Category: Business

South Korea’s new Bank of Korea Governor Shin Hyun-song used his April 21 inaugural address to plant a firm stake in the ground: the country’s digital money future runs through central bank digital currency ( CBDC) and bank-issued deposit tokens, not private stablecoins. Key Takeaways: Bank of Korea (BOK) Governor Shin Hyun-song, sworn in on

AI stocks are dominating the S&P 500, with the AI boom now pushing their weight to nearly 45% of the index’s total market capitalization. The dominance of this “AI backbone” is primarily driven by a handful of megacap leaders and a surge in infrastructure spending. AI stocks tied to data center, semiconductor, and energy firms

Tokenized T-bills are still growing on multiple chains, reaching a record of $14B in total value locked. T-bills tokenization is unaffected by crypto shakedowns or the recent losses in DeFi. Tokenized T-bills are still a staple in bringing real-world assets to various chains. As of April 2026, T-bills on various protocols reached $14B, based on

Robinhood stock has jumped more than 3% in the early US trading hours, sparking optimism among traders. The surge in the HOOD stock comes as the trading firm disclosed an investment of $75 million in the leading AI company, OpenAI.

Renowned financial analyst Anthony Pompliano, in his latest analysis, claims that the Bitcoin bull market has already begun and issued an important warning to his followers. Noting that Bitcoin has experienced a pullback of approximately 40% from its peak of $126,000, Pompliano predicts that this decline will create a “slingshot effect” leading to new highs.

Crypto trading firm GSR has launched its first exchange-traded fund (ETF), entering a fast-growing segment of the digital asset market as investor demand for regulated crypto exposure continues to rise. The GSR Crypto Core3 ETF, trading under the ticker BESO on Nasdaq, offers exposure to three major cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin , ether (ETH) and solana

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2157.12, up 3.4% (+71.19) since 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. All 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: APT (+5.5%) and ICP (+5.3%). Laggards: XLM (+0.9%) and CRO (+1.9%). The

Crypto exchange Kraken says it filed 56 million crypto-transaction forms with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the 2025 tax year. Roughly 18.5 million of them covered transactions worth less than $1, and over half were for $10 or less. Only 8.5% of the newly introduced Form 1099-DAs cleared $600, the threshold that triggers

The ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran is accelerating Wall Street’s transition into tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) to allay the risk of geopolitical volatility. The crisis has solidified RWAs as essential “always-on” infrastructure for Wall Street, exposing the limitations of traditional financial markets that close during weekends. As of April 2026, financial institutions are

UK fintech platform Stratiphy has launched a new offering that gives investors a practical tax-free route back into crypto exchange-traded notes (ETNs) for UK investors after a series of regulatory shifts effectively shut investors out. In October 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority lifted its four-year ban on retail access to crypto ETNs tied to assets