North Korean Hackers Stalk Crypto Startups Scrimping on Security March 25, 2024 By Anna Irrera and Olga Kharif It’s every cryptocurrency project’s nightmare: Well-resourced hackers — perhaps backed by a rogue state like North Korea — strike out...
EU Reinforces Tight Limits on Crypto Firms From Outside Bloc January 30, 2024 By Huw Jones Crypto companies based outside the EU will only be able to directly serve customers within the bloc under very limited...
Crypto, Insurance-Linked and Trend Hedge Funds Most Popular With Investors: Report December 13, 2023 By Nell Mackenzie Trend-following and niche hedge funds that trade crypto currencies and insurance-linked assets attracted most new investor money in the first...
Crypto Exchange HTX Hit by $258M Outflow After Major Hack December 11, 2023 By Sidhartha Shukla The HTX exchange, a digital-asset trading platform linked to China-born industry mogul Justin Sun, has suffered a $258 million net...
Binance Was Used to Funnel Money to Hamas, Other Militant Groups November 22, 2023 By Allyson Versprille In February 2019, Binance Holdings Ltd.’s then-Chief Compliance Officer Samuel Lim acknowledged that the cryptocurrency exchange was being used to...
Central Bank Test Lab Develops Global Bitcoin Mapping System October 4, 2023 By Marc Jones A global central bank test lab has designed a prototype bitcoin monitoring system aimed at giving authorities a clearer picture...
Blockchain Analysts Suspect N. Korea-Linked Hackers Behind $70M Crypto Theft September 18, 2023 By Elizabeth Howcroft and Raphael Satter Blockchain researchers say North Korea-linked hackers are likely behind a $70 million theft from crypto exchange CoinEx. CoinEx, which says...
Cryptoassets Increase Financial Risks in Developing Economies, Study Says August 23, 2023 Cryptoassets, peddled as the future of finance, have not only failed to deliver on their promise but are themselves adding...
Fake Job Offer Opened Door to Suspected North Korean Crypto Hack August 10, 2023 By Ott Tammik and Aaron Eglitis In late July, a programmerat Estonia’s CoinsPaid, the world’s biggest crypto payment provider, met over video link with a recruiter...
Canada Financial Regulator Proposes Capital Guidelines for Cryptoassets July 27, 2023 Canada’s financial regulator on Wednesday proposed changes to its capital and liquidity approach to cryptoassets, citing a risky environment and...