– HTX exchange (formerly Huobi Global) has been hacked for the fourth time in two months, losing $13.6 million in a hot wallet hack.
– The exchange has promised to fully compensate for the losses and guarantee the safety of user funds.
– Binance has agreed to plead guilty to violating the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act and will pay $4.3 billion in penalties and forfeiture to the U.S. Justice Department.
– Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has also pled guilty to violating the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act and has stepped down as CEO.
– The Bank of Korea is inviting 100,000 Korean citizens to participate in a pilot test of its central bank digital currency (CBDC).