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edgeX TGE has been rescheduled to March 31, 2026, from an earlier timeline, as announced during a December 29 Telegram community call. The decentralized derivatives DEX cited market conditions while unveiling a roadmap featuring US stock perpetual futures and prediction markets beforehand. edgeX processes $2.28 billion in 24-hour trading volume with $775 million open interest, […]

BitMine South Korea stock has surged in popularity, becoming the second most bought overseas stock in 2025. Backed by Peter Thiel and led by Tom Lee, South Korean retail investors poured $1.4 billion into it despite an 82% collapse since July, driven by its Ether hoarding strategy. Net $1.4 billion invested by South Korean retail […]

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have secured an annual US government license allowing imports of chipmaking tools to their China facilities for 2026. This provides temporary relief after the cancellation of prior waivers amid tightened export controls on advanced semiconductor equipment. US terminates validated end-user status for Samsung, SK Hynix, and TSMC effective December 31, […]

Satya Nadella has reorganized Microsoft’s leadership to accelerate AI development amid rising competition from Google and Amazon. Key actions include hiring Meta’s former engineering head Jay Parikh and promoting internal leaders like Judson Althoff and Ryan Roslansky, fostering urgency through weekly meetings and ‘founder mode’ approach. (52 words) Nadella adopts ‘founder mode’ for hands-on leadership, […]

South Korea’s Digital Asset Basic Act is delayed due to ongoing disputes between the Financial Services Commission (FSC) and the Bank of Korea over stablecoin issuance rules, governance structures, and reserve requirements. Officials expect submission after the new year, postponing key investor protections like 100% asset backing and strict liability for operators. Stablecoin oversight divides […]

Bitmine Immersion Technologies holds 4.11 million ETH, representing 3.41% of the total Ethereum supply after adding over 44,000 ETH recently. The company aims to control 5% or 6.03 million ETH through its Alchemy of 5% strategy, potentially by late 2026. Bitmine’s $13.2 billion balance sheet is dominated by Ethereum holdings, plus $1 billion in cash […]

Privacy coins surged significantly in Q4 2025, dominating top performers despite broader market downturns, with Zcash briefly surpassing Monero in market cap. Grayscale data shows privacy assets like Zcash, Monero, Dash, Decred, BAT, and Beldex leading gains amid rising demand for privacy tools. Privacy coins outperformed Bitcoin and Ethereum in Q4 2025, defying negative sector […]

The Unleash Protocol hack on December 30, 2025, led to $3.9 million in losses from unauthorized smart contract withdrawals. An attacker exploited the multisig governance to force a contract update, draining liquidity and bridging over 1,300 ETH to Tornado Cash. Unleash Protocol detected unauthorized activity in its smart contracts, confirming losses from a governance exploit. […]

A Canadian scammer known as Haby, or Havard, stole over $2 million in cryptocurrency from Coinbase users in 2025 through impersonation attacks. Posing as support staff, he tricked victims into transferring funds. Blockchain investigator ZachXBT exposed him via on-chain analysis and social media leaks. ZachXBT linked Haby to a 21,000 XRP theft ($44,000) from a […]