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Yohan Yun
Yohan (Hyoseop) Yun is a multimedia journalist covering blockchain since 2017. He previously worked as an assignment editor and producer at Hong Kong-based crypto news outlet Forkast and served as an assistant reporter covering Asian tech stories for Forbes, and trade, environment and tax policies in South Korea for Bloomberg BNA (now Bloomberg Industries Group). He holds a degree in Journalism and holds Bitcoin and Ethereum above Coinpectra’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.
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Bitcoin miners gambled on AI last year, and it paid off - Feature
FATF’s crypto checklist hints at the next regulatory crackdown The FATF is shaping global crypto rules from behind the scenes, with stablecoins and DeFi next in line for scrutiny.
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Bitcoin loans are back, rewriting the book Celsius burned Bitcoin lending is making a quiet comeback with tighter controls, but volatility still threatens sudden liquidations.
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June remains Bitcoin’s danger zone, while S&P 500 eyes summer rally If Bitcoin continues to tumble this season, it will mark its fourth consecutive summer in the red, while TradFi aims to extend its winning streak to three.
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Sandeep Nailwal’s Polygon takeover is his chance to ‘go all in’ Co-founder and new CEO Sandeep Nailwal opens up about dissolving Polygon’s board, closing zkEVM and why claiming sole leadership is the network’s best shot at relevance.
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Will Tron’s Wall Street hopes implode with TRX as collateral? Tron’s reverse merger will test whether a company can treat its own crypto as collateral without collapsing under the risk.
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New Bitcoin treasuries may crack under price pressure Strategy has inspired a wave of copycats to join the corporate Bitcoin treasury wave, but they haven’t been battle-tested and entered at higher average prices.
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Australia unmasks $123M crypto laundering ring behind security firm A multi-agency investigation traced illicit funds to a suspected $123 million crypto laundering operation hiding behind a security company.
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Kaia pledges won-pegged stablecoin as South Korean payment stocks rally Kakao-backed blockchain Kaia joins South Korea’s stablecoin race as the tech giant’s payments app surges 30% on the stock market.
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MapleStory revives Avalanche, tops 1M daily transactions twice in a week Avalanche’s blockchain activity has increased dramatically since classic online game MapleStory got a Web3 makeover on the network.
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Singapore’s ousted crypto firms may not find shelter elsewhere Singapore’s ousting of unlicensed firms was not a sudden move and it’s among several regions tightening licensing duties.
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South Korea’s new president will bolster crypto, but scandals prevail President Lee Jae-myung rose from being a child laborer in post-war South Korea to becoming a crypto-friendly leader of one of the world’s largest digital asset markets.
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Coinbase data scandal sparks calls to scrap KYC A Coinbase insider scandal exposed 70,000 users’ personal data, triggering debates on rethinking crypto’s KYC systems.
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Garantex successor moves $1.66B through crypto exchanges: Global Ledger Exposure to wallets tied to suspected Garantex successor Grinex keeps rising as blockchain analyst warnings are ignored.
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Bitcoin price will reach $130K or even $1.5M, top bulls say From institutional inflows to the rising stablecoin economy, the top Bitcoin bulls of 2025 are calling for prices as high as $1.5 million. Do they know something we don’t?
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Veteran capital in crypto is shaping South Korea’s elections Presidential hopefuls in South Korea are turning to crypto to win younger voters, with older generations now joining the conversation.
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AI agents are poised to be crypto’s next major vulnerability AI agents are increasingly embedded into financial industries, including crypto, but the industry has yet to experience the security vulnerabilities hidden in them.
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Twice lucky? Cetus’ recovery plan on Sui mirrors a Solana blueprint Turns out the Cetus developers have been here before, as their hacker deal once saved Crema on Solana.
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Who’s got the charm, cash and code to be a crypto hub? Several countries have announced multibillion-dollar plans to build out the world’s crypto hub, but five of the world’s financial centers stand out.
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Five crypto figures who disappeared, died — or maybe didn’t Some vanished into the ocean, others into thin air. A few weren’t even dead.
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Crypto swapper eXch shows signs of life after post-Bybit shutdown The crypto world watched the rise and fall of eXch, but investigators say the platform may still be lurking behind the scenes.
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Is Ripple’s Hidden Road deal part of a SoftBank-like playbook? One founder says Ripple is pursuing a SoftBank-style acquisition strategy using XRP, but others question whether the comparison fits.
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North Korean spy slips up, reveals ties in fake job interview A North Korean crypto spy revealed more than he should have in a dummy interview set up as part of a sting operation.
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The open source debate: Is crypto losing its soul? Crypto projects may ditch the open-source model to protect their ideas, but critics warn that the costs of closed code still outweigh the benefits.
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Institutions break up with Ethereum but keep ETH on the hook Long-time investors are slashing their Ether balances as Ethereum begins self-improvement to fix its base layer.
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Bitget’s $12B VOXEL frenzy fizzled fast, but questions remain A mysterious volume spike on VOXEL forced Bitget to act, but without disclosing who did it, crypto traders once again asked who’s in control.
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South Korean crypto emerges from failed coup into crackdown season A surprise, botched coup kept South Korean regulators busy at the end of 2024, but when the dust settled, financial watchdogs awoke.
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How Mantra’s OM token collapsed in 24 hours of chaos Mantra OM’s sudden collapse is mapped out through a timeline of wallet moves, rumors and reactions.
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Market maker deals are quietly killing crypto projects Market makers are turning token loans into a profit machine and a death spiral for smaller crypto projects.
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The whale, the hack and the psychological earthquake that hit HEX A $4.5-million HEX hack shook its staking ecosystem and exposed a web of phishing, laundering and wallet-draining operations.