals sectors led the advance,

Circle minted about 5 billion USDC over the last seven days, according to onchain analytics platform Solscan. USDC's circulating supply stands near $74 billion, versus Tether's $183 billion. The mint comes the same week Circle became technical deployer for Hyperliquid's $5 billion USDC reserve, as t

CME Group announced that Glencore and Trafigura executed the first trades in its revised U.S. Zinc Futures contract on August 20, with positions set for September delivery. CME did not disclose the price, number of contracts, resulting open interest, or bid-offer spread for the transaction. The trad

Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission opened two public consultations on August 24 covering draft regulations for domestically listed spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds and revised requirements for foreign digital-asset custodians used by mutual and private funds. The consultati

Polestar Automotive Holding (PSNY) fell 8.3% in August, underperforming Chinese EV peers, as the Commerce Department's June 24 denial of authorization for its 2027 models added pressure despite record first-half sales. The company told dealers in an Aug. 18 letter reviewed by The Wall Street

Kraken was targeted by a large-scale cryptocurrency dust attack involving nearly 12,000 small transfers from wallets associated with HTX between August 17 and August 24, forcing the exchange to conduct compliance reviews and temporarily restrict some customer accounts. The transactions, generally

Bitcoin trades near $79,000 on August 25, up roughly 24% from $64,146 just one week ago, marking its largest weekly gain in more than three years. US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in about $1.918 billion over five sessions through August 21, their strongest weekly inflow of 2026 and the best stretch

Gold prices reached $4,660 per ounce on local time May 25 in New York markets, marking a three-month high and a 15% increase over one month, while US Treasury yields remained near 19-year peaks with 10-year yields at 4.638% and 30-year yields at 5.174%. This simultaneous rise contradicts the

Finland's Oura and UK's Aggreko recently filed for US stock exchange initial public offerings, with Aggreko targeting a valuation of approximately $15 billion and Oura aiming to raise up to $3 billion as early as next month. European companies are choosing US markets for higher valuations and

Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, published an essay on LinkedIn advocating for gold and bitcoin as hedges against growing government debt. He stated he expects "non-government-produced monies like gold and bitcoin to do relatively well" as government debt expands. U.S. national debt

BlackRock released a report Monday maintaining that Bitcoin remains a global monetary alternative despite the cryptocurrency's nearly 50% decline from its October record. Robert Mitchnick, global head of digital assets at the world's largest asset manager, stated in the report that ongoing rises in

Bitcoin shortsellers faced over $1.7 billion in liquidated positions in the past 24 hours as the cryptocurrency's price surged on Wednesday, according to Coinglass data. The liquidations occurred after Bitcoin traded briefly as high as $69,000 Wednesday morning before settling at $68,253,

Bitcoin surged past $68,000 on Wednesday, rising nearly 3% over 24 hours after the U.S. Treasury announced plans to more than double the size of its government debt repurchases. The price reached $68,473 at 10.30am in New York, briefly touching $68,982, as yields dropped. The Treasury Department

Cypher Tank, the Bitcoin-focused pitch competition promoted and funded by the Plan ₿ VC Fund and the Plan ₿ Foundation, opened applications for its 2026 edition on August 13. The competition expands its finalist field to 12 projects after last year's inaugural event drew over 4,000 participants

Bitcoin rose 23% over a seven-day period on Friday, reaching past $77,542 and hitting a high of $79,319 earlier in the day, marking its best weekly performance since 2023. The cryptocurrency's surge came as exchange-traded funds received over $1.6 billion in new cash this week according to Farside