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KakaoTalk updates continue, targeting more time spent on AI and communities

Kakao is continuing a broad rollout of KakaoTalk feature updates as it focuses on boosting user time spent and usage. The update strategy has two main tracks: adding AI features to enhance conversation and everyday convenience, and reorganising open chat into topic-based threaded comments. The changes are seen as a bid to shift KakaoTalk from a simple messaging app into an experience and community platform, though concerns are growing about UI complexity, duplicated alerts and usability.

Crypto

Bitcoin breaks 100 million won threshold amid broad crypto selloff

Cryptocurrency markets enter a broad slide, with bitcoin falling 12 percent in 24 hours to $64,072 on Coin360 and trading in the 94 million won range on Upbit, below the 100 million won line. Ether drops 13.4 percent to $1,876 and XRP sinks 21.63 percent to $1.16. The selloff is linked to weakening sentiment, broken support levels and wider U.S. stock-market volatility, with knock-on effects seen in South Korean equities.

Telecommunications & Media

Spotify starts selling physical books, steps up audiobook features

Spotify is strengthening its audiobook features and expanding into physical book sales, TechCrunch reported on Feb. 4. Users in the United States and Britain can buy printed books through the Spotify app. The service works with Bookshop.org in a model designed to support independent bookstores. Spotify is also adding tools that match scanned pages to audiobook positions and provide listening summaries for Android users.