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More than a quarter of South Koreans in their 20s to 50s now own digital assets, with their crypto investments making up 14% of their total financial portfolios, according to a new report from the Hana Institute of Finance released Sunday.
The study, titled 2050 Generation’s Virtual Asset

A Human Rights Foundation executive told a room full of US politicians that Bitcoin continues to prove itself as a powerful tool against authoritarian control, offering an alternative to the mounting ways fiat currency can be manipulated and controlled.
“With Bitcoin, the ability of these leaders t

ETF provider REX Shares has addressed feedback from the US Securities and Exchange Commission and is expected to soon launch the first-ever Solana staking exchange-traded fund, analysts say.
“Rex also filed an updated prospectus, which

United States President Donald Trump recently touted the positive impacts of Bitcoin (BTC) on the US economy, including relieving "pressure" from the US dollar during Friday's White House press conference.
The President said

Opinion by: Youngsun Shin, Head of Product, Flipster
Where friction is the highest, previously marginalized users are empowered to utilize crypto as an effective hedge against dollar devaluation. As emerging economies look at new ways to accrue value and create wealth through digital assets,

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has introduced a new kind of digital identity system dubbed “pluralistic identity,” arguing it could protect privacy while enabling fair participation in digital life.
In a blog post published Sunday, Buterin explored the promise and pitfalls of zero-knowledge

A man at the center of a massive crypto Ponzi scheme will spend nearly eight years behind bars after a federal judge handed down a 97-month prison sentence in Brooklyn on Friday.
Dwayne Golden, 57, was convicted of wire fraud and money laundering for his role in orchestrating scams through three

XRP’s price jumped over 3% on Friday just hours after Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse said the company is dropping its cross-appeal against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and expects the regulator to do the same.
“Ripple is dropping our cross-appeal, and the SEC is expected to dr

Key takeaways:
BTC is consolidating within a descending channel, but weak onchain activity suggests a lack of momentum.
Rising Core inflation data (2.7%) and sticky price growth reduce the likelihood of Fed rate cuts, maintaining pressure on Bitcoin and risk assets.
Bitcoin (BTC) experienced

Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization on the Aptos blockchain has gained significant momentum in recent months, with the total value of onchain assets surpassing $540 million, driven by multiple deployments from traditional asset managers.
The value of RWA deployments on the Aptos network has grown b

US President Donald Trump didn’t answer a reporter’s question on whether he would divest from his family’s crypto ventures in order to ensure passage of key cryptocurrency legislation, saying only that if the US didn’t have crypto, China or other countries would.
"Many Democrats have said that