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Industrial pressure gauge and valve marked with Bitcoin and Bithumb symbols, representing the fading kimchi premium as South Korea intensifies scrutiny on the exchange

Why Bitcoin’s kimchi premium is on life support after South Korea targets crypto exchange

FIU’s proposed six month partial ban targets new user transfers, but the bigger shock may be price discovery shifting to Upbit.

4 weeks ago

A bright, cinematic 16:9 image of a split circuit-board racetrack under high-key lighting where two AI “race cars” built from server racks—one in vivid cobalt and white with U.S. flag accents, the other in striking red and gold with China’s stars—speed toward a central glowing microchip as neon data streams arc across a blue-and-amber Earth horizon with drones overhead, symbolizing the high-stakes U.S.–China AI competition.

Has the U.S. lost the AI race to China?

The AI race between the U.S. and China is heating up as energy infrastructure becomes a decisive factor in national competitiveness.

6 months ago

A digital yuan coin is depicted against Shanghai’s skyline, symbolizing China’s push to expand the currency’s role in global trade - Cover art/illustration via CryptoSlate.

CBDCs

Beijing boosts digital yuan for global trade with new operations center

Shanghai hub part of China's strategy to internationalize yuan and cut dollar dependency.

6 months ago

A bright, daylight boardroom scene in Seoul shows Naver and Upbit logos merging above a handshake, with a Korean flag, signed documents, and skyline backdrop.

Exchanges

Naver merger talks to route 30M shoppers to Upbit sparking fee collapse

Cheaper stablecoin checkout could force banks and card giants to cut rates.

6 months ago

A bright, cinematic scene shows a WLFI-branded debit card beside a smartphone with contactless waves against Seoul’s skyline, symbolizing its Bithumb partnership and Apple Pay plans.

Tokenization

WLFI promises Apple Pay card while price slips 10% amid Asia expansion

Bithumb pact puts World Liberty Financial in Asia race as $2.69B token seeks redemption.

6 months ago

A bright, cinematic 16:9 scene shows a glowing Earth split by a luminous fault line with cool blue Western skylines and USDC/PayPal tokens balanced against warm red-gold Eastern skylines with Tether and a yuan-emblem coin on a metallic seesaw.

Stablecoins

East vs West crypto cold war emerges in battle for the first trillion dollar stablecoin

Will non-USD rails break as AxCNH joins $463M ruble bloc push amid $2T target?

7 months ago

A bright, cinematic street scene in Ho Chi Minh City shows hands holding a phone with a glowing Bitcoin coin while cut bank cards and a taped-off ATM fade into the background.

Banking

Vietnam’s bank account purge is the best publicity for Bitcoin

Commercial banks in Vietnam began deleting more than 86 million bank accounts at the start of September 2025, highlighting the importance of being your own bank.

7 months ago

A bright, cinematic Tokyo crossroads fractures beneath a towering red sun while stacks of yen-like bonds tilt on one side and a glowing Earth with warning triangles and rising market arrows looms on the other, signaling Japan’s debt reckoning and a global economic alarm.

Macro

Crisis crossroads: Japan’s debt reckoning and the global economic warning

Japan’s debt has soared to nearly 235% of GDP, an unprecedented level for a developed economy, with lessons for the U.S. and other countries borrowing without limits.

7 months ago