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Jeanhee Kim

Jeanhee has edited marquee features such as the Crain’s New York Business 40 Under 40, Fast 50 and Most Powerful Women. As a contributing editor for Forbes Asia in 2021 she edited the debut of the 100 to Watch. Earlier she worked as a producer at Oxygen Media and Meredith Interactive and as a writer or editor at Money and Working Woman magazines.

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March 2022

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Biden pushes the U.S. on CBDCs in sweeping crypto executive order

Ukraine cancels crypto airdrop, promises NFTs

Polkadot, crypto companies donate millions to Ukraine

US asks crypto exchanges to comply with Russian sanctions: report

March 2022

Peirce dissents from SEC’s US$100M BlockFi settlement

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, dubbed Crypto Mom, dissented in Monday’s US$100M BlockFi settlement, saying the punishment does not fit the crime.

Non-US XRP investors petition for congressional investigation of SEC

Lawyer for 63,000 XRP investors invites non-US investors to demand a congressional investigation of the SEC for impropriety.

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US asks crypto exchanges to comply with Russian sanctions: report

E-CNY chief says digital dollar poses no threat to China

US taxpayer rejects IRS refund for staking rewards

$10M in NFT money laundering, fraud likely to grow in 2022: report

FTX to buy Asian fintech Liquid for undisclosed sum

FTX reaches US$32B valuation after closing $400M series C

February 2022

Digital dollar leaps closer to reality with new Fed paper

Though the world’s most powerful central bank does not stake a position, its discussion paper is a big step toward supporting a future US digital currency.

Crypto.com discloses details of US$34M hack

The fast-growing crypto exchange Crypto.com discloses large amounts of Bitcoin and Ether were stolen from 483 customers.

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FTX reaches US$32B valuation after closing $400M series C

Amid SEC lawsuit, Ripple buys back stock and raises value to US$15B

Crypto market briefly up, then falls as US Fed leaves interest rates unchanged

SEC wins time to resist crucial document handover to Ripple in XRP lawsuit

Russia central bank calls for ban on crypto

Animoca Brands valued at US$5B after latest fundraise

Fed nominee looks to Congress for guidance on US digital dollar

Kim Kardashian sued for alleged crypto pump-and-dump

Ripple responds to SEC motion to strike its fair notice defense

US central bank chief says he will tackle higher inflation

Amid riots over fuel prices, Kazakhstan government resigns

January 2022

CBDC tracker shows U.S. falling further behind

Of the Big Four central banks, including those of the EU, UK and Japan, only the Federal Reserve has not progressed beyond research mode in central bank digital currencies.

Top crypto CEOs face House committee grappling with regulations

Stablecoins, US dollar primacy and energy consumption were among the topics in the questioning homing in on how to regulate the crypto industry.

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Amid riots over fuel prices, Kazakhstan government resigns

Latest Elon Musk plug sends Dogecoin price soaring — briefly

Elon Musk named Time Person of the Year

INX exec says crypto CEOs should talk to the SEC

Fidelity launches spot Bitcoin ETF in Canada

Self-proclaimed Satoshi to pay US$100M in damages

Yellen clarifies anti-money-laundering reporting rules for DeFi

SEC chair Gensler calls stablecoins ‘poker chips’ again

Stocks, Bitcoin fall on Omicron, inflation concerns

Crypto exchange Bullish announces soft launch

December 2021

US$66 billion at stake but only mild interest in Bitcoin trial

The outcome of a Miami civil trial may uncover who Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto really was, and who owns his rumored US$66 billion in Bitcoin.

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Crypto exchange Bullish announces soft launch

Hex Trust to provide financial services for Animoca gamers

Animoca to cover victims’ losses in Phantom Galaxies-related hack

U.S. develops crypto-asset ‘roadmap’; is the Fedcoin on its way?

Ontology partners with bloXmove on decentralized transport infrastructure

Martha Stewart releases Thanksgiving-themed NFTs

AVAX hits all-time high after Ava Labs’ deal with Deloitte

ICBC agrees to Federal Reserve risk compliance measures

SEC enlists court to compel Terraform Labs and its CEO to testify

SEC rejects spot Bitcoin ETF

Mayor says Miami will pay crypto dividends to residents

Double-whammy U.S. inflation news sends Bitcoin flirting with US$69,000

CityCoins announces debut of NYCCoin

Miami and NYC leaders vie for crypto-mayor title

Eric Adams wants New York to have a cryptocurrency

November 2021

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Eric Adams wants New York to have a cryptocurrency

Hong Kong issues technical white paper on e-HKD

October 2021

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Hong Kong issues technical white paper on e-HKD

October 2021

Special Series, Part 2: China lays digital groundwork for a new Silk Road

How China’s deployment of the digital yuan intertwines economics with geopolitics and concrete with virtual infrastructure, from Cambodia to the Caribbean.
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Special series, Part 1: China bets on the blockchain

Long before most governments, the Asian superpower saw the potential in Bitcoin’s technology to spawn the next internet and a new form of money.
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Hong Kong issues technical white paper on e-HKD