Regulations
South Korea Blacklists North Korean Crypto Thieves, Flags Wallet Addresses
The government sanctions targeted four individuals and seven institutions – some with alleged ties to the elite North Korean hacking group Lazarus.

Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius Seeks to Raise $14M From Bitmain Mining Vouchers
The company joins mining firm Core Scientific in trying to offload the assets before they expire, with funds used to repay creditors

Russian Cybercrime Gang Trickbot Sanctioned by US, UK
According to Chainalysis, Trickbot is the second-highest earning cybercrime group, and has extorted at least $724 million in crypto.

Stablecoin Issuer Paxos Is Being Investigated by New York Regulator
The scope of the crypto-related investigation is not yet clear.

IRS Seeks Court Approval to Identify Kraken Crypto Customers
The U.S. tax agency is looking to examine Kraken's books and papers.

Kraken to Shut US Crypto-Staking Service, Pay $30M Fine in SEC Settlement
The announcement by the U.S. regulator confirms a CoinDesk scoop from earlier Thursday.

Kraken fechará serviço de criptografia dos EUA e pagará multa de US$ 30 milhões em acordo com a SEC
O anúncio do regulador dos EUA confirma um furo da CoinDesk na quinta-feira.

Kraken Agreed to Shutter US Crypto-Staking Operations to Settle SEC Charges: Source
The SEC is meeting in a closed-door session on Thursday.

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Propose Installing Monitoring Software on His Phone
At a hearing in New York on Thursday, Judge Lewis Kaplan indicated that he was concerned about Bankman-Fried’s ability to hide or delete his communications.

Binance Seeks Lobbyist as EU Finalizes Crypto Rules
The leading crypto exchange wants to extend its influence into the increasingly regulated bloc.
