South Korea pushes forward with its CBDC pilot and targets three potential test regions for issuing and distributing the digital currency.
South Korea to pilot CBDC in one of these three cities, not Seoul [cointelegraph]


South Korea pushes forward with its CBDC pilot and targets three potential test regions for issuing and distributing the digital currency.

A Malaysian energy supplier uncovered an illegal cryptocurrency mining operation stealing power from the local grid on the island nation of Borneo.

Bitcoin may finally get a trend identity after the July monthly close is done, one trader suggests, with BTC price action wedged below $30,000.

Binance is now officially allowed to offer crypto services to institutional and qualified retail investors in Dubai.

Brian Armstrong claimed SEC staff said all cryptocurrencies but Bitcoin are securities and requested the exchange delist all other cryptocurrencies.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong reportedly said the SEC requested it delist all other cryptocurrencies, but a spokesperson said the comments were taken out of context.

Memecoin traders have been buying up obscure tokens such as Bald and Based, which have each seen staggering price gains despite questionable utility.

The highest recently generated block reward was 584 ETH, created by a MEV bot front-running transactions during the DeFi chaos.

Chainalysis policy lead Chengyi Ong warned crypto users may eventually have no choice but to deal with offshore unregulated exchanges.

While Ethereum-based protocols have been hit with the majority of the exploit activity, BNB Smart Chain has also seen similar copycat exploits, according to BlockSec.