Editor-in-Chief · Joined 2021
Covers Crypto Business, Crypto Regulation and Altcoins.
Nik is a content and public relations specialist with an ever-growing interest in Crypto. He has been published on several leading Crypto and blockchain based news sites. He is currently based in Spain, but hails from the Pacific Northwest in the US.
KB Kookmin Bank will launch a blockchain-based cross-border payment service using J.P. Morgan's Kinexys, becoming the first South Korean bank to adopt the network.
Nine leading crypto and financial firms have launched the Bitcoin Security Consortium, committing $15 million to fund Bitcoin security research, developers, and post-quantum cryptography initiatives.
Circle has partnered with Kakao Group and Toss Bank to explore stablecoin-powered payments in South Korea, strengthening USDC adoption in the country's growing digital finance sector.
On Wednesday, the Zilliqa team announced via X that a critical vulnerability has been identified in the Zilliqa Ledger application affecting the generation of Schnorr signatures for native (non-EVM) Zilliqa transactions.
Decentralized exchanges are gaining momentum with rising trading volumes, expanding market share, and growing institutional adoption despite centralized exchanges maintaining market leadership.
The US Justice Department is seeking to forfeit over $25 million in cryptocurrency recovered from five investigations into international crypto fraud and laundering networks.
On Tuesday, the 1inch Network announced via X that syrupUSDC and syrupUSDT are live on 1inch.
BitMine slowed its Ethereum purchases last week after prioritizing a share buyback, but still holds 5.78 million ETH, nearly 5% of the cryptocurrency's circulating supply.
The Chiliz team announced via X on Monday that the Pascal hard fork is now live, bringing smart account capabilities to Externally Owned Accounts (EOAs) on Chiliz Chain.
South Korea's FSS has launched sanction proceedings against Upbit operator Dunamu following a $30 million crypto hack, with tougher digital asset regulations expected to follow.
Bybit has launched Bybit Indonesia after acquiring a majority stake in licensed crypto firm PT Enkripsi Teknologi Handal, introducing 500 crypto trading pairs to the growing market.
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution stating that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried should never receive a presidential pardon or sentence commutation following his fraud conviction.
