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South Korea’s new crypto bill targets stablecoins, tokenization
South Korea's ruling party is drafting a bill that would regulate stablecoins as foreign exchange payment tools and require tokenized asset issuers to hold...
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Elliptic Links $286M Drift Protocol Hack to North Korea
Elliptic attributes the $286 million exploit of Drift Protocol to actors linked to North Korea (DPRK), marking the 18th such incident in 2026.The attack,...
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South Korea Proposes 20% Ownership Cap on Crypto Exchanges
South Korea's government and ruling party have agreed to propose a 20% ownership cap for major shareholders of local crypto exchanges.Major platforms like Upbit...
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Middle East War Halts Korea’s Stock Exchange
The Korean Stock Exchange was forced to halt trading as its Kospi and Kosdaq indexes plunged over 10%, triggered by escalating Middle East conflict.Donald...
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S. Korea to Reform Crypto Custody After $1.4M Bitcoin Loss
South Korea's finance minister has announced a major review of how government agencies manage seized cryptocurrency following a series of custody failures.A key incident...
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South Korea’s Tax Service Leaks Secret Crypto Keys in Blunder
South Korea’s National Tax Service accidentally published seed phrases in a press photo, revealing private wallet keys.An anonymous user subsequently drained three wallets of...
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North Korea-linked deepfake Zoom scam infects macOS systems!
Attackers used staged video calls and a fake Zoom “audio fix” to trick macOS users into installing Malware.The approach matches a previously documented technique...
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S. Korea Customs Busts Alleged Crypto Laundering Ring $101M.
The Korea Customs Service says it uncovered an alleged crypto-laundering scheme that moved about 148.9 billion won (roughly $101 million) across borders.Three Chinese nationals...
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Lotus Wiper Targets Venezuela’s Energy Infrastructure
Lotus Wiper, a new data-destroying malware, has been used in targeted attacks against Venezuela's energy and utilities sector.The malware...
Sun Sues Trump-Linked Crypto Project
Tron founder Justin Sun is suing leadership at the World Liberty Financial project, accusing them of unjustly freezing his...
UK Sets 2026 Start for Crypto Licensing, Stresses Compliance
UK crypto firms must transition from Money Laundering Regulations registration to full Financial Services and Markets Act authorization by...
