South Korea Delayed Its Crypto Tax Four Times. The Finance Ministry Just Said It's Done Waiting.
13.26 million investors. 22% on gains above $1,850. January 2027. The ruling party wants to kill it. The Finance Ministry says it's happening anyway.
13.26 million investors. 22% on gains above $1,850. January 2027. The ruling party wants to kill it. The Finance Ministry says it's happening anyway.
$143 million now locked in validators. Annual staking yield is projected between $3.9 million and $5.4 million. The foundation that spent years avoiding staking on neutrality grounds has now completed its entry into Ethereum's consensus layer.
The global staking market exceeded $245 billion in late 2025. Cardano has 71% of its supply staked. Cosmos pays 15–20% nominal APY. Ethereum locks nearly a third of all ETH in validators. Staking is not one thing. It is a different economic arrangement on every chain — and understanding those differences is where the real analysis begins.
A Google quantum paper, a new perp DEX launch, and a yield product on Solana drove the week's biggest moves — all of it playing out against a broader market sitting deep in Extreme Fear.
The company controls 3.98% of all ether in circulation. Its staking network generates $196 million in annualized revenue. Chairman Tom Lee calls this the final stages of a mini-crypto winter. The company bought 71,252 ETH last week — its fastest pace since December.