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Bitcoin’s institutional surge widens trillion-dollar gap with altcoins
A trillion-dollar valuation gap now separates Bitcoin from other tokens. Altcoin market capitalisation could be $800 billion higher,…
South Korean lawmakers press Binance to repay $106M GoFi victims after Gopax acquisition
Binance is facing renewed scrutiny from South Korean lawmakers after a parliamentary hearing this week reignited calls for…
Binance nears return to South Korea as regulators revisit Gopax stake review
Binance holds a 67% stake in Gopax, acquired in February 2023. A $4.3 billion US settlement eased regulatory…
Are South Korean retail traders the only thing keeping Ethereum treasury companies alive?
Ethereum’s ongoing underperformance against Bitcoin has reignited debate over what’s holding the asset up, and who’s really behind…
Superapp merger talks to route 30M shoppers to Upbit sparking fee collapse
Naver Financial, the fintech arm of South Korea’s largest search engine, is weighing a potential share-swap agreement with…
Bithumb promises to compensate users after 100-minute outage
South Korea’s Bithumb experienced a technical outage that caused significant damages to users who relied on the app…
South Korean retail investors dump Tesla for crypto stocks: Bloomberg
South Korea retail investors offloaded $657M in Tesla shares in August, extending a four-month selloff of $1.8B, while…
South Korea cracks down on crypto scam after BTS star Jungkook hit in 39 billion hack
258 victims’ personal data stolen from six public and financial portals. BTS star Jungkook targeted with 8.4B won…
Stader price surges over 40% following Bithumb listing
Stader price rallied 42% on Aug 26 after its Bithumb listing, breaking past resistance with volume and ecosystem…
Tether and Circle to meet South Korea’s top banks on stablecoin adoption
South Korean banks are getting ready to issue their own won-based stablecoins amid government’s regulatory push.
