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Dunamu CEO Urges South Korea to Move Quickly on Won-Backed Stablecoins — Interview

Dunamu CEO Urges South Korea to Move Quickly on Won-Backed Stablecoins — Interview

By Jihye LeeSEOUL--South Korea should speed up the development of won-backed stablecoins to protect its currency's role as dollar-based digital payments expand, the chief executive of cryptocurrency company Dunamu said.Dunamu, which operates South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Upbit, is p…

China Will Eventually Find Way to Manage Crypto, Solana's Chee Says — Interview

China Will Eventually Find Way to Manage Crypto, Solana's Chee Says — Interview

By Jihye LeeSEOUL--China will eventually find a way to allow more cryptocurrency activity while maintaining controls over the market, says Solana Co. Executive Chairman Joseph Chee."China eventually will find a way to manage crypto," Chee said in an interview on the sidelines of Korea Blockchain Wee…

Hyperliquid Co-founder Jeff Yan says 24-hour clock is not onchain finance’s true differentiator

Hyperliquid Co-founder Jeff Yan says 24-hour clock is not onchain finance’s true differentiator

Hyperliquid (HYPE) Co-founder Jeff Yan said at Korea Blockchain Week that around-the-clock trading is not what sets onchain venues apart from traditional exchanges.Speaking in a fireside chat at Korea Blockchain Week 2026, Yan pointed out that crypto never needed conventional market hours because th…

Kakaopay partners with Dinari, Ondo to explore tokenized Korean stocks

Kakaopay partners with Dinari, Ondo to explore tokenized Korean stocks

South Korea’s Kakaopay Securities is partnering with tokenization firms Dinari and Ondo Finance to explore bringing Korean-listed stocks onchain and distributing them to investors in international markets.Kakaopay announced separate agreements with Dinari and Ondo on Tuesday, covering the sourcing o…

Bitcoin Falls Below $84,000 Despite Spot ETF Inflows as Profit-Taking Weighs

Bitcoin Falls Below $84,000 Despite Spot ETF Inflows as Profit-Taking Weighs

Bitcoin rose about 4% last week on inflows into spot exchange-traded funds, but slipped below $84,000 as profit-taking selling emerged.As of 9:45 a.m. on September 29 in Korea, Bitcoin was trading at $83,472 on Binance's USDT market, down 1.66% from a day earlier. On Upbit's won market, it was tradi…

Soneium and DayOneDream Partner to Bring K-Pop IP Onchain as Tokenized Assets

Soneium and DayOneDream Partner to Bring K-Pop IP Onchain as Tokenized Assets

Singapore, Singapore, September 29th, 2026, ChainwireThe partnership combines DayOneDream's K-pop IP and entertainment expertise, delivered through its tokenization platform WAVIST, with Soneium's onchain infrastructure to unlock new ways to access, participate in, and enjoy value from the idol grou…

Ripple Heads to Seoul: Korea's Banking Giants Set for XRP Spotlight

Ripple Heads to Seoul: Korea's Banking Giants Set for XRP Spotlight

is eyeing a busy October with key events and upgrades in store. At the earliest in October, specifically in the first week, the XRP Seoul event is scheduled for October 3, 2026, at the Grand Hyatt Seoul during Korea Blockchain Week. executives, including its president Monica Long, RippleX SVP Marku…

North Korean fake recruiters infect 30K devices, steal $10.7M in crypto

North Korean fake recruiters infect 30K devices, steal $10.7M in crypto

North Korean hacking group WaterPlum stole at least $10.7 million by posing as recruiters for legitimate crypto and AI companies, attacking unsuspecting job seekers with malware.The group, also known as Contagious Interview, targets software developers and IT professionals worldwide, according to a …

Charles Hoskinson Says AI Has Destroyed The Old Crypto Growth Metric

Charles Hoskinson Says AI Has Destroyed The Old Crypto Growth Metric

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson says artificial intelligence has destroyed the value of developer counts. Blockchains have leaned on the figure for years to prove they are growing.He spoke on Sunday in defense of Midnight, a privacy-focused blockchain built on Cardano. Its foundation recently cut…

Oil Higher on Hormuz Escalation, Weighing on Sentiment — Update

Oil Higher on Hormuz Escalation, Weighing on Sentiment — Update

By Joe StonorRising oil prices weighed on market sentiment in afternoon European trade after Iranian forces fired ballistic missiles on two U.S. Navy warships, representing a fresh escalation in the six-month conflict.Brent crude oil rose 1.3% to $97.50 a barrel as both the U.S. and Iran ramped up e…

Avalanche: Hanwha Investment & Securities Builds Tokenization Platform on AVAX - 07 Sep 2026

Avalanche: Hanwha Investment & Securities Builds Tokenization Platform on AVAX - 07 Sep 2026

Hanwha Investment & Securities, part of a Korean conglomerate with roughly $200 billion in assets, is building its new tokenization platform on Avalanche. The platform is designed to bring traditional assets into global onchain markets, positioning Avalanche as the settlement layer for Hanwha's inst…

Wall Street Crypto Treasuries Are Buying Bitcoin and Ethereum Again. Why?

Wall Street Crypto Treasuries Are Buying Bitcoin and Ethereum Again. Why?

Strive, BitMine and MicroStrategy each disclosed fresh crypto purchases on Monday. The two Bitcoin buyers alone spent more than $500 million in a single week.Buying high is the business model, not a failure of it. These firms turn share sales into coins, and shares sell best when coins are rising.Wh…