Garden Finance was accused of helping move stolen crypto linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group, after earning $300,000 in fees in 12 days. An investigator said most of the funds came from the Bybit hack, but the platform’s founder denies any wrongdoing.
AnaisLee Soo-man met French President Emmanuel Macron after giving a speech at the France Music Week Summit in Paris. Macron asked him to set up an A2O office in France to boost cultural ties and support creators in the age of AI.
WeatherlyKakaoPay’s stock jumped over 200% in one month after it filed trademarks linked to Korean won-backed stablecoins and gained investor attention. The rise followed strong government support for local stablecoins and signs that new laws may soon allow private companies to issue them.
WeatherlyCoinbase got a new EU-wide licence from Luxembourg, allowing it to offer crypto services across all EU countries under one approval. The move shows Luxembourg’s friendly rules for crypto firms, but some worry it could lead to weaker regulation and less consumer protection across Europe.
AnaisCointelegraph and CoinMarketCap were hacked through front-end attacks that showed fake airdrop pop-ups to steal users’ crypto. The scams tricked visitors into connecting wallets, letting attackers drain funds using hidden malicious code.
AnaisTelegram shut down two major Chinese-language crypto scam markets, but over 30 smaller ones quickly appeared to take their place. One of them, Tudou Guarantee, is now handling millions in daily crypto transactions and openly offers illegal services without Telegram taking further action.
WeatherlyA scammer posed as Coinbase support and tricked over 30 users into transferring a total of $4 million in crypto to fake wallets. The fraud was carried out through phone calls and Discord chats, with funds later traced to gambling sites and linked to a man named Christian Nieves.
AnaisUS Senator Adam Schiff has proposed a bill to stop public officials, including the president, from making money through crypto while in office. The move follows reports that President Trump gained millions from his family’s crypto ventures, including a stablecoin and memecoin.
WeatherlyHackers used Trezor’s support form to send fake emails that looked like official messages, tricking users into revealing their wallet backups. Trezor confirmed its systems weren’t breached and warned users never to share their recovery phrases.
AnaisMastercard and Chainlink have teamed up to let over 3 billion cardholders buy crypto directly on-chain using their bank cards. The system is already live and involves several partners to handle payments, compliance, and crypto swaps.
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