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South Korea seeks extradition of Luna cryptocurrency founder

South Korea has announced that it will seek the extradition of fugitive crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon following the arrest of the founder of Terraform in Montenegro and an outright denial by the US of fraud charges. This was reported by the prosecutor’s office on Friday to the news agency AFP. Kwon, who goes by the name Kwon Do-hyun, has been accused of a scam that rocked the global…
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Vetted Brands

Nike's third-quarter profit declined.

American sports goods giant Nike reported a decline in third-quarter earnings on Tuesday despite beating Street expectations. The company reported revenue of $1.24 billion, or $0.79 per share. This compares with $1.40 billion, or $0.87 per share in third quarter of…
FintechPodcast

Flutterwave denies that N2.9B was stolen by hackers.

African fintech unicorn Flutterwave has denied losing the sum of  ₦2,949,557,867 to hackers. It was earlier reported on Sunday that hackers stole the sum of ₦2,949,557,867, from the accounts of the company and over 300 customers were affected by the fraudulent…
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The hacker allegedly stole N2.9 billion from Flutterwave.

Reports have it that ₦2,949,557,867 has been illegally transferred from the accounts of African fintech unicorn, Flutterwave. The tech giant’s counsel, Albert Onimole, reported the case to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Intelligence Department, Panti, Yaba, Techcabal reported. According to Onimole’s letter, the hack on Flutterwave’s accounts occurred about some weeks ago…
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Events

Another earthquake shook the Turkish-Syrian border.

Six people have died in the earthquake that hit the Syrian-Turkish border on Monday, just two weeks after more than 47,000 people died and hundreds of thousands of homes were destroyed. The latest quake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck near the city of Antakya in…
Business Ranks

DMO raised N724.9B in a bond auction in February.

The Debt Management Office has announced that it raised N724.9 billion in February 2023 Federal Government bond auction. DBO said it was a 100% increase compared to the previous year. The auction, which was held on February 13, 2023, saw a total of 577 bids worth N724.9 billion received for the total amount offered of N360 billion. The total amount allotted was N771.56 billion, with…
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FintechPodcast

Fear as Binance Suspends USD Deposits and Withdrawals.

Crypto exchange, Binance has announced that it will temporarily suspend USD deposits and withdrawals on February 8th because of an administrative issue. A Binance spokeswoman told WatcherGuru that affected clients would be notified individually and that the suspension…
Podcast

5 Google Bard Features You Should Know.

Technology company, Google has said it is planning to release its own conversational Artificial Intelligence service called Bard. The conversational AI service is strengthened by Language Model for Dialogue Applications which seeks to provide better services for users and…
FintechPodcast

The first female winner took part in the InterswitchSPAK competition.

Orevaoghene Whiskey of Top Faith International School, Akwa Ibom State, has been crowned the best STEM student in Nigeria, following the conclusion of the fourth edition of the InterswitchSPAK National Science Competition, a CSR initiative of Africa’s leading integrated payments and digital commerce company, Interswitch. Whiskey, 16, won the grand prize of N7.5 million in scholarship, among…
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