The SEC's warning on Binance's stablecoin – over whether or not it is a security – may be key to the type of dollar-pegged tokens that draw regulatory scrutiny

The centre will be tasked with exploring blockchain’s potential for the government, Chinese citizens and industries

Independent sanctions monitors said South Korea estimated that North Korean-linked hackers stole virtual assets worth $630 million last year

The Singapore state investor said it had invested $210 million for a minority stake in FTX International, and $65 million in FTX US

FTX founder and former chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried, said he expanded his business too fast and failed to notice signs of trouble at the exchange

Central banks from Hong Kong, Thailand, China and the UAE issued CBDCs worth $12m on BIS’ mBridge platform to test cross-border transfers to and from commercial banks and foreign exchanges

Chinese President stressed innovation and hailed progress in the areas of space flight and exploration, quantum information and supercomputers.

Kwon faces allegations of defrauding customers, having lost $40 billion of investors' money after his firm Terraform collapsed earlier this year, TechCrunch said.

Ethereum has surged 65% since June as it nears a software upgrade to reduce its power usage. Some bet that if the 'Merge' this week is successful it could even challenge bitcoin

China will respect privacy and protect personal information in using digital yuan, Mu Changchun, director-general of the central bank's Digital Currency Research Institute said

The platform known as Huanhe, or Magic Core, is the latest victim of Beijing's crackdown on NFT trading, Jiemian.com said, citing Tencent insiders

The firm - founded by Australian videogaming entrepreneurs - said the funding was backed by Liberty City Ventures and Kingsway Capital