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Binance finance chief Kaiser Ng to leave after five years, Yi He says
Binance's chief financial officer, Kaiser Ng, is leaving the exchange after more than five years, co-CEO Yi He said. Justin Yek, formerly of Airwallex, will replace him.
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Electrum patches flaw that let rogue servers redirect Bitcoin payments
Electrum released version 4.8.3 on 24 October to fix a high-severity bug that let malicious servers inject fake transactions and send users' fee-bumps to attacker addresses. One user has confirmed a…
CoinDCX confirms $16m loss after CEO called wallet activity a false alarm
The Indian exchange says 15.99 million USDT drained from retired deposit wallets after an automated transfer system failed, three days after Sumit Gupta dismissed the activity as a false alarm.
Kalshi partners with S&P Dow Jones Indices on financial event contracts
S&P Dow Jones Indices will make Kalshi a preferred venue for contracts tied to its benchmarks, and the two firms will explore indexes built on prediction market data.
NBA names Kalshi and Polymarket preferred prediction-market exchanges
The NBA has made Kalshi and Polymarket its preferred prediction-market exchanges, giving both access to official league data and trademarks while keeping approval rights over which contracts can…
South Korea weighs fourth delay to crypto gains tax, pushing start to 2029
Officials are leaning towards postponing the levy, due in January, because the US will not share crypto trading data until 2029. Parliament must approve any change, with a decision expected by early…
Canada opens consultation on draft stablecoin rules that keep yield ban
Canada has begun a 60-day consultation, ending 23 December, on draft stablecoin rules that bar issuers from paying interest and require non-bank issuers to hold reserves with Canadian institutions.
