ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Nepal has found that despite the official ban on trading digital assets, cryptocurrencies are still widely used to facilitate online fraud.The Financial Intelligence Unit is a specialized department of Nepal Rastra Bank, the central bank of Nepal, responsible for monitoring and combating financial fraud, including money laundering and terrorist financing.In the "Strategic Analysis Report" released on November 18, the Financial Intelligence Unit noted an increase in the use of cryptocurrencies for money laundering by criminals. The report stated that fraudsters convert illegal funds into cryptocurrencies, which poses challenges for authorities in tracking and recovering the funds.

ChainCatcher news, according to the Korea Economic Daily, South Korean financial regulators will strengthen their monitoring of the market, particularly focusing on stocks related to Donald Trump and the increasing volatility in the cryptocurrency sector. This decision was made following the recent election results in the United States and the latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement from the Federal Reserve. At a meeting on November 8, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) Commissioner Lee Bok-hyun emphasized that strict measures should be taken against market manipulation and the spreading of unfounded rumors if there is evidence to support it.

ChainCatcher news, according to SBS Biz, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) of South Korea will strengthen its cryptocurrency monitoring system based on the "Virtual Asset User Protection Act." The FSS will improve its methods for collecting and processing cryptocurrency data and establish its own standards for identifying suspicious transactions. It also plans to develop standards for monitoring price fluctuations and spikes in trading volume.In addition, the regulatory agency will enhance its management of data received from overseas cryptocurrency exchanges, including transaction records and policy actions. The agency has allocated approximately 150 million won (108,000 USD) for these upgrades, with the goal of completing them by the first quarter of next year.

ChainCatcher news, the South Korean Ministry of Finance stated on Monday that Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok vowed to strengthen market monitoring and respond swiftly to excessive volatility under an emergency plan to address weak growth data and global uncertainties at the economic officials' meeting held in Seoul. Choi Sang-mok said, "The government will pay special attention to the signs of economic uncertainty shown in the third quarter GDP data and closely monitor the detailed market conditions both domestically and internationally." Data shows that South Korea's GDP grew by 0.1% quarter-on-quarter in the third quarter, below market expectations.Choi Sang-mok pointed out that the upcoming U.S. presidential election, the economic situation in major countries, and the crisis in the Middle East are major risks. "With our emergency plan and close cooperation with other relevant agencies, the government will respond swiftly to excessive volatility in the financial and foreign exchange markets that deviates from economic fundamentals." (Yonhap News)

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, at the exact second Binance announced the listing of the MOODENG perpetual contract, a user spent 1,300 SOL to purchase 2.77 million MOODENG and quickly sold it for a total value of 2,109 SOL, earning 809 SOL (140,000 USD).The user employed the same strategy yesterday when Binance announced the listing of the GOAT perpetual contract, earning 99 SOL (17,000 USD).

ChainCatcher message, according to Scam Sniffer monitoring, an hour ago, the Inferno Drainer wallet address transferred 2,845 ETH (worth 7.5 million USD) of stolen funds to multiple new addresses.

ChainCatcher message, Cobo co-founder and CEO Shen Yu commented on the theft incident involving Radiant Capital, stating that the measures the industry can currently take against this complex attack are:Project teams and security companies should conduct detailed inspections of high-privilege sensitive contracts, first setting a time lock (even a short time lock of 10 minutes can effectively mitigate attacks), and adding an automated monitoring and alert mechanism.First, obtain and parse the information to be signed from the hardware wallet via the app, providing a temporary mitigation for the blind signing issue of the hardware wallet.Integrate the parsing function for complex transactions within the hardware wallet to enhance transaction transparency and security.

According to ChainCatcher news, monitored by Lookonchain, institutional custody service provider ceffu accumulated 1,988 bitcoins (worth $120.88 million) at an average price of $60,815 from October 10 to 11.Three hours ago, ceffu transferred 1,133 bitcoins to Binance, valued at approximately $72.57 million, at an average price of $64,047, realizing a profit of about $3.66 million.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Binance will expand the monitoring tags to include more tokens, such as: Bluzelle (BLZ), CLV (CLV), SelfKey (KEY), Prosper (PROS), VITE (VITE).And remove the seed tags for PENDLE and SEI.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Arkham has announced support for monitoring the Bitcoin mining company Core Scientific.Since the beginning of 2023, Core Scientific has mined Bitcoin worth over $710 million, making it the second largest publicly traded Bitcoin miner in the world. Arkham has tagged over 1,250 Core Scientific Bitcoin addresses used for mining, storage, and transfers, and publicly identified these addresses.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Arkham has announced support for monitoring the Bitcoin holdings of the Bhutanese government.These Bitcoin holdings come from the Bitcoin mining activities conducted by Druk Holdings, the investment arm of the Kingdom of Bhutan.According to Arkham data, the Bhutanese government currently holds 13,029 BTC, worth approximately $754.54 million.

According to ChainCatcher news, as monitored by ZachXBT, as of today, all four stablecoin issuers (Paxful, Tether, Techteryx, Circle) have blacklisted the following two addresses, which are held by the Lazarus Group with 4.96 million dollars. An additional 1.65 million dollars have been frozen across various exchanges, bringing the total amount frozen in this investigation to 6.98 million dollars.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Arkham has announced support for monitoring the mining and holding addresses of the Bitcoin mining company Ionic Digital, which has acquired all mining assets of the bankrupt lending institution Celsius.

ChainCatcher message, Telegram Wallet posted on social media: "We are closely monitoring the recent news regarding Telegram founder Pavel Durov, but these events will not affect the operation of the Wallet in any way."

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Bank of England have released their Pyxtrial project report, which aims to monitor the reserve status of asset-backed stablecoins and tokenized assets, to be used for stablecoin balance sheet regulation, thereby helping countries respond more effectively to the risks posed by stablecoins. Currently, the system is not yet fully prepared for launch. Countries have also emphasized concerns about the recent runs on stablecoins.The Bank for International Settlements also stated that Pyxtrial has the potential to monitor tokenized products backed by real-world assets (RWA).

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Arkham announced that Blast has gone live on Arkham, and data from the Blast chain is now available on Arkham.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the on-chain risk analysis platform Chaos Labs has announced the launch of the Jupiter risk monitoring and alert platform.Jupiter users can monitor trading volume, open contracts, trader profits and losses, market liquidity, and liquidation data through this platform.

ChainCatcher news, the Financial Supervisory Service of Korea announced today that it has collaborated with local exchanges to develop a 24-hour monitoring system to screen for any suspicious activities in the cryptocurrency market.The new system will go live on July 19, the same day the first regulatory framework for cryptocurrency investor protection in Korea will take effect. The Financial Supervisory Service stated that from January to May this year, it has established a standardized reporting format for transaction data submitted by local trading platforms and has built a system to distinguish between irregular transactions and other transactions based on this.

ChainCatcher news, as the "Virtual Asset User Protection Act" came into effect in July, South Korean financial authorities announced a collaboration with virtual asset exchanges to develop "Continuous Abnormal Trading Monitoring Guidelines." The Financial Supervisory Service has established a unified trading data table standard that can detect abnormal trading, and each exchange has also set up computer systems. The main newly added trading information accumulation items include market information and trading order intermediary information.In addition, a reporting system has been established between the financial regulatory authority and the exchanges. The exchange plans to detect abnormal trading through a regular monitoring system and identify suspicious unfair trading by analyzing sales data, account opening information, order media information, and deposit and withdrawal information.