South Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank taps Ripple for cross-border payments
Ripple is bringing its cross-border payments platform to Jeonbuk Bank, but key details including its launch status and settlement asset...
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Alleged $165M crypto Ponzi mastermind faces US charges after Fiji deportation
Prosecutors allege Edward Zimbardi collected crypto from thousands of investors, lost over $34 million on currency trades and spent at...
Harmony Protocol to Roll Back Network After Massive Exploit
Following a security breach on Aug. 12 where an attacker exploited verification vulnerabilities to illicitly mint 2.385 trillion tokens, Harmony...
Binance Shared Customer Data With Russia After Leaving Market
Binance provided Russian law enforcement with customer identification documents and transaction records connected to donations supporting Ukrainian military causes. The...
China’s 5,500 Robot Shipments Put US AI Hardware Rivals on Notice
Unitree’s 5,500-plus humanoid robot deliveries highlight China’s scale in humanoid robot manufacturing. Devere Group CEO Nigel Green says those exports...
Bitcoin Supply Squeeze Unwinds as 28,000 BTC Return to Exchanges
Bitcoin exchange balances have recovered 84% of a six-week decline, weakening claims that ETF demand is creating an immediate shortage....
‘Fabricated rumors’ about BitMart founder, Binance bStocks dominate: Asia Express
Binance’s bStocks are the second largest tokenized stock issuer just two months after launch, and BitMart’s internal feud erupts into...
OCC approves Trump family crypto company for trust charter
The US financial regulator gave conditional approval for World Liberty Financial’s charter bid as ten Democrats signed onto a bill...
HIVE Digital Lands $350M AI Deal With 5-Year Cloud Contract
HIVE Digital Technologies’ BUZZ HPC unit has signed a five-year AI cloud services contract worth about $350 million. The agreement...
Deribit Secures Dubai Broker-Dealer License via Coinbase
Deribit, the derivatives exchange Coinbase acquired for $2.9 billion, secured a Broker-Dealer Licence from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA)...
BTC Reclaims $64K as Short Sellers Lose $57.4M in Liquidations
Bitcoin rebounded from an intraday low of $62,653 to cross $64,000, securing a nearly 2% daily gain and pushing its...
Crypto Stocks Break Free as Wall Street Buckles Under Iran Risk
U.S. crypto-linked stocks broke from a broader Wall Street sell-off Monday as bitcoin held above $64,000 while mounting tensions over...