South Korean authorities have approved measures to block internal access to 27 websites operated by unregistered crypto exchanges and other virtual asset service providers, including KuCoin, MEXC, Phemex and Bitrue. in a announcement On Tuesday, South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) said the decision followed an October 6 and 7 review by the Korea Media … Read more
Shares of tokenization platform Securities rose sharply on Tuesday after the company announced a partnership with South Korean technology company LG CNS as the country prepares to introduce a new framework for tokenized securities. Securities ( SECZ ) rose nearly 8% to around $12.60 in early trading Tuesday, outperforming most major crypto-linked stocks, before pulling … Read more
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission said it is considering measures to create a market for the digital asset, after a stablecoin tied to the value of the Japanese yen traded four times its peg on a major South Korean crypto exchange earlier this month. Crypto exchange Upbit started trading JPYC, a yen-backed stablecoin, on September … Read more
According to cryptocurrency exchange Bitget, the hackers who stole approximately $351.6 million in digital assets from its systems used techniques very similar to those used by known North Korean threat actors. “Based on IP behavior patterns and on-chain analysis, the attack method in this incident is highly consistent with known patterns of North Korean hacking … Read more