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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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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Kraken Relaunches App with AI Agentic Trading Before IPO

Kraken is preparing to relaunch its app with agentic AI trading tools to help retail investors make more informed...

Robinhood Chain scams: users lose money on launch day

Robinhood’s new blockchain mainnet launched July 1 and is already flooded with scams, including rug-pulls and wallet drainersUsers report...

New Hampshire council votes down $100M Bitcoin bond proposal

New Hampshire's executive council voted 3-2 against a $100 million BTC-backed bond proposalThe proposal had support from Governor Kelly...