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South Korea has lost $5 billion due to crypto-related crime over the past five years as fraud and scams surge across Asia. China’s Sichuan province looks to weigh the effects of a crypto mining ban on the region’s hydropower generation. Back in South Korea, crypto is becoming a reason for couples to get divorced. More on that story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

May 28, 2021

The total global cryptocurrency market cap bounces back and is flirting around $1.8 trillion. Experts tell Forkast.News that bitcoin is acting as a “safe haven” for the market, and ether’s long-term potential may be more attractive for some.

May 21, 2021

The Asian crypto markets continued to struggle as investors turned towards stablecoins to minimize losses. Mass BTC long positions were liquidated across exchanges in Asia, but Singapore-based Bybit tells us that the numbers don’t tell the full story. Meanwhile, decentralized finance lending protocol Maple Finance brings DeFi to institutions.

May 20, 2021

The crypto market nosedives as bitcoin dips below $40K for the first time since Feb. 8, the day when Tesla’s $1.5 billion bitcoin purchase was made public. The market plunge follows the newest warning to crypto trading in China, reminding banks and online platforms cannot provide crypto services. Inner Mongolia banned cryptocurrency mining earlier this year. Now, it’s setting up a reporting platform to catch miners that aren’t following the rules. We’ll have more on that story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

May 19, 2021

Since its launch, Singapore’s DBS Bank’s Q1 performance unveiled how its digital assets exchange performed for the first time.

May 19, 2021

Banks are headlining blockchain and distributed ledger technology developments in Singapore as Deutsche Bank and Singapore and Hashtacs, or STACS, announce the completion of Project Benja, which tested an end-to-end bond lifecycle management. In Korea, game developer WeMade is entrusting its USD $130 million crypto holdings to the Kookmin bank-backed custody service KODA.

May 18, 2021

Bitcoin is tumbling with market sentiment shifting from FOMO to FUD. Singapore-based crypto exchange Bybit spots a rare negative Bitcoin funding rate amidst falling crypto prices, but NFT adoption is holding strong as the 2007 Youtube hit “Charlie Bit Me” gets tokenized on the blockchain.

May 17, 2021

The Asian crypto industry reacts to the US Department of Justice and Internal Revenue Service money laundering probe into Binance. In South Korea, the nation’s largest internet company plans to join Bank of Korea’s CBDC ventures. Over in Singapore, Southeast Asia’s largest lender DBS Bank expands its crypto services for its private bank clients by launching a crypto trust solution. More on that story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

May 14, 2021

The meme coin craze takes Asia by storm as SHIB goes for best in show. A plan to tax crypto trading is being floated in Indonesia. Virtual is the new reality as Zepeto partners with The Sandbox to launch NFTs. More on that story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

May 13, 2021

Tesla’s Elon Musk backtracks on accepting bitcoin as payment for environmental reasons, and the Chinese mining industry reacts. A blockchain unicorn is born in Hong Kong as Animoca Brands raises $88 million in a new round of fundraising. Huobi Group launches a venture arm for blockchain and DeFi investments. More on that story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

May 13, 2021