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Сообщение South Korea’s Largest Pension Fund Embraces Crypto, Invests Millions in MicroStrategy and Coinbase появились сначала на Coinstelegram.
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The price of Stargate Finance’s token, $STG, skyrocketed by 69. 53% in just two hours following its listing on Upbit, South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. This surge was fueled by the introduction of the STG/KRW trading pair, which significantly boosted investor interest and trading activity.
2024-5-31 05:42 | |
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As Ethereum's price goes south, ETH whales make strategic moves, cashing out millions amid market dump
2024-3-19 16:01 | |
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Local market observers pointed out that the so-called “Kimchi premium” crossed a two-year high mark on Thursday.
2024-3-7 10:18 | |
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Impressive XRP lump transferred to major South Korean crypto trading platform
2023-11-30 19:10 | |
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The raids came as a local lawmaker stepped down from politics amid accusations of allegedly selling millions in cryptocurrency before new laws were enforced.
2023-5-15 18:14 | |
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South Korean prosecutors have revealed that former Terra CEO Do Kwon has millions of dollars stashed in a Sygnum bank account.
2023-4-26 21:11 | |
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South Korea requested the extradition of the Terraform Labs CEO after his recent arrest in Montenegro.
2023-4-7 14:16 | |
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Terraform Labs co-founder and CEO Do Kwon has denied attempting to cash out millions of dollars in Bitcoin after a South Korean court issued an arrest warrant for him. Do Kwon Denies Bitcoin Cashout Allegations Do Kwon has denied any…
2022-9-28 14:13 | |
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While several crypto-related businesses in South Korea were having a tough time due to controversial regulatory efforts in the country, Upbit has been able to retain its title as the country's largesThe post South Korea: Crypto exchanges Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone attract millions of users appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-8-30 00:00 | |
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A South African regulator, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), has informed key figures behind Mirror Trading International (MTI) that it intends to impose a fine of $7 million against the now-defunct crypto investment company.
2021-7-8 13:00 | |
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South Korean authorities have identified thousands of tax evaders as part of an intensifying crackdown on tax dodging among crypto investors. Following a prolonged investigation, the government has reportedly seized cryptocurrency worth millions of dollars.
2021-6-24 07:30 | |
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Authorities in South Korea have launched a major raid against a domestic crypto exchange allegedly involved in a millionaire multi-level marketing (MLM) fraud. The police accuse V Global platform of running an illicit operation that reportedly stole hundreds of millions of dollars from investors.
2021-5-6 09:00 | |
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South Korea’s crypto-sphere has been witnessing a volatile environment in terms of regulatory moves, as bitcoin prices and other altcoins are also having wild moves. Such a scenario hasn’t stopped the country’s middle class to profit from the crypto market, even with very successful stories.
2021-4-24 07:30 | |
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An alleged crypto pyramid scheme stole hundreds of millions of dollars from investors.
2020-7-1 23:49 | |
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For the millions of remitters in South Korea, speed and cost matters—time delay in payments can interfere with covering critical expenses like emergencies, tuition payments and unexpected bills. However, for many years, the remittance market in Korea was controlled entirely by large financial institutions—leading to high foreign transfer fees and costly delays.
2020-2-27 03:30 | |
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A U.S. federal grand jury indicted a South Korean citizen for operating a child porn site, funded by millions dollars worth of bitcoin.
2019-10-16 18:25 | |
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Cryptocurrency scammers continued to swindle funds throughout Q2 2019, netting approximately $4. 26 billion so far this year. According to CipherTrace latest report, insider thefts were by far the largest offenders, netting massive loses on investors and cryptocurrency exchange users.
2019-8-13 12:22 | |
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Angry South African investors who lost millions of dollars in the now-defunct Bitcoin Ponzi scheme called “Bitcoin Wallets” have looted and burned down the house of Sphelele Sgumza Mbatha, the operator of the scam project, reports the Verge on July 12, 2019.
2019-7-13 21:00 | |
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North Korean hackers have made a phishing attempt on users of the South Korean crypto exchange Upbit. News correspondents in Korea broke this development on May 29, 2019, detailing the ploy to steal Upbit users’ information.
2019-6-1 00:54 | |
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Bitcoin has the potential to revolutionize the African continent. Through Bitcoin, millions of unbanked Africans will have access to financial services. These and many more such statements exist across the internet.
