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South Koreans sent $367 million more in stablecoins out of the country than they brought back in June. It was the 18th month in a row that money left.The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) handed those numbers to lawmaker Lee Jong-wook. The streak started in January 2025. Traders are chasing something they cannot get at home.Why South Korea’s Stablecoin Outflows Keep WideningFive exchanges handle almost all local crypto trading. They are Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, and Gopax.In June, they sent roughly $1.8 billion in stablecoins to foreign platforms. About $1.44 billion came back. The gap was $367 million.Local media reported that…

The SME commercial real estate market steps up in 2026Covid devastated the small enterprise section of the commercial property market. Are we at last seeing signs of recovery?Two years ago, we wrote about the difficulties facing the UK’s SME commercial real estate sector. At that time, the outlook was challenging, with a real prospect of widespread distress. We likened the market to a line of dominoes standing on end, vulnerable to a combination of rising interest rates, stubborn inflation, falling property values and liquidity constraints for both lenders and borrowers.The market looks markedly different today. Conditions remain challenging in places,…

Dubai, UAE, Aug. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pepeto is engineering a DeFi trading platform built on zero-fee swaps, and the timing has put it at the center of attention, because the boldest Bitcoin price prediction in circulation now calls for $200,000 this year. Pepeto’s presale rounds keep closing at record speed, few communities in crypto are growing faster, and the most telling crypto news lives on-chain, where analysts tracking Pepeto’s inflows keep finding wallets with long histories in early-stage tokens. To understand why that capital is moving now, look at Bitcoin first. The Bitcoin price trades at $63,000 per…

LeftEast was a co-sponsor of an online conference on non-capitalist mixed economies from June 23–26 2021.  Co-sponsors of the conference included the Karl Polanyi Center, Eszmélet Journal, Social Theory College in Budapest, Polanyi Institute, Geopolitical Economy Research Group, Institute of Political History Social Theory Research Group, The Study Group on Global Labour History and Social Conflicts – IHC Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Left East, Institutul pentru Solidaritate Socială, Working Group for Public Policy, Helyzet, Fordulat, CriticAtac, Transform Europe, and the International Karl Polanyi Society. A selection of the talks has been published by the Eszmélet Foundation in a special issue…

On July 21, asset manager Galaxy Digital pledged to spend up to $5 million to defend Bitcoin (BTC +0.06%) against a future quantum computer that could crack the cryptography guarding everyone’s coins. No such computer exists yet, and there probably won’t be one for at least five years at the earliest. Even so, the quantum threat to Bitcoin already appears as a disclosure in the risk filings of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETF. So is the quantum threat to Bitcoin real, or is it an academic issue that’s become overblown? Image source: Getty Images. What could a quantum computer actually do…

White Sox trade deadline prediction lands two players at same position of need originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The Chicago White Sox are a legitimate postseason, AL Central, and even World Series contender this season. With a week to go until the trade deadline, the White Sox are 55-49 on the season with a 2.5 game lead over the Cleveland Guardians in the Central.AdvertisementThis White Sox team will be trade deadline buyers, and they could use a few different spots. Catcher is a huge need with the Kyle Teel…

Michael J. Hicks  |  Muncie Star PressWe are in the midst of two historic global events with major macroeconomic effects that will linger for well over a generation. Both have at their core the failure of American foreign policy, coupled with a once-in-a-century revolution in warfare.I write of course about Ukraine’s historic, courageous and remarkable reversal of fortune in the war against Russian invaders. I also write about the developing strategic and operational defeat of the U.S., Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain by Iran.Ukraine’s success will form the basis of contemporary military studies for two decades and will…

Short duration mutual funds invest in treasury bills, commercial papers, certificates of deposits and so on to take care of their liquidity needs. They also invest in corporate bonds, government securities, among others.According to the Sebi mandate, short duration funds can invest in debt instruments which have maturity between one and three years. That means these schemes are meant for short-term investments of up to three years or more. They are somewhat in the middle when it comes to interest rate risk. They are riskier than liquid, ultra short term, and low duration funds. However, they have a lower risk…

Bitcoin [$BTC] closed the trading day at $62.8K, marking the month’s close. It recorded gains of 7.2% in July, but the higher-timeframe price structure remained bearish. The $64K-$65K area was established as a support zone in March and April. However, it now seems to have been flipped to resistance. Source: CryptoQuant On the other hand, it can also be argued that $BTC is holding up relatively well. In a post on X, crypto analyst Axel Adler Jr. wrote that the current price is still close to 39% above the historical median trajectory. Measured from the cycle’s peak, and comparing with…

My family tries to live as holistically as possible. That means we like to buy snacks from independent brands that are transparent about their recipes. One of our favorites in recent years was Siete chips, tortillas, and taco shells. Siete was started in the mid-2010s by a Mexican American family of seven (hence, siete). The founder had autoimmune diseases that were aggravated by grains and dairy, so she and her brother began making tortillas with almond flour. This recipe allowed her, and many others, to enjoy Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine without getting sick.   In late 2024, Siete was bought out…