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Regulators and the Bank of Korea remain at odds over bank dominance in issuing won-backed stablecoins, stalling a long-awaited framework expected this year. South Korea is likely to end the year without a framework for locally issued stablecoins, amid ongoing disputes over the role of banks in stablecoin issuance. The country’s central bank, the Bank of Korea (BOK), and other financial regulators have clashed over the extent of banks’ involvement in issuing Korean won-backed stablecoins, delaying a framework widely expected to arrive in late 2025, the Korea JoongAng Daily reported Tuesday. According to the BOK, a consortium of banks should own at least 51% of any stablecoin issuer seeking regulatory approval in South Korea, while regulators are more open to the involvement of diverse industry players. Read more

Lookonchain flagged the movement of $436.5 million USDC through Kraken, but Pump.fun's co-founder said it's a simple treasury reshuffling from the PUMP ICO.

Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday strongly objected to recent legislations aimed at reducing domestic violence, protecting children from child marriages, and safeguarding transgender community’s rights. On November 13, the National Assembly also passed a bill — awaiting the Senate’s approval — to protect people against domestic violence in Islamabad. A day later, the Balochistan Assembly adopted a bill to ban child marriages with a majority, amidst a protest by opposition lawmakers, including JUI-F’s Younis Zehri. In September, the Balochistan cabinet approved the province’s first-ever transgender policy to ensure the community’s social and economic inclusion. Addressing the media in Islamabad today, the JUI-F chief said, “Some legislation has been enacted regarding the marriage of children below the age of 18 years, regarding transgenders, and regarding domestic violence.” View this post on Instagram The Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Bill 2025 aims to es...

A former lawyer for Coinbase, Khurram Dara, has thrown his hat in the race for New York attorney general. But incumbent Letitia James has a strong foothold, and a Republican hasn't won in 30 years. A former policy lawyer at crypto exchange Coinbase is running for attorney general of New York. His bid to represent the crypto industry’s interests runs against a strong Democratic bias and concerns over industry influence in policymaking. Khurram Dara, who also worked as a regulatory and policy principal at Bain Capital Crypto, announced his campaign on Nov. 21. In a video accompanying his post on X, Dara said he wants to stop the supposed “lawfare” that current Attorney General (AG) Letitia James is waging against the crypto industry. Dara said that the reportedly unfair treatment of the industry drives up costs for New Yorkers. New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani recently won his election with a focus on cost-of-living issues. Read more

Во Львове суд вынес приговор мужчине, который дал согласие быть понятым в уголовном производстве, однако в отделении полиции правоохранители нашли в его рюкзаке 67 пакетиков с каннабисом.

During and after two years of brutal war between Israel and Hamas, many pro-Israel and pro-Palestine partisans have insisted on the total justness of their own camp, and the pure evil of the other. Both sides should heed a warning from the Talmud on the dangers of zero-sum groupthink

Trading volumes reached nearly 2,000 lots traded on day one, representing about $35 million in notional value.

De onderzoekers hebben te weinig oog voor onder meer de internationale positie van Nederland als claimland en de financiële dynamiek achter massaclaims.

Digital bank Klarna's stablecoin, issued by Stripe’s Bridge on top of the upcoming Tempo blockchain, is set to debut next year.

ADA's chances of touching $1 at least once before New Year's Eve are over 60%, ChatGPT estimated.

Даже если ремонт телефона стоит дешевле покупки нового, то, как ни странно, специалисты рекомендуют купить новый, особенно если телефону уже несколько лет.

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) fell 6.3% and Polkadot (DOT) dropped 5.8%, leading the index lower from Monday.

Популярная американская актриса Тара Рид, известная съемками в фильме "Американский пирог", оказалась в центре скандала после того, как ее заметили в отеле Чикаго в крайне дезориентированном состоянии.

Ученые разработали новый тип солнечных элементов, способных эффективно преобразовывать тусклый свет комнатных ламп в электричество. Эта технология может навсегда избавить от необходимости менять батарейки в датчиках, пультах и других небольших гаджетах.

The amateurish robbery attempt at a crypto firm in Russia comes amid a global surge in violent crypto attacks.

Over the weekend, Coinbase shuffled nearly 800,000 BTC, roughly $69.5 billion at prevailing prices, between its own wallets, describing it as a scheduled internal migration. On-chain alert bots registered the movement as a historic spike in spent outputs, triggering headlines about 4% of Bitcoin’s circulating supply suddenly “moving” and speculation that a massive liquidation was […] The post No, 800k BTC didn’t hit the market: Why exchange internal transfers fooled traders appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Today’s uncertain macroeconomic climate has created an environment where corporate leaders are desperate to look innovative – Bitcoin treasuries give them a way to do that, without fixing their broken business models, says Tony Yazbeck, co-founder of The Bitcoin Way.

Opnieuw verdwijnen er banen bij een bank. Na ING en de Volksbank gaat nu ABN Amro duizenden mensen ontslaan. Bonden spreken van een mokerslag voor het personeel. Wat is er aan de hand bij de Nederlandse banken?