Korea

South Korea delays Lee’s stablecoin bill amid issuer row now

Submission of the Digital Asset Basic Act has been pushed to 2026 amid unresolved issues with stablecoin issuers.The proposed bill would allow stablecoins pegged...

South Korea’s BC Card pilots stablecoin payments for foreigners

BC Card finalized a stablecoin payment pilot involving foreign users paying local merchants in South Korea.The pilot converted stablecoins held in overseas wallets into...

North Korea’s Lazarus Group Leads Spear Phishing Crypto Attacks

Lazarus Group led spear phishing attacks to steal funds across multiple sectors, including cryptocurrency, over the past year.Spear phishing involves sending targeted fake emails...

North Korea Controls Up to 40% of Crypto Apps, Security Alarm

North Korean operatives are present in 15-20% of all cryptocurrency companies.They may control 30-40% of all cryptocurrency applications.North Korean Hackers have stolen over $3...

South Korea’s Retail Shift: From Crypto to Semiconductor Stocks

South Korea’s crypto trading volume has dropped sharply by about 80% since late 2024.Retail investors have shifted their focus from cryptocurrencies to the Korean...

South Korea May Review Sanctions After US Targets North Korea Crypto Laundering

South Korea may revise its sanctions policy on North Korea after U.S. sanctions linked Pyongyang’s crypto theft to weapons funding.The U.S. Treasury sanctioned eight...

Trump, Xi Meet in South Korea, Discuss Tariffs and Fentanyl Deal

Donald Trump met with China’s President Xi Jinping during a summit in South Korea. The U.S. will remove fentanyl-related tariffs on Chinese goods if China...

Trump, Xi Agree on Rare Earths, Soybeans in South Korea Talks

United States and China reached several agreements on agricultural and energy products, along with efforts to control fentanyl exports. China agreed to resume exports of...

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Binance hacker holds more Bitcoin than Coinbase corporate stash

The attackers behind the $6.3 billion Binance hack hold more Bitcoin than Coinbase's entire corporate treasury.Blockchain analytics firm Bitquery...

Strategy may create $30B digital credit via preferred shares

Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor says the company has the capacity to generate up to $30 billion in digital...

Binance hack may involve signing manipulation, not key leak

Blockaid suspects the Binance hack involved signing infrastructure compromise rather than private key theftAttackers used EIP-7702 authorization delegation to...