South Korea sanctions 15 North Koreans for crypto heists and cyber theft

A recent poll regarding European cryptocurrency policy saw the participation of 31,000 respondents across 12 member states of the European Union. 342 Total views 18 Total shares A large-scale poll across 12 European Union member states revealed that a majority of Europeans would prefer local governments to create and regulate cryptocurrencies. Redfield & Wilton Strategies carried…

South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung has filed a patent for a blockchain-enabled Solid State Drive (SSD).“Programmable blockchain solid state drive and switch”Local industry news outlet Decenter reported on Sept. 3 that Samsung applied for the “programmable blockchain solid state drive and switch” patent on Jan. 15 and that it has been published on Feb.…

Swiss private bank Maerki Baumann has had a deluge of over 400 new clients wanting to tap its future blockchain offerings since it revealed its interest in the sector.Swiss Info reported on Aug. 22 that the Zurich-based institution — which has $8.2 billion AUM but faces stiff market competition and an erosion of its margins…

Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong and chief legal officer Paul Grewal spoke about the company’s Wells notice from the SEC on YouTube and at Consensus 2023. 318 Total views 14 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTExecutives of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase took their company’s regulatory issues to the public on…

The Bitcoin Runes protocol initially dominated daily transactions post-launch but is now seeing a decline, with BTC reclaiming its network dominance.

YFI token holders will vote on some aspects of the integration. 967 Total views 16 Total shares The flurry of Yearn.finance (YFI) “mergers” continues as the project announces the tightest DeFi integration yet, this time with SushiSwap (SUSHI), the decentralized exchange that began its life as a Uniswap fork.Announced by Yearn founder Andre Cronje on…

Bitcoin (BTC) has been trading near $16,500 since Nov. 23, recovering from a dip to $15,500 as investors feared the imminent insolvency of Genesis Global, a cryptocurrency lending and trending company. Genesis stated on Nov. 16 that it would “temporarily suspend redemptions and new loan originations in the lending business.” After causing initial mayhem in the…

PacWest shares crashed 27% before recovering on a rescue acquisition by the smaller Banc of California. 118 Total views 1 Total shares Shares in PacWest bank flash crashed by 27% on July 25 only to quickly recover in after-hours trading on the news it had merged with the Banc of California.PacWest Bancorp (PACW) stock slumped…