Yi He, co-founder of Binance, said that crypto exchange's former CEO, Changpeng Zhao, is in a “positive situation” in the U.S. as he awaits sentencing, which is slated for April 30. He said at a Binance Chinese community meetup in Dubai that Zhao’s current standing in the U.S. is “largely ...
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Tidal Investments and Hashdex Asset Management on Tuesday announced the trading of their spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the U.S. after renaming the Hashdex Bitcoin Futures ETF to the Hashdex Bitcoin ETF (DEFI). The pair said in a statement that the renaming of the ETF — with ...
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The floor price of NodeMonkes, Bitcoin’s premiere non-fungible token (NFT) collection, surged by over 50% in the past 24 hours, surpassing Bored Ape Yacht Club in market capitalization on Monday morning in Asia, according to CoinGecko data. As of 11:00 a.m. Hong Kong time, the floor price of ...
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Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit was classified as a "suspicious" crypto trading platform by Hong Kong’s financial regulator, even as the firm’s local entity, Spark Fintech, submitted its crypto exchange license application earlier this year. The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission on ...
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Hong Kong launched today the second phase of its e-HKD pilot to study the programmability, tokenization and atomic settlement associated with the central bank digital currency (CBDC) in trial, as the region continues to explore the possibility of wider CBDC adoption. The Hong Kong Monetary ...
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South Korea plans to build a crypto-focused asset management system by 2025 to prevent tax evasion, local media reported. The country’s National Tax Service has selected GTIC as the lead firm to build the system as part of a preliminary consultation, local news outlet Digital Daily reported ...
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A Hong Kong delegate to China’s central political advisory body has suggested the country establish a Web3 financing platform across the southeastern Greater Bay Area, as Hong Kong continues its drive to become a regional crypto hub. Johnny Ng, a member of the CPPCC National Committee, the ...
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The U.S. government appears to have transferred out about $922 million worth of bitcoin from two crypto wallets that held funds seized from a 2016 Bitfinex hack, according to data from Arkham Intelligence. One wallet first transferred out 1 bitcoin ($60,200) on Wednesday afternoon EST and ...
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Published 1 minute earlier on HBGL Hong Kong Limited, also known as Huobi HK, initially submitted the exchange license application last week only to withdraw three days later on Feb. 23, the South China Morning Post reported, citing the Securities and Futures ...
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MicroStrategyâs X account appears to be compromised on Monday morning Asia time, with hackers posting phishing messages, according to a pseudonymous crypto individual known as Spreek on X. ZachXBT, a blockchain researcher, said in an X post that at least $440,000 could have been stolen so ...
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