Circle has signed MoUs with Kakao Group and Toss Bank to explore stablecoin payment infrastructure in South Korea, expanding on earlier deals with Upbit and Bithumb.

South Korea's Mirae Asset has finalized its acquisition of crypto exchange Korbit and plans to raise its stake from 92% to 97% by end of week.

A bridge exploit drained $24.15M in USDC f rom AFX Trade on Arbitrum. The attacker swapped funds for ETH as the team offers a white hat bounty.

The US Senate released a 616-page CLARITY Act draft that bars federal officials from issuing digital assets until 2029, but DOJ enforcement and Democratic support remain key hurdles.

Payward and GTN are partnering to bring xStocks to Hong Kong, the UK, Europe, and South Korea, expanding the tokenized equities offering beyond its current US-only stock catalog.

AI found a Zcash flaw humans missed for four years, and ZEC fell 60% on the news. From cheap audits to AI-armed attackers, both sides now run the same tools.

FATF says most DeFi platforms have identifiable controllers and must be regulated, but 93% of surveyed countries have yet to apply the rules to any platform.

SEC's Peirce says on-chain vaults and lending may qualify as securities under federal law, with $8.6B across 788 curated vaults now in the agency's sights.

Franklin Templeton's digital assets head says AI agents need blockchain rails, as legacy card networks are too slow and costly for machine-to-machine payments.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs extended their inflow streak to 6 consecutive sessions on July 21, adding $203M and bringing the 6-day total to ~$930M as BTC traded above $65,000.