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Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission Set to Regulate Country’s Virtual Assets Industry
21.3.2023
Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission is set to be announced as the body that will oversee and regulate the virtual asset industry. According to a report, the collapse of crypto exchanges like FTX prompted Taiwanese officials to seek ways of protecting users against similar events should...
Credit Cards Should Not Be Used for Crypto Transactions, Taiwan’s Financial Watchdog Says
24.7.2022
The financial regulator of Taiwan has asked local banks not to allow the use of cards for payments in transactions involving cryptocurrencies, local media revealed. The authority says these assets are risky while associated cash flows are hard to monitor. Taiwanese Regulator Urges Banks Not...
Street Fighter 6 Logo Also Looks Like A Taiwanese Retailer's Old Logo
23.2.2022
Not only does Street Fighter 6's logo look like $80 clip art, but it also looks like the old logo of a Taiwanese company.Read more
Taiwanese MPs Call for Crypto Ban, but Regulator Prefers Progressive Approach
3.11.2021
Taiwanese regulators are coming under pressure from MPs who want them to ready crypto regulation. Regulators admitted that there is currently no official body in the country that has policing power over firms offering the sale and purchase of cryptoassets. But those fearing a Mainland China-type...
Chinese, Taiwanese Bitcoin Miners Eyeing Paraguay Move
30.7.2021
The Itaipu Dam is a huge hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River between Brazil and Paraguay. Chinese bitcoin (BTC) miners are reportedly preparing to flock to Paraguay in their droves – with reports claiming that there could be half a million rigs online in the nation in the next three years...
Controversial Taiwanese Horror Game Devotion Is Back And Available For Sale
15.3.2021
After disappearing from Steam in early 2019—after upsetting Chinese gamers with a Winnie The Pooh joke—and then returning before disappearing again last year, Taiwanese horror game Devotion is now finally on sale to basically anyone who wants a copy.Read more
Taiwanese Prosecutors Swoop, Accusing Bitmain of IP Violations
9.3.2021
Taiwan’s New Taipei District Prosecutors Office is investigating the possibility that the Mainland Chinese crypto mining giant Bitmain has, in the prosecutors’ own words, “poached” up to 100 AI engineers from Taiwanese companies in an operation that allegedly began back in 2018, per multiple media...
Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Devices Infected by Bitcoin-Mining Malware
28.1.2021
A Taiwanese hardware company has warned its clients about a targeted crypto mining attack against their storage devices. The malware infects NAS devices connected to the internet by installing a crypto-miner named Dovecat. Threat Actors Install Malware That Illicitly Mines Bitcoin According to...
GOG Bails On Selling Taiwanese Horror Game Devotion
16.12.2020
In February of last year Devotion, a Taiwanese horror game, was pulled from Steam after a controversy regarding a hidden Easter egg. Today GOG, the online PC gaming store run by CD Projekt, announced it would be selling Devotion. Then, hours later, declared it would not.Read more
Hackers Demand Over 1,800 BTC From Electronics Giant Foxconn After Ransomware Attack
9.12.2020
A multinational electronic giant and a well-known manufacturer of Apple products is the latest victim of a millionaire ransomware attack deployed over the Thanksgiving weekend on one of its branches. Apple’s Manufacturer Is the Latest Victim of Well-Known Ransomware Gang Foxconn,...
Binance Exchange Adds Support for Australian and Taiwanese Fiat Currencies
29.4.2020
Binance announced on Tuesday that it had added support for two new fiat currencies, the New Taiwan Dollar (TWD) and the Australian Dollar (AUD). As per the official announcement on the website, the new currencies will be available for P2P trading against BTC, USDT, ETH, BNB, BUSD, and EOS. #Binance...
SLP Token Fuels Scooter Rental Business in Taiwan, Investors to Get Their Dividends in BCH
10.3.2020
A company running a small scooter rental service in Taipei, Taiwan’s capital city, has minted an SLP token on the Bitcoin Cash network to support its business and to attract investors and customers. The company issues its own cryptocurrency, a Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) token. SLP is...
Binance Invests in Taiwanese Blockchain Data Monetization Startup Numbers
23.1.2020
Binance has invested in Numbers, a blockchain-enabled data monetization startup
Taiwanese Buy USD 15m Condo In New York with Bitcoin
11.11.2019
389 East 89th Street. A New York City-based real estate owner and developer sold a retail condo in Manhattan’s Upper East Side for bitcoin (BTC).
Ben Shaoul, the president of Magnum Real Estate Group, a residential real estate development and management company, has sold a retail condo for USD 15.3...
Seems Like The Party Time Is Over For The Taiwanese Crypto Mining Suppliers!
25.6.2019
The last year’s bear market is still proving to be quite expensive. The dip in the crypto mining hardware demands due to the bearish market last year is causing a great deal of discomfort for the businesses that deal with manufacturing of the crypto mining hardware. As desperate measures, these...