The cryptocurrency sector in South Korea encountered a revised version of the FSC’s Virtual Asset User Protection Act. This revised version included a charge of supervisory fees for leading crypto exchanges such as Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone and GOPAX. The exchanges are required to pay a regulatory fee of 300 million
On July 23, Mt. Gox started transferring funds again, this time sending over $3.2 billion worth of 47,500 Bitcoin to two anonymous addresses. Arkham Intelligence claims that Mt. Gox has 90,344 Bitcoins (BTC) valued at $6.02 billion; however, this information is out of date; the actual value of Mt. Gox’s
The crypto sector makes persistent efforts to bring cryptocurrency into the mainstream. Notably, one of the leading crypto exchanges, BingX, has announced an extension to its present partnership, transitioning to the ‘Official Training Wear partner’ the Chelsea Football Club’s men’s team. The exchange platform had initially been a sleeve partner
South Korean crypto exchange Upbit announced the launch of BLAST trading pairs for Korean won (KRW), Bitcoin (BTC), and Tether (USDT). Notably, the trading of BLAST, the governance token of L2 network Blast, on the platform is expected to start on Wednesday. Upbit is one of the five fully licensed
A key event is about to unfold as bitFlyer, a prominent Japanese crypto exchange, is slated to buy FTX Japan. Until today, details about the intention to acquire the local unit of the renowned but now insolvent FTX exchange remained undisclosed. Nonetheless, the arrangements for this transaction are nearing completion.
Despite a sluggish performance in the global cryptocurrency market over the past fortnight, new projects and developments continue to create buzz. In the queue, LayerZero, an omnichain interoperability protocol, has garnered significant support from the crypto community following a successful airdrop. This led to the listing of its native token,
Crypto exchange Binance has been fined $2.2 million by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of India. Binance is reportedly accused of failing to comply with local anti-money laundering (AML) standards, which is the reason for the penalty. For Binance, already beset by convoluted international financial rules, this new development poses
Following what seems to be the theft of $22 million in a cyberattack, UK-based crypto exchange Lykke has decided to cease its trading services. The security precautions put in place by crypto exchanges are called into question by this upheaval in the crypto sector. After the well-known web investigator SomaXBT
It seems that sellers may be fleeing the market as some cryptocurrency exchanges have seen a substantial outflow of Bitcoin (BTC) from their platforms in the last few weeks. Technical expert Ali Martinez reports that during the last week, users withdrew 22,647 Bitcoin from various cryptocurrency exchanges. If this number
The largest Japanese crypto exchange, DMM Bitcoin, made an official statement on Wednesday that it will raise 50 billion Yen to buy Bitcoin. The Bitcoin purchase worth $321 million is to reprimand customer losses over the recent security breach according to Bloomberg reports. On June 3, DMM Bitcoin reported a
