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Over the past few months, the Monetary Authority of Singapore has issued a slew of licenses. Will the MAS continue to warm to crypto in 2024?
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Poolin, Once the World's Largest Bitcoin Mining Pool, Files Chapter 11 to Sell Texas Assets
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Thailand's SEC Files Criminal Complaint Against Bitkub Over Alleged Cover-Up of 2021 Hack
Bitkub says its founders quietly covered the loss to prevent a bank run and that no customer was ever harmed, but the SEC's case rests on the argument that concealing the theft from regulators was itself the violation.