South Korea fines Bithumb $24M, orders 6-month partial business suspension

Regulators found 6.65 million violations at Bithumb, including 45,772 crypto transfers involving 18 unregistered overseas VASPs.

U.S., UK, Canada start Operation Atlantic to disrupt crypto approval-phishing scams

International law enforcement effort targets approval-phishing schemes tied to crypto investment fraud.

Crypto needs to put on a business suit

Crypto’s innovation dazzles but fragments liquidity. Institutions demand boring reliability over novel protocols to move real capital at scale.

Abra to go public via SPAC merger at $750 million valuation

Abra plans to go public through a SPAC merger with New Providence Acquisition Corp. III at a $750 million valuation.

South Korea’s Hana Financial partners with Standard Chartered on digital assets

Hana Financial Group will collaborate with Standard Chartered on digital assets following its stablecoin partnership with USDC issuer Circle earlier in March.

South Korea fines Bithumb $24 million, orders 6-month partial suspension over AML violations

The fine stems from approximately 6.65 million violations related to KYC and transaction restrictions.

Crypto company Abra to go public in blank-check merger

Crypto wealth management platform Abra plans to go public through a merger with blank-check firm New Providence Acquisition Corp III, amid ‌renewed investor interest in digital asset companies, Abra said on Monday.

Australian lawmakers back bill to require crypto platforms to obtain financial services licenses

Australia is advancing a clearer regulatory framework for digital assets after a Senate committee recommended passing legislation that would place many crypto platforms under the country’s financial services licensing regime. On March 16, the Senate Economics Legislation Committee released a report backing the Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025.

Crypto Push In Korea: Hana Financial And Standard Chartered Unveil New Deal

One of the largest South Korean financial conglomerates has partenerd up with a major UK-based global bank to deepen cooperation in global finance and crypto assets. A Transnational Crypto Deal Incumbents are keen not to be left behind on the crypto curve, so much so that some of them are now joining forces.