Crypto

Sam Altman's ambitious project to create a global digital identity system using iris scans has attracted millions of users—and a wave of regulatory bans.

10 August 2026

Ethena's synthetic dollar stablecoin has risen to become the world's third-largest by market capitalisation, but a dramatic de-pegging incident and mounting regulatory pressure are testing the limits of its novel structure.

7 August 2026

Aave has built a decentralised lending market worth $14 billion in deposits — but sustaining its lead as rivals sharpen their offers will test whether smart contracts alone can replace the bank.

5 August 2026

Backed by serious cryptographic credentials and fresh venture capital, Zcash is attempting to reinvent itself as a fully-fledged private financial platform — but regulatory headwinds remain its most stubborn obstacle.

3 August 2026

Rather than running its own trading pools, 1inch scours dozens of decentralised exchanges simultaneously to find users the best possible deal — making it the Skyscanner of crypto trading.

30 July 2026

Avalanche has repositioned itself from a faster alternative to Ethereum into the foundational infrastructure for enterprise blockchain deployment — but whether corporate adoption can outpace intensifying competition will determine its long-term value.

28 July 2026

A blockchain born from Meta's failed crypto ambitions has quietly earned a listing on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, raising the question of whether institutional access can revive a token down sharply from its peak.

27 July 2026

Sixteen years after its creation, Bitcoin remains the benchmark against which every other cryptocurrency is measured—and its absorption into mainstream financial infrastructure is accelerating.

25 July 2026

Cardano's rigorous, research-first approach sets it apart from rivals, but translating scholarly rigour into real-world adoption remains its defining challenge.

24 July 2026

Chainlink has evolved from a niche data-feed service into the essential infrastructure linking decentralised finance with the world's largest financial institutions — but supply risks and rising competition temper the excitement.

23 July 2026

By bridging BlackRock's institutional infrastructure with on-chain finance, Ondo Finance has emerged as the leading protocol for tokenising real-world assets — but the gap between narrative and verified returns remains a risk investors cannot ignore.

22 July 2026

Uniswap's governance token is burning millions of dollars' worth of supply, but the market has yet to reward it.

21 July 2026

Hyperliquid's HYPE token has conquered the decentralised derivatives market with remarkable speed, but a series of crises has exposed an uncomfortable tension at its core.

19 July 2026

Ethereum remains the dominant smart-contract platform, yet a governance crisis at its foundation and a stubborn gap between technological progress and price performance are testing investor confidence.

18 July 2026

Born as a parody in three hours, Dogecoin has become a barometer of one man's attention—and a cautionary tale about the power of celebrity in crypto markets.

17 July 2026

South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges are racing to deploy AI agents capable of executing trades autonomously, but a regulatory vacuum over liability and market stability risks turning a technological leap into a governance crisis.

17 July 2026

Solana's turbulent history—from a $1 launch price to a near-death experience and back to all-time highs—reveals a blockchain with genuine technical merit but unresolved questions about its long-term identity.

16 July 2026

XRP survived a five-year fight with American regulators and built one of crypto's most substantial real-world payment networks, yet its price has stubbornly refused to reward believers.

15 July 2026

The South Korean gaming group's upgraded crypto wallet is as much about rebuilding trust after a bruising delisting scandal as it is about capturing a share of a fast-growing global market.

15 July 2026

The blockchain token that rode Kakao's coattails to a near-$1.5bn market cap has since lost 94% of its value — a cautionary tale about brand-driven hype in the absence of genuine utility.

14 July 2026

South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange is betting that AI-powered backtesting will transform retail investors from gut-driven punters into data-literate traders — but the risks of misplaced confidence are real.

14 July 2026

South Korea's WEMIX holds the ignoble distinction of being the only domestic cryptocurrency to have been delisted twice, exposing a pattern of opacity and investor betrayal that may prove fatal to any hope of revival.

14 July 2026

The union of Kakao's Klaytn and Naver-affiliated Line's Finschia into a single blockchain called KAIA is the most ambitious consolidation in Korean crypto history — but ambition alone will not determine its fate.

13 July 2026

South Korea's cryptocurrency exchange market is locked in a two-horse race, but Korbit's alliance with financial giant Mirae Asset marks an ambitious attempt to carve out a new kind of competitive position.

11 July 2026

A consortium of ten Korean and European banks has launched an ambitious stablecoin venture targeting the inefficiencies of cross-border payments — but regulatory complexity and monetary sovereignty concerns pose formidable obstacles.

11 July 2026

Dollar-pegged stablecoins are emerging as leading indicators of exchange-rate stress, with surging demand consistently anticipating currency moves by hours or even days — forcing central banks to pay attention.

9 July 2026

South Korea's largest brokerage has acquired the country's oldest cryptocurrency exchange, signalling a new era in which institutional finance and digital assets converge—but the hard work of integration lies ahead.

9 July 2026

South Korea's most technology-forward card issuer has completed technical trials of stablecoin-based cross-border payments in the United States and is now extending its pilot to Europe, positioning itself ahead of domestic rivals in a race that global financial giants are already running.

9 July 2026

The blockchain token behind South Korean gaming firm Wemade has secured a listing on one of the world's top cryptocurrency exchanges, but questions over its ecosystem's fundamentals remain unanswered.

8 July 2026

South Korea's Coinone is restructuring its ownership to distribute power among four shareholders, a voluntary move that tests whether self-imposed governance reform can substitute for regulatory compulsion in the opaque world of cryptocurrency exchanges.

7 July 2026

A repeatedly delayed share-swap between South Korea's leading fintech platform and its biggest cryptocurrency exchange exposes deep tensions over valuation, regulatory ambiguity, and the future shape of the country's digital finance industry.

7 July 2026

OUSD claimed partnerships with Samsung and Dunamu, but both companies say they have never heard of it — exposing a regulatory vacuum that leaves Korean investors dangerously exposed.

3 July 2026

A consortium led by Visa and BlackRock has recruited Samsung, Shinhan Financial Group, and crypto exchange operator Dunamu as strategic partners, marking a pivotal moment in the contest to design the next generation of global payment infrastructure.

2 July 2026

A potential tie-up between South Korea's largest retail stockbroker and one of its biggest cryptocurrency exchanges would mark the most significant convergence yet of traditional capital markets and digital assets in the country.

30 June 2026

As the won slides to its lowest level in 17 years, dollar-denominated stablecoins are tightening their grip on South Korea's crypto market—just as regulators remain deadlocked over whether to issue a won-pegged alternative.

27 June 2026

A South Korean parliamentary aide's reversal over remarks targeting the country's dominant crypto exchange has exposed a troubling nexus of lobbying, conflicts of interest, and regulatory capture at the heart of the nation's cryptocurrency legislation.

27 June 2026

A tie-up between cross-chain protocol Squid and hardware wallet maker D'CENT opens new decentralised-finance corridors for XRP and Ripple's regulated stablecoin, marking a strategic inflection point for the Ripple ecosystem.

26 June 2026

A confluence of macroeconomic headwinds, regulatory uncertainty, and structural supply pressures is making the current crypto downturn feel more punishing than the Terra-Luna implosion of 2022.

26 June 2026