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Regulatory Investigation Targets South Korean Crypto Lender Delio
3.7.2023
South Korea-based Delio is currently under scrutiny as the country's Financial Services Commission (FSC) investigates the crypto lending firm for alleged fraud, embezzlement, and breach of trust.
According to reports from local news outlet Digital Asset, the investigation sprouts from Delio's...
South Korean crypto lending firm Delio under investigation by regulators
30.6.2023
The firm allegedly denied having any exposure to troubled sister lending firm Haru Invest before suspending transfers earlier this month
South Korean Crypto Yield Firm Haru Invest Fires More Than 100 Employees: Report
22.6.2023
Earlier this month, Haru Invest halted withdrawals and deposits
Korean crypto contagion, Bank of China on Ethereum, HK’s exchange red carpet: Asia Express
16.6.2023
Hong Kong lays out welcome mat for exchanges, Korean crypto lender contagion, Do Kwon banged up abroad, Bank of China’s Ethereum debt note
S Korean Crypto Lender Delio Suspends Withdrawals – What Do We Know?
15.6.2023
The South Korean crypto lending platform Delio says it is “temporarily” suspending deposits and withdrawals, as financial regulators say they are “investigating” the situation.
The platform is a crypto lending service and wallet, which holds an official virtual asset service provider (VASP)...
South Korean Crypto Yield Platform Haru Invest Pauses Withdrawals and Deposits
13.6.2023
The firm blamed the pause on a “certain issue” with one of its service partners, and said it is working on a contingency plan, according to a blog update
North Korean ‘Crypto Hackers Targeted S Korean Ministers’ – What Do We Know?
8.6.2023
North Korean crypto hackers “targeted South Korean ministers” in a campaign last year, Seoul-based police officials have claimed.
According to Dong-a Ilbo, police officials took control of a server they claimed was used during the attempted attacks.
And officers said they had “found...
Korean crypto executives allegedly profited $2.3M from coin listing scandal
22.5.2023
Projects were allegedly swayed into signing contracts with dubious market makers as consideration for listing on crypto exchange Coinone
Korean Crypto Exchanges Upbit, Bithumb Raided Over Lawmaker’s Crypto Dealings
17.5.2023
South Korean prosecutors have raided two of the country’s largest coin trading platforms within an investigation into the crypto investments of a politician. They seized materials from Upbit and Bithumb amid suspicions of wrongdoing related to the lawmaker’s cryptocurrency holdings. South Korean...
Japan leads world in losses from North Korean crypto hacking with 30% of total: Report
15.5.2023
An Elliptic report commissioned by Nikkei says Asian countries account for over 60% of losses to North Korean hacker and ransomware users; lax security played a role
South Korean ‘Crypto Drug-trading Teens’ Jailed
18.4.2023
A “continuous” flow of South Korean teens is being given jail time as law enforcers continue a crackdown on crypto-powered drug trading.
Kyungnam Shinmun reported that courts in the southern city of Changwon are now “sentencing teens and people in their twenties to imprisonment, one after...
Korean ‘Crypto Murder’ Case: Couple Paid ‘Killer’ – Here’s What We Know
13.4.2023
A couple at center of a crypto murder-kidnap case that has rocked South Korea have reportedly confirmed that they gave money to the suspected killer of a 48-year-old woman.
Police have thus far arrested and charged seven people after the woman’s body was found late last month abandoned near a...
ApeCoin surges 1,950% on South Korean crypto exchange Upbit
12.4.2023
The APE/BTC trading pair reached an all-time high of around $90 apiece on the exchange
Employees of South Korean Crypto Exchange Coinone Arrested: Report
11.4.2023
Seoul Southern District Court Chief Judge Kim Ji-Sook issued a warrant for the arrests on Monday, saying "There is concern about escaping."
South Korean crypto exchange GDAC hacked for nearly $14M
10.4.2023
The exchange said that all deposits and and withdrawals are temporarily suspended as it performs emergency server maintenance
S. Korean Crypto Exchange Gdac Hacked for Nearly $13M
10.4.2023
The exchange said on Sunday hackers transferred the crypto assets from a hot wallet to an unidentified wallet
XRP Trading Volumes Surges to Billions of Dollars on South Korean Crypto Exchanges
30.3.2023
XRP trading made up nearly 50% of all volumes on Korbit, a prominent local exchange
South Korean Crypto Exchanges Set to Renew Banking Deals
17.3.2023
South Korea’s leading crypto exchanges are ready to renew their banking deals – in a sign that relations between the “big four” trading platforms and the traditional financial sector remain strong.
Per Business Post, Bithumb is close to sealing an agreement with NongHyup Bank (NH Bank)....
45% of S Korean Crypto Users Predict a Bitcoin Price Rise This Week
6.3.2023
Almost half of South Korean crypto holders think Bitcoin (BTC) prices will rise this week, a survey has found.
The survey was conducted by the researcher Pharos Labs (Kratos) and the crypto market information provider Coinness – and reported by the media outlet CoinReaders. The firms said they...
South Korea Blacklists North Korean Crypto Thieves, Flags Wallet Addresses
10.2.2023
The government sanctions targeted four individuals and seven institutions – some with alleged ties to the elite North Korean hacking group "Lazarus."