Following a challenging period for crypto startups, venture capital investments saw a significant uptick in 2024. According to recent reports from Bloomberg, VC funds increased by nearly one-third from the end of last year. During the first three months of 2024, investments in crypto startups hit $2.5 billion, marking a 32% rise from the preceding quarter and...
Digital asset investment products have reached a record inflow for the year after receiving $646 million from investors mainly interested in Bitcoin last week. According to CoinShares, cryptocurrency investment vehicles have garnered over $13.8 billion in 2024’s first four months. The milestone coincided with interest in Bitcoin (BTC), as the token experienced demand from Wall Street...
The volume of venture investments in the crypto industry reached $2 billion in the first quarter of this year. Crypto Koryo experts noted that the $2 billion figure broke a two-year downward trend and notched a 38% increase in investments compared to the fourth quarter of 2023. The number of transactions increased by 49% to 250. Although...
Traders continue to make big money using meme coins amid the continuous market rally and Bitcoin’s recovery to $70,000. Lookonchain analysts paid attention to a trader who traded 89 meme coins since March 21. Only 26 of them were profitable, with a winning percentage of less than 30%. However, the trader got lucky, making $690,000 on ANIME...
Investment products based on digital assets attracted $2.9 billion in the week from March 11 to March 15. According to a report from CoinShares, capital inflows broke the previously set record of $2.7 billion. The latest week’s inflows take year-to-date inflows to $13.2 billion, topping 2021 total inflows of $10.6 billion. At the same time, trading volumes for...
SEREMBAN: A retired manager lost more than RM500,000 of her savings in an online phone scam. Seremban police chief Asst Comm Mohamad Hatta Che Din said the victim, who used to work in a private company, lodged a report on Tuesday (March 5) upon realising that she had been scammed. "The victim had been communicating via WhatsApp...
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim wants efforts to reduce the country's fiscal deficit to continue so that future generations will not be burdened. He said continuous efforts and initiatives are important for the country to achieve a lower fiscal deficit target, while at the same time continuing to restore the confidence of domestic and...
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia Bhd recorded an improved financial performance in FY23 as operating revenue rose amid an increase in trading activity In the fourth quarter of the financial year ended Dec 31, 2023, the stock exchange operator registered a net profit of RM59.55mil as compared to RM49.01mil in the same quarter in 2022. The exchange's basic earnings per...
ALOR GAJAH: The Melaka state government will announce its new water tariff on Wednesday (Jan 24) by prioritising the interests of consumers and stakeholders, says Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh. He said the water tariff adjustment would not burden the consumers too much, thus helping the sustainability of supply to all parties. "The ceiling level...
SEOUL: It reads like a K-drama plot: an ex-spy kidnaps a woman from an upscale district of Seoul over a crypto dispute, then kills her with drugs from a plastic surgery clinic. The case of purported spy-turned-hitman Lee Kyung-woo, who was sentenced to life in prison in October, has shocked South Korea, a safe and almost drug-free...