2019-6-1 21:48 | |
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By CCN: According to Business Korea, a mainstream media outlet in South Korea, Samsung Electronics is preparing the integration of crypto assets into Samsung Pay. Samsung Pay reportedly accounts for around 80 percent of the market share of the simple payment market and the integration of crypto assets is expected to increase the mainstream adoption of the asset class.
2019-5-25 16:09 | |
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Bithumb, one of South Korea’s leading and more controversial crypto-exchanges, has been in the news for quite a while now. Just a few weeks ago, the exchange was hacked, contributing to the loss of millions in XRP and EOS.
2019-4-15 11:30 | |
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It’s Monday which means it’s time for a wrap-up of the weekends top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. Here’s Moonday Mornings for you. 1. The United Global Resolve For Peace is petitioning the Central Bank of Nigeria after thousands of the country’s residents claim to have been “defrauded” out of millions of dollars earned from trading cryptocurrencies on exchange service Paxful, The Guardian, a local Nigerian outlet reports.
2019-4-8 11:17 | |
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South Africa Set To Welcome Crypto-Assets To Its Native Retail Market Thanks To PundiX And DoshEX As things stand, there currently exist millions of individuals within South Africa who still do not have access to basic banking services or even a tangible financial network that can allow them to facilitate value transfers (using older technologies […]
2019-4-6 21:28 | |
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A South African crypto exchange has partnered with an international blockchain-based payment processing firm. The merger between DoshEx and PundiX will allow early cryptocurrency adopters to spend their holdings in real-world locations in South Africa.
2019-4-6 00:00 | |
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South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb on March 30, 2019, announced that it recently observed “abnormal withdrawal” of crypto holdings from the company’s hot wallet, an incident its employees orchestrated the firm suspects.
2019-4-1 09:00 | |
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In the present time, this week we saw popular South Korean exchange Bithumb being hacked that lost millions of EOS in a suspected insider job. A little known Singaporean cryptocurrency exchange DragonEx was also hacked for cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and number of other tokens. Another case has been of CoinBene that involved a […]
2019-4-1 23:12 | |
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One of the biggest South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges, Bithumb was hacked last night for reportedly $30 million worth of cryptocurrency that involves three million EOS ($13 million) and up to 20 million XRP ($6 million).
2019-3-30 19:11 | |
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Months after the Cryptopia debacle and mere days after the DragonEx imbroglio, reports and blockchain data suggest that Bithumb, South Korea’s largest crypto exchange has been hacked (yet again) for a large amount of EOS and potentially XRP.
2019-3-30 08:27 | |
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There has been a lot of hype and anticipation over Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S10. The inclusion of crypto functionality and a hard wallet is a massive boost for the industry as it could potentially expose crypto to millions of new users.
2019-2-27 11:00 | |
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The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbin, located in South Korea, is currently filing for bankruptcy after taking over the hacked crypto exchange Youbit. Coinbin claims to have over $26 millions in losses.
2019-2-25 10:20 | |
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It’s official, Samsung, one of the most preeminent powerhouses in the technology sector, has formally delved into the crypto space. While the company, headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, has hinted at its involvement with blockchain historically — backing CryptoKitties, experimenting with ASICs, and trialing blockchain — it has yet to release a cryptocurrency product built for.
2019-2-21 18:11 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Zebpay is opening new offices in five European countries, increasing its presence on the continent to 43 countries. Launched in 2015 in India, Zebpay grew into one of the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges before shuttering its operation in September 2018, due to the crypto ban in the country.
2019-2-1 00:24 | |
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This week, images were leaked potentially giving the world its first glimpse at South Korea-based tech giant Samsung’s flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S10. Among the images, was evidence that Samsung could be ready to launch a crypto wallet to store cryptocurrencies like Ethereum, and a blockchain explorer service called Samsung Blockchain KeyStore.
2019-1-25 23:00 | |
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Several of South Korea’s top crypto exchanges have found themselves in hot water, with executives at a couple of exchanges facing criminal charges and jail time. According to a news report on the Korean website Blockinpress, the CEO of Komid, a Korean crypto exchange, has received a three-year prison sentence for committing fraud against investors by artificially inflating the exchange’s actual trading volume.
