The Bank of Korea (BOK) is set to initiate a pilot program for its central bank digital currency (CBDC), named "Hangang," involving 100,000 participants.

Memecoin launchpad on BNB Chain, Four.Meme has restored its token launch function following an exploit that resulted in a $130,000 loss. In a March 18 post on X, the Four.Meme team confirmed it had suffered an attack, prompting an emergency suspension of its launch function.

The US introduced a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, a user caused disruptions during Ethereum testing, and EU politicians questioned the digital euro's feasibility.

BX Digital, a subsidiary of Boerse Stuttgart, has been granted a license for a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) trading facility that connects to their central bank.

Leading cryptocurrency exchange and custodian platform, Gemini has hired a new chief financial officer in the person of Dan Chen.

According to Reuters, several industry insiders from these crypto firms see an opportunity to gain banking charters. Regulators had previously been slow to approve them.

The attack was the second in two months, on this occasion exploiting a “critical flaw” in Four.Meme's liquidity mechanism.

Robinhood has launched a new prediction markets hub through its futures subsidiary, allowing users to speculate on political, economic, and sports events.

Switzerland's financial market regulator FINMA has granted a Swiss subsidiary of the Stuttgart Stock Exchange a licence to operate a blockchain-based trading system in the country, the unit, BX Digital, said on Tuesday.

The Trump Administration's embrace of crypto is reportedly putting international financial stability at risk, says Francois Villeroy de Galhau, a member of the European Central Bank's (ECB) Governing Council. Villeroy de Galhau tells the French news outlet La Tribune Dimanche that the US “risks sinning through negligence,” according to Bloomberg.

In a significant development, the Bank of Korea has unveiled its central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot program, dubbed “Digital Test Project Hangang.” The Bank of Korea, in partnership with seven major banks, is set to launch the pilot program next month, with a planned duration of about three months.

The protocol's lvlUSD stablecoin hit $80 million market capitalization since its beta launch and outperformed rival yield-generating stablecoins, founders told CoinDesk in an interview.

In a move that could send ripples through the crypto world, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reconsidering a stringent crypto custody rule from the previous administration. This rule has made it tougher for investment advisers to handle digital assets.

The information gathering Trojan can continuously monitor clipboard content, searching for cryptocurrency keys and passwords.

Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and USDT will be the accepted crypto.

Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the former Binance CEO, has made a big prediction about how Binance can lead the new trend for centralized cryptocurrency exchanges in the future.

Crypto ETPs saw $1.7 billion in outflows last week, pushing the five-week total to $6.4 billion, with Bitcoin ETPs accounting for $5.4 billion.

StilachiRAT: a remote access trojan that steals credentials stored in the browser.

Bitcoin miner Bitfarms completed the acquisition of Stronghold Digital in a stock-for-stock merger, further expanding its U.S. footprint.

Financial technology firms and crypto companies are seeking to become state or national banks in a bid to expand their business under the Trump administration that they view as more industry-friendly, according to more than half a dozen industry executives.

MSTR's recent price action is exact inverse of the BTC topping pattern from January that warned of a price sell-off.

Microsoft has identified a sophisticated new malware called StilachiRAT that targets cryptocurrency by stealing data from Chrome wallet extensions, saved credentials, and clipboard content.

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been allowed to leave France temporarily, but the preliminary charges against him raise significant questions for the crypto community. On March 13, a French court gave the founder and CEO of the encrypted messaging app Telegram permission to leave for Dubai, where he had previously resided.

Hackers recently breached the South African Parliament's social media accounts, including X, Facebook, and Youtube, to promote a fake cryptocurrency named after President Cyril Ramaphosa.

The Central Bank of Russia has piloted a testing program in the Tatarstan region to test smart contracts for the digital ruble.

Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda has directed staff to consider withdrawing a 2023 crypto custody rule proposal as part of the agency's shift toward a more industry-friendly approach under the Trump administration.

ZenMEV transforms MEV into shared profits for traders, with new funding fueling global expansion.

The United States SEC is reconsidering a proposal to tighten the custody requirements for cryptocurrencies.

Four.meme, the native meme launchpad of the Binance ecosystem, got exploited for an estimated $120K. A hacker intercepted the liquidity pools for new tokens and drained the available liquidity for several new and trending memes.

Participants will be enabled to convert their bank deposits into tokenized deposits for payments at local shops, according to a local report.

Binance has launched Binance Alpha 2.0, a major update that integrates its Alpha platform directly into the Binance Exchange.

Binance Unveils Anti-Slippage Feature for BNB Chain Users

Microsoft has issued an alert about a new malware, StilachiRAT, that stealthily targets cryptocurrency wallets and steals information stored in browsers like Google Chrome. According to a Mar.

Microsoft has identified a new cybersecurity threat targeting crypto users, uncovering a trojan that infiltrates digital wallet extensions in Google Chrome. The post Microsoft Warns of New Trojan Targeting Crypto in 20 Chrome Wallet Extensions appeared first on Cryptonews.

The cryptocurrency landscape has undergone rapid evolution, particularly in the realm of financial crime and fraud. As the industry matures, the threats facing digital assets have become increasingly sophisticated.

Francois Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France and a key member of the European Central Bank (ECB), has warned that the U.S.'s increasing embrace of cryptocurrencies.

Cryptocurrencies remain in bearish territory, with Bitcoin price teasing a sub-$80K drop ahead of the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates. The unrealized losses of US banks have also soared to $500 billion, fuelling market fears.

Robinhood's stock rose 8% on the Nasdaq after it announced a new betting markets hub in partnership with Kalshi, a CFTC-regulated prediction market platform.

Crypto exchange Gemini has tapped Dan Chen, who previously worked at Affirm, MetLife Investments, and Morgan Stanley, as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

A newly identified remote access Trojan (RAT) is being used to steal information from cryptocurrency wallets stored in Google Chrome extensions, according to Microsoft.

The Winklevoss-founded crypto exchange Gemini has hired a new chief financial officer as it seeks going public by 2026.

Cumberland SG, the Asian division of US-based crypto trading firm Cumberland, has taken a significant step towards expanding its institutional digital asset services in Singapore.

BitMEX is set to discontinue options trading on its platform from April 4, 2025, following a strategic review of its product offerings.

Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America's most relevant economic and crypto news from the past week. This edition examines how the recently disclosed use of crypto for power imports in Bolivia opens a new era for the validity of these settlements in international commodity markets.

In the US, the SEC is considering dropping a proposed rule that would impose stricter custody requirements for investment advisers handling crypto assets.

Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are increasingly experimenting with Futarchy, a governance model leveraging prediction markets, to enhance decision-making processes.

Tech giant Microsoft has discovered a new remote access trojan (RAT) that targets crypto held in 20 cryptocurrency wallet extensions for the Google Chrome browser. Microsoft's Incident Response Team said in a March 17 blog post that it first discovered the malware StilachiRAT last November and found it can steal information such as credentials stored in the browser, digital wallet information and data stored in the clipboard.