KOREAN FINANCE

South Korea just flipped the script on digital money. Instead of relying on U. S. dollars inside blockchain networks, the country is building its own public blockchain for won-denominated stablecoins—digital coins that always hold one unit of Korean currency. This isn’t just tech talk. It’s a quiet

Bithumb made a big mistake by giving users 2, 000 BTC each instead of a small cash reward. The plan was to drop 2, 000 won (about $1. 37), but the system sent 2, 000 bitcoins instead. With Bitcoin near $71k at that time, the error added more than $95B in user balances. The glitch happened during a