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Bithumb fined for sending user data overseas

South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission fined Bithumb $136,000 for sending user data overseas without proper consent.The breach involved sharing USDT order book data...

Bithumb CEO booked for suspected job-for-favors bribery

Bithumb CEO Lee Jae-won was booked by South Korean police on June 11, 2026, on suspicion of providing a job for a lawmaker’s son...

Bithumb Sues to Recover 7 Bitcoin From $42B Payout Error

Bithumb has filed a court order to freeze assets of users who have not returned 7 Bitcoin from the February payout error.South Korean law...

Bithumb to Reappoint CEO Amid Regulatory Scrutiny

Bithumb is seeking to reappoint CEO Lee Jae-won for another two-year term despite recent regulatory penalties for alleged anti-money laundering failures.The exchange faces a...

Bithumb Seeks Return of $43B Bitcoin Sent by Mistake

Bithumb is contacting users who withdrew or sold billions in mistakenly-credited Bitcoin to negotiate its return, after an internal error led to a monumental...

Bithumb’s $1.37-to-$142M Bitcoin Error Sparks Crash

South Korean exchange Bithumb erroneously credited 695 users with 2,000 BTC (worth $142 million each) instead of a 2,000 won ($1.37) reward.The internal ledger...

South Korean Prosecutors Raid Bithumb Exchange Over Former CEO’s Alleged $2 Million Embezzlement

South Korean prosecutors raided cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb over allegations that its former CEO embezzled funds for a personal apartment purchase.The exchange confirmed some allegations,...

Bithumb Global Will Award USDT To LCMS Holders and Traders

A blockchain-based platform created to help customers verify information and details about healthcare products, LCMS will be listing its native blockchain token on Bithumb...

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Bitcoin Creator Back Warns BIP-110 Data Limit Could Split Network

Adam Back said Bitcoin has "robustly rejected" BIP-110, arguing the proposal conflicts with the network's decentralized ethosBack described BIP-110...

Analyst Says Bitcoin Bear Market Nearing End as Momentum Slows

Bitcoin may be entering the latter stages of the bear market as downside momentum slows, according to Real Vision's...

IMF: Dollar stablecoins may amplify currency runs in fixed-rate economies

An IMF working paper by economist Brandon Joel Tan models how dollar stablecoins improve foreign currency access in fixed...