Key Takeaways Lookonchain flagged 4,582 BTC leaving a wallet that had sat untouched since Aug. 7, 2024. A separate whale sold 837.8 BTC bought near $95,434 and rotated $69.7M into ETH via Hyperliquid. ETH/BTC slipped below 0.03 on Oct. 13 for the first time since Aug. 19 as the whale kept buying. Whale No. 1:…
Key Takeaways Korea’s FIU says 27 unregistered exchange sites, including Kucoin and MEXC, will be blocked ASAP. The FIU has referred 44 unregistered operators to investigators, with up to 5 years in prison on the table. The move lands as the KOSPI falls more than 15% in 5 days and analysts warn of spillover into…
Key Takeaways 75% of Gen Z workers plan to explore a new role within six months, and only 13% expect to stay at one company longer than four years, according to Robert Half. Gen Z treats job-hopping as a deliberate way to build skills faster, using each role as a short learning cycle rather than…
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger stated that all confirmed cryptocurrency thefts linked to an ongoing supply chain investigation involve devices sold exclusively by Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis, even as unverified reports of tampered units surface in…
Key Takeaways An Amazon shopper posting as @fangirlinmegan found her profile labeled her as having “flat buttocks,” apparently inferred from her purchase history, and her October 8 Threads post topped 1 million views. Inferences like this can come from NLP on product listings combined with clustering of similar shoppers, building profiles users never filled out…
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Before you click that suspicious link, answer an unsolicited message, or transfer funds to an unverified recipient, you now have a direct line to check if you are being targeted by cybercriminals. The Bangko Sentral…
Key Takeaways Eligible users can purchase stocks with USDC without trading commissions. Fractional shares and extended trading hours are available on eligible securities. Cash dividends arrive in USDC; voting rights are planned for a later phase. USDC Balances Can Now Buy Apple and Nvidia Shares Eligible cryptocurrency traders can now buy more than 1,000 U.S.-listed…
Key Takeaways XRPN reached $17.37, up 2.72% after hours, at 7:30 p.m. EDT. Evernorth entered public markets holding approximately 473 million XRP. Management plans to deploy capital and increase XRP held per share. XRPN Starts Trading as XRP Treasury Reaches Nasdaq Stock market investors gained access to Evernorth Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: XRPN) on Oct. 12…
Key Takeaways Edaily and Maeil Business Newspaper detailed that Jeonbuk Bank has executed South Korea’s first reported traditional bank loan secured by bitcoin. New rules effective Oct. 1 let Jeonbuk Bank pursue court-supervised collateral recovery without holding bitcoin. Jeonbuk Bank limits the arrangement to corporate borrowers, with rates and collateral requirements undisclosed. A Bitcoin Loan…
Key Takeaways SWI Group took control of Genesis Digital and raised about $896M to expand AI data centers. The pivot shows bitcoin miners are repurposing power infrastructure for higher-value AI compute. The key test is whether SWI can turn former mining sites into durable hyperscale contracts. Genesis Digital Pivots From Bitcoin Mining to AI Data…
