US clears stock perps, and how Binance got hacked
In short
- US clears perpetual futures on single stocks
- Binance's $6.3bn hack began with a fake job interview
- Taiwan drafts rules for stablecoin issuers
- Bank of Korea asks 31 firms about crypto hack risk
- Tether says it holds 150,000 bitcoin
- $630bn
CFTC clears perpetual futures on US stocks for the first time
Markets
CFTC, CoinDesk - $2.85bn
Binance's $6.3bn hack began with a fake job interview, it says
Custody
CoinDesk - NT$300m
Taiwan drafts stablecoin rules with NT$300m bar for non-banks
Stablecoins
TokenPost, Bloomingbit - 31 firms
Bank of Korea quizzes 31 banks and brokers on crypto hack risk
Regulation
CoinDesk - 150,000
Tether says it holds 150,000 bitcoin, 50,000 above its last report
Stablecoins
CoinDesk