How Egypt’s New 9 p.m. Curfew Will Affect Visitors

The decision also does not apply to public and tourist establishments in South Sinai, Luxor, Aswan, Hurghada, or Marsa Alam. Nationwide, grocery stores, supermarkets, fruit and vegetable shops, bakeries, pharmacies, and tourist-licensed restaurants and cafés at airports, seaports, and train stations are all exempt, too. Before the new rule was introduced, tourism in Egypt had…

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Bithumb Files to Seize Bitcoin From Holdouts After $43B Blunder

In brief Bithumb has filed provisional asset seizure applications through South Korean courts to recover 7 BTC worth $496,000 from holdout users. The legal action follows a February trading system error that mistakenly distributed 620,000 BTC worth over $43 billion to user accounts. South Korea’s Financial Services Commission has mandated five-minute balance reconciliation for all…

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