Korean investors dumped Tesla and embraced crypto with $12 billion in inflows. This is reshaping global capital flows and risk. For years, Korean retail investors have been behind Tesla, contributing significantly to the company’s global stock market surges. However, in August 2025, Korean investors withdrew a whopping $657 million from Tesla stock, the largest monthly outflow in over two years. The withdrawal of investments extends beyond direct stock investments. Leveraged products linked to Tesla, such as the 2x leveraged exchange-traded fund (ETF), TSLL, saw outflows of $554 million in August 2025, the largest since early 2024. Read more
Fintechs like Robinhood and Stripe are building blockchains as Wall Street explores digital assets, but execution bottlenecks still stand in the way of institutional adoption. The next wave of institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies is emerging as established fintech firms begin building their own blockchains. Financial services app Robinhood recently announced that it is building its own layer-2 blockchain to support tokenized stocks and real-world assets, while Stripe followed with plans for Tempo, a payments-focused chain built with Paradigm. “That’s going to be the beginning of many others to come,” Annabelle Huang, co-founder of Altius Labs, told Cointelegraph in an interview. “The fintechs in Asia, Latin America and other emerging markets that have looked into this for many years now are also getting ready to make more moves.” Read more
Crypto’s cult of personality contradicts its decentralized mission, creating fragile systems that crumble when charismatic leaders inevitably fall. Opinion by: Houston Morgan, head of growth and business development at ShapeShift Crypto was never supposed to turn out like this. The promise was decentralization, self-sovereignty and the end of gatekeepers. Far too many crypto firms still worship personalities and momentum rather than implementing fair governance and structure. The irony is stark. A movement built to eliminate central points of failure or control has repeatedly been derailed by its own leadership. The same story repeats from exchange founders being treated like visionaries to DeFi builders rigging token votes for personal gain. One person’s influence is allowed to outweigh the system. When that person falters, everything crumbles. Read more
The largest crypto media outlet in the world is changing its focus, with a view to celebrating the people, projects and philosophies that are changing our collective future. At Cointelegraph, we’ve spent the last 13 years documenting the incredible rise of blockchain, crypto and Web3. From the days when crypto was discussed in obscure forums to today’s global headlines and multibillion dollar innovations, we’ve reported on the industry without bias or favor. But as our industry matures, so must the way we cover it. Read more
Bit Digital’s Sam Tabar says the commercial Bitcoin mining industry will “be dead” after the next halving, as new competitors emerge. Bit Digital CEO Sam Tabar says the commercial Bitcoin mining industry is doomed even though Bitcoin mining itself will live on. The Bitcoin mining industry is going to be dead in two years he tells Magazine, explaining the economics of profit and loss will no longer stack up from a business perspective. There’s no way the mining industry can survive another halving and then, at the same time, the sovereigns get into, start participating in Bitcoin mining. Read more
Bit Digital’s Sam Tabar says the commercial Bitcoin mining industry will “be dead” after the next halving, as new competitors emerge. Bit Digital CEO Sam Tabar says the commercial Bitcoin mining industry is doomed even though Bitcoin mining itself will live on. The Bitcoin mining industry is going to be dead in two years he tells Magazine, explaining the economics of profit and loss will no longer stack up from a business perspective. There’s no way the mining industry can survive another halving and then, at the same time, the sovereigns get into, start participating in Bitcoin mining. Read more