Asia dominates Crypto Adoption Index, Bitget’s $351M hack: Asia Express

Asia dominates Crypto Adoption Index, Bitget’s $351M hack: Asia Express

Özet: Kripto piyasasında önemli gelişmeler yaşanıyor.

The CEO of the Asia-focused exchange, Gracy Chen, said the breach was contained to a portion of the exchange’s hot and warm wallet layers, while its cold wallets remained secure.

Bitget said it has flagged addresses associated with the transfers and contacted law enforcement and onchain security firms.

The amount affected falls within Bitget’s User Protection Fund, which currently holds more than $464 million.  Binance has invested $100 million in stablecoin issuer Circle as part of an expanded five-year agreement to promote USDC on the crypto exchange.

Under the agreement, Circle will pay Binance a monthly incentive fee based on the amount of USDC held through Circle’s Modular Smart Contract Wallet infrastructure.

Binance also agreed to undertake additional activities promoting USDC on its platform.

AUSTRALIA South Korea’s Hana Bank has issued a five-year, $100 million digital bond using Euroclear’s blockchain-based platform. Using the technology for bond allocation and payment settlement reportedly shortened the process from three to five business days to the same day.  South Korean financial companies Kakao Pay and KakaoBank have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with crypto infrastructure provider Fireblocks to explore digital asset opportunities, including stablecoins.  North Korean cyber group WaterPlum targeted developers with fake jobs at crypto, AI and NFT companies, infecting at least 30,000 devices across more than 100 countries.

HONG KONG A former bank official in Hong Kong who falsely authenticated letters of credit for more than $1.6 billion was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to make restitution of more than $470,000 he received in cryptocurrency bribes.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is upgrading its main debt securities settlement system, the Central Moneymarkets Unit, to run on blockchain 24/7.

The upgraded platform is designed to handle CBDCs, tokenized deposits and stablecoins.

Hong Kong-listed online gaming company Boyaa Interactive has bought another 152 Bitcoin to bring its total holdings to 4,468 BTC SAUDI ARABIA/CHINA Saudi Arabia has withdrawn from mBridge, a China-backed cross-border digital currency project designed to enable direct transactions between central banks, according to the Financial Times.

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