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Industrial pressure gauge and valve marked with Bitcoin and Bithumb symbols, representing the fading kimchi premium as South Korea intensifies scrutiny on the exchange

Why Bitcoin’s kimchi premium is on life support after South Korea targets crypto exchange

FIU’s proposed six month partial ban targets new user transfers, but the bigger shock may be price discovery shifting to Upbit.

3 weeks ago

Crime

BitKeep unveils redemption portal for victims of Swap hack

The protocol had promised to compensate every victim of the exploit that took place on Oct. 18.

3 years ago

Crime

North Korean Lazarus Group targets Japanese crypto firms

The Lazarus group sent phishing emails to employees of crypto companies and successfully infected their computers with malware.

3 years ago

Regulation

Japan looks to amend crypto KYC rules

The Japanese government has decided to revise six laws related to foreign exchange, which will also affect crypto trading platforms.

3 years ago

Adoption

Macau’s Executive Council seeks to subject digital currencies to same regulations as fiat

Macau's Executive Council submitted a draft bill to place all currencies under the same legal scrutiny, including digital currencies.

3 years ago

CBDCs

China floats pan-Asian digital currency built on blockchain

The main reason behind the proposal is to reduce the region's reliance on the US dollar.

3 years ago

Crypto

CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily: Grayscale taking SEC to court over spot BTC ETF, CoinCenter sues US Treasury for Tornado Cash ban

Arbitrium's Offchain Labs acquires leading Ethereum client, 21Shares launches its spot BTC ETP in Dubai, and much more in this edition of CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily.

3 years ago

Adoption

Polygon powers new Indian police complaints portal

Residents will be able to register complaints in an immutable and transparent manner i.e. registered complaints cannot be deleted or edited.

3 years ago

CBDCs

Reserve bank of India outlines CBDC blueprint

The RBI released a concept paper that outlined its motivation, design choices, and technological considerations for the pilot phase of the CBDC project.

3 years ago