North Korean hackers set up 3 shell companies to scam crypto devs

A subgroup of the North Korea-linked hacker organization Lazarus set up three shell companies, two in the US, to deliver malware to unsuspecting users. The three sham crypto consulting firms — BlockNovas, Angeloper Agency and SoftGlide — are being used by the North Korean hacker group Contagious Interview to distribute malware through fake job interviews, … Read more

Saylor holding 10M BTC won’t ‘threaten the protocol,’ says author

Key Takeaways Bitcoin Standard author Saifedean Ammous says that even if one entity owned a huge amount of Bitcoin, it wouldn’t hurt the protocol Ammous reiterated major companies like BlackRock and Strategy don’t own the Bitcoin they hold since it belongs to the investors Ammous said if these companies ever abused their position, people would … Read more

SEC bids to drop securities suit against Dragonchain over crypto ICO

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is looking to drop its unregistered securities lawsuit against blockchain firm Dragonchain in the agency’s latest crypto-related backdown.  In a joint stipulation filed with Dragonchain on April 24 in a Seattle federal court, the SEC said it “believes the dismissal of this case is appropriate,” citing the work of … Read more

FX option expiries for Apr 25 NY cut

FX option expiries for Apr 25 NY cut at 10:00 Eastern Time via DTCC can be found below. EUR/USD: EUR amounts 1.1200 907m 1.1400 1b 1.1440 1.1b 1.1450 602m USD/JPY: USD amounts                                  140.00 1.1b 145.00 1.7b 146.00 861m AUD/USD: AUD amounts 0.6150 406m 0.6300 408m 0.6425 725m USD/CAD: USD amounts        1.3800 2.2b 1.4000 2.2b 1.4130 550m EUR/GBP: EUR … Read more

Angels from Citadel, Jane Street, JPMorgan back $20M raise for Theo network

Theo, a provider of onchain trading infrastructure, has raised $20 million from 17 investors to enhance its institutional-grade trading platform aimed at retail investors. The funding round was co-led by Hack VC and Anthos Capital, with additional participation from venture capital firms Manifold Trading, Miranda Ventures, Flowdesk, MEXC and Amber Group, Theo disclosed on April … Read more