Korean National Tax Service: Residents Must Declare Comprehensive Income Tax for Receiving Virtual Assets as Service Remuneration from Overseas Companies

On July 9th, as per official channels, the issuer of the stablecoin USDC, Circle Internet Group (NYSE code: CRCL), declared a strategic partnership with OKX. The purpose of this partnership is to boost bidirectional exchange liquidity between the US dollar and the USDC stablecoin. This cooperative effort will allow OKX's 60 million global users to avail themselves of 1:1 instant exchange services between the US dollar and USDC across its product range.

On July 9th, a Japanese publicly listed company, Remixpoint, announced that it had raised approximately 31.5 billion yen (about 215 million USD) through financing. It plans to use all the funds to purchase Bitcoin. Currently, the company holds 1,051 BTC, and its recent goal is to increase its holdings to 3,000 BTC. The company stated that this decision is based on a firm belief in Bitcoin's future and the result of extensive internal discussions.

On July 9th, based on LookOnChain's monitoring, a whale that holds at least 155,837 ETH (approximately $4.08 billion) is in the process of selling ETH. Three addresses that may be related to Arthapala have unbonded and withdrawn 155,837 ETH. Subsequently, they started depositing ETH into exchanges on June 10th. Up to now, 120,918 ETH (approximately $3.17 billion) has been sent to exchanges, and the remaining amount is 34,919 ETH (approximately $91.6 million).

On July 9th, according to a survey by BlockBeats, nearly 80.5% of the respondents who participated in the Web3 job-seeking questionnaire were from first-tier universities in China, including Project 985 and Project 211 institutions. Among them, 36.6% were from Project 985 universities, and 43.9% were from Project 211 or other first-tier universities. Additionally, 7.3% of the job seekers had overseas educational backgrounds, while only 12.2% were from vocational schools or other types of institutions. Regarding their academic backgrounds, these highly educated job seekers were not lacking in options. Among the respondents who participated in the Web3 job-seeking questionnaire, 46.34% were from computer science and information technology-related majors, and 21.95% were from finance and business backgrounds. They originally had the opportunity to enter more stable traditional industries and were also competitive in mainstream industries such as large corporations, securities firms, and

On July 9th, as per on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa), the Smart Money address that had amassed AAVE at the 2022 low and reaped a profit of $825,000 has once again accumulated 7,964 AAVE five months later, with a value of $2.38 million. This address had purchased AAVE in March 2022 at a price of $152 and sold in February 2025 at $275, achieving a return of 80.8%.

On July 9th, as per Bloomberg, Emirates Airlines has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Crypto.com for the purpose of collaborating on payment integration.