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HTX recovers from devastating $30M hack, Hong Kong plagued by crypto exchange scandals, e-CNY gains adoption from foreign banks, and more. by Zhiyuan Sun 4 min November 30, 2023 Share Share Share Share Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. Yet another crypto scandal in Hong Kong  Scammers

It's no secret that Bitcoin isn't actually anonymous, despite what various outside observers of crypto might claim. It is, in fact, pseudonymous, as its transactions are vulnerable to being traced to specific individuals by governments and intelligence agencies with enough determination and knowhow. However, in recent months, the privacy it offers users has been steadily…

According to a Reddit thread on March 19, traders on Augur, a decentralized oracle and peer-to-peer protocol for prediction markets, are being scammed. The Reddit user claims that “some people” in the Augur community are exploiting a design element of the Augur protocol by purposefully creating invalid markets through ambiguous wording. This allows them to…

Bitcoin Runes, a leading NFT protocol, generated $162.4 million in fees with over 15.6 million transactions, showing potential for a long-term market impact.

The proposed change would prevent certain coins that have fallen in value recently from being used as collateral. 423 Total views 5 Total shares The MakerDAO Risk Core Unit, a key group within the MakerDAO governance system, submitted an urgent request today to change collateral parameters for the DAOs stablecoin, DAI.Primoz, a member of the…

Based on data gathered by Cointelegraph, the amount of tracked crypto donations sent to the Ukrainian government, military and charities has surpassed $37 million at the time of publication. These include Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Tether (USDT) and other altcoins. The numbers are also based on tracked projects and do not account for items such…

Prime Trust will have the opportunity to show why a petition from the Nevada Financial Institutions Division should not be permanently granted in an Aug. 22 hearing. 440 Total views 3 Total shares The Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada has granted a petition from the state’s Financial Institutions Division (NFID) placing crypto custodian Prime…

Crypto adoption is right around the corner as more millennials opt to get their salaries in crypto. 130 Total views 25 Total shares Athletes and politicians made headlines as they opted to get paid in crypto earlier this year. Now, in an attempt to attract a younger workforce, companies are starting to offer crypto salaries. A…

Behind the Bogdanoff meme: Looking at the lives of the twins whose looks were used for the famous “Pomp Eet” and “domp eet” memes. 361 Total views 20 Total shares Raise a glass today to the twin characters behind the famous “pomp eet” cryptocurrency meme. The French television presenters died within one week of each…