The administration of the newly-elected President of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, wastes no time in his drive to maintain the country’s stature as a center for innovation, as South Korea hopes to roll ...
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The South African Bitcoin Fraud Scheme Masterminds Asked To Pay Back Over $291M
MTI asked to pay back over $291 million to cover a fraud operations debt. This comes following an unsuccessful attempt of the liquidators to have the online trading platform declared an illicit ...
Masterminds Behind South African Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Told to Pay Back Over $291 Million – Regulation Bitcoin News
Masterminds of one of South Africa’s biggest bitcoin Ponzi schemes, Mirror Trading International (MTI), have been asked by the scheme’s liquidators to pay back over $291 million to cover the scam oper...
South Korean Exchanges Warn LUNA Investors as UST Collapse Mirrors TITAN Saga
After a dramatic 90% market crash, LUNA, trading below $5, is now deemed a “cautionary item” by the popular South Korean cryptocurrency exchange UpBit. Investors are unnerved after the embattled crypt...
South Carolina Plastic Surgeon Releases Updated Plastic Surgery Guidebook
“Finding the New You” by Dennis Schimpf is released with ForbesBooks This release is posted on behalf of ForbesBooks (operated by Advantage Media Group under license). NEW YORK (May 10, 2022) — Findin...
China’s Geely Auto To Buy 34% Of Renault Korea Motors In Bid For South Korean, Export Markets
Chinese billionaire Li Shufu controls Geely Auto, as well as Volvo Cars, Polestar and several other … [+] global brands. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg © 2018 Bloomberg Finance LP Geely Auto...
South Korean Crypto Startup Xangle Bags $17 Million in Series B Funding
Xangle, a cryptocurrency disclosure platform built by South Korean crypto company CrossAngle, has raised $17 million from industry investors in a just-concluded Series B funding. Xangle Bags $17 Mill...
South Korean president-elect’s crypto plans disappoint fintech groups: report
The Korea Society of Fintech & Blockchain (KSFB) and the Korea Digital Asset Service Provider Association (KDA) said President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s cryptocurrency policy proposals were disappoint...
South Korea Postpones Crypto Taxations; Repeals 2017 ICO Ban
South Korea’s incumbent president Yoon Suk-yeol has decided to delay the crypto taxation by reportedly wanting to adopt a different regulatory framework. President-elect Yoon is quite firm on remainin...
South Korean fintech companies not happy with President-elect’s new crypto plans
President-elect Yoon Suk-cryptocurrency policy plans have been criticized by the Korea Society of Fintech and Blockchain (KSFB) and the Korea Digital Asset Service Provider Association (KDA) for missi...
ICOs are coming back following sweeping crypto reforms in South Korea
South Korea’s Presidential Transition Committee is proposing a crypto framework designed to foster the growth of the digital asset industry. The Digital Asset Framework Act aims to create an environme...
South Korean Government Holds Off On Capital Gains Tax On The Crypto Market ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     When it comes to cryptocurrencies, several governments have been keen to impose taxes without providing clear regulations for consumer protection. Ho...
South Korea prepares to overturn ICO ban
Newly elected South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has announced the initial approval of ICO’s as part of the new government’s aim to bring cryptocurrency out of the dark. The Digital Asset Framework ...
South Korean fintech companies are not happy with President-elect’s new crypto plans
President-elect Yoon Suk-cryptocurrency policy plans have been criticized by the Korea Society of Fintech and Blockchain (KSFB) and the Korea Digital Asset Service Provider Association (KDA) for missi...
South Korea’s New President Postpones Crypto Taxes to Promote Consumer Protection – crypto.news
The country’s new president is demonstrating his familiarity with cryptocurrency by announcing that no taxes will be levied on cryptocurrency investment profits until legislation can provide consumer ...
South Korea set to remove ban on ICO, new govt to improve crypto regulation
South Korea has become the latest country to unveil plans to improve cryptocurrency regulation and remove the ban on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). Yoon Suk-yeol, South Korean President-elect, is behi...
GE signs contract to upgrade vast hydropower facility in South America
Straddling the border between Brazil and Paraguay, Itaipu commenced electricity production in 1984. The technological upgrades being planned for the site are set to take 14 years. Tifonimages | Istock...
Here’s How South Korea Is Preparing To Become Next Crypto Hub
South Korea is working towards a new regulatory framework for digital currencies. This is coming after Yoon Suk-yeol, the South Korean President elect, made room for Initial coin offerings (ICOs), as ...
South Korea’s incoming administration pushes to end ICO drought
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) banned ICOs Yoon Suk-yeol’s administration has included approval of initial coin offerings (ICOs) among its 110 national tasks Yoon’s administration i...
Two South Koreans Paid in Bitcoin to Spy for North Korea – Regulation Bitcoin News
South Korean law enforcement recently announced the arrest of a serving military captain and an operator of a cryptocurrency exchange on charges of spying for a North Korean hacker. In return for the ...
South Korea’s new president delays crypto taxes in favor of consumer protections
South Korea’s newly-elected president Yoon Seok-yeol announced Tuesday he would push to defer taxation on crypto investment gains at least until a new set of regulations called the Digital Asset Basic...
South Korea to Delay 20% Capital Gains Tax on Digital Asset Investments until January 2025
Choo Kyung-ho, South Korea’s new deputy prime minister and finance minister, announced that he would suspend taxation on stocks and cryptocurrency trading scheduled to be implemented next year for abo...
VanEck partners with South Korea’s NUMOMO for community NFTs
VanEck has announced a partnership with South Korea-based creative NFT firm, NUMOMO, to release community non-fungible tokens. These tokens will provide the community access to the real-world utility ...
South African citizens increase cryptocurrency adoption according to REVIX and VALR
Although Bitcoin, the number one cryptocurrency in the decentralized market, has lost value in recent weeks, it has not stopped South African citizens from buying it. According to reports, from 2021, ...
South Korean Crypto Exec Arrested for Leaking Military Secrets to North: Report
The chief executive of a crypto exchange has been arrested in South Korea for allegedly leaking military secrets to North Korea, according to several reports. The executive is one of two individuals a...
South Korea Arrests Two Men Paid in Crypto to Spy for North Korea
South Korean police have arrested two men, an army captain and a businessman who runs a digital asset company, for allegedly stealing military secrets for a suspected Pyongyang spy who paid them in cr...
South Korean police arrest man who stole $165,000 from CatSle NFT
TL;DR Breakdown A 26-year-old man who allegedly defrauded nine investors of $165k arrested Two South Korean nationals have been arrested for allegedly stealing military secrets. Law enforcement offic...
On Freedom Day, Bitcoin gives South Africans a stake in their financial future
On Wednesday, South Africa celebrated Freedom Day, which honors the country’s first post-apartheid democratic election in 1994. Cointelegraph reached out to different notable individuals in the ...