New Bitcoin “Memestrategy” from 9Gag, CEO Bonus 3.5 million dollars: Asia Express

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Meme Culture Pioneer 9gag is diving in Bitcoin and Blockchain, and he publicly listed Hong Kong with plans to convert it into an encryption and AI project.

Ray Chan, co -founder of 9gag, acquired A seat in Howwkingtech International Holdings Limited and plans to convert the company into the Web3 group.

Chan he has Proposal The company renamed to mestrategy, a reference to Microstrategy (now strategy), which has spread the PlayBook book for Bitcoin’s accumulation. He will be the position of Chairman and CEO, pending the approval of the shareholders, and many members of the 9gag team joined the Board of Directors.

Memestrategy aims to integrate Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies into its public budget while investing in promising startups Web3 and AI. Its strategy benefits from the global influence of the 9gag community on the Internet to advance growth.

Founded 9Gag in 2008, and is one of the most meme platforms and viral content on the Internet. With more than 200 million followers across Instagram, Tiktok, X and other social media channels, it gives Memestrategy a global fans integrated to marketing and user participation.

The company also explained the initiatives under the so -called “Creator Economy 4.0”, aimed at helping creators to liquefy their IP through web3 tools. It also plans to develop DePin services (decentralized physical infrastructure network) by integrating its work into the ancient Internet of Things with decentralized infrastructure models.

Memestrategy is not the first Chan’s invasion in Web3. He and the former 9gag team were launched, a studio for projects behind several NFT projects, including Captainz and Potatoz.

Bethumb

A former BitHumb executive has received the time behind bars to accept bribes associated with a symbolic list of millions of dollars in the company as part of a wider increase in encryption exchanges after 2024 profitable.

Sang John, former CEO of Bethome Holdings, was paid nearly 4.7 billion Korean (about $ 3.5 million) last year, according The annual reportAs mentioned by the state -backed news port yonhap. This includes a bonus of 2 billion o’clock ($ 1.4 million), 2.2 billion WNA ($ 1.5 million) pension salary, and about 470 million winners (320,000 dollars) in the basic salary, despite my conviction and sentenced in December 2024.

Lee Li Yong Hoon, former Board of Bo -Board of the Bithumb, should not be confused with fraud charges, a decision that the Supreme Court recently supported. The Stock Exchange also paid a reward of 1 billion WNA ($ 740,000) to Lee Yong Hoon.

Lee Sang-Jun was convicted in December 2024 and was convicted of accepting luxury gifts and deviations for the distinctive symbol lists. While the general prosecutors claimed that he received 30 billion winners (about 20 million dollars) in cash, the court cleared him of this charge, but it supported a guilty judgment in other forms of bribery. He was sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of about 50 million o’clock ($ 37,000).

The local portfolio was martyred as a bithumb spokesman who defended the payment, saying that I have played a major role in carrying out the company’s operations, such as creating the institutional foundations of Bithumb and improving customer assets.

Bithumb was not the only exchange of encryption in South Korea that reached huge checks in the wake of a recovery in 2024. DonamoYonhap, the APBIT player, which paid the Chairman of the Board of Directors Chi Hyung more than $ 110 billion (82 million dollars) last year.

South Korea’s best encryption operations have received similar salaries for major banks. Upbit employees received nearly 200 million WNDs ($ 147,000) in 2024, an increase of 71 % over the previous year. Bithumb employees have seen their average salaries to 116 million WNA (85,000 dollars) from 99 million WON ($ 68,000).

34 prison more than 63.5 million dollars WeChat fraud

A Chinese court sentenced 34 individuals to prison on charges of organizing a widespread fraud in cryptocurrencies that intensify approximately 30,000 victims out of 460 million yuan (about 63.5 million dollars). The ruling was issued by the Intermediate Court Official WeChat account.

According to the court, the fraud episode built a fraudulent commercial platform called Ourbit (Ourbit), which it claimed was a registered exchange in Singapore with financial licenses from the United States and the United Kingdom. The features of promoting the platform such as “zero slip” and “innovative stopping tools”, and presented fake trading plans that simulate the real bitcoin market data. I included nine fake encrypted currencies to create an illustrative and professional trading environment.

To attract investors, the group members presented “teachers” investment in WeChat groups, where they published fake profit screenshots and encouraged users to try the platform. The victims were lured using high -level products, and in many cases, their balances were erased due to the trading conditions that were manipulated.

The statute, in fact, was a closed system as users were betting without knowledge against the same platform without any connection to the foreign markets. The data has been manipulated to run margin calls and fake fluctuations. For the few users who have made great profits, the platform will freeze the clouds or push them to re -invest until all the money is lost.

Behind the operation was organized with sections of business, products and artistic operations. The first -level agents were recruited with promises of high commission and were provided with experimental accounts to attract sub -factors and victims. The fraud operates with a clear division of work, and the agents used pre -stadiums and fake accreditation data to preserve the illusion of legitimacy.

The court ruled that the defendants, under the leadership of a man with the title of Cheng, are participating in fraud by manufacturing facts and hiding the nature of the platform to obtain money illegally. The issue was divided into multiple experiences due to its complexity and the number of defendants. All rulings are now in effect, as the prison terms range from three to twelve years, along with fines.

More Japanese companies buy bitcoin

Japanese mobile phone developer has become the latest company in Japan to adopt Bitcoin, announcing plans to buy 100 million yuan (about 660,000 dollars) of the encrypted currency between April 1 and April 4 through a local encryption exchange.

ENISH, known as web3 de: Lithe Last Memories, said the acquisition is part of its wider payment to WEB3. The company put this step as a way to deepen its technical understanding of Blockchain technology and support the development of the future game through practical exposure.

This step follows the increasing trend between Japanese companies. Metaplanet, a former hotel operator who has turned into Web3 Venture, has become the most bitcoin buyer on the continent. Since the bitcoin focusing strategy has adopted, Metaplanet has collected more than 4200 BTC, making it the largest bitcoin bearer listed in Asia and the ninth world.

Bitcoin’s credit wave comes to companies where Japanese organizers weigh possible updates to coding control. On March 30, Nikki I mentioned The Financial Services Agency in Japan (FSA) was a bill to redress encrypted currencies as financial tools under the Financial Tools and Stock Exchange Law, which may be subject to encryption to the same trading laws from within that govern stock markets.

However, FSA has since pushed the report. In a statement by Cointelegraph on April 1, a spokesman for the agency said no decision was taken on reviews of the law or the recovery of encryption assets as financial tools.

Despite uncertainty, Japan recently took a supportive position. Organizers issued the country’s first license to deal with Stablecoins for the SBI VC trade, allowing it to support USDC in Circle. The government is also advancing on tax reforms that reduce capital profit tax on encryption from 55 % to 20 %, and FSA fell ban on the money traded on the encrypted stock exchange.

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Johan Yun

Yohan Yun is a multimedia journalist covering Blockchain since 2017. He has contributed to Crypto Media Outlet Forkast as an editor, and has covered Asian technology stories as an assistant correspondent for Bloomberg Bna and Forbes. He spends his spare time cooking, trying new recipes.