South Korea’s Wemade Partners with Space and Time to Enhance Its Blockchain Gaming

One of South Korea’s largest gaming companies has partnered with Space and Time (SxT), the decentralized data specialist. Wemade is a publicly listed company with a $1.4 billion capitalization. The de...

Microsoft backed Space and Time partners with South Korean gaming firm Wemade

Web3 data warehousing platform Space and Time is partnering with publicly listed South Korean gaming firm Wemade. Founded in 2000, Wemade is a games developer known for the title “The Lege...

Priyanka Chopra And Anjula Acharia Celebrate South Asian Excellence At The Oscars

Priyanka Chopra and Anjula Acharia hosts of the South Asian Excellence at the Oscars. Lucas Rossi // Peach Hill Media When Priyanka Chopra and Anjula Acharia started their journey in Hollywood 12 year...

South Korea Launches Metaverse Fund to Boost Industry’s Development

South Korea is planning to become a metaverse hub by 2026. Within the five-year metaverse development roadmap, the country aims to activate the ecosystem for metaverse platforms, nurture professionals...

South Dakota Governor Moves To Block CBDC Bill That Excludes Crypto Assets From Definition of Money

South Dakota governor Kristi Noem has vetoed a bill that aims to exclude digital assets from the legal definition of money – with the exception of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). In an interv...

Hedera: As chain returns online, HBAR continues its journey down south

Following a period of downtime, Hedera has resumed operations. HBAR suffers a liquidity exit that has driven its price down. Following several hours of downtime on 10 March due to an exploit of the Sm...

South Korea Announces Dedicated Funding To Boost Metaverse Projects

The Ministry of Science and ICT of South Korea has announced funding for a special fund. The government acknowledges that it is challenging for local players to obtain funds. South Korea has doubled d...

South Dakota’s Governor Vetoed HB 1193 Bill on Money Definition

The Governor of South Dakota vetoed the new proposal of changing the definition of money. The bill considers Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) as money does not recognize any other digital asset ...

South Korea Invests in Metaverse Fund for Economic Growth

South Korea has been making significant investments in the metaverse, seeing it as a potential new economic growth engine. The country’s Ministry of Science and ICT recently announced a major in...

Metaverse takes off in South Korea with new government fund – Cryptopolitan

South Korea is investing heavily in the metaverse as a new economic growth engine, with the country’s Ministry of Science and ICT announcing a fund dedicated to driving metaverse initiatives in the co...

South Korea launches Metaverse Fund to expedite domestic initiatives

While some global economies got distracted by the commotion around price instability and ecosystem collapses in crypto, South Korea doubled down on the potential of the metaverse as a new economic gro...

South African Rand Plunges to New 2023 Low Versus the US Dollar – Africa Bitcoin News

Just a few weeks after tapping its best exchange rate versus the greenback in 2023, the South African rand fell to a new 2023 low of 18.636 local currency units for every dollar on March 7. South Afri...

South Florida Fires Brian Gregory After 6 Seasons

DALLAS, TX – JANUARY 12: USF Bulls head coach Brian Gregory looks on from the sideline during the … [+] college basketball game between the SMU Mustangs and the USF Bulls on January 12, 20...

South Dakota Governor Vetoes Bill Supporting CBDC Over Crypto

South Dakota governor Kristi Noem has vetoed House Bill 1193. The bill changes the definition of money to exclude cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and includes support of a central bank digital currencie...

South Korea Doubles Down on Metaverse, Announces $51 Million Investment in Related Projects – Metaverse Bitcoin News

The Ministry of Science and ICT of South Korea has approved investments of $51 million in various metaverse projects, doubling down on its metaverse bet for the future. The investment includes a fund ...

South Dakota Governor Vetoes Bill Excluding Cryptocurrencies from State’s Definition of Money

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has vetoed House Bill 1193, which aimed to amend the state’s Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) to specifically exclude cryptocurrencies and other digital assets fro...

South Dakota governor vetoes bill excluding cryptos from definition of money

South Dakota governor Kristi Noem has formally rejected legislation that would have excluded bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies from the definition of money. Bill excluded crypto but classified ...

South Dakota gov vetoes bill excluding crypto from definition of ‘money’

Kristi Noem, the governor of South Dakota, has used her authority to veto legislation aimed at changing the definition of money to exclude cryptocurrencies. In a March 9 notice to South Dakota house s...

South Korea commits $51M to support metaverse development

South Korea has announced an investment of $51 million to support the development of its metaverse industry. The latest investment comes barely a month after the country committed $185 million towards...

South Koreans transacted $4.3 billion through illegal crypto exchanges

South Korea has been tightening its regulatory regime towards crypto exchanges, but it seems that some citizens are still engaging in illegal transactions. According to local sources, South Koreans tr...

South Korea saw over $4B in unregistered crypto transactions in 2022

In 2022, the citizens of South Korea transacted $4.3 billion (5.6 trillion Korean won) through ‘illegal’ crypto exchanges, according to local sources. The country’s government has been esp...

GBP/ZAR regains momentum as UK, South Africa diverge

The GBP/ZAR price rose for the third straight day after the relatively weak South African GDP data. It also jumped after mixed messaging about the pace of Bank of England (BOE) interest rate hikes. Th...

South Dakota proposes bill to change definition of money to exclude Bitcoin

The state of South Dakota is making moves seeking to redefine what constitutes money, with a keen interest on classifying cryptocurrencies.  The bill titled ‘An Act to amend provisions of the Uniform ...

South Dakota introduces bill redefining money aiming to exclude Bitcoin

The state of South Dakota is making moves seeking to redefine what constitutes money, with a keen interest on classifying cryptocurrencies.  The bill titled ‘An Act to amend provisions of the Uniform ...

Binance in Partnership with Lee Woong-Yeol to Enter South Korean Market

In a note to executives and employees at the time of his retirement, Lee also talked about the necessity of blockchain technology. According to some recent reports, Binance is collaborating with Lee W...

Binance to open crypto exchange in South Korea

Lee Woong-yeol, the honorary chairman of South Korean corporation Kolon, has joined forces with Binance to launch a digital asset exchange in the country. According to Korean local news sources, the K...

South African rand outlook after the De Ruyter interview

The USD/ZAR exchange rate continued its bullish comeback as the outlook of the South African economy worsened. It jumped to a high of 18.50, the highest point since November 3. The South African rand ...

South Korea’s Lotte Group partners with Polygon for global NFT drive

Lotte Group, South Korea’s fifth-largest conglomerate with operations in manufacturing, hotels and e-commerce, plans to expand its non-fungible token (NFT) business onto the global market through a pa...

Warner Bros. Discovery sues Paramount over $500 million ‘South Park’ deal

NEW YORK — Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. WBD, -1.14% is suing Paramount Global PARA, -4.86%, saying its competitor aired new episodes of the popular animated comedy series “South Park” after Warner paid...

South Africa’s crypto market faces uncertain future because of this – Cryptopolitan

The decision of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to include South Africa on its grey list is a major reputational setback for the country, and it could have far-reaching consequences, including ...

South Africa Added to FATF ‘Grey List’ Despite Designation of Crypto as a Financial Product – Africa Bitcoin News

In a move seen as a major setback for South Africa, the international financial watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force, announced on Feb. 24 that it had added the country to its “grey list.” Gettin...

HBO Max Accuses Paramount Of ‘Stealing’ ‘South Park’ Episodes In Federal Lawsuit — Here’s What To Know

Topline HBO’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery filed a federal lawsuit Friday accusing Paramount of “stealing” its content and breaking the terms of a half-billion dollar licensing agreement, all...