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CME Trading Halt: What a Data Center Cooling Failure Tells Us About Modern Markets
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the world’s largest financial derivatives exchange, abruptly halted trading for around 10 hours from Thursday into Friday due to a “cooling issue” at the CyrusOne data center in Illinois. The outage stopped trading across CME markets and was resolved with services fully restored by 1:30 pm UTC on Friday.
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Nov 28, 20258 min read
Russia Tops Europe With $376.3B Crypto Transfers Amid A7A5 Stablecoin Surge
Russia has overtaken all European markets in crypto adoption, recording $376.3 billion in received transactions from July 2024 to June 2025, per the Chainalysis 2025 Geography of Crypto Report. The surge is driven by institutional-scale flows, rapid DeFi expansion, and heavy use of stablecoins for cross-border settlement.
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Oct 17, 20254 min read
Ethereum Treasury Companies: South Korea's $6B Retail Investment Boom Explained
South Korean retail investors have poured $6 billion into Ethereum treasury companies like BitMine and SharpLink, mirroring MicroStrategy's Bitcoin strategy. But critics warn this ETH accumulation boom is driven by influencer marketing rather than fundamentals. With Ethereum underperforming Bitcoin since 2022 and Korean capital heavily concentrated, the risks are mounting. Discover why Samson Mow says "this won't end well" and what the Kimchi Premium reveals about global cryp
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Oct 7, 202510 min read
Makina Protocol Hack: Why Early 2026 is Seeing a Surge in DeFi Exploits
Makina, a DeFi protocol, reported a $4.2 million exploit on 20 January 2026 tied to liquidity providers in its DUSD/USDC Curve pool, adding to rising DeFi attacks in early 2026 with over $34 million in losses already recorded.
China Takes Custody of Alleged Pig Butchering Mastermind Behind Record BTC Seizure
Chinese authorities have taken custody of Chen Zhi, a businessman described by U.S. officials as a central figure in a major Bitcoin scam and money laundering operation linked to a record $15B bitcoin seizure. Chen, 38, is the chairman and founder of Cambodia-based Prince Group, a conglomerate that U.S. and U.K. authorities allege was used as cover for transnational criminal activity; Prince Group has denied the allegations.
CLARITY Act Update: DeFi Carve-Out, Digital Commodities, and the Next Phase of Crypto Market Structure
Washington is preparing a January markup for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act) of 2025, a major U.S. crypto regulation proposal designed to reduce the long-running SEC vs CFTC jurisdiction fight and create clearer rules for digital assets trading.
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