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The fairness of South Korea’s upcoming crypto tax has reignited a fierce political debate, following the recent repeal of the financial investment income tax. Lawmakers from the opposition People Power Party (PPP) now argue that taxing virtual assets is inconsistent with the government’s own policy shift. This debate, reported by News1, places the crypto tax fairness at the center of a broader discussion on equitable taxation in the digital age. South Korea Crypto Tax: The Core Debate The South Korean government has reaffirmed its plan to tax virtual asset income starting in 2027. This timeline, set by the National Tax…

Ripple has partnered with OKX to expand its U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin $RLUSD, making it available across more than 280 spot pairs and over 300 trading routes on the exchange. The listing also allows traders to use $RLUSD as margin collateral for perpetual futures, putting it in direct competition with major stablecoins like $USDT and $USDC. OKX Lists $RLUSD With Futures Collateral and Full XRPL Support OKX confirmed that $RLUSD is now live on its platform and integrated into its Unified Order Book, providing access to deep liquidity across hundreds of trading pairs. The exchange also added full $XRP Ledger (XRPL)…

Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company Bitdeer has confirmed that it sold all of its mined Bitcoin this week. The firm mined 186 $BTC and sold the entire amount. This marks another week where Bitdeer holds zero Bitcoin in its treasury. The company has maintained this zero-$BTC strategy since February 2025. Bitdeer Sells All Mined $BTC This Week: A Strategic Decision Bitdeer, a major player in the cryptocurrency mining sector, operates large-scale mining facilities globally. The company’s decision to sell all mined Bitcoin immediately reflects a deliberate treasury policy. By selling every Bitcoin as soon as it is mined, Bitdeer avoids exposure…

Crypto analyst Minga has predicted that the Bitcoin price could rally past $120,000 to a new all-time high ($ATH) of $190,000 in the next bull cycle. The analyst also indicated that now is a good time to buy as $BTC approaches a bottom. Analyst Gives Buy Signal as Bitcoin Price Approaches Bottom In an X post, Minga said that the Bitcoin price is approaching a macro bottom and that this is the phase of the cycle where every dip becomes an opportunity to buy and accumulate long-term holdings. The analyst opined that $BTC may tap the $58,900 to $54,500 region…

The value of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) on public blockchains has climbed about 66% in 2026, reaching roughly $23.6 billion as of Wednesday, according to DeFiLlama data. The market stood at around $14.1 billion on Jan. 1 before steadily rising through early March. Tokenized funds, including products backed by US Treasury bills, bonds and money market funds, account for the largest share of the sector. DeFiLlama data shows tokenized funds represent about 44.5% of the total market with $10.5 billion in value, followed by tokenized gold and commodities at roughly $6.5 billion and tokenized equities at nearly $4 billion. Other…

Aster has overhauled its tokenomics by removing its monthly ecosystem unlock and replacing it with a staking-only emission model, reducing the amount of $ASTER entering circulation by about 97%. [Important Notice] Tokenomics Update: Restructuring Ecosystem Emissions We are replacing the monthly Ecosystem unlock with a staking-only emission model, significantly reducing the amount of $ASTER entering circulation each month. Previously, 78.4M $ASTER (~1% of max supply)… — Aster 🥷 (@Aster_DEX) March 30, 2026 Under the previous structure, roughly 78.4 million $ASTER, or about 1% of total supply, was released each month on a linear schedule. That mechanism has now been scrapped.…

In brief The U.S. Senate unanimously passed S. Res. 708, banning senators from trading on prediction markets. Republican Senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio introduced the resolution targeting potential advantages from non-public government information. The ban represents the first major regulatory action specifically prohibiting government officials from prediction market participation. The U.S. Senate has banned senators from trading on prediction markets, with the chamber passing a resolution targeting potential insider trading advantages from non-public government information. The Senate resolution prohibits senators and their staff from participating in prediction markets where users can bet on political outcomes, policy decisions, and other events…

A pseudonymous researcher has posted a suspicious trade by a collection of Hyperliquid wallets that some crypto traders suspect of having a special relationship with Robinhood. Continuing a pattern of curious trades, the “insider” opened a prescient short on Hyperliquid’s HOOD perpetual futures contracts — crypto derivatives that mimic the price of Robinhood’s common stock — mere hours before Robinhood’s scheduled first-quarter earnings release. After its disappointing earnings, shares of Robinhood’s stock fell sharply yesterday evening, rewarding the traders’ leveraged short in after-hours trading. Stock price chart of Robinhood over the past day. Source: TradingView The trader(s) at the center…

Publicly traded crypto mining companies are posting strong gains in 2026, even as the broader crypto market remains under pressure. All ten of the largest publicly traded mining stocks are in positive territory year-to-date (YTD), with gains ranging from around 5% to more than 85%, according to data from Bitcoinminingstock.io. Top Bitcoin mining stocks by market cap. Source: Bitcoinminingstock.io Top Bitcoin mining stocks by market cap. Source: Bitcoinminingstock.io TeraWulf, Inc. leads the group with gains of about 85%, followed by Hut 8 Corp. at roughly 67% and Riot Platforms, Inc. at around 46%. Other major miners have also posted strong…

According to a recent report published by Bloomberg, the long-dormant wallets belonging to Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of the original cryptocurrency, could be in the crosshairs of future hackers. It was previously assumed that Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin wallets would never be moved or sold. The mysterious Bitcoin creator handed over the project in 2011 and disappeared. Due to lost private keys and the deaths of early adopters, an estimated 2.3 If quantum hackers successfully break into these dormant wallets, the economic impact on the crypto market would be catastrophic. In 2024, the German government seized and liquidated 50,000 $BTC.…