Author: NBTC

The world of digital finance is buzzing, and South Korea is at the forefront of this exciting evolution. Imagine a future where sending money is as easy as sending a text, with stability akin to traditional currency. This vision is rapidly becoming a reality, and a major player in Korea’s fintech scene, Toss Bank, is making a bold move that could reshape the landscape of digital money. The recent news of Toss Bank’s extensive trademark filings for a Toss Bank stablecoin is a clear signal: the race for a robust, regulated digital currency ecosystem is heating up, and Korea is…

With activity on Hyperliquid’s Layer 1 blockchain, the HyperEVM, continuing to scale, one of the most highly anticipated protocols coming to the ecosystem, Kinetiq, announced it will launch on July 15, and HYPE whales are preparing by unstaking their HYPE. Kinetiq announced its launch date yesterday saying, “This notice is meant to provide additional time on top of the 7 day unstaking period of HYPE, to account for global timezones.” Immediately after the announcement, there was more than 1 million HYPE, worth roughly $40 million set to be removed from current validators, presumably to stake with Kinetiq. Source: Hypurrscan The…

A group of crypto traders are planning to launch legal action against prediction platform Polymarket after its controversial $242 million Volodymyr Zelenskyy suit market concluded last night. The resolution over “Will Zelenskyy wear a suit before July?” was disputed multiple times and eventually settled on “No” on Tuesday. However, many onlookers and Polymarket users described the outcome as an example of “market manipulation” due to a small number of UMA token holders dictating the outcome of the bet — even if the conclusion was seen by many as being factually incorrect. As a result, X user defipolice told Protos that…

Australia’s top financial watchdog has approved a select group of firms to pilot real-money transactions using central bank digital currency and stablecoins, marking the country’s most ambitious foray yet into tokenized finance.  The Australian Securities and Investments Commission said Wednesday it would grant regulatory relief to 14 participants in Project Acacia, a joint effort between the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre aimed at testing how digital forms of money can support institutional trading of tokenized assets. Tokenized assets are digital representations of real-world assets, such as bonds, property, or commodities, recorded on blockchain technology,…

South Korea’s central bank digital currency project has been put on hold as the regulators turn their attention to fast-tracking the issuance of won-backed stablecoins. According to a Bloomberg report citing an unnamed Bank of Korea official, the central bank has suspended plans for the second phase of its CBDC pilot, which had been scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2025. Participating banks have reportedly been informed that discussions would be temporarily paused. Authorities are reevaluating the role of a CBDC as they are pivoting toward regulating private stablecoin issuers, the official noted. The Bank of Korea had been preparing…

The Solana (SOL) blockchain has witnessed significant growth, hitting a new all-time high (ATH). According to SolanaFloor, a platform dedicated to news about the asset on X, this new ATH concerns the total value locked in the network’s tokenized real-world asset (RWA) sector. Solana’s massive comeback in RWA race Notably, a massive $418.15 million worth of RWAs are now active on Solana, which marks an ATH for the blockchain. This translates to over 150% growth within the last 90 days, a development that signals accelerated interest, adoption and usage. There has also been a spike in the number of users…

A group of Democratic senators has introduced a new bill that could impose sanctions on El Salvador’s leadership over its Bitcoin holdings and alleged human rights abuses. The legislation, titled the “El Salvador Accountability Act of 2025” (S. 2058), was brought before the US Senate by Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), alongside Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Alex Padilla (D-CA). The bill is calling for the US to cut ties with President Nayib Bukele’s government, which became the first in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender in 2021. Liberal senators claim Bitcoin in the country is being used…

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. On the surface, AI and blockchain share a lot in common. Both are transformative technologies with the potential to reshape every industry they touch. Both have attracted vast amounts of investment, not to mention hype. And both are blunt tools whose full power is only manifested when they’re astutely sharpened and wielded with precision. You might also like: AI is being built behind closed doors, and that’s a dangerous mistake | Opinion When AI and blockchain are…

Struggling Spanish cafe Vanadi Coffee stock skyrocketed more than triple its initial value after shareholders of the firm approved a plan to invest up to 1 billion euros into its Bitcoin treasury. According to a translated press release, on June 29, shareholders of Vanadi Coffee approved the company’s change in strategy to acquire more Bitcoin (BTC) on its balance sheet. The publicly-listed chain that currently operates six cafes based only in Alicante, now aims to become the largest Spanish company with a Bitcoin treasury. At the time of writing, it currently holds the title of being Spain’s first publicly-listed Bitcoin…

Arbitrum, a top Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) scaling solution, recorded strong momentum in the second quarter of 2025, thanks to new product launches, a partnership with retail brokerage giant Robinhood, and more activity around tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). The L2’s total value locked (TVL) grew nearly 32% from $1.9 billion in April to over $2.5 billion as of today, July 8, according to data from DeFiLlama. Meanwhile, decentralized exchanges (DEXs) on Arbitrum have processed over $544 billion in cumulative volume, a 12% increase since April. Cumulative DEX volume on Aribtrum. Source: DeFiLlama RWAs on the network also grew, climbing to…