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South Korea’s pension fund bags 280K Coinbase shares: SEC data
16.11.2023
South Korea’s National Pension Service, one of the world’s largest pension funds, invested $20 million in Coinbase in Q3 2023
South Korea’s National Pension Fund Bought $20 Million Coinbase Stocks in Q3 2023
16.11.2023
Source: Pexels The National Pension Service of South Korea has acquired approximately 26 billion won ($20 million) worth of Coinbase stocks (COIN). The National Pension Service is South Korea’s largest investment group and the third largest pension fund in the world. The investment group manages...
CFX Labs Secures $9.5 Million Seed Round To Expand Solana-based Payment Network
15.11.2023
Source: Pixabay CFX Labs has raised $9.5 million in seed investments to expand its Solana-based stablecoin payment and remittances network. The US-based fintech firm said in a press release on Wednesday that the fundraising was oversubscribed, with Shima Capital, Decasonic, Antalpha, CMT Digital...
Celsius Moves $10 Million in Ethereum to Exchange Following Bankruptcy Plan Approval
15.11.2023
Celsius transfers millions in Ethereum to an exchange as part of a strategic shift post-bankruptcy. Image by Rafael Henrique, Adobe Stock Crypto lending company Celsius has transferred over $10 million worth of Ethereum to an exchange on Wednesday, just 6 days after a judge approved...
Gaming Firm Boyaa Interactive to Add Bitcoin and Ether to Balance Sheet With $100M Investment
15.11.2023
Recently disclosed in a regulatory statement, Hong Kong-based Boyaa Interactive International Limited announced its plan to acquire cryptocurrency assets valued at up to $100 million. This publicly listed entity, known for developing and managing online card and board games through its various...
Poloniex to Resume Deposits and Withdrawal Services After $100 Million Exploit: Here’s More
15.11.2023
Source: Adobe Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex has announced plans to resume operations after it suffered a major hack resulting in losses over $100 million. The exchange announced on Nov 15 that following restoration efforts after the hack, it will begin deposits and withdrawal services assuring...
Blockchain.com Receives $110 Million in Series E Funding Led by Kingsway Capital
15.11.2023
Source: Blockchain.com The crypto exchange Blockchain.com has successfully raised $110 million in its latest Series E funding round. This substantial financial boost was led by Kingsway Capital, a UK-based investment management firm. Alongside Kingsway Capital, the Series E round saw participation...
South Korean Woman Avoids Jail After Stealing Ex-husband’s $1.3m Crypto Stash
15.11.2023
Source: moon/Adobe A South Korean woman who stole her ex-husband’s $1.3 million crypto stash has been handed a suspended jail sentence. Per Yonhap News, an unnamed woman aged 32 stole the coins from her ex-partner’s crypto wallet after the end of their common-law marriage. The 14th Criminal...
“Mutant Ape Planet” NFT Designer Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Faces 5 Years in Prison
14.11.2023
Aurelien Michel, the 25-year-old designer of “Mutant Ape Planet” NFTs, pled guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday. A $3 million fraud scheme Michel admitted to luring in NFT investors with promises of giveaways, tokens, merchandise...
Foresight Ventures Acquires Majority Stake in The Block
14.11.2023
Foresight Ventures, a Singaporean Web3 VC firm, has announced it acquired a majority stake in The Block, a cryptocurrency-focused news outlet. The deal, which values The Block at around $70 million, will allow the news platform to purchase the stake belonging to former CEO Mike McCaffrey, who...
K-pop Agency Modhaus Announces $8 Million Series A Investment
14.11.2023
Source: Pixabay A South Korean blockchain-based K-pop startup has raised $8 million in its series A funding round. Modhaus announced in a statement today that the series A funding round has pushed their total fundraising to $12 million overall. The funding round was led by U.S. investment firm...
Crypto Mining Profitability Soars as Miners Rake In Record $32 Million in Revenue in One Month
14.11.2023
Image Source: Pixabay The crypto mining industry is experiencing a surge in profitability, with miners earning a record $32 million in revenue in the past month. The hashrate, a measure of the computational power needed to mine a coin, has reached an all-time high, indicating that miners are using...
BGX Invests $90 Million in BC Technology Group, Operator of Hong Kong’s OSL Exchange
14.11.2023
Source: Adobe / Dmitry Rukhlenko BC Technology Group, the operator of Hong Kong’s publicly listed cryptocurrency exchange OSL, has secured a significant investment from BitgetX (BGX), the Hong Kong division of the cryptocurrency services provider Bitget, although it is still pending...
Is Avalanche Going to Zero? AVAX Price Drops Like a Stone as Under-the-Radar Coin Achieves $4 Million Milestone – What’s Going On?
14.11.2023
Ethereum rival Avalanche is battling a major retracement move as AVAX price drops like a stone, and in other news, an under the radar Bitcoin mining project has hammered up to its $4 million milestone. The retracement move, which has so far been well-defended by Avalanche bulls, appears to have...
Institutional Investors Flock to Bitcoin Pushing Inflows Past $1 Billion in 2023
14.11.2023
Source: Adobe / Alex Total inflows into traditional investment funds backed by crypto have finally passed the $1 billion mark for the year, after last week saw investors flocking to Bitcoin. For the week as a whole, crypto investment funds recorded inflows of $293 million, bringing the year-to-date...
Cogwise Breaks $1 million Barrier With Price Still Set for 116% Price Increase Before Listing
14.11.2023
Hot new crypto presale Cogwise ($COGW) has now smashed through the $1 million barrier just six weeks after it launched. The project utilizes artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to offer detailed analysis for crypto natives, investors, and traders, with unique tools and insights,...
Owner of Hong Kong crypto exchange OSL secures $90M investment
14.11.2023
BC Technology Group, the operator of Hong Kong’s publicly listed crypto exchange OSL, has raised $90 million in subscriptions for new shares from BGX
Bitcoin Hits 40 Million Inscriptions Milestone and Second-Highest Day of Confirmed Transactions
14.11.2023
Data reveals a milestone in the Bitcoin blockchain, with a tally of 40 million Ordinal inscriptions etched into its ledger. Inscription records were shattered on November 12, 2023, when a daily peak saw 505,345 inscriptions created in a single day. This burst of activity propelled Bitcoin to...
Singapore High Court Mandates Hodlnaut Liquidation, Sets Stage for 17,000 Customer Reimbursements
14.11.2023
In a dramatic culmination to a turbulent period for Hodlnaut, the Singapore High Court has ordered the crypto lender’s liquidation, tasked with the daunting goal of reimbursing its 17,000 customers. The judicial decree follows Hodlnaut’s entanglement with the fallout of Terra’s...
Inflows Into Digital Asset Investment Products Cross the $1 Billion Mark — Study
14.11.2023
The U.S. dollar value of funds flowing into digital asset investment products or exchange-traded products (ETP) in 2023 now exceeds $1 billion. In the week ending Nov. 10, approximately $293 million flowed into ETPs. Bitcoin ETP trading volumes in the week under review constituted nearly 20%...