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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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South Korea seeks fourth delay to 22% crypto gains tax, moving it to 2029
Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il says the government wants to postpone the 22% tax on crypto gains by two years, to 2029, and add a three-year loss carryforward. Lawmakers must amend the Income Tax…
MEXC CEO Vugar Usi Zade says issuer brand risk drives tokenised stock objections
The MEXC chief tells Bitcoin.com News that companies such as Amazon and Tesla fear blame if unauthorised tokenised versions of their shares fail, not tokenisation itself.
Bitcoin and Ether ETFs draw $128m as crypto rebounds after US midterms
US spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs ended their outflow runs on 4 November, pulling in $74.6m and $53m respectively as crypto markets recovered after the midterm elections.
Binance and Polymarket seek Polygon hard fork to recover $6.8m in stolen POL
The two platforms have proposed a governance vote on a hard fork that would move about 70.49 million POL from five attacker-controlled addresses into recovery wallets.
Nova Scotia judge orders Bitcoin wallet returned to convicted murderer William Sandeson
Justice John Bodurtha ruled that prosecutors had not shown the Bitcoin in William Sandeson's seized laptop was tied to crime, ordering the device handed to his family while C$5,000 in cash stays…
Matt Corallo says 80% chance Great Consensus Cleanup is Bitcoin's next soft fork
The BIP-54 upgrade, proposed in 2019, would fix four long-standing consensus flaws. Developer Matt Corallo puts its chances of going next at 80%, though critics call it janitorial work.
