Korea

South Korea Aims to Put Trade Finance on the Blockchain by 2021

Trade finance in Korea is headed to the blockchain according to a CoinDesk Korea story and other local press reports.The transition could be completed by...

North Korea Is Currently Developing Its Own Cryptocurrency

North Korea is building up its own national computerized cash. The pattern pursues a significant rundown of different nations, prevalently in Asia and the...

Cryptocurrency Exchange OKEx Korea Delists Privacy Coins

The exchange support for the five coins will end on Oct. 10, while withdrawal administrations will stop on Dec. 10, OKEx Korea declared Monday....

ICOs Still Forbidden as Korea Designates “Blockchain Special Zone” in Busan

Korea’s central government has designated port city Busan as a “special free zone” for the development of blockchain technology (encrypted and distributed databases), but...

S. Korea battles a “beehive account” boom

South Korea is abuzz about “beehive accounts”—complicated, umbrella accounts that are run by small crypto exchanges to mask the identity of individual traders. ...

South Korea Taps the Power of the Blockchain

South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared a blockchain pilot that will mean to check the validity of the legally approved money-related power...

North Korea Exploits Southeast Asian Cryptocurrency Exchanges

North Korea could represent a danger to nations over Southeast Asia as it hopes to misuse digital currency trades because of loopholes in administrative...

North Korea could target Southeast Asia’s cryptocurrency sector: RUSI

"North Korea has gone to extremes to raise funds and evade international sanctions, recently expanding these efforts to include the exploitation of cryptocurrencies such...

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Tether backs Drift’s $150M hack recovery, eyes Solana

Tether is supporting a recovery plan for the hacked Solana exchange Drift Protocol, which will switch its primary stablecoin...

Record Bitcoin Miner Selloff in Tightening Q1 2026 Market

Public Bitcoin miners like MARA and CleanSpark sold over 32,000 BTC in Q1 2026, setting a new single-quarter record.Hashprice,...

Tether funds Drift hack victims in swap for USDT adoption

Tether will donate $127.5 million to help Solana-based exchange Drift Protocol recover $286 million stolen by suspected North Korean...