South Korea’s crypto scene will gain either way in the country’s presidential elections, as both candidates have run on pro-crypto platforms, pledged to ease regulations and expand crypto access. South Koreans will head to the polls on June 3 to elect a new president in a snap election to replace Yoon Suk-yeol, who was impeached…

Traders are increasingly pivoting to quick, short-term profit-taking strategies, in response to US President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs, rather than letting their positions run, according to Arrash Yasavolian, CEO and founder of the Bittensor-based Taoshi AI-enhanced trading platform. In an interview with Cointelegraph, the CEO said the tariffs have created headline-driven volatility across financial markets that can…

Ethereum users will be warned of a new attack capable of draining their wallets, as crypto market maker Wintermute says it has created code that injects a warning into verified malicious contracts. Wintermute’s code, dubbed “CrimeEnjoyor,” prints a warning within malicious Ethereum contracts that are “designed to auto-sweep funds” from wallets with leaked private keys,…