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South Korea to test blockchain deposit tokens for government spending in Q
South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance will begin testing blockchain-based deposit tokens for government spending in the fourth quarter as part of a broader push to modernize how public funds are managed.

The ministry said the pilot to spend Treasury funds as digital currency was approved under a 2026 regulatory sandbox program, local media reported.

The approval allows business promotion expenses, currently processed with government purchasing cards, to be paid using tokenized deposits.

The change alters a long-standing system governed by the Treasury Funds Management Act, which required card-based payments. In the sandbox environment, agencies will be able to operate outside those rules on a limited basis to test new methods.

Officials expect the change to improve oversight. Token-based payments can be programmed with predefined conditions, including limits on when funds can be used and which industries can accept them. This could reduce the need for manual audits, especially when spending occurs outside standard hours.

The system also removes intermediaries such as card networks, which the ministry says could lower transaction fees for small businesses that receive government payments.

This marks the second use of deposit tokens in Treasury operations, following an earlier pilot tied to electric vehicle-charging infrastructure subsidies.

The trial will take place in Sejong City after a selection process for participating firms, the report states. The ministry plans to expand the program if it shows stronger control over spending and measurable cost savings.



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South Korea to pilot blockchain-based deposit tokens for government spending

South Korea’s Ministry of Finance and Economy is launching a new pilot project to substitute government expense credit cards with deposit tokens.

The ministry expects to fully implement the pilot project in the fourth quarter of this year.

South Korea's Ministry of Finance and Economy is launching a new pilot project to test blockchain-based deposit tokens for expenses related to official duties.

Currently, government departments execute official business spending and other related expenses with government-issued credit or debit cards, according to the official press release. 

Card usage during late hours or on non-business days would require an extra administrative process where officials submit and review reports that justify the irregular spending.

The ministry said the experiment is expected to resolve inefficiencies in the existing card-based system, leveraging the transparency of blockchain technology.

"When processing expenses with deposit tokens, we can pre-set allowable usage times and permitted categories of spending, enhancing the overall transparency," the translated press release said, adding that the intermediary-free payment structure can reduce the burden of fees for small businesses.

The ministry said it will start selecting operators for the project and work closely with relevant agencies and businesses to finalize the scope of the experiment. It aims to launch a full implementation of the project in the fourth quarter of this year, centering around Sejong-si, the city planned as the administrative capital of the country.

If successful, the pilot may be expanded to other official businesses of the government, the ministry said.



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Shiba Inu Price Analysis: Here’s What Next as Range-Bound SHIB Registers Golden Cross
Shiba Inu remains stuck within a range on higher timeframes, but has made a golden crossover on the shorter timeframes. What could happen next?

Shiba Inu (SHIB) trades at $0.000005826, down slightly over the past 24 hours. Its price continues to consolidate while larger-cap coins recover considerably, a trend that saw it lose its place as the second-largest meme coin by market cap to MemeCore (M).

Market users are exercising caution amid the price weakness, as evidenced by a 16% decline in trading volume over the past 24 hours. Shiba Inu’s open interest also took a hit, dropping 8% in the same timeframe to 9.37 trillion SHIB ($56.24 million). This suggests that both spot and derivative participants are looking elsewhere. 

However, Shiba Inu recently printed a golden cross on the 30-minute timeframe, an optimistic sign despite the negative trend. For the uninitiated, this cross happens when the 50-period moving average pushes above the 200-period moving average, signaling that buying momentum is increasing.

The golden crossover occurred on Tuesday, signaling a shift in momentum. At the crossing, SHIB printed its largest green candle of the day on the 30-minute timeframe, rising 1.35%.
Currently, this crossover still holds, even though SHIB has consolidated lower from the intraday high of $0.00000603. This trend could see the meme coin rebound considerably when momentum returns and if the broader market conditions remain favorable.

However, it is worth noting that some analysts view a golden cross as a passive indicator that reflects what has already happened in the market. The crossover on lower timeframes is also tricky, as a death cross can also easily form. 


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Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin fund is showing strong momentum in the market, overtaking WisdomTree’s Bitcoin Fund in total net inflows after just six trading days. The fund has already reached over $103 million in inflows, surpassing WisdomTree’s $86 million, which took much longer to accumulate since its launch in January 2024.

