South Korea May Suspend Crypto Tax Again: 2029 Now the Leading Target Date
Korea first set the 22% income levy in 2020 and has suspended it three times since, with January 2027 as the current scheduled start date.
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Zcash’s $125 million funding fight widens as Tyler Winklevoss calls to end its ‘USAID’
Zcash faces competing proposals to scrap or extend developer subsidies as growing investor interest swells the privacy network's funding reserves. The debate intensified after Zcash co-founder Sean Bowe proposed ending automatic payments to Zcash Community Grants (ZCG), arguing that the program already controls enough resources to finance years of development without additional subsidies. His proposal… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
VanEck launches diversified ETF combining stocks, bonds and Bitcoin exposure
VanEck’s new Wealth Builder ETF targets a 2% Bitcoin allocation, with a permitted range of 1% to 5%, gaining exposure through a spot Bitcoin ETP. US asset manager VanEck has launched an actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) that combines stocks, bonds and real assets with a targeted allocation to Bitcoin. According to Tuesday’s announcement, the VanEck Wealth Builder ETF (NYSE: WBMO) invests in both VanEck and third-party ETFs, with a target Bitcoin allocation of 2% and a permitted range of 1% to 5%, according to the company’s website. Bitcoin exposure comes through a spot Bitcoin ETP rather than direct holdings of the cryptocurrency. The fund builds on VanEck’s existing Wealth Builder model portfolios, previously available to financial advisers through third-party wealth management…
Intel, IBM, Oracle and IonQ latest to object to OKX-ICE tokenized stocks
More than 40% of the companies initially proposed to have their stocks listed in tokenized form have asked to opt-out. Four companies have joined the list of those filing objections to listings on a tokenized stock exchange proposed by cryptocurrency exchange OKX and the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). In a Monday update to its proposed OKXICE exchange, the crypto company reported that Intel, IBM, Oracle and IonQ were the most recent companies to object to having their US stocks listed in tokenized form. With the addition of the four, 26 companies have now filed to raise objections to OKXICE’s plans, including Alphabet, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs. The proposed offering came just a few weeks after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (…
China's Stock Market Has Lost $2.4 Trillion as Investors Doubt Its AI Boom Will Ever Pay Off
Stocks on China's mainland have shed about $2.4 trillion since May as investors doubt AI companies can turn a profit, while U.S. restrictions and high U.S. interest rates add pressure.
Bitget Wallet Brings USD and EUR Virtual Accounts, Converting Traditional Payments to Stablecoins
Bitget Wallet caps USD deposits at $20,000 a month and says the product is not a bank account, with no cash withdrawals.
OpenAI claims a cryptography breakthrough. Does that threaten Bitcoin?
ETH here means Exponential Time Hypothesis, and a theoretical SAT speed-up alone does not establish a practical cryptographic attack. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Robinhood Misses Q3 Earnings as Crypto Revenue Rises and Prediction Market Bets Grow
Robinhood posted record revenue of $1.42 billion but earned $0.51 per share, short of the $0.55 expected, as bets on sports and elections grew to $173 million and crypto edged up.
Treasury's Bessent sees crypto as America's next tool for keeping the U.S. dollar on top
Speaking at Ripple's conference, the U.S. Treasury Secretary said the SEC and CFTC action could help fill the gap left by the Clarity Act's failure, while curbing crypto debanking.
Quantum fears already limiting Bitcoin’s growth, Stacks founder says
Speaking on Cointelegraph’s Chain Reaction podcast, Muneeb Ali warned that uncertainty over Bitcoin’s quantum security could deter institutional investors. Concerns about quantum computing are slowing institutional investment in Bitcoin, according to Stacks founder Muneeb Ali, who warned that the network needs a credible roadmap for security upgrades to restore investor confidence. “There is already a ceiling on the growth of Bitcoin because of quantum fears,” Ali said during an interview on Cointelegraph’s Chain Reaction podcast. He argued that uncertainty could lead risk-averse institutional investors to delay large Bitcoin purchases until developers establish a credible path toward quantum-resistant security. Stacks is a Bitcoin layer-2 network designed to bring smart contracts and dece…
Robinhood's crypto revenue fell 55% from last year, but topped Street forecasts
Crypto trading volume fell 38% from year-ago levels, but the firm's overall blockchain business gained traction.
Robinhood Taps Ripple's Stablecoin, Treasury Software and Trading Loans
Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin is live on Robinhood Chain and Bitstamp, and heads to the Robinhood app later this year as the companies deepen ties in treasury and institutional trading.
Ripple gets final US trust bank approval. What does XRP gain?
Ripple said it secured final US approval for a national trust bank despite objections from traditional banking groups concerned about crypto firms entering regulated finance. The company announced on Oct. 26 that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) had granted final approval for Ripple National Trust Bank to manage RLUSD reserves, serve… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Ripple, Robinhood expand partnership to bring RLUSD to retail and institutional markets
Ripple also expanded its collaboration with BNY on digital asset custody and partnered with C2FO to bring trade finance settlement onto the XRP Ledger. Ripple and Robinhood have expanded their partnership to bring the RLUSD stablecoin to Robinhood’s retail and institutional businesses, alongside new integrations spanning treasury management, lending and trading services. RLUSD is already available on Robinhood Chain and Bitstamp by Robinhood, with a launch in the Robinhood app planned for later this year, according to a Tuesday announcement coinciding with Ripple’s Swell 2026 conference in New York. Robinhood also plans to use the stablecoin on the XRP Ledger for institutional settlement. Robinhood will also adopt Ripple Treasury to manage its global cash and liquidity operations, includin…
Passport Wallet Maker Foundation Reports Customer Data Exposure
The company counted more than 23,000 phishing email attempts but said that total does not establish how many customers' info was exposed.
Anchorage Positions Itself as Custody Backbone of US-Mexico Stablecoin Corridor
An expanded deal with Bitso puts Anchorage Digital Bank’s custody beneath both sides of the US-Mexico remittance route.
CFTC sues Utah to block action against prediction markets
The US state filed a lawsuit against Kalshi last week, seeking to recover up to $60 million in profits related to event contracts on prediction markets. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced legal action against Utah officials after the state’s attorney general said he would sue to compel Kalshi and its affiliates to return up to $60 million in profits allegedly obtained illegally. In a Monday filing in the US District Court for the District of Utah, lawyers for the commodities regulator sued the State of Utah and its Attorney General Derek Brown a week after officials announced legal action against prediction market platform Kalshi and its affiliates over allegedly illegal betting. According to the CFTC, Utah was attempting to bypass congressional intent to “feder…
AI Agents Are Creating a New Layer of Cybersecurity Spending
Akamai launched a locked box for AI agents on Tuesday. It joins Palo Alto, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Okta and Zscaler in selling protection for software that now acts on its own.
U.S. agency hits Utah with lawsuit to shield Kalshi's ability to offer betting there
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has pursued more than a dozen legal actions to protect what its chief sees as its sole power over prediction markets.
Lightning tightens invoice rules after reported attack made Bitcoin withdrawals look unpaid
BOLT11 now requires one payment hash and one payment secret, while operators must check how their software records withdrawals. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox