Circle becomes first licensed stablecoin issuer under MiCA

Israel-based crypto brokerage Coinmama — which allows users to purchase Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) using a credit card — has suffered a major data breach affecting 450,000 of its users. The incident was disclosed in an official company announcement on Feb. 15.The breach is reportedly part of a mammoth, multi-platform hack that affected 24…

To read Part 1 of “How to prepare for the end of the bull run,” click here. So, you’ve made a million bucks this cycle and you’re trying to work out how to transform those life-changing gains into money in the real world before the inevitable crash. But at the same time, you don’t want to…

After some confusion, South Korea's government has laid out which state and regulatory bodies are charged with the oversight of various aspects of crypto-related activities. 3847 Total views 5 Total shares Over the past year or so, the crypto community in South Korea has had to adapt to a suite of new regulations and government…

The collaboration will have both parties researching the offline capabilities of CBDC issued by South Korea’s central bank. 124 Total views 3 Total shares Tech giant Samsung Electronics has reportedly partnered with the South Korean central bank to conduct research on central bank digital currency (CBDC) for offline payments.On May 15, South Korea’s central bank…

Compound has implemented two historic community-driven proposals amid the launch of its governance token. 1730 Total views 31 Total shares Decentralized finance, or DeFi, protocol, Compound, has implemented its first two community-driven governance proposals in the past week.The proposals come ahead of the launch of Compound’s Governance token (COMP) — which will be used to…

Ripple could launch a commercial version of its payment platform xRapid "in the next month or so," CNBC reported September 17. Head of regulatory relations for Asia-Pacific and the Middle East at Ripple Sagar Sarbhai told CNBC that Ripple has been making strides toward the launch of its product xRapid.The xRapid product is a real-time…

If there was ever such a thing as an all-star lineup of regulators, the United States House of Representatives Agricultural Committee’s June 6 hearing on digital asset regulation would probably hold the record. The current chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Rostin Behnam, was joined by a former chair and a former acting…

Symbol from NEM makes blockchain solution to solve wine tampering and counterfeiting problems to save millions for the wine industry. 717 Total views 52 Total shares Tampering, theft and counterfeiting have caused the wine industry millions of dollars in lost revenue. Symbol, an enterprise-friendly blockchain project from the NEM ecosystem is now providing blockchain technology…

The personal and crypto-transaction related details could help identify users who failed to report their tax obligations, according to the Australian Tax Office.