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ZetaChain said June 25 that it will offer free artificial intelligence services to users who stake its ZETA token. The company introduced a feature that grants token stakers credits for access to Anuma AI. The service is linked to ZetaChain’s recentl
Kang Seung-gyu, a lawmaker from the opposition People Power Party, criticized the Lee Jae-myung administration and Prime Minister nominee Han Seong-sook over LucentBlock’s failure to win approval to operate an over-the-counter exchange. He said the g
The cryptocurrency market has entered an undervalued zone, but tightening macroeconomic conditions and stagnant inflows of fresh liquidity are creating pressure from both sides, according to a report from crypto asset manager BitMine. In a report rel
An Ethereum core developer has warned that the ecosystem is nearing a major institutional turning point, including the possibility of a protocol funding crisis. BitMine Chairman Tom Lee rejected that view on June 19, saying the odds of such a crisis
Andre Cronje and other key founding board members at Layer 1 blockchain developer Sonic Labs have abruptly resigned. The leadership overhaul rattled the market, sending Sonic's native S token down about 5% from a day earlier. Sonic Labs announced on
Senior advisers to US President Donald Trump are heading to Switzerland as Washington tries to revive stalled working-level talks with Iran. CNN reported on June 19 that Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy, was traveling to Switzerland to restart ne
Interview with Park Sang-wook, Korea head of Tools for Humanity Push accelerates to integrate World ID with Korean companies Focus is on ticketing solutions that block automated bots "We want to lead the mainstream adoption of a proof-of-human layer"
Stablecoin protocol Neutrl is pushing to broaden the market for yield-bearing stablecoins with a model built on market-neutral strategies. The protocol centers its model on synthetic dollar stablecoin NUSD. Unlike traditional stablecoin yield structu
<Major economic events next week> ▶ June 15 (Mon.): U.S. May industrial production (10:15 p.m. Korea Standard Time) ▶ June 16 (Tue.): Bank of Japan rate decision (noon Korea Standard Time); U.S. ADP weekly employment change report (9:15 p.m. Korea St
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the launch of a cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund that can hold as many as 15 tokens. Cointelegraph reported on June 13 that the SEC on June 12 granted final approval for the listing and trad
Humanity Protocol said a North Korea-linked hacking group was behind a recent major security breach that triggered a collapse in its H token price. The attackers used a sophisticated phishing campaign to seize critical permissions, then dumped a larg
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has taken steps to ease the regulatory burden on exchanges offering perpetual cryptocurrency futures contracts. On June 12, the CFTC issued a no-action letter allowing designated contract markets, or DCMs,
Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, ruled out signing an agreement with the US on Sunday and sharply criticized President Donald Trump. CNN reported June 13 that the IRGC formally denied speculation that Iran would sign an agreem
Prediction-market platforms including Kalshi and Polymarket are mounting a joint challenge to Kentucky's tax measures. ABC reported on June 13 that the Fair Markets Coalition, whose members include Kalshi, Crypto.com and Polymarket, filed suit in Ken
Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox on June 12 released the results of a security audit conducted with an artificial intelligence model from Anthropic. In a post on X, Wilcox said the audit was carried out at the request of digital-asset research group Shield
The US military shot down several Iranian one-way attack drones headed toward the Strait of Hormuz, even as Washington and Tehran reported progress in peace talks. Reuters, citing a source familiar with the matter, reported on June 12 that US forces
Finance Ministry says tokenized stocks are securities, not virtual assets Taxation could begin once the Financial Services Commission issues a formal interpretation South Korea’s tax authorities said tokenized stocks could be taxed as soon as this ye
A prolonged war involving Iran could drag global economic growth this year to its weakest level since the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Bank said. It warned that an escalation in fighting and deeper supply-chain disruptions would add to stagflation pr
Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, pushed back against criticism over the company’s recent Bitcoin sale. At the BTC Prague conference on June 11, Saylor said his oft-repeated line to "never sell your Bitcoin" was directed at individual i
SynFutures, an on-chain trading protocol for cryptocurrencies and real-world assets, said June 12 that it will expand into tokenized real-world assets including stocks, exchange-traded funds and derivatives through a system integration with Anchored.
Circle Chief Executive Officer Jeremy Allaire brushed aside concerns over recent reports that Visa, Mastercard and Coinbase are joining forces on their own stablecoin platform, saying the news should not be taken at face value. At a Circle investor m
South Korea’s labor minister urged major domestic IT and semiconductor companies reaping huge profits from the artificial intelligence boom to share those gains with suppliers and workers. In an interview with Reuters on June 4, Labor Minister Kim Yo
Moves are accelerating in Congress to formally establish a tax framework for digital assets. Bloomberg reported that the House Ways and Means Committee, which oversees tax policy, is set to release a package of crypto tax bills as early as June 5 and
Dunamu, the operator of digital-asset exchange Upbit, said on June 5 that Upbit's customer center had been named an "Excellent Call Center in Korea" in the call center category of the 2026 Korean Service Quality Index, or KSQI, hosted by Korea Manage
US Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Hester Peirce said software developers should not be subject to federal securities laws simply for distributing open-source code. At Princeton University’s IC3 Blockchain Camp on June 4, Peirce said
U.S. spot-Bitcoin ETFs posted heavy withdrawals, extending their run of net outflows to 12 straight trading sessions. Data from SoSoValue showed the funds recorded combined net outflows of $519.19 million on June 2. BlackRock's IBIT led the declines,
James Fickel, a crypto investor known for long-term Ethereum holdings, has made his first large Ether transfer in six months. On June 2, on-chain data platform Arkham showed that Fickel transferred 10,000 Ether from a Coinbase escrow address to a dep
Asia-Pacific stock markets opened higher across the board on June 3. Buying interest emerged as investors absorbed geopolitical risks, even with uncertainty lingering over negotiations to end the US-Iran conflict in the Middle East. In Japan, the Nik
SpaceX, Elon Musk's space company, is preparing an initial public offering that would rank as the largest on record, with the deal structured as a sale of newly issued shares only. Reuters reported on June 2, citing people familiar with the matter, t
The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on major Iranian crypto firms, including the country’s largest digital-asset exchange, in a bid to pressure Tehran back to the negotiating table. Bloomberg reported on June 2 that the US Treasury Departm