Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Alleged Hacker Extradited to Face US Charges Over Corporate Extortion Racket

A United Kingdom national, and alleged member of “The Dark Overlord” hacking collective, has been extradited to the United States to face charges. According to an announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice on Dec. 18, the charges relate to the purported theft of sensitive information from companies in

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Blockchain.com Launches Pound Sterling Payments Gateway for Brexit-Bound Brits

United Kingdom-based cryptocurrency data and wallet provider Blockchain.com has added a British pound gateway to its crypto exchange, The Pit.On Dec. 19, Xen Baynham-Herd — executive vice president of product at Blockchain — told CryptoX that with Brexit on the horizon, the exchange has seen a record number of

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Major Asian Shipping Terminal Joins IBM and Maersk’s Blockchain Platform

Cái Mép International Terminal (CMIT), located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, announced Dec. 19, that it had joined the TradeLens blockchain platform.CMIT is one of the largest terminals in the Cái Mép-Thị Vải deep-water gateway port complex, providing a direct link from Vietnam to European, North American and

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KuCoin’s KuMEX Futures Platform Now Offers up to 100X Leverage

KuCoin, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchange and trading platform has announced an improvement to its Bitcoin Perpetual Contract by increasing the maximum available leverage. In a recent announcement, the platform confirmed that users on its KuMEX (KuCoin Mercantile Exchange) platform can now avail maximum leverage of 100x, which is

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German Stock Exchange Plans International Digital Asset ‘Ecosystem’ Through New Partnership With SBI

German stock exchange owner Boerse Stuttgart Group and Japanese financial giant SBI Group are teaming up on a joint initiative to expand their digital assets businesses internationally.The two firms said in a press release on Friday that they will establish a partnership in Europe and Asia, including Japan, with the

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