Bithumb was reportedly given a six-month partial suspension by South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit for alleged anti-money laundering failures. Bithumb, South Korea’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is reportedly seeking to reappoint CEO Lee Jae-won despite recent alleged anti-money laundering failures and other controversies, according to the Korea Times. The exchange will convene its...Continue Reading

Bitchat saw a spike in downloads during protests in Madagascar, Nepal, Indonesia and Iran over the last year, and global unrest could see more cases like it. Decentralized, blockchain-based messaging and social media apps saw a surge of interest over the last year amid civil unrest and communication blackouts in the Middle East, Asia and...Continue Reading

Boyaa Interactive International is the 23rd-largest Bitcoin treasury and the third-largest in Asia, behind Japan’s Metaplanet and China’s Next Technology Holding. Hong Kong-based Web3 gaming firm Boyaa Interactive International said it is seeking shareholder approval to expand its crypto treasury, planning up to $70 million in purchases over the next year. In a statement on...Continue Reading

The Meta co-founder is reportedly working on a personal AI agent to bypass management layers as Meta pushes employees to adopt agentic tools.  Meta CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI agent to help handle his work in managing the company amid a company-wide push for employees to adopt agentic tech. ​According...Continue Reading

“The internet is civilization’s town square, and the economic contract is now obsolete,” wrote Sam Ragsdale on an a16z Crypto blog on Sunday. Autonomous AI agent commerce could mean the end of online advertising as it is currently known today and shift the internet’s economic model, according to a16z Crypto. Since the dawn of the...Continue Reading

Bitcoin and Asian markets dropped on Monday as Iran escalated threats to strike critical infrastructure in the Gulf. Crypto and the wider markets tumbled on Monday as the US and Iran escalated threats toward one another for the fourth week, sending oil prices seesawing.  US President Donald Trump posted to Truth Social on Sunday that...Continue Reading

Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin-holding company Strategy has already purchased more than $2.9 billion worth of the cryptocurrency this month. Strategy executive chair Michael Saylor has hinted that his company bought more Bitcoin despite a market tumble over the weekend that has now pushed his company’s Bitcoin bet into a 10% loss.  “The Orange March Continues,” Saylor...Continue Reading

Part of the approved rule changes allows institutions to trade the crypto ETFs as FLEX options, which offer customizable terms like non-standard strike prices and expiration dates. Two New York Stock Exchange-affiliated exchanges have removed the 25,000 contract position limit on options tied to 11 crypto exchange-traded funds. NYSE Arca and NYSE American each filed...Continue Reading

UK Finance said that tokenized deposits could play a “vital role” in a future multi-money system alongside other digital assets. Banks are exploring tokenized deposits as they test ways to move commercial bank money onto blockchain-based payment and settlement infrastructure, according to a new report from real-world asset data platform RWA.io The report, which was...Continue Reading