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On paper, South Korea has been one of the world’s loudest crypto markets for years. In practice, it has been a strangely narrow one.If you were a regular person, you could trade on the big won exchanges. If you were a company with cash on the balance sheet, you mostly sat on your hands.That is finally starting to change.This week, Seoul Economic Daily reported that the Financial Services Commission shared a draft set of “listed company virtual asset trading guidelines” with an industry-government task force on Jan. 6. Regulators are aiming to publish a final version in January or February.The…

In brief Strategy notched its largest weekly Bitcoin purchase since late July. The company’s Bitcoin stash is now worth nearly $63 billion. Last week, MSCI deferred the exclusion of Bitcoin-buying firms from its products. Strategy unveiled its largest Bitcoin purchase in over five months on Monday, scooping up around 13,600 Bitcoin in the past week, according to a press release. That’s more than $1.2 billion worth at the current price of Bitcoin.The Tysons Corner, Virginia-based firm now owns 687,400 Bitcoin, a stockpile worth over $62.8 billion, as the asset’s price hovered $91,415, according to CoinGecko. The cryptocurrency changed hands around…

In brief Gold and silver have hit new all-time highs, with the DOJ’s lawsuit against Fed Chair Powell sparking immediate demand for safe-haven assets. Precious metals rallied while Bitcoin stagnated, marking a clear divergence and classic rotation into traditional hedges. The rally’s sustainability hinges on this week’s U.S. inflation data, which will shape expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts. Gold and silver surged to record highs Monday as investors sought shelter from a political crisis at the Federal Reserve and braced for a pivotal week of U.S. inflation data.Silver sharply outperformed, jumping nearly 7% from Friday’s close to trade near…

NFT Paris was supposed to be the kind of week people plan their year around.You book the ticket, you text the group chat, you lock in the flights before prices jump, you tell yourself the hotel bill is “work”, you start quietly hoping the market gives you a reason to feel optimistic again.Then, with about a month to go, the organisers pulled the plug.On the official site, NFT Paris and RWA Paris 2026 are now marked as cancelled. The statement is blunt, almost tired. “The market collapse hit us hard,” the team wrote, adding that after “drastic cost cuts” and…

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minute on Substack.GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors flat over the weekend; BTC at $90,600 XMR jumps to $600 overnight and new ATH, up 33% on week Jerome Powell releases message claiming charges are due to his not complying with Trump, gold+silver spike a16z raises $15M across funds to invest in America’s future, AI & crypto at forefront X announces plans for Smart Cashtags, showing live charts along with tickers ? a16z Reloads…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum’s current strength is largely linked to its network performance and activity, which has been demonstrating robust growth. While the leading blockchain has witnessed sharp growth in several key areas, one area is currently standing out, and that is the economic activity on the network. A Divergence Between Ethereum’s Real Activity And Price With the broader cryptocurrency landscape evolving, Milk Road, a market expert and trader, has revealed that the Ethereum network is showcasing signs of robust strength. When compared to its recent price performance, the leading…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum needs “better decentralized stablecoins,” Vitalik Buterin said this weekend, arguing that the next iteration has to solve three design constraints that today’s models keep skirting. His comments landed alongside a broader claim from MetaLeX founder Gabriel Shapiro that Ethereum is increasingly a “contrarian bet” versus what much of the venture-backed crypto stack is optimizing for. Shapiro framed the split in ideological terms, saying it is “increasingly obvious that Ethereum is a contrarian bet against most of what crypto VCs are betting on,” listing “gambling,” “CeDeFi,” “custodial…

Bitcoin opened the year trading like it usually does when macro uncertainty rises: it moved with the tide of rates, the dollar, and risk appetite, even as investors tried to pin a more specific narrative on top.However, this week the narrative shifted from “what will the central bank do?” to “can the central bank still do it without coercion?”That shift followed a sharp escalation in the clash between President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.Powell said the Justice Department served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas and threatened him with criminal indictment over his congressional testimony on…