Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Korea’s Virtual Asset User Protection Act lacks explicit sanctions provisions for hacking and similar incidents, clouding the scope of penalties facing the Upbit operator Dunamu.South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has reportedly sent an...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The proceedings come as South Korea’s Virtual Asset User Protection Act lacks explicit sanctions provisions for hacking and computer system incidents, leaving the scope of penalties uncertain.South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has repo...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) CEO, Jason Oxman, indicated that members of his organization might start recognizing Bitcoin’s disruptive potential, suggesting that this might lead to more partnerships between traditional electronic payment...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Cybersecurity company Kaspersky said a newly identified malware framework is targeting cryptocurrency investors through social engineering tactics and trojanized GitHub apps.Kaspersky has uncovered a new malware framework targeting cryptocurrency inv...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Autorité nationale des jeux has ordered France’s internet service providers to geoblock Polymarket, citing illegal gambling and market manipulation concerns.France’s National Gambling Authority has ordered internet service providers to block access t...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The FTX Recovery Trust and company have distributed about $10 billion since the exchange filed for bankruptcy in November 2022, leaving users cut off from their funds.The trust behind reimbursing creditors with ties to defunct cryptocurrency exchange...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Galaxy Digital will rename Texas Tech’s football stadium under a 15-year agreement, expanding its West Texas presence as the state attracts growing crypto investment. Digital asset and AI infrastructure company Galaxy Digital has signed a 15-year nam...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Through an introduction with a “reputable third-party service provider,“ the company took on a developer who, as part of an investigation, was revealed to be tied to North Korea.Blockchain company Consensys accidentally used a software developer link...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Bolivia moves to recognize USDT amid a dollar shortage, while Bitcoin miners’ AI ambitions face fresh investor scrutiny.Stablecoins have long been pitched as a faster way to move dollars across borders. In Bolivia, they’re increasingly becoming a way...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The feature offers European customers a voluntary path away from Tether’s USDT as MiCA rules reshape the region’s stablecoin market.OKX Europe has launched a one-way conversion feature allowing customers to deposit USDT and convert it into USDC, offe...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
With the Senate likely voting on a crypto bill within days, Elizabeth Warren asked for information on Donald Trump’s earnings between January and July ahead of a 2027 deadline.Update (July 17, 11:59 pm UTC): This article has been updated to include a...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Bitcoin saw a key rejection at local highs before reversing lower, moving with stocks for a second day as US-Iran war downside took its toll.Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $62,500 at Friday’s Wall Street open as stocks took a fresh hit from the US-Iran w...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The Bank of England approved HSBC Orion to go live in its Digital Securities Sandbox, with the first Digital Gilt Instrument transaction expected in the first quarter of 2027.HSBC, one of the world’s largest banks, has received approval to operate in...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
SBI Holdings received regulatory approval to acquire a majority stake in Singapore-based crypto exchange Coinhako as it expands into stablecoins, onchain finance and tokenized assets.Japanese financial services group SBI Holdings has acquired a major...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Kraken, Bitstamp, 1inch and Bitfinex have all set up shop in the British Virgin Islands — but you might find it tricky to book an on-site meeting with one of their executives. More than $1 out of every $10 of the world’s tokenized US Treasuries is i...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The Rotterdam court said bankruptcy was necessary to ensure an orderly settlement because the company lacked enough assets to fully repay users.A Dutch court has declared cryptocurrency platform Knaken Cryptohandel BV and its affiliated foundation ba...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
ECB’s Piero Cipollone said stablecoin adoption could erode bank deposits, but the digital euro will keep banks at the center of payments.European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said wider stablecoin adoption could erode commercia...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The pair pleaded guilty after investigators linked them to the Scattered Spider cybercrime group, which US prosecutors say extorted dozens of companies.The United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA) and City of London Police said two men associated w...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
ESMA adds 14 CASPs to its MiCA register, with banks and Ripple Payments Europe among the new entries as total providers reach 294.European authorities added 14 crypto companies to the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework register in the second p...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Bitcoin supply in loss hit 50% nearly 50 days ago, mimicking the countdown to BTC price bear-market bottoms.Bitcoin (BTC) has been counting down to its next bottom for nearly two months, a classic onchain metric suggests.Key points:Read more
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
Federal prosecutors allege the South Dakota investor used false promises to raise money, repaid earlier investors with new funds and laundered proceeds through crypto exchanges.A federal grand jury has indicted a South Dakota cryptocurrency investor...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
A macOS malware steals credentials to hijack Telegram sessions, decrypt cryptocurrency wallets or trick users into entering their wallet recovery phrases through fake applications.A macOS information-stealing malware can hijack Telegram Desktop sessi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
US spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $79.2 million on Thursday, lifting their three-day inflow total to about $368 million as Bitcoin attempted a price recovery.US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded $79.2 million in net inflows on Th...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
“Over time the economic incentives will drive $DOG Mode’s adoption and force Bitcoin Core to stop gatekeeping and allow these completely valid transactions,” said Leonidas.Bitcoin Ordinals advocate Leonidas has proposed developing a new open-source B...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 week ago
The launch gives Bybit a locally operated platform in one of Asia’s largest crypto markets, home to more than 21 million crypto exchange users. Crypto exchange Bybit announced Thursday it launched a locally operated platform in Indonesia after acquir...
