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Former Coinbase Investment Chief Now Manages Evernorth’s 473M XRP

Key Takeaways Hugo Jeandesboz leads a treasury that held about 473 million XRP at closing. His responsibilities span allocation, liquidity, trading and custody relationships. Evernorth targets growth in XRP per share through active investment strategies. Former Coinbase Executive Takes Charge of Evernorth’s XRP An XRP treasury holding approximately 473 million tokens at closing now has…

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Ledger Extends Regional Retail Freeze Across SEA and Hong Kong as Teardowns Find Spy Implants Beyond CryptoBilis

Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has formally requested all authorized resellers and distributors across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong to pull all Ledger products off store shelves and suspend sales immediately while an investigation into physical…

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South Korea Blocks 27 Crypto Exchange Websites, Including KuCoin and MEXC

KuCoin, MEXC, and 25 other overseas crypto platforms face website restrictions in South Korea for operating without required local registration. South Korea is expanding its crackdown on unregistered exchanges. Financial authorities have ordered blocks on 27 overseas cryptocurrency exchange websites operating without registration in the country. The list includes major platforms such as KuCoin,…

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An OpenAI Employee Allegedly Used a Chatbot to Help Plant a Recording Device at the Office

An engineer at OpenAI allegedly concealed an audio recording device in a piece of toilet paper and attached it behind a monitor inside an executive conference room at one of the company’s San Francisco offices, according to a criminal complaint unsealed on Tuesday. Abdulrahman Alfozan, who federal prosecutors describe as a 35-year-old Saudi Arabian national…

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