The South Korea stock market has moved lower in four straight sessions, slipping more than 55 points or 2.1 percent along the way. The KOSPI now sits just above the 2,685-point plateau although it may stop the bleeding on Monday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is cautiously optimistic, with technology shares expected to...
In a dramatic turn of events, Tigran Gambaryan, a detained executive of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, collapsed in court due to alleged ill health during his ongoing money laundering trial on May 23, as reported by Vanguard. The incident occurred at the Federal High Court in Abuja shortly after the case was called for continuation before...
South Korean police have arrested 19 people on fraud charges in a swoop on a social media “crypto reading room.” Police think the international gang ran an “open chat room,” likely a crypto Telegram group or a KakaoTalk open chat, which pretended to offer bona fide crypto trading tips. Instead, officers said, the gang “defrauded...
The US House on Thursday approved a bill that prohibits the Federal Reserve from issuing a digital dollar, or central bank digital currency (CBDC), without explicit authorization from Congress. This legislation, known as the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act (HR 5403), passed with a vote of 216 to 192. Republicans voiced worries that a US CBDC...
A U.S. district court has found crypto influencer Ian Balina guilty of violating U.S. securities laws. According to recent court filings, Judge David Alan Ezra ruled that Balina was guilty promoting and selling SPRK tokens without proper disclosure. the judge ruled that SPRK tokens met the criteria of the Howey Test, making them securities. Unlawful...
Cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform Bitget has appointed Gracy Chen as its new CEO taking over from Sandra Lou, who is moving on to pursue other business goals. Before being promoted to CEO, Chen held the position of managing director of Bitget, where she oversaw its market expansion, business strategy, and corporate development. Under her leadership,...
Kansas-based now-failed Heartland Tri-State Bank’s former head has pled guilty on Thursday for embezzling $47.1 million for a series of “personal crypto purchases.” This led to the bank’s failure in July 2023, at a complete loss of equity for investors, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas noted. Shan Hanes, 52, who served...
Federal Reserve officials expressed growing concern about inflation during their most recent meeting, with many members hesitant to move forward with interest rate reductions. Since the FOMC decided to keep the short-term borrowing rate in the 5.25%-5.5% range, a 23-year high, it has significant implications for the economy, as well as the Bitcoin price prediction....
Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF) FTX Group allegedly paid over $25 million in hush money to seven whistleblowers prior to the doomed crypto exchange collapse in November 2022, a bombshell independent examinator’s Thursday report found. FTX Whistleblowers Agreed To Settlement Deals Prior To Collapse Robert Cleary, the independent examiner tasked with conducting the report, discovered the now-settled...
Investment firm Metaplanet has experienced a remarkable surge in its shares, skyrocketing 158% over the past week and emerging as the highest gainer among all Japanese stocks. The company’s share price currently stands at 93 Japanese yen, experiencing a staggering 127% increase in just two days. The rapid growth even triggered the Tokyo Stock Exchange...