South Korea eyes September launch for second phase of CBDC pilot: Report
The Bank of Korea’s CBDC pilot will add two regional banks, new payment features and tests of government subsidy payments using tokenized bank deposits…
South Korea probed 40 cases of crypto manipulation over 2 years
Financial Services Commission Chair Lee Eogwon posted the figures on the second anniversary of the enactment of the Virtual Asset User Protection Act.…
Bitcoin’s quantum problem gets a recovery tool, but not for Satoshi’s 1.1 million coins
Project Eleven says it has funded a proof that lets a wallet's own keyderivation path stand in as ownership after quantum computers can forge its signatures.…
Inside Zcash's new node that targets Visa-scale privacy at 50,000 transactions per second
The new Zakura client is the first live piece of a plan to take Zcash from roughly one private transaction per second to paymentnetwork scale. Source：CoinDesk
My relative inherited money in her 80s. Will it affect her Social Security taxes or Medicare premiums?
“She lives a modest lifestyle.” Source：MarketWatch
Kaspersky identifies malware framework targeting crypto investors
Cybersecurity company Kaspersky said a newly identified malware framework is targeting cryptocurrency investors through social engineering tactics and…
Chip stocks have entered a bear market. A BofA analyst says not to panic.
The semiconductor sector is undergoing a reset and has a tendency to underperform in the third quarter. Source：MarketWatch
Bitcoin price sags under $62.5K as Iran strikes add to US stocks pressure
Bitcoin saw a key rejection at local highs before reversing lower, moving with stocks for a second day as USIran war downside took its toll.…
AI may force these workers to retire earlier than planned
Older workers now face two major impediments: looming Social Security cuts and rapidly evolving workplace priorities Source：MarketWatch
HSBC wins Bank of England approval to enter Digital Securities Sandbox
The Bank of England approved HSBC Orion to go live in its Digital Securities Sandbox, with the first Digital Gilt Instrument transaction expected in the first…
Japan's SBI Group is building Asia's first cross-border digital asset empire
The securities giant announced today the consolidation of Singaporebased Coinhako as part of a rapid regional expansion that includes a tokenization…
UK sentences 2 hackers tied to $115M crypto ransom scheme
The pair pleaded guilty after investigators linked them to the Scattered Spider cybercrime group, which US prosecutors say extorted dozens of companies.…