India is teaming up with tech giants Google and Facebook to step up efforts against "romance scams" that use cryptocurrencies for investment fraud. The scams mainly target disadvantaged groups such as unemployed youth, housewives, students and financially disadvantaged individuals, according to the Indian Home Ministry's 2024 annual report. The report highlights the global nature of the problem, which also involves large-scale money laundering and cyber slavery. Cyber scammers often abuse Google...
Starknet announced a partnership with Bitwise to introduce STRK staking, which includes a public validator for all STRK holders and a separate validator for large institutional clients.
The Hong Kong Cyberport, a government-owned and operated business hub, has added more than 120 new businesses in 16 months and now has more than 270 blockchain-related businesses. The founders of these 270-plus businesses come from more than 20 countries and regions, including Japan, South Korea, the United States, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and India, in addition to Hong Kong and the mainland. According to the Legislative Council report, Cyberport Web3 has started applying blockchain t...
Mantle, an L2 network, announced a partnership with Agora to leverage institutional-grade stablecoin AUSD to enhance ecosystem security and reliability and address the limitations of traditional bridging stablecoins, such as time lock-in and capital inefficiency. AUSD is an open model that benefits all ecosystem participants equally and supports a wide range of applications in the Mantle ecosystem, including DeFi protocols and gaming platforms.
On October 25th, the Ministry of Finance reported that non-tax revenue is an important part of national fiscal revenue, and non-tax revenue policy is an indispensable part of fiscal policy. It is an important means for the government to participate in the redistribution of national income, implement macro-control and optimize resource allocation. In the next step, we will closely track the changes in non-tax revenue, continue to standardize the management of non-tax revenue, organize non-tax rev...
October 11 news, CICC disclosure announcement, on the same day received the China Securities Supervision Commission "notice of filing", because the company is suspected of Sierxin initial public offering sponsorship business is not diligent, according to relevant laws and regulations, the China Securities Supervision Commission decided to file a case against the company. The relevant person of CICC responded to the reporter: the company has received the China Securities Supervision Commission on...
Gold Ten Futures September 25th news, CITIC Futures seat empty order data again attracted attention. It is mentioned that "CITIC Futures bought a net of 7166 short orders today, and the total number of CITIC Futures net short orders was -85,634". In this regard, there is another opinion that CITIC Futures is shorting the market. Such misunderstandings are not the first time. CITIC Securities replied to such questions on the Shanghai Stock Exchange e-interactive platform on June 21 that, as a who...
Lens Protocol announced a partnership with Avail, which is building a unified layer to bring together all Web3 users and developers. This strategic partnership gives Lens scalability, verifiable transactions, and a cost-effective infrastructure for a decentralized social network. Lens will leverage Avail's Data Availability Layer (Avail DA), which is highly optimized for the ZK technology stack and enables high-traffic use cases such as social media on the blockchain.
The Central Bank of Latvia is taking active steps to provide free pre-licensing consultations to crypto asset service providers in line with the upcoming European Union cryptocurrency regulations. From January 2025, the bank will be responsible for accepting applications and issuing licenses to CASPs in the country. At the same time, the bank said it is helping businesses prepare for this through free pre-license consultations. Reinis Znotins, executive director of the Latvian Blockchain Associa...
According to the official news, in order to cooperate with the network upgrade of ZetaChain (ZETA), Upbit announced that it will suspend ZETA's recharge and withdrawal services from 19:00 on September 4, 2024 (18:00 Beijing time).
British police have issued the country's first cryptocurrency ATM indictment after accusing a resident of operating an illegal cryptocurrency ATM and laundering 300,000 pounds (395,000 dollars). The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a ban on cryptocurrency ATMs in 2022, warning that machine holders must register with the FCA. The regulator has since launched a crackdown on unregistered cryptocurrency ATMs. The FCA emphasizes in the indictment: "There are currently no cryptocurrency A...
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit announced that in order to cooperate with the NEAR protocol network upgrade, it will suspend NEAR's deposit and withdrawal services from 12:00 local time on August 26, 2024. The recovery time will be notified separately after the stability of the network upgrade is confirmed.
On July 11, according to market news, Astar Network plans to cooperate with Binance to launch a pledge mechanism.
Bitfinex Securities said it would refund its investors in the El Salvador International Airport Hilton project after failing to attract the minimum $500,000 needed to continue operations. The project was El Salvador's initial public offering of digital debt assets, but only raised $342,000 from investors before the first deadline, just 5% of the $6.25 million it hoped to raise. The funds are designed to fund the construction of the Hampton Inn by Hilton, which covers an area of 4,500 square feet...