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National Bank of Kazakhstan to Integrate Digital Tenge With BNB Chain, Binance CEO Unveils
28.10.2022
The central bank of Kazakhstan intends to use Binance’s blockchain platform Bnb Chain for the deployment of its upcoming digital currency. The decision was made public on social media by Changpeng Zhao, the chief executive of the global crypto exchange which was recently licensed to work...
South Korean Public Official ‘Used Bribes to Buy Crypto,’ Police Claim
28.10.2022
Yet another South Korean government worker appears to have used ill-gotten gains to fund their crypto cravings: After reports that a public official fled abroad with $2.8 million worth of stolen public funds that has been converted to crypto, it has emerged that another former official may have...
Biggest Movers: DOGE up by Over 17% as Elon Musk Comments on Twitter Takeover
27.10.2022
Dogecoin rose by as much as 17% on Thursday, as Tesla CEO Elon Musk moved closer to completing a takeover of Twitter. Musk has been a public supporter of the meme coin in recent years, with some suggesting that it could be added as a payment method on the social media platform. Cosmos also traded...
Singapore Seeks to Reduce Risks for Retail Crypto Investors With Restrictive Rules
27.10.2022
Financial authorities in Singapore have proposed new regulations designed to protect consumers from risks associated with cryptocurrency investment and trading. The measures, which also aim to expand regulations for stablecoins, will be discussed with the industry before their adoption. Singapore...
S Korean Gov’t Worker ‘Embezzled Public Funds and Escaped with $2.8m in Crypto’
27.10.2022
A missing South Korean government worker is thought to be on the run with $2.8 million worth of public funds stolen from the country’s National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) – and the suspect appears to have converted most or all of the money to crypto....
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Recent Poll Shows Citizens of El Salvador Still Not Sold on Bitcoin
26.10.2022
A recent poll completed by the Public Opinion University Institute, part of the Simeon Canas Centroamerican University, has found that El Salvador is still not attracted by the idea of bitcoin as legal tender. The poll results indicate that almost two-thirds of the population has a negative...
Public Bitcoin miners' hash rate is booming — but is it actually bearish for BTC price?
25.10.2022
Efforts to keep Bitcoin mining operations afloat may end up stressing the spot BTC price further lower
Israel’s Stock Exchange Unveils Plan to Create Digital Asset Platform and Venture Into Crypto
25.10.2022
The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange, the only public stock exchange in Israel, has announced that it is entering the crypto space and creating a platform for digital assets. “The next five years are a critical window of opportunity for TASE to play an active role in the technological revolution...
Turkey Seizes $40 Million in Crypto, Detains 46 Suspects in Criminal Investigation: Report
22.10.2022
Turkish authorities have reportedly seized $40 million in cryptocurrency and detained 46 people in an illegal betting investigation. “This operation came out of Turkish Cyprus and is linked to the murder of Halil Falyalı,” Turkish Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu said....
77.1% of Salvadorans surveyed think the gov’t should ‘stop spending public money’ on Bitcoin
20.10.2022
Less than 40% of surveyed respondents said they supported the approval of Bitcoin as legal tender
Aptos (APT), a famous public chain with Meta background, is now first listed on MEXC
20.10.2022
The latest news from Aptos indicates that it will launch the mainnet in the near future. At the same time, its mainnet token APT was announced by major mainstream exchanges before it was in circulation. The cryptocurrency trading platform MEXC listed the Aptos mainnet token APT at 00:45 on October...
Japan’s Police and FSA Publish a Joint Cyber Warning to Crypto Firms, Link Attacks to Lazarus Group
18.10.2022
According to the National Police Agency (NPA) in Japan, North Korean hackers from the crime syndicate Lazarus Group have been targeting crypto companies in the country. Local reports detail that it’s the fifth time the NPA has tied “public attribution” to the organization of North Korean cyber...
Close to 60,000 BTC Erased From Bitcoin Treasuries in 9 Months, 4 Entities Hold More Than 100K BTC
17.10.2022
During the last two years, a number of public and private companies, exchange-traded products (ETPs), and countries have added bitcoin to their balance sheet. However, during the last nine months of 2022, the number of bitcoin stored in these types of treasuries dropped by 57,481 bitcoin, worth...
Crypto Boutique Law Firm Roche Freedman Removed From Class Action Against Tether
14.10.2022
After a Manhattan federal judge blasted Roche Freedman LLP founding partner Kyle Roche’s public statements, the judge has removed the crypto boutique law firm from the market manipulation lawsuit against Tether and Bitfinex. The recent hearing has shown that U.S. district judge, Katherine...
Financial Stability Board opens proposed crypto regulatory framework for public comments
11.10.2022
“Effective regulatory and supervisory frameworks should be based on the principle of ‘same activity, same risk, same regulation,’” said the FSB proposal
Lit Protocol: Public Key Infrastructure for a Decentralized World
11.10.2022
Lit's David Sneider, a presenter at the CoinDesk I.D.E.A.S. conference, wants to decentralize public key cryptography
Polygon Launches zkEVM Testnet — Defi Projects Uniswap, Lens, Aave Join Testing
11.10.2022
The blockchain project Polygon has announced the launch of the zkEVM public testnet, a layer two (L2) scaling solution announced in July that aims to reduce fees and inherit the security of the Ethereum blockchain. Polygon considers the testnet “the first open-source zkEVM network,”...
Ethereum Scaling Tool Polygon Launches its zkEVM Public Testnet
10.10.2022
The company continues to be targeting the mainnet going live sometime in early 2023
Polygon’s zkEVM Public Testnet to enable smoother Ethereum migration
10.10.2022
Defi protocols Aave and Uniswap, along with other projects, will be among the first projects to deploy on the zkEVM testnet
Celsius Reveals User Details in Public Court Files
7.10.2022
Celsius, a cryptocurrency lender, is facing criticism for disclosing the recent financial activities and data of the users in CeFi. The file received by the public court includes personal details of co-founders Dan Leon, Nuke Goldstein, and Alex Mashinsky’s trading, along with the user names...