2019-1-23 00:57 | |
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On January 7, 2019, The South China Morning Post reported that several residents had been duped of over HK$3 million (~$382,000) in a crypto mining scheme by entrepreneur Wong Ching-kit. Backstory: Face of a Mining Operation Wong Ching-kit, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, has been accused of running a scam by several Hong Kong residents who accuse him of making away with just under.
2019-1-9 12:00 | |
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January 6th, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on a possible investment scheme created by Wong Ching-kit that may have duped Hong Kong based investors out of millions. The “Coin Young Master” (Wong) runs various online groups to promote cryptocurrencies, from Facebook pages to the self-proclaimed co-founding of “File Cash Coin”. He is being accused […]
2019-1-7 21:33 | |
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South Korea’s leading technology university, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), is working with Theta Labs, the first blockchain-based video delivery system, to introduce students to an entirely new set of coursework regarding the applications of blockchain technology.
2018-11-15 01:26 | |
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2018 will certainly go down as the year of the exit scam as yet another initial coin offering (ICO) has disappeared out of thin air – along with millions worth of investors’ cryptocurrency. Blockchain company Pure Bit has seemingly walked off with $2.
2018-11-9 18:17 | |
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Back in 2013, Justine Sacco was getting ready to visit her family in South Africa, and before she boarded her flight, she made an insensitive joke on Twitter: “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS.
2018-10-31 11:00 | |
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North Korean cybercrime hacking group The Lazarus Group is currently the biggest crypto hacking syndicate in the world, having stolen millions worth of cryptocurrencies from online exchanges.
2018-10-20 00:22 | |
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Bithumb crypto exchange has for the past few years battled security breaches and hacks resulting to millions of dollars in investor’s funds being stolen. Will the new 50% stake acquisition by BK Global Consortium solve these persistent problems and increase the users of Bithumb exchange further? Bithumb, South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, sold 50% of […]
2018-10-15 18:51 | |
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Filipino authorities have advanced on international criminals suspected of running a large-scale Bitcoin pyramid scheme. Authorities have detained two of the six individuals thought to have defrauded South Korean investors for over $33 million, while the others remain on the run.
2018-10-4 16:35 | |
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Brendan Eich, the CEO of Brave, has written a letter to the U. S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation urging them to implement GDPR-like legislation in the United States.
2018-10-4 20:51 | |
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Being fooled into investing in a scam ICO, or in a broken cryptocurrency is heartbreaking, but being fooled into swapping your Bitcoin millions for fake banknotes takes it to a new level. According to new reports, one South Korean businessman has fallen victim of just that, a scam that involved his millions being swapped for €2 million worth of fake banknotes.
2018-8-20 16:00 | |
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ConsenSys, the Ethereum production studio based in the U. S. , launched ConsenSys Ventures last year selecting Kavita Gupta to run two funds of $50 million and $100 million.
2018-8-6 17:40 | |
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Is it me, or has ‘South Korea’ become a byword for ‘poor cryptocurrency exchange security’? It seems that of late, cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea are surrounded by security issues that are seeing very large-scale hacks take place, hacks that have allowed for the theft of tens of millions of USD worth of crypto-assets.
2018-6-26 16:30 | |
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Earlier this week, the cryptocurrency community was once again dumbfounded when millions of dollars worth of digital coins went missing as hackers successfully breached Bithumb, which is South Korea’s biggest crypto exchange.
2018-6-25 19:42 | |
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The meteoric rise of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has fascinated the financial world and beyond. However, as cryptocurrencies have grown in popularity, concerns have also been raised about their impact on the environment.
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Bitcoin Lithium ($BTCL) is emerging as one of the most interesting crypto projects in 2025, leveraging the astounding traction of its first presale round parties. After selling out in record time, the second round of resale has closed after raising an unbelievable $1 million in funding.
Bitcoin mining has undergone significant changes since its inception. Initially, miners used CPUs and GPUs for mining. As demand increased, specialized hardware called ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) came into being, greatly improving mining efficiency.
The charm of the crypto market lies in its ability to turn small investments into a fortune, often reaching a staggering 1000x or more. However, predicting the next successful crypto asset in the market can be similar to finding a needle in a haystack.
Toronto, Canada, February 5th, 2025, FinanceWire RapidCents, the payment processing platform, that specializes in secure transactions and automated billing, has announced an expansion to better serve merchants across North America.