South Korean crypto exchanges are already required to hold at least 80% of customer crypto in cold wallets, but the regulator is urging more.

Pyongyang has pushed back against the FBI’s attribution of the Binance attack, with Kim Yo Jong calling the US allegations politically motivated.

The Swan Bitcoin founder warned that hackers are using large language models to exploit security flaws with just a few prompts.

A European entity may have lost $106 million from exchange accounts, while a wallet associated with a Solana arbitrage bot may have lost another $786,000.

Slowing trading activity and fallout from the Binance hack are clouding Coinbase’s revenue prospects, prompting Morgan Stanley to lower its rating on the stock.

Brazil’s exchange Mercado Bitcoin paused deposits and withdrawals after a security breach, saying customer funds and data were safe.

The former mobile games company is building out its fund management business in Abu Dhabi as it targets institutional demand for stablecoins and tokenized assets.

Strategy spent $208.2 million buying back STRC preferred shares and $65.5 million on Bitcoin, while allocating $98.5 million to its USD Cash balance.

Crypto exchange Gate said it froze two linked accounts as US investigators urged platforms to block transactions tied to the $6.3 billion theft.

The watchdog has not named the jurisdictions under review. Initial findings on compliance with its crypto standards are due in June 2027.