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Staffer Embezzled USD 159,000 of Bank Funds to Make Crypto Purchase
1.10.2020
An employee at one of South Korea’s biggest commercial banks stole and embezzled thousands of USD worth of bank funds to make their own crypto investments, a new report has found.
Per Choseh Keumyong Shinmun, the country’s top financial regulator, the Financial Supervisory Service, has this week...
Canadian Firm 3iQ’s Bitcoin Fund Listed on Gibraltar Stock Exchange
30.9.2020
The Gibraltar Stock Exchange said Tuesday that it listed a new bitcoin fund belonging to 3iQ Corp, a Canadian investment fund manager that focuses on new technologies and crypto assets. The announcement follows GSX Group’s recent launch of what it calls the Grid, “a venue to create...
3iQ’s Bitcoin Fund Gets Second Listing of 2020 – This Time on Gibraltar’s Stock Exchange
30.9.2020
The Toronto Stock Exchange also listed The Bitcoin Fund in April of this year
Mark Cuban Wants an Expiration Date on Stimulus Checks: Critics Says Proposal Is Right out of a Banana Republic Playbook
28.9.2020
U.S. billionaire Mark Cuban wants the next stimulus check to come with an expiration date in order to force Americans to spend the funds. The businessman believes this “use it or lose it” approach would benefit the U.S. economy as it promotes spending instead of saving. Cuban argues...
Ocean Protocol Forks to Retrieve Tokens Stolen From KuCoin Exchange
28.9.2020
On Sunday, Ocean Protocol conducted a hard fork from its old token address to prevent the Kucoin exchange hacker from continued unloading of stolen OCEAN tokens on decentralized exchange Uniswap
Bitwise Bitcoin Fund Doubles to $9M as Investor Fears Grow Over Runaway Inflation
28.9.2020
Record fiscal stimulus has pushed wealthy investors to invest in Bitwise's bitcoin fund as a means to hedge against inflation
Kucoin Hacker Leverages Uniswap to Dump Vast Number of ERC20 Tokens
27.9.2020
Since the recent Kucoin hack, the crypto community has been waiting for the hacker to move funds. During the early morning hours (ET) on Sunday, a number of people noticed the Kucoin hacker started to move a large amount of ether and ERC20s to connect with the decentralized exchange (dex) Uniswap....
Crypto hedge funds and mining regulations: Bad crypto news of the week
26.9.2020
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Kucoin Hacked for $150 Million in Bitcoin; Bitfinex and Tether Freeze $33 Million of the Stolen Funds
26.9.2020
Cryptocurrency exchange Kucoin may have been hacked for $150 million in bitcoin and multiple ERC20 tokens. The Singapore-based exchange confirmed the September 25 security breach, but did not disclose the amount stolen. “Bitcoin, ERC-20 and, other tokens in Kucoin’s hot wallets were...
Hackers Drain KuCoin Crypto Exchange’s Funds
26.9.2020
Kucoin, a Singaporean cryptocurrency exchange, disclosed that it was hacked and plans on reimbursing customers whose funds were stolen
Pantera Capital Crypto Funds Report 100% Returns Amid DeFi Craze
25.9.2020
Investments in decentralized finance (DeFi) drove returns exceeding 100% this year to Pantera Capital’s bitcoin index and altcoin hedge funds
Chinese govt. official: Gambling gangs use crypto to transfer funds abroad
25.9.2020
China faces economic risk as illegal gambling operators move 1 trillion yuan in funds from the country, partially in crypto, says a government official
Ex-Pantera Partner’s New Crypto Fund Is ‘Not for the Faint of Heart’
24.9.2020
Paul Brodsky is helming a new crypto investment firm called PostModern Partners that bets on volatile digital assets, not bitcoin
First Mover: Bitcoins Hit Exchanges as Bloomberg Touts Crypto and DeFi Hedge Fund Seeks $50M
23.9.2020
Bloomberg hails crypto as top 2020 asset, bitcoin hits exchanges, options traders see calm around U.S. elections, hedge fund seeks $50M for DeFi
Crypto Hedge Fund Looks for $50M to Buy DeFi Tokens Amid Market Pullback
23.9.2020
Panxora, a cryptocurrency hedge fund manager, seeks $50 million to buy digital tokens associated with decentralized finance, known as DeFi
5 Major Banks Exposed for Moving Trillions for Mobsters, Onecoin, and Drug Cartels
21.9.2020
According to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), five major global banks have been exposed funneling trillions of dollars in criminal funds in the recently leaked FinCEN Files. The massive leak is 2,100 documents spanning from 2000 to 2017 which shows fraudulent funds...
Former HSBC, Citigroup, Merrill Lynch Execs Start $50M Crypto Fund
21.9.2020
Liquibit Capital is also said to be managed by a former Barclays Capital vice president and two current JPMorgan and Wells Fargo technicians
XSwap Started Yield Farming, The Highest APY Reaches 70,000%
21.9.2020
XSwap, a main products of Xfinance ecosystem, has launched Uniswap LP token liquidity mining. This is a fair version, 100% distributed to the community, with No team shares, No Pre-mine. Governed by the Xfinance community. In just a few hours, the funds in the pool are above to 5000ETH. The highest...
The emergence of cryptocurrency hedge funds
20.9.2020
Although the nascent crypto hedge fund industry still has lots of developing to do, it will undoubtedly be the future of finance
Defi Platform Bzx Recovers Stolen $8.1 Million From Hacker
17.9.2020
Decentalized finance (defi) protocol Bzx has recovered the $8.1 million it lost to a hacker a few days ago. The company claims it was able to track down the cyber thief, whom it refused to name for legal reasons, through their on-chain activity. Cornered, the attacker returned the loot. “All...