Digital won goes live: Bank of Korea starts real transactions with nine banks in September
Phase two of Korea’s CBDC pilot goes live in September: customers of nine banks will move tokenized won across institutions, around the clock.
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Bitcoin's BIP-110 fight heads for its August showdown
Signaling for the BIP-110 anti-spam soft fork opens around August 7. Miner support sits at 0.86 percent — and Saylor and Back are firmly opposed.
Read more →Allbridge paused after $1.65 million flash-loan attack
An attacker used a $1.12M flash loan to drain about $1.65M from Allbridge’s Solana pools. The bridge is paused and liquidity providers are told to withdraw.
Read more →Strategy sits out another week of bitcoin buying as cash pile hits $3.2 billion
No bitcoin buys for a second straight week: Strategy sold $263.5M in stock and lifted its cash reserve to $3.225B while holdings sit at 843,775 BTC.
Read more →Wallet maker Exodus cuts a quarter of its workforce
Exodus is cutting 25% of its staff and pivoting to stablecoin payments after buying Monavate and Baanx. The stock is down 85% year-over-year.
Read more →ZachXBT slams hardware wallets — how much of it is fair?
The well-known onchain investigator calls hardware wallets unreliable and suggests a stripped-down iPhone used only for signing. A look at his arguments.
Read more →Bitcoin holds near $65,000 as South Korea hikes rates for the first time in years
The Bank of Korea raises its key rate by 25 basis points to 2.75 percent — the first hike in over three years. Bitcoin barely reacts.
Read more →Dormant since 2017: Bitcoin wallet suddenly moves $383 million
A wallet untouched since the 2017 bull market has woken up and moved $383 million worth of bitcoin. Moves like this always fuel speculation.
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