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December 9, 2025
Crypto News, Finance

Digital Asset Treasury Stocks in U.S. and Canada Sink 43% in 2025 as Crypto Strategy Backfires

U.S. and Canadian companies that parked their corporate cash in crypto are having a rough 2025. According to Bloomberg, firms known as digital asset treasuries (DATs) have seen their...

September 24, 2025
Crypto News, Finance

South Korea Orders Crypto Exchanges to Suspend Lending Services Amid Legal Uncertainty

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has ordered local crypto exchanges to temporarily halt their crypto lending services, citing legal uncertainty and potential risks to investors. In a translated...

September 18, 2025
Crypto News, Finance

KOSCOM Applies for Five Stablecoin Trademarks as Korea’s Stablecoin Race Heats Up

KOSCOM, a tech affiliate of the Korea Exchange, is gearing up to enter South Korea’s booming stablecoin market. The company has applied for five new trademarks tied to Korean...

September 2, 2025
Crypto News, Finance

South Korea’s Retail Investors Rotate Out of Tesla, Pile Into Crypto Stocks

South Korea’s retail investors once some of Tesla’s most loyal global backers are pulling back from the electric car maker and finding a new obsession: crypto-linked equities. According to...

August 19, 2025
Crypto News, Finance

South Korea Orders Crypto Exchanges to Halt Lending Services Pending New Rules

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has stepped in to temporarily halt all crypto lending services offered by local exchanges, citing legal uncertainty and growing risks to investors. Why...

August 6, 2025
Crypto News, Finance

South Korea’s Stablecoin Race Heats Up with fanC and Initech’s KRWIN Pilot

South Korea may finally be stepping into the stablecoin arena, and fanC, in collaboration with financial software firm Initech, is leading the charge. On August 5, the two companies...

July 24, 2025
Crypto News, Finance

South Korea Warns Asset Managers Over Crypto-Linked ETFs But Change Is Coming

South Korea’s financial watchdog is taking a cautious step back on crypto exposure at least for now. The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has informally told local asset managers to...

May 4, 2025
Crypto News, Finance

South Korean Presidential Hopefuls Target 16M Crypto Voters Ahead of June Election

As South Korea approaches its highly anticipated June 3 general election, cryptocurrency has taken center stage in political campaigns. With an estimated 16 million cryptocurrency investors, representing 36% of...

April 22, 2025
Crypto News, Finance

KakaoBank Partners with Coinone to Enable Real-Time Bitcoin Price Tracking

KakaoBank, South Korea’s leading mobile bank with over 22 million users, is taking another step into the digital asset space. In a new initiative aimed at improving user access...

March 19, 2025
Crypto News, Finance

Why South Korea Rejected a Bitcoin Reserve and Global Hesitations on BTC Adoption

On March 17, 2025, the Bank of Korea (BOK) made its first official statement regarding Bitcoin’s potential inclusion in its national reserves. The central bank dismissed the idea outright,...