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SEOUL, South Korea – December 2025 – KakaoPay, South Korea’s leading fintech platform, has made a strategic leap into global blockchain infrastructure by joining the Coinbase-led x402 Foundation as a founding member. This significant development positions the Korean company alongside technology and financial giants including Google, Amazon Web Services, Visa, and Microsoft in shaping the future of instant on-chain payments. The move represents a pivotal moment for both KakaoPay and South Korea’s broader cryptocurrency ecosystem, potentially accelerating mainstream adoption of blockchain-based financial services across Asia and beyond. KakaoPay Joins Elite x402 Foundation Consortium The x402 Foundation represents an unprecedented collaboration…

Investors gain perspective on revolut shareholder reports outlining 2024 user growth and activity, offering a concise view of momentum. Investors looking for clarity on Revolut shareholder reports can now access a streamlined set of data that showcases how 2024 reshaped the companys customer base and activity. Revolut investor information at a glance The dedicated shareholder section brings together all of Revoluts key financial information in one place. It is curated specifically for shareholders who want quick access to the latest figures and supporting documents. Moreover, it acts as a central hub for monitoring how the business evolves over time. Through…

In a significant move for blockchain interoperability, crypto analytics leader Nansen has activated a direct cross-chain swap feature, enabling users to seamlessly exchange assets between the Base and Solana networks as of March 2025. This development directly addresses a core challenge in the decentralized finance (DeFi) landscape by bridging two of the ecosystem’s most prominent and active chains. Consequently, it unlocks new avenues for liquidity and user movement across previously siloed environments. The integration leverages advanced messaging protocols to facilitate secure asset transfers, marking a pivotal step toward a more interconnected multi-chain future. Nansen’s Strategic Move into Cross-Chain Swaps Nansen,…

Apollo Global Management capped investor redemptions at one of its largest non-traded private credit funds, Apollo Debt Solutions. According to a shareholder letter, it capped redemptions at 5% of outstanding shares after investors sought to withdraw roughly 11.2%. The move follows similar restrictions at other private credit funds in recent weeks, deepening concerns across the $1.8 trillion private credit market. BlackRock imposed a similar 5% cap on its $26 billion HPS Corporate Lending Fund in early March, after withdrawal requests hit 9.3% of net asset value. Blue Owl Capital also permanently ended quarterly redemptions at Blue Owl Capital Corp II…

Japan’s 10-year government bond yield has surged to 2.32%, approaching its highest level since 1999 and surpassing the 2008 financial crisis peak by 30 basis points. The five-year yield climbed to 1.72%, just a basis point from an all-time record. The move comes as Brent crude trades above $113 per barrel amid the ongoing conflict in Iran, with US Treasury markets under continued pressure in recent weeks. The crisis isn’t the yield number itself — it’s the repricing of everything built on the assumption that number would never arrive. A System Designed for Zero Japan’s financial architecture was engineered around…

The European Central Bank (ECB) has warned that stablecoins and tokenized deposits need to be tied to central bank money if Europe wants digital markets to grow safely. The plan aims to improve crypto-related financial infrastructure, allow faster and safer settlement, and ensure deposits have a trusted anchor to reduce risks. ECB Pushes Tokenized Finance to Build Europe’s Digital Asset Market At a recent speech in Brussels, ECB executive board member Piero Cipollone said that tokenized markets are growing, with about €4 billion in digital bonds issued since 2021 These assets are built using distributed ledger technology, allowing issuance, trading,…

Bitcoin miners are starting to show the strain that often appears near a market washout, but one key part of the usual reset is still missing. The biggest operators are still selling enough $BTC to keep a fresh supply flowing into the market. Bitcoin miners are moving toward a classic washout point, while the selling phase still hangs over the market Bitcoin miners are closer to exhaustion than they were a few weeks ago, which has put a familiar bear-market milestone back on the table. The pressure inside the mining business has been intense. In its Q1 2026 mining report,…

Bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI infrastructure as revenue per megawatt from serving AI workloads runs 5 to 10 times higher than from mining Bitcoin, and the post-halving squeeze has turned that gap into a strategic mandate. Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know (and those you still don’t!). The clearest signal so far is Bitfarms (NASDAQ: BITF), which announced it is re-domiciling, renaming itself Keel Infrastructure, and halting all new Bitcoin mining investment. “We are no longer making any investments into Bitcoin mining,” said executive Ben Gagnon, framing the company as an “infrastructure developer and owner.” We’re…

SEOUL, South Korea – Hyundai Card’s ambitious foray into the non-fungible token ($NFT) space has reached a decisive endpoint. The financial services arm of the Hyundai Motor Group, in a significant strategic reversal, is now overseeing the liquidation of Modern Lion, its high-profile joint venture with technology partner Like Lion. This move effectively shuts down the KONKRIT $NFT platform, which once served as a digital ticketing hub for Hyundai Card’s curated cultural events. Consequently, this development signals a notable retreat from the corporate $NFT experiments that gained momentum during the previous market cycle. Modern Lion Liquidation Marks Corporate $NFT Pivot…

Crypto trading is often seen as a borderless opportunity, an open market where anyone with internet access can participate. However, where you’re based still has a huge impact on how much you can actually make. In 2026, India has quietly become one of the hardest places to trade crypto. Adoption is high, and retail interest is strong, but a mix of structural problems is slowly eating away at profits. There are three factors that make the core of this problem: a falling rupee, distorted P2P (peer-to-peer) pricing, and one of the toughest tax setups anywhere in the world. Individually, each…