South Korean Court Lifts Bithumb's Six-Month Business Suspension
In brief The Seoul Administrative Court granted a stay on Bithumb’s business suspension Thursday, pending a final ruling. Judge Gong Hyeon-jin cited potential irreparable harm...
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South Korea seeks 20-year sentence for Delio CEO over $169M crypto fraud
South Korean prosecutors have requested a 20-year prison sentence for the CEO of crypto deposit service Delio, calling the scale of alleged fraud against thousands...
Ripple KBank Deal Tests Blockchain Remittances in South Korea
South Korea’s KBank signed a strategic partnership with Ripple on April 27 to test blockchain-based cross-border remittances, marking Ripple’s second Korean institutional deal this month...
South Korean Bank Partnered With Ripple for Cross-Border Payments: Is XRP About to Get Its Biggest Banking Endorsement Yet?
South Korea just handed Ripple XRP its biggest institutional endorsement in months. Whether the market has priced that in yet is the question traders need...
South Africa moves to pull crypto into strict capital flow rules
South Africa’s 2026 capital flow draft recasts crypto as “capital,” tightening FX controls with declarations, approvals and sanctions as Africa’s biggest market matures. Summary South...
South Korea Arrests Man for a Fake AI Wolf Photo That Raised Alarms
In brief South Korean police arrested a 40-year-old man for distributing an AI-generated photo of escaped wolf Neukgu. Daejeon city issued an emergency text to...
South Africa draft bill would tighten crypto capital controls
South Africa’s draft capital flow rules would bring crypto under exchange controls, with declaration duties, transaction limits and tougher penalties. South Africa’s National Treasury has...