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Golden Finance roundup: 10 international crypto news items covering hacker attacks, sanctions, regulation, and settlement pilots.
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International 1.【North Korean hacker group WaterPlum poses as recruiters, infecting 30000 devices and stealing 10700000 USD crypto assets】2.【Bank of Russia plans to regulate banks’ crypto-asset risk measurement】3.【Crypto professional’s entire family in France held hostage; approximately 46000 USD in cryptocurrency transferred】4.【U.S. Treasury sanctions Iranian exchange BitBank: hundreds of millions of USD Bitcoin transferred to IRGC】
5.【Bank of Korea launches a 24-hour won settlement pilot for foreign investors】6.【U.S. House committee advances Bitcoin reserve bill, proposing a 20-year holding period】7.【Hana Bank issues a 100000000 USD 5-year digital bond using Euroclear blockchain infrastructure】8.【X sues two UK users, accusing them of obtaining 277000 USD in creator revenue shares】9.【European Central Bank launches Pontes service connecting payment systems with blockchain financial markets】10.【Fake USDT token scam emerges in Venezuela, harming merchants receiving self-custodied payments】
Key points
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North Korean hacker group WaterPlum posed as recruiters, infecting 30000 devices and stealing 10700000 USD crypto assets.
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Bank of Russia plans to regulate banks’ crypto-asset risk measurement.
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Crypto professional’s entire family in France held hostage; approximately 46000 USD in cryptocurrency transferred.
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U.S. Treasury sanctions Iranian exchange BitBank; hundreds of millions of USD in Bitcoin transferred to IRGC。
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Bank of Korea launches a 24-hour won settlement pilot.
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U.S. House committee advances Bitcoin reserve bill, proposing a 20-year holding period.
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Hana Bank issues a 100000000 USD 5-year digital bond using Euroclear blockchain infrastructure.
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X sues two UK users, accusing them of obtaining 277000 USD in creator revenue shares.
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European Central Bank launches Pontes service connecting payment systems with blockchain financial markets.
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This is an international news roundup published by Golden Finance, listing 10 crypto-related items. The content broadly falls into several categories: security incidents, such as hacker groups posing as recruiters, the kidnapping of a crypto professional’s entire family, and fake USDT token scams; regulation and policy, such as the Bank of Russia’s plan to regulate banks’ crypto-asset risk measurement, the U.S. House committee’s advancement of a Bitcoin reserve bill, U.S. Treasury sanctions against an Iranian exchange, and the Bank of Korea’s won settlement pilot; financial-institution activity, such as Hana Bank’s issuance of digital bonds and the European Central Bank’s launch of the Pontes service; and platform disputes, such as X’s lawsuit against two UK users. The article provides only headline-style summaries and does not expand on specific details or provide information sources.
Why it matters to readers
These headlines cover three main themes in the crypto industry: security, regulation, and institutional adoption. They give readers a quick view of the types of news currently drawing attention: hacker attacks and scam risks, regulatory and sanctions actions by various countries, and pilots at the bank and central-bank levels.
For beginners, this is a multi-topic news list that provides one-time exposure to common concepts such as hacking attacks, crypto scams, stablecoins, digital bonds, and central bank settlement pilots, helping build an initial impression of the industry landscape.
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The specific amounts reported in each news item and the allocation of responsibility cannot be confirmed from the text
WaterPlum's North Korean links,IRGC links and similar statements appear only in the headlines, with no evidence provided
Some items are at the proposed or pilot stage, and whether they will ultimately be implemented is unknown
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