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South Korean flag lying on a stormy beach as waves roll in, symbolizing Bitcoin surging past $71,000 during an 18% crash in South Korea’s stock market

Analysis

Bitcoin breaks $72k as South Korea’s stock market crashes 18% in biggest drop since 2008

This week South Korean equities posted a record drawdown, falling 12% in this mornings session.

4 weeks ago

Crypto

CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily: Nigeria’s CBDC deemed a failure; Korea gathers more proof on Do Kwon

Stripe fires over 1,100 of its employees due to financial troubles, Andre Cronje's tweet spikes Fantom by 24% in a day, and much more in this edition of CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily.

3 years ago

Adoption

China holds $3.9B worth of Bitcoin despite anti-crypto stance

The Chinese government holds $6 billion worth of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum and others.

3 years ago

Adoption

Singapore BIS Monetary Authority and central banks of Switzerland, France explore AMMs and CBDCs

The Innovation Hub of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) launched its latest project to explore the use of automated market makers to facilitate foreign exchange markets and CBDC payments.

3 years ago

Banking

JPMorgan executes first DeFi transaction on Polygon

JPMorgan carried out the transaction on Ethereum layer2 network Polygon because of its cheap transaction fees, and leveraged Aave Protocol's permissioned pool concept.

3 years ago

Legal

Circle, Paxos secure regulatory approval from Singapore financial watchdog

Paxos's license was approved by MAS, while Circle only got its in-principle approval.

3 years ago

Adoption

DBS launches programmable money live pilot for Singapore government vouchers

According to the report, this will enhance live transactions with numerous merchants by issuing vouchers using a blockchain and tokenized Singapore dollars.

3 years ago