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Vitalik Buterin Says Obfuscation Could Boost Blockchain Privacy

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin released a comprehensive piece describing Obfuscation in crypto industry. He explained how cryptographic obfuscation could strengthen blockchain privacy and security in the future. Obfuscation converts ordinary code into an encrypted form while allowing it to produce the same output. As opposed to encryption that secures stored

June 29, 2026 2 mins read

India’s USDT Premium Surges Above 8.5% as Stablecoin Supply Tightens

A major USDT supply squeeze has hit India’s USDT market, sending the price premiums of the stablecoin past its usual trading band. As per a report from The Economic Times, USDT was sold at around 102.88 INR on Saturday, whereas the USD/INR foreign exchange ratio stood at 94.65 on Friday.

June 29, 2026 2 mins read

South Korea’s Crypto Push Gains Steam as Kiwoom Moves to Invest in Bithumb

As Kiwoom Securities considers investing in Bithumb, the nation’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, South Korea’s financial and digital asset industries may be getting closer. The magnitude of the investment and the stock stake are still being negotiated. The two companies are reportedly in talks over a third-party allocation of recently issued

June 29, 2026 2 mins read

Loopring Ends Its Pioneer zk-Rollup DEX After Years of Limited User Adoption

Loopring officially shut down its decentralized exchange, marking the end of one of Ethereum’s earliest zk-rollup platforms. All trading functionalities were immediately stopped, and the relayer was turned off right after the official announcement made via Loopring’s X account. The shutdown ends a project that once demonstrated how zero-knowledge rollups

June 29, 2026 2 mins read

CoinEx Denies Iran Links After WSJ Highlights $3.84B in Iran-Related Crypto Flows

CoinEx rejected the accusations that its platform was involved in facilitating transactions for Iranian state-backed organizations following the recent Wall Street Journal report on the matter. According to the report, about $3.84 billion of cryptocurrency inflows related to Iran were identified by investigators as having gone through the platform since

June 25, 2026 2 mins read

Ripple Launches RLUSD in Japan as Regulated Stablecoin Expansion Gains Momentum 

Ripple is officially bringing out RLUSD into the Japanese market, which becomes an important milestone for its future international growth. By doing this, the company will make significant progress in its operations in one of the most technologically sophisticated digital assets markets worldwide.  Now, after obtaining approval from Japan’s Financial

June 25, 2026 2 mins read

Coinbase Opens Luxembourg MiCA Hub as EU Crypto Market Enters New Regulatory Era

Coinbase formally launched its European crypto hub in Luxembourg as per the Markets in Crypto Assets regulation of the European Union. This happened after Coinbase received a MiCA license from the financial watchdog of Luxembourg in June 2025. Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier granted the license more than

June 25, 2026 2 mins read

South Korea Targets 40 Unregistered Crypto Operators in Regulatory Crackdown

The Financial Intelligence Unit of South Korea recently referred approximately 40 unregistered virtual asset service providers to the police authority. It reflects Seoul’s increasing attempts to regulate the cryptocurrency firms that operate in South Korea. According to South Korean law, all crypto exchanges are mandated to get the ISMS Certification

June 24, 2026 2 mins read

Legacy Polygon Royalties Contract Exploit Drains $261K Through Reward Logic Flaw

A hacker used a legacy royalties contract on the Polygon platform and made away with about $261,200 worth of cryptocurrency in recent times. The security firm TenArmorAlert identified the unusual transaction on June 23 and tracked down the exploit transaction. The blockchain shows that the hacker carried out the attack

June 24, 2026 3 mins read