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South Korean crypto exchange operating profits fell 78% in the first half of 2026 as trading volumes, market capitalization and customer deposits declined. South Korean crypto exchanges saw operating profits fall 78% in the first half of 2026 as trading activity, market valuations and customer deposits declined, according to new government data. On Thursday, the Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU) <a href="https://www.fsc.go.kr/eng/pr010101/87833" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">>said</a> average daily trading volume at domestic virtual asset exchanges fell 44% from the previous six months, while market capitalization dropped 33% and won-denominated deposits fell 35%. Exchange sales declined 41% over the same period, even as the number of accounts eligible to trade rose slightly by 0.4%. KoFIU’s survey covered 26 registered virtual asset service providers, including 17 exchange operators and nine custody and wallet providers, and covered activity from Jan. 1 through June 30. The figures come amid signs that South Korean retail investors have been shifting attention from crypto to the country’s stock market. In May, the value of crypto held by South Korean investors fell 50.2% to 60.6 trillion won ($41.4 billion) over roughly a year. Korean outlet ChosunBiz <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-korea-crypto-holdings-halve-in-a-year-as-investors-turn-to-stock-market" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">linked the decline</a> to capital moving toward stocks. A Cointelegraph analysis in July also <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-korea-crypto-volume-decline-kospi-retail-stocks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">found that combined average daily volume</a> across Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit and Gopax had fallen about 89% year over year during comparable seven-day periods, while the KOSPI, South Korea’s benchmark stock index, had more than doubled over the 12 months to July 22. Cointelegraph contacted Bithumb and Upbit operator Dunamu for comment. <em><strong>Related: </strong></em><a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-korea-travel-rule-threshold-crypto-transfers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em><strong>South Korea drops Travel Rule threshold for crypto transfers</strong></em></a>
U.S. cryptocurrency-related stocks rose, with TeraWulf up more than 8%.
According to Bijie News, cryptocurrency-related stocks in the U.S. market generally rose, with TeraWulf gaining more than 8%, IREN up over 7%, and Robinhood, MARA, and Cipher Digital each rising more than 5%.
Harvard Law School: Anthropic is about to sell out its safety mission in a way Wall Street can veto.
CoinWorld news: A recent paper from Harvard Law School points out that Anthropic is about to sell off a safety mission that can be overridden by Wall Street, making it one of three companies that have installed investor-override mission guardians within a for-profit structure. The paper was written by Professor Jesse Fried and S.J.D. candidate Idan Reiter, and comes as Anthropic enters the public market, while OpenAI's governance is under unprecedented scrutiny. OpenAI completed its transition to a public benefit corporation in 2025, and Fried argues that this restructuring did not solve the fundamental problem. The "Ben & Jerry's risk" mentioned in the paper suggests that mission guardians may not only harm investors' interests, but may also achieve results completely opposite to their stated goals.
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen questions AI companies' ability to self-regulate.
CoinWorld news: Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen questions whether AI companies can self-regulate. In 2021, Haugen leaked a trove of internal documents to The Wall Street Journal, which became a series of reports known as the "Facebook Files."
ens.ETH sold 1,097 ETH, worth approximately $3 million.
According to data from Bijie.com, ens.ETH sold 1,097 ETH at a price of $2,743 four hours ago, with the total transaction amount amounting to approximately $3 million at current prices.
Nvidia (NVDA) rose 2.8% to a record high, with its market capitalization surpassing $5.7 trillion.
According to news from Bijie, citing Zhitong Finance, on Friday, Nvidia (NVDA.US) surged at the open, rising as much as 2.8% during the session, with its market capitalization surpassing $5.7 trillion. On the news front, Nvidia and SoftBank have each completed the final $10 billion investment in OpenAI's previous funding round, fulfilling their respective $30 billion investment commitments. Meanwhile, after the release of the latest U.S. nonfarm payrolls data, the market reduced its bets on a Federal Reserve rate hike in October, which together drove a major rebound in U.S. tech stocks.
Multiple projects will see token unlocks in the fourth quarter of 2026.
According to CoinWorld data: based on cryptorank data, multiple projects will see their first major token unlocks for teams and investors in the fourth quarter of 2026. Among them, monad (mon) is expected to unlock approximately $521 million on November 24, equivalent to 131.6% of its current market capitalization; stable (stable) will unlock approximately $353 million on December 8, accounting for 69.4% of its current market capitalization; kite will unlock approximately $119 million on November 3, accounting for 33.4%. In addition, lit, pieverse, and allo are expected to unlock approximately $52 million, $46 million, and $43 million, respectively. cryptorank states that these tokens are mainly allocated to teams, investors, and early contributors, which may create additional supply pressure.
The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield is at 5.29%.
US Treasury 10-year yield latest daily reading is 5.29%.
The G7 will release up to 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil.
According to news from Bijie, Bloomberg reports that the Group of Seven (G7) will release up to 100 million barrels of emergency oil and diesel reserves under pressure from the Trump administration to address rising fuel prices.
Base adds 26 new tokenized stocks, supporting round-the-clock trading and DeFi interaction.
币界网消息，Base在X平台发文称，26种代币化股票现已登陆Base，支持全天候交易并可在Base生态的DEFI体系中进行组合与交互，代币化股票包括NFLX、AMZN、LLY、GME、TLT、PLTR、HTZ、QUBT、HIMS、TTWO、MRVL、RBLX、BCE、MSTR、ORCL、ASTS、AMID、PYPL、MSTR、TMO、SOFI、COKE、FT?PINC、NVDA、PFE。