Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

Korea Investment & Securities outlined its digital asset strategy on May 27, with Park Sung-jin, Head of the Digital Asset Strategy Department, announcing plans to enter the token securities market when regulations permit formal securities tokenization. Park stated the firm aims to leverage its

According to Yonhap Infomax, Park Sung-jin, head of Korean Investment & Securities' digital asset strategy division, outlined on August 27 the firm's plan to focus on tokenizing stocks and bonds rather than fractional assets like real estate or artwork. The firm, which has historically been

According to BlockBeats, on August 27, Entropy, the HIP-3 market deployer, launched an Anthropic Pre-IPO market on Hyperliquid. ANTH is trading at $1,974 with a 24-hour decline of 2.22%. The 24-hour trading volume reached $19.88

According to Shanghai police and澎湃新闻, authorities recently dismantled a major underground money laundering operation exploiting virtual currencies for illegal cross-border exchange. The case involves approximately 19.6 billion yuan ($2.7 billion USD equivalent based on typical conversion rates),

South Korea's Democratic Party will hold a digital asset taxation system review forum on September 3 at 10 a.m. at the National Assembly in Seoul, according to the National Assembly. This marks the first such forum on the topic held by the Democratic Party during the 22nd National Assembly. The

According to Coingclass data cited by ChainCatcher, the Crypto Fear and Greed Index currently stands at 70, up 6 points from yesterday. The 7-day average is 69, while the 30-day average is 40.

According to Shanghai Public Security Bureau, authorities recently busted a major underground money laundering operation involving virtual currencies for cross-border fund transfers. The investigation resulted in the arrest of over 70 criminal suspects, with the case involving illicit transactions e

According to StarkWare, researcher Avihu Levy tested an experimental quantum-resistant transaction on Bitcoin mainnet Wednesday, confirmed in block 964,199. The transaction spent a 10,000-satoshi output protected by Levy's Quantum Safe Bitcoin (QSB) scheme, which combines hash-based signatures

According to Coinglass, Binance saw net outflows of 32.3 million USDT in the past hour.

According to Farside data, U.S. spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs recorded net inflows of $232.2 million and $192.4 million, respectively, yesterday—extending an 8-day streak of consecutive daily inflows for both

According to Shanghai police announcement, authorities arrested 70 plus suspects on August 27 in a cryptocurrency-based money laundering ring involving over 20 billion yuan in illegal foreign exchange transactions. The criminal network, led by suspects Liu, Xu, Gao and Wang, operated since August 20

Coinbase and Better Mortgage expanded their crypto-backed mortgage product to U.S. homebuyers on August 12, allowing eligible borrowers to pledge Bitcoin as collateral for home down payments without selling their holdings. The product became generally available to Coinbase One members following an i

According to Coinbase and Better Mortgage, the companies launched their Bitcoin-backed mortgage product to U.S. homebuyers on August 12, allowing borrowers to pledge Bitcoin as collateral for a down payment without selling holdings. Coinbase One members can now transfer pledged BTC into a

According to ChainCatcher, silver (XAG) reached an intraday high of $69.76 and is currently trading at $69.30. Gate's XAG futures contract open interest stands at $72.83 million, securing the second position among major platforms, according to CoinGlass

Sui co-founder Konstantinos 'Kostas Kryptos' Chalkias has unveiled Havenex, an institutional digital-asset platform nearing completion of a Series A funding round. The company is seeking regulatory authorization from Austria's Financial Market Authority. Havenex is being developed as white-label

South Korea's tax authorities face challenges in applying taxation to decentralized finance (DeFi) transactions as the country's digital asset taxation regime approaches implementation on January 1, 2027. A research report commissioned by the National Assembly Budget Office from the Korean

According to South Korea's National Assembly Budget Office, the country's new digital asset tax—launching January 1, 2027, at 20% with a 2.5 million won deduction—faces challenges covering emerging DeFi transactions. Newer trading models such as restaking and vaults lack clear tax treatment under th

According to BlockBeats, HashKey Capital announced on August 27 that it will launch digital asset derivatives and structured solutions business targeting professional investors. The offering includes multiple structured products such as dual-currency wealth management solutions. The service aims to

According to BlockBeats, NVDA contracts on Hyperliquid reached price levels targeted by major long traders for exit following the company's earnings release on August 27, as monitored by TradingBeats. Whale positions across multiple tiers are approaching their take-profit

According to Glassnode's latest report published Aug 27, Bitcoin's 26% rebound since mid-August faces a critical test at the $81,000-$86,000 supply zone. The rally was triggered by the largest single-day short liquidation since 2019 on Aug 19, alongside spot ETF net inflows of $2.23 billion for the