For almost as long as Bitcoin has been trading, Korea’s “kimchi premium” has been one of the market’s favorite ghost signals. When spot prices in South Korea climb faster than those in the US, traders interpret this as a sign of retail demand surging, capital trapped, and liquidity tilting East. When the spread collapses, the
Over the last hour, bitcoin’s been priced at $110,901 to $111,336 as of Oct. 14, 2025, reflecting continued volatility in a consolidating downtrend. With a market capitalization of $2.21 trillion and a 24-hour trading volume of $75.97 billion, the digital asset moved within an intraday range of $110,256 to $115,934. Bitcoin The daily chart shows
Circle has announced a strategic partnership with Safe to make the USDC stablecoin a central component of Safe’s onchain ecosystem, positioning Safe as a premier institutional storage and decentralized finance (DeFi) solution for USDC custody. Safe and Circle Join Forces The collaboration aims to integrate Circle’s (NYSE: CRCL) regulated stablecoin infrastructure with Safe’s multisignature smart
Stablecoins are rapidly moving from niche products to core payment infrastructure, according to asset management giant DWS. With a combined market cap above $250 billion and transaction volumes outpacing Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA), they’ve become liquid, globally traded assets favored by institutions, DWS said in the report last week. Euro stablecoins are setting new
BlackRock (BLK), the asset management giant overseeing more than $13 trillion of assets, is ramping up efforts to bring traditional finance (TradiFi) onchain, seeking a bigger role in tokenization as a way to unlock access to markets and streamline how assets are traded. Teams across the firm are exploring how to use tokenization to make
Wall Street broker Bernstein said Circle (CRCL) could take a revenue hit if U.S. rates fall sharply, but strong stablecoin demand and operating leverage may help soften the blow. Every 25 basis point drop in rates would trim 2027 revenue by about 9% and EBITDA by 11%, with rates below 2% implying $668 million in
S&P Global Ratings is bringing its stablecoin stability assessments directly to blockchains through a partnership with decentralized oracle network Chainlink. The integration allows decentralized finance protocols, smart contracts and financial platforms to access S&P’s risk evaluations of stablecoins in real time., according to a press release shared with CoinDesk. The assessments score stablecoins from 1
A wave of leveraged long liquidations has exposed bitcoin’s BTC$111,309.09 equity sensitivity, according to Wall Street bank Citigroup. The bank said worsening U.S.-China trade tensions triggered a sharp futures selloff on Friday that spilled into crypto, underscoring its volatility and correlation with equities. Both crypto and stock markets have since clawed back some losses, the
WINklink, a decentralized oracle network, announced a strategic collaboration with HoudiniSwap, a cross-chain privacy platform that focuses on making digital asset transactions confidential. According to information disclosed today by WINklink, the partnership enabled the integration of WINklink’s oracle service with Houdini’s privacy layer, aiming to unleash opportunities for more secure and impactful blockchain utilities. 🚀WINkLink