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Justin Sun said that the U.S. was not the only major player in the crypto industry, advising the community to focus on other countries.

The NFT integration will allow over 200 million Little Red Book users to mint their profile pictures on the Conflux blockchain.

The impact of the FTX meltdown has outstripped the crypto ecosystem and leeched into the mainstream tech industry and beyond.

The FBI has come forward to announce that the North Korean hacking group Lazarus was responsible for last year's exploit.

The accused individuals sent around $3.2B out of S. Korea under false pretenses, violating foreign exchange laws, to buy crypto abroad.

Amber Group has delayed payment of bills to third-party vendors, while some are owed in arrears for up to six months.

Raghuram Rajan's views stand at odds with that of the current RBI governor, who is pushing for a blanket ban on crypto.

The exchange said leaving Japan is part of its restructuring process that will help it weather the bear market.

In early January, Vauld turned down Nexo's final acquisition offer. Vauld is now weighing bids from two fund managers.

Hashkey's Fund III will focus on infrastructures, toolings, and applications with mass adoption potential.

Zero-emission energy resources account for 52.2% of the network's energy usage. Meanwhile, Kazakhstan now represents only 6.4% of the global hash rate. 

Digital asset providers in Thailand are required to have contingency plans in case of events that compromise their digital wallets.

A top official says the U.S. and Europe should closely supervise crypto firms.

Due to Japan's liberal regulations, the crypto market in the country has a lot of potential, according to Monex's CEO.

Shaktikanta Das reiterated his earlier criticisms of the cryptocurrency sector.

SFC Chair Julia Leung said the regulator intends to introduce rules to only allow investing in major virtual assets that are highly liquid.

The Samsung Bitcoin Active ETF (under the ticker FA SAMSUNG BTC) will be open for trading on Jan. 13 via the Hong Kong Stock Exchange market.

WazirX currently holds about 6.09 trillion SHIBA INU worth $54.6 million, 1,356 BTC worth $23.6 million, and 20,056 ETH worth $26.6 million.