South Korea to inspect crypto exchanges for suspicious transactions

Bitcoin’s (BTC) and Ether’s (ETH) agonizing 60% and 66% respective drops in price are drawing a lot of criticism from crypto critics and perhaps this is deserved, but there are also plenty of stocks with similar, if not worse, performances. The sharp volatility witnessed in crypto prices is partially driven by major centralized yield and lending…

Ripple’s Japanese partner wants to lead financial innovation in the country. SBI Holdings, Japanese financial giant and a major blockchain-focused institution, is reportedly planning to set up a blockchain-based digital stock exchange.Yoshitaka Kitao, president and CEO at SBI Holdings, announced the company’s plans to collaborate with Osaka Prefecture to establish a new global financial hub.The…

Tencent Yujian Threat Intelligence Center says that a Ryuk ransomware virus has been spotted in China.The intelligence center released information on the outbreak in a report on July 16.According to the report, Ryuk viruses are a family of malware aimed at infecting government and enterprise machines holding valuable data. According to the report, a Ryuk…

The dYdX crypto exchange published the open-source code for its upcoming Cosmos-based network. 146 Total views 2 Total shares Crypto exchange dYdX has published the open source code for its new Cosmos-based network of the same name, according to an October 23 blog post. The new code includes the “protocol, order book, front-end, and more,”

The other licensees included three European institutional investment platforms and one U.S.-based retail platform. 454 Total views 3 Total shares In an official blog post, Bitpanda announced that it has secured a crypto custody licence from the German financial authority, BaFin.Having obtained this licence, the Austrian-based crypto exchange can now legally market its services to…

The institutional asset custody arm of United States-based crypto exchange Coinbase has announced it is transitioning to an internationally-based staking service as of Nov. 21.In rolling out its staking services to a global investor base, Coinbase Custody appears to be leveraging its brand recognition to promote staking as a key emergent investment strategy for the…

Fantom Foundation CEO Michael Kong hopes the blockchain can “replicate the success” of its peers by getting in on the memecoin hype.

The run on training hardware has put chipmakers at the forefront of the general artificial intelligence boom.

BTC price eats away at positions as Bitcoin bulls attempt to carve a path higher.