Israel Sets Strike Targets on Iran, Focusing on Economic and Infrastructure Damage

Iran Collected Strait of Hormuz Toll in Foreign Currency, Not Bitcoin

Iran's central bank announced that the first transit fee collected from ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz was paid in "cash foreign currency," contradicting earlier reports that the toll would be collected in cryptocurrency. The payment was deposited directly into bank accounts in foreign c

South Korea's KRX Cites Global Digital Asset Exchange's Korean Stock Products as Reason to Extend Trading Hours

Gate News message, April 24 — South Korea's Korea Exchange (KRX) cited the listing of Korean stock market products by a major global digital asset exchange as justification for extending trading hours. The exchange said it needs to extend trading hours and improve market infrastructure to compete fo

India's Central Bank Pilots Digital Rupee for Welfare Payments, Eyes BRICS CBDC Interoperability

Gate News message, April 24 — India's central bank is piloting digital rupee (e-rupee) payments across approximately 10 initiatives to distribute roughly $80 billion in welfare subsidies, aiming to reduce leakage and corruption while identifying practical use cases for its CBDC. In Maharashtra,

Iran's Vice President Vows Strong Response to Attacks on Energy Facilities

Gate News message, April 24 — Iran's Vice President Ismail Sagheb Isfahan announced on April 24 that Iran will respond forcefully to any attacks on its energy facilities. Speaking at a rally in Islamshahr, Isfahan stated that if adversaries misjudge the situation, Iran's strategy will escalate

Bernie Sanders: Crypto projects like WLFI have contributed more than $3 billion to the Trump family

American independent senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont posted on the X platform on April 24, citing a report published in the January issue of The New Yorker, listing a breakdown of the income allegedly earned by the Trump family through cryptocurrency, Gulf transactions, and other sources, with an estimated total of $4.05 billion.

U.S. sanctions Cambodian officials’ billion-dollar scam resort! Tether freezes more than $344 million in USDT

The U.S. Treasury Department and the Department of Justice have recently launched a joint law enforcement action targeting “pig butchering” romance scams involving cryptocurrencies that have become increasingly rampant in Southeast Asia. In an official announcement, the government has imposed sanctions on Cambodian Senator Kok An and 28 individuals and entities within his criminal network, accusing them of using political influence and their network of casino compounds to shelter large-scale fraud and human trafficking activities. Estimates indicate that these scam operations have led to losses for U.S. residents of as much as $10 billion in a single year. In conjunction with this crackdown, the stablecoin issuer Rether has also frozen more than $344 million in digital assets involved in the case. Romance “Pig Butchering” scams: U.S. residents lose over $10 billion in a single year In recent years, multinational criminal organizations based in Southeast Asia have made extensive use of the scam method known as “Pig Butchering.” Scammers will, through social media or messaging apps, spend months