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SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador has repaid an $800 million bond, Finance Minister Alejandro Zelaya said on Monday, the same day the bond was set to mature, as the Central American country faced pressure to make progress in cutting debt.

El Salvador says it has repaid $800 million bond maturing January

The ETH/BTC currency pair has declined 8% since Jan 11, as the price increase in bitcoin has been more pronounced than ether’s; BTC hovers near $23K in Monday trading.

SEC's 'one-dimensional' approach is slowing Bitcoin progress: Grayscale CEO

The ETH/BTC currency pair has declined 8% since Jan 11, as the price increase in bitcoin has been more pronounced than ether’s; BTC hovers near $23K in...

Bitcoin edged higher to the US$23,000 resistance line, while Ether traded little changed in mixed early morning trading in Asia on Tuesday.

The CEO of cryptocurrency asset management firm Grayscale Investments, Michael Sonnenshein, slammed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its conduct enforcing regulation on the crypto industry calling its approach “one-dimensional.”

The ETH/BTC currency pair has declined 8% since Jan 11, as the price increase in bitcoin has been more pronounced than ether’s; BTC hovers near $23K in Monday trading.#ethbtc #btc

As widely suspected, the notorious Lazarus Group was behind last June’s massive exploit.

FBI said N. Korea’s theft of virtual currency used to support missile and weapons programmes. Read more at straitstimes.com.

On January 13, the groups used a privacy protocol called Railgun to launder over $60 million worth of ethereum stolen during the theft in June, the FBI said in a statement.

An FBI investigation has confirmed that DPRK-linked hackers were behind the Harmony Bridge exploit, with the FBI stating the stolen funds go towards funding ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction.