Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 11 months ago
Financial regulators in South Korea have opened a window of time for people to come forward and report any unlicensed cryptocurrency exchanges ope...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 11 months ago
In 2022, North Korean hackers swiped crypto worth ten times more than the country earned from exports in 2021, according to US cybersecurity firm...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on yet another cryptocurrency mixing platform, labeling Sinbad.io as a “key money-laundering tool” used by the North Kore...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Dunamu, the operator of the South Korean crypto exchange Upbit, recently said it had realized an operating profit amounting to $79 million in the third quarter of 2023. Virtual asset valuation losses contributed to the 81.6% drop in the operator̵...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 11 months ago
HTX hacked for $30M — the ecosystem’s fourth hack in recent months — 100K Koreans test out CBDC, and Binance is dead, long live Binance! Our weekly roundup of news fro...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 11 months ago
Over the past two years, the Asian region has been racing to launch Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC), and the Digital Won is the latest to enter a critical stage, per a recent report.
Bank of Korea Partners with Financial Authorities For Digit...
by COINS NEWS - 1 year ago
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Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 1 year ago
Bithumb aims to be the first crypto-related company listed on KOSDAQ.
Bithumb has selected Samsung Securities as the underwriter for its strategic move into traditional financial markets.
Former Chairman Lee Jeong-hoon has made a comeback, boosting...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The North Korea-backed hacker group is thought to be behind the Nov. 10 Poloniex hot wallet breach. A market research platform has said “a leakage of the private key” could be the reason why the hot wallet got breached.
Pr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Local reports suggest that Bithumb, a prominent crypto exchange in South Korea, is contemplating a public listing in 2025. Insider information indicates that Bithumb is considering a debut on Kosdaq and might transition to the Korea Exchange (KOSPI)...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
SK Telecom aims to expand its “affiliations with customer-preferred mainnets and decentralized applications (dApps)” using this tripartite agreement with the blockchain companies....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
South Korean crypto traders are more inclined to invest in high-risk, high-reward altcoins than their American counterparts, according to a new report. The share of major cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum in the trading volumes on the larges...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Leading South Korean crypto exchange Upbit has been granted regulatory approval by Singapore’s main financial regulator. The authorization will allow the trading platform to provide regulated services in the Southeast Asian city-state which has estab...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The Virtual Asset Users Protection Act was passed in June without a sufficient regulatory framework, the head of South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service said. Sou...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
The disclosure of 'Compensation Reserve Funds' by South Korean crypto exchanges, led by Upbit with KRW 20 billion, reflects the country's broader regulatory strides aimed at ensuring user protection, transaction transparency, and market discipline. T...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
The recent revelation by Elliptic highlights a troubling surge in cross-chain crime, now amounting to $7 billion, with North Korean affiliated Lazarus Group playing a significant role. These findings from the 2023 edition of 'The State of Cross-chain...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
South Korean brokerage firms KB Securities, NH Investment & Securities, and Shinhan Investment Corporation form a consortium to jointly venture into the tokenized securities market. The collaboration aims to build a common infrastructure and ex...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The North Korean hacking collective has at least $47 million in cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin, Ether, BNB and various stablecoins, including Binance USD. North Kor...