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The banking arm of South Korean IT giant Kakao Corporation is reportedly ramping up plans to offer stablecoin services amid a regulatory shift in the country after the election of pro-crypto president Lee Jae-myung.KakaoBanks’ chief financial officer Kwon Tae-hoon said during the company’s first-half 2025 earnings call that the company is “reviewing various methods such as issuance and custody,” and “plans to actively participate,” in the “digital asset ecosystem,” ZDNet Korea reported on WednesdayKwon added that the initiative is being spearheaded in cooperation with Kakao’s Stablecoin Task Force, which includes top leadership from its core affiliates including KakaoPay.KakaoBanks’ stablecoin move…
Bitcoin short-term holders in profit have eased their selling activity as Bitcoin’s price continues to slowly climb above its local low of $112,000, according to onchain analytics platform Glassnode.Profit-taking among Bitcoin Short-Term Holders (STH) — those holding for less than 155 days — has “cooled off,” Glassnode said in a markets report on Wednesday. The analytics firm explained that Bitcoin (BTC) STH spent volume, which measures the proportion of recent buyers in profit selling their Bitcoin, has dropped to 45%, below the neutral level.Market in “relatively balanced position”Glassnode said figures suggest the market “is in a relatively balanced position, with…
Image credit: YaLLa Esports The YaLLa Compass esports tournament circuit appears to have ceased operations following a cryptic social media post from the organiser. On August 6th, 2025, the Dubai-based esports company revealed that its Counter-Strike 2 ‘journey has come to an end.’ Keep Reading YaLLa Esports partners with Myco for Compass Counter-Strike 2 event YaLLa Compass Qatar 2025 Finals moves from LAN to online YaLLa Compass 2025 to feature two LAN events and $1.5m prize pool Moreover, according to a HLTV report, YaLLa Esports has filed for bankruptcy, despite claims from players and talent revealing it owes them money…
Ripple’s move to launch a national trust bank is drawing fire for threatening to erode regulatory safeguards, destabilize the banking system, and blur core institutional boundaries. Ripple’s Bank Ambitions Collide With Legacy Finance The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), which represents around 5,000 community banks across the country, has formally objected to Ripple Labs’ […]
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage SBI Holdings has expressed plans to launch Japan’s first dual Bitcoin-XRP ETF (exchange-traded fund) and says it wants to expand into stablecoins. In its Q2 2025 earnings report, the firm said the “Crypto-Assets ETF” will offer investors a single entry point into a structure that will track both XRP and BTC simultaneously. If approved, that would be the first ETF in Japan to track XRP, which is currently the third largest crypto by market cap. ‼️THE PRICE SUPPRESSION OF XRP IS COMING TO AN END‼️ Directly from…
Ethereum price found support near the $3,540 zone and recovered. ETH is rising and might soon aim for a move above the $3,740 zone. Ethereum started a fresh increase above the $3,540 and $3,580 levels. The price is trading above $3,620 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break above a bearish trend line with resistance at $3,625 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a fresh increase if it remains supported above the $3,540 zone in the near term. Ethereum Price Aims Higher Ethereum price started a fresh increase from…
During the last couple of weeks, the Ethereum network has been the target of a sustained attack. The attacker(s) have been very crafty in locating vulnerabilities in the client implementations as well as the protocol specification. While the recent patches have led to an overall increased resiliency in the client implementations, the attacks have also demonstrated that a lower-level change to the EVM pricing model is needed. For many users, the most visible consequence is probably that they are having difficulties getting transactions included in blocks, and full nodes are facing memory limitations in managing the bloated state. This is…
The first Ashes of the Singularity, released in 2016, was a very special real-time strategy game thanks to its massive scope. In 2026, a full decade later, Ashes of the Singularity II will allow us to conquer entire worlds with even more units. The original game was powered by a “multi-core graphics engine capable of handling thousands of units simultaneously across maps the size of entire continents.” As for the science fiction story, it “envisioned a future dominated by sophisticated AI managing drone constructs to battle post-human factions” across the solar system. In the sequel, the United Earth Forces aim…
Bitcoin price is attempting to recover above the $114,200 zone. BTC is now consolidating and might attempt to clear the $115,500 resistance zone. Bitcoin started a recovery wave above the $113,500 zone. The price is trading above $114,000 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There was a break above a bearish trend line with resistance at $114,300 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair might start another increase if it clears the $115,500 resistance zone. Bitcoin Price Attempts Recovery Bitcoin price found support near the $112,000 zone and started a recovery wave.…
Money market abstraction infrastructure protocol CrediX has successfully negotiated the return of the assets stolen in a $4.5 million exploit, in a promising sign for users looking to recover their cryptocurrency.CrediX suffered a security breach on Monday that saw over $4.5 million worth of digital assets bridged to the Ethereum network by a Tornado Cash-funded wallet, according to blockchain security firm Cyvers.In a surprising development, CrediX said it reached a private settlement with the attacker, who agreed to return the stolen assets in exchange for an undisclosed payment from the CrediX treasury. “Reached successful parley with the exploiter who agreed…