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At the same time, major financial institutions like Goldman Sachs are entering the space, further validating Bitcoin as a serious asset class. While BlackRock and Fidelity still dominate the market with billions in inflows, newer players are quickly catching up.

If this trend continues, Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF could soon surpass several other established funds. The competition in the Bitcoin ETF space is heating up, and it reflects a broader shift toward mainstream adoption of crypto investments.

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$WLFI governance scandal sees Justin Sun accuse Trump‑backed World Liberty Financial of “world tyranny” over coercive token lockups and anonymous control.

Justin Sun has accused World Liberty Financial’s $WLFI governance of “world tyranny,” alleging that a new staking proposal weaponizes token lockups, strips dissenters of voting rights, and centralizes control in anonymous hands. His comments escalate a months‑long dispute with the Trump‑linked DeFi project, coming as $WLFI trades near $0.08 and remains more than 70% below prior highs.

In a new X post on April 15, Tron founder Justin Sun blasted World Liberty Financial’s latest $WLFI governance proposal as “world tyranny, not world free finance,” calling it “one of the most absurd governance scams I’ve ever seen.” Sun, a major early backer of the Trump‑associated project, warned that the vote could determine the fate of “billions of dollars in assets” and amount to a “naked deprivation of holders’ property rights.”

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World Liberty Financial, whose $WLFI token has previously been promoted as part of a Trump‑aligned crypto push, has already faced criticism for proposals that force investors to stake their only unlocked tokens for 180 days just to retain governance rights. One March proposal linked voting power to long‑term staking with an estimated 2% annual yield and introduced node tiers requiring multi‑million $WLFI stakes, a design critics said entrenched insiders and early whales.

Sun claims $WLFI’s new proposal punishes dissent by locking tokens “indefinitely, with no path to unlocking” for those who vote against it, arguing “you opp

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SEC Grants Conditional Relief to Brokers for Treasury Cross‑Margining

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a package of measures that will allow certain customers to cross‑margin cash U.S. Treasury securities and related Treasury futures. The step marks another stage in the rollout of the US Treasury clearing framework and aims to support liquidity and resilience in the market.

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The SEC issued a conditional exemptive order that permits customer cross‑margining between cash Treasury positions cleared at a registered clearing agency and Treasury futures positions cleared at a registered derivatives clearing Clearing Clearing is a general term that simply means many different things depending on the subject and related industry. Most commonly, this refers to the reciprocal exchange between banks of checks and drafts, and the settlement of the differences, or the total of claims settled at a clearinghouse. In finance and banking, the word clearing has different meanings depending on the more specific business model. Moving checks from the bank where they were deposited to the bank on which they were drawn. Th Clearing is a general term that simply means many different things depending on the subject and related industry. Most commonly, this refers to the reciprocal exchange between banks of checks and drafts, and the settlement of the differences, or the total of claims settled at a clearinghouse. In finance and banking, the word clearing has different meanings depending on the more specific business model. Moving checks from the bank where they were deposited to the bank on which they were drawn. Th Read this Term organization.

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CoW Protocol Price Falls; $COW Releases Statement on Recent Attack

CoW Protocol prices continue to be under pressure over the last 24 hours as the project grappled with fallout from a security incident on April 14. Crypto dropped by nearly 3% to trade at approximately $0.213. Yet that drop was while the global crypto market was on the rise, even as Bitcoin modestly gained.

The divergence illustrates a palpable change in sentiment on the protocol in the wake of the hack. The downturn was set in motion by a front-end attack that attacked the platform’s website. In the last statement release, it was reported that an attacker gained control over the cow.fi domain via DNS hijacking.

This lets the attacker then take users down the path to a malicious interface that had a close match to the original site to redirect them to a similar site. The device had been set up to deceive users into agreeing to approve malicious transactions or revealing sensitive wallet information. Only days after the problem was exposed, the squad put out a public alert.

Users were told to avoid interacting with the platform’s front-end. However, the protocol was also paused as a precautionary measure. The team assured that both the core smart contracts and backend systems were not compromised. Still, the attack carried a significant risk since it attacked the interface that users use to interact with the protocol.

The incident was flagged early by Blockaid, a firm that monitors decentralized applications for suspicious activity. Its detection system identified unusual behavior linked to the cow.fi domain. Shortly after, the protocol confirmed the issue and urged users to stay away until further notice. This quick response helped limit wider damage, even though the event still affected market confidence.

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