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Less than two weeks into the new year, malicious entities have already started doing what they do best. According to the latest update by the blockchain security company CertiK, two recently created contracts – CirculateBUSD and CirculateWBNB – have been pumped away by the creators. The funds have been bridged to Ethereum and deposited into the OFAC-sanctioned coin mixer, Tornado Cash. By doing so, the creators of the two contracts managed to pull off what looks like an exit...

Samsung investment arm’s subsidiary – Samsung Asset Management Hong Kong (SAMHK) – outlined plans to list Samsung Bitcoin Futures Active ETF on the Hong Kong stock market starting January 13. According to the official announcement, the fund in question is a sub-fund of Samsung ETFs Trust III, an umbrella unit trust established under Hong Kong law. Samsung’s Bitcoin Futures Active ETF The Samsung Bitcoin Futures Active ETF seeks to provide economic exposure to BTC’s value by...

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reportedly launched an investigation against the distressed cryptocurrency platform Zipmex. The watchdog will inspect whether the latter breached some domestic rules when offering digital asset services and products. More Problems for Zipmex According to a Bloomberg coverage, the top financial regulator of Thailand will probe the bankrupt Zipmex for violating local laws and running a “digital-asset fund manager without...

Binance US’ plan to acquire some of Voyager Digital’s assets for $1.02 billion is one step closer as the bankrupt crypto lender received initial court approval for its proposal. The United States District Judge Michael Wiles of the bankruptcy court for the Southern District of New York on January 10th approved Voyager to work out a purchase agreement with the crypto exchange and to solicit creditor votes on the sale. Uncertainty of the Deal According to the Reuters report,...

Dutch crypto exchange Bitvavo claimed to have received an offer from Digital Currency Group (DCG) on January 9th to repay 70% of its debt within an acceptable period. However, the company refused the offer citing that the crypto conglomerate has sufficient funds available for full repayment. The development comes days after the trading platform revealed it is actively engaged in conversations with DCG to recover the resulting debt along with other creditors and advisors. The...

Indian crypto exchange WazirX released its proof-of-reserves (PoR) report disclosing its reserves-to-liability ratio of over 1:1. Alongside the paper, published by CoinGabbar, a third-party platform that tracks crypto assets, WazirX also made its wallet addresses, and list of exchanges available to the public. At press time, the Indian company had over $283 million of total user assets in the form of stablecoin USDT. Proof-of-Reserves WazirX, in a statement, highlighted that...

Crypto proponent and CEO of Galaxy Digital, Mike Novogratz, commented on the fiasco between two industry participants – Digital Currency Group (DCG) and Gemini – and how it will affect the entire market. The American investor noted that although the issue “isn’t good news” for the industry, it won’t involve massive selling that will affect crypto prices as it plays out over the next quarter. The DCG-Gemini Fiasco Recall that the DCG debacle started in the wake of FTX’s...

The NFL legend Tom Brady and his ex-wife Gisele Bundchen collectively own nearly 1.8 million FTX shares. Their investment will most likely be entirely wiped out due to the exchange’s demise in November. Other prominent people and companies who invested in the former crypto giant include the likes of Kevin O’Leary, Robert Kraft, Thoma Bravo, and Sequoia Capital. Who Has FTX Shares? One of crypto’s most catastrophic events – the crash of FTX – caused multi-billion financial...

In a hearing from today, a bankruptcy attorney said that FTX has managed to locate over $5 billion of assets. Per a CoinDesk report, the attorney said that they’ve managed to locate over $5 billion of cash and liquid assets. We have located over $5 billion of cash, liquid cryptocurrency, and liquid investment securities measured at petition date value. This number doesn’t include the $450 million in cryptocurrencies that are currently held by the Securities Commission of the...

The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority registered the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange – Binance – as a financial institution for management and trading in virtual currency in the Scandinavian country. This is the seventh EU nation where the platform has received such a license, with the previous six being Italy, France, Spain, Poland, Cyprus, and Lithuania. Binance announced that its Swedish subsidiary – Binance Nordics AB – obtained registration from the...