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Adjusted stablecoin transfers and payments are just $400B when not accounting for routing and double transactions. The estimate is much lower compared to the reports of $10T to $30T. Real estimates of stablecoin transfers and payments are at around $400M per year, shows the latest data by Artemis. Previous reports of $10T to $30T, rivaling credit card payments, may not be accurate and do not reflect the movement of funds between counterparties. Adjusted stablecoin data show that a transaction may produce additional on-chain activity, which does not reflect the original payment intention. The real value transfers are not differentiated from…

SEOUL, South Korea – March 2025 – The Digital Asset eXchange Alliance (DAXA) has issued a significant investment warning against Oasys (OAS), triggering immediate market reactions and raising questions about South Korea’s evolving cryptocurrency regulatory framework. This development represents a critical moment for blockchain gaming platforms operating within one of Asia’s most sophisticated digital asset markets. DAXA Investment Warning: Understanding the Regulatory Action South Korea’s Digital Asset eXchange Alliance announced its member exchanges have placed Oasys under an investment warning. This regulatory action follows established protocols within the Korean financial ecosystem. DAXA, comprising South Korea’s major cryptocurrency exchanges, functions as…

Amid a general sense of unease around the spike in precious metals, the decline in the dollar, Bitcoin’s weak-to-flat price action, geopolitical uncertainty, and persistent trade wars, several economic stressors actually appear relatively relaxed. The canaries in the coal mine for Bitcoin are still singing, and while a few have started to flutter, none have fallen from their perch yet. The mine air still looks breathable Gauges tied to liquidity, credit, and rates volatility stayed below stress thresholds in January as Treasury cash balances and Bitcoin ETF flows shifted. Chicago Fed data showed the National Financial Conditions Index at -0.590…

The Ethereum Foundation has made post-quantum security a central focus of the network’s long-term roadmap, announcing the formation of a dedicated Post Quantum (PQ) team. The new team will be led by Thomas Coratger, a cryptographic engineer at the Ethereum Foundation, with support from Emile, a cryptographer closely associated with leanVM, according to crypto researcher Justin Drake. “After years of quiet R&D, EF management has officially declared PQ security a top strategic priority,” Drake said in a Saturday post on X. “It’s now 2026, timelines are accelerating. Time to go full PQ.” The researcher described leanVM, a specialized, minimalist zero-knowledge…

Hong Kong digital bank Mox Bank has officially entered the crypto market. The bank received an upgraded Type 1 license from the Securities and Futures Commission. This allows it to provide virtual asset trading services to customers. With this move, Mox Bank becomes the second digital bank in Hong Kong to support crypto trading. It now offers buying and selling of Bitcoin and Ethereum through its app. 据《香港经济日报》报道，香港数字银行 Mox Bank 获证监会升级「1 号牌」，正式推出虚拟资产交易服务，成为全港第二家支持买卖比特币的数字银行。当前仅支持以美元交易 Bitcoin（$BTC）和 Ethereum（$ETH），虚拟资产交易平台合作方为 HashKey Exchange，托管方为 HashKey Custody。此前，众安银行已于… — 吴说区块链 (@wublockchain12) January 26, 2026 For now, all trades are settled in U.S. dollars. In addition, the service connects directly to…

The US Department of Energy is set to unveil plans to expand the domestic nuclear fuel supply chain, proposing the creation of “Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses” as part of a broader push to accelerate nuclear development, according to CNBC. States will be invited to compete to host the facilities, which would support fuel enrichment, recycling, and other stages of the nuclear fuel cycle. The DOE said consolidating these activities in a single location could lower transportation costs and improve efficiency. The campuses could also reduce the amount of spent fuel sent to long-term storage sites. Officials said the program could…

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has delivered a message to the crypto industry: being open does not mean being uncritical. In a wide-ranging interview, Buterin warned that crypto communities risk long-term damage if they blindly support powerful figures or projects simply because they boost prices or visibility. According to him, the hardest but most important task for crypto is learning what to support—and what to reject. “Luna Was Not Built on Ethereum by Accident” One of Buterin’s most striking remarks was about the collapse of Terra’s Luna ecosystem. He said it was no coincidence that Luna was not built on Ethereum,…

Sage Capital is expanding beyond crypto prime brokerage services by launching a private banking service designed for crypto professionals. It has also introduced a proprietary unified trading platform for liquidity, execution, risk management, and Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA). Integrating End-to-End Crypto Services Announced today (Monday), the company can now enable hedge funds, asset managers, trading firms, brokers, corporate treasuries, and digital asset treasuries to connect banking, market access, capital, and technology through one regulated counterparty. Nathan Sage, CEO at Sage Capital Management “We have created a single environment, with unified onboarding, which connects every part of the financial workflow for…

Shares of bitcoin mining companies that have shifted business plans to cater to artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure were big winners in 2025, a run they continued into the new year. And if big tech’s earnings this year are any indications, they might continue to reap the benefit of the pivot. Fourth-quarter results and 2026 outlooks released Wednesday evening from tech giants Meta (META) and Microsoft (MSFT) — both of which put AI investment at the center of their growth strategies for this year and beyond — suggest no slowdown in the AI spending binge. “We are only at the beginning…

The entry queue to become an Ethereum validator now stands at 3,114,842 $ETH with a wait time of 54 days and 2 hours, according to data from Validator Queue, creating the longest entry queue in over a year as institutional investors pour capital into the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency network. The last time that exit queues dominated was in December 2025, after reaching a peak in September. 976,509 active validators have staked over 36.3 million $ETH, which is nearly 30% of the total supply, as of the time of writing. Source: Validator Queue Why is Ethereum’s validator entry queue congested? The…