State of Crypto Perpetual Swaps 2025 details market stress, trust gaps and new derivatives trends VICTORIA, Seychelles, Jan. 08, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – BitMEX, one of the safest exchanges, today released its end-of-year research report, “State of Crypto Perpetual Swaps 2025,” outlining five core insights that defined a turbulent year for the global crypto derivatives market. [...]
Open Campus to digitize academic records for up to 50 million students and graduates from Madhya Pradesh. The partnership will utilize Open Campus’s EDU Chain infrastructure for secure credential verification. Open Campus believes the partnership will help to increase trust among employers, improve the employability of many graduates, and ultimately support job creation. BHOPAL, India, [...]
VICTORIA, Seychelles, Jan. 08, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has recorded more than $2 billion in daily trading volume on Bitget TradFi, marking a major milestone since its public rollout on January 5. The performance highlights accelerating demand for access to traditional markets on the platform as a hedge against recent volatility. With this, [...]
CHANGWON•SACHEON, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Two undocumented migrant workers injured while fleeing an immigration enforcement operation in South Gyeongsang Province last year have been officially recognized as victims of industrial accidents, a decision that labor groups say highlights gaps in workplace safety and protections for foreign workers. The South Gyeongsang branch of the Korean Confederation [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Unverified health claims promoting butter as a cure-all—from cancer remission to weight control and even children’s brain development—are spreading rapidly across social media in South Korea, prompting warnings from medical and nutrition experts about potential health risks. Videos circulating on platforms such as YouTube, Instagram and TikTok urge viewers to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — When an elderly man in his 80s fell from his bed in a home in Daejeon last November, it was not a family member or a phone call that brought help, but a caregiving robot. The device detected the emergency, issued an alert and guided firefighters to the scene, allowing [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has taken a step to strengthen its supply of strategic minerals by formally recognizing recycling and recovery from waste as a distinct industrial sector, a move aimed at shoring up domestic supply chains for materials critical to advanced manufacturing. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said Thursday [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The head of LG Electronics Inc. said the company’s CLOiD home robot will play a key role in realizing the company’s “Zero Labor Home” vision in the era of artificial intelligence (AI), according to the company Thursday. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lyu Jae-cheol, who took the position in November, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s economy is showing tentative signs of recovery, buoyed by firmer consumer spending and resilient exports, even as deepening weakness in construction continues to weigh on overall growth, a state-run research institute said Thursday. In its latest monthly assessment, the Korea Development Institute said gains in private consumption [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – China’s recent ban on exports of dual-use items with military applications to Japan will likely impact South Korea’s imports and industries, the industry ministry said Thursday, vowing measures to prevent a supply shortage of affected items. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources held a supply chain inspection meeting [...]