New York permanently bars Celsius founder Mashinsky in $35M fraud settlement
The agreement resolves a 2023 civil fraud lawsuit against the Celsius founder and permanently bars him from the cryptocurrency, securities and commodities industries.
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US plans to seize $1B in crypto linked to Iran this week: Scott Bessent
The Treasury Department has announced several digital asset seizures related to sanctions on Iran as part of US sanctions.
OpenAI and Anthropic Are Quietly Rehearsing for the Day After an AI Catastrophe
Top executives at Anthropic, OpenAI, and other AI companies are privately rehearsing how to handle the public and political backlash after a catastrophic AI event, according to an Axios report published Friday.
Bitcoin Rebound Looks Fragile as ETF Outflows Give Way to Leverage
The Ethereum price stands at $2,598 on Wednesday morning, 3.9 percent below the previous day, while the US spot ETFs report a sixth consecutive trading day of net outflows. This article shows which levels below still ho…
U.S. CFTC moves to fold event contracts into swaps regulations as legal fight rages
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is making its pursuit of exclusive prediction markets authority a formal effort, putting a new definition in place on Friday and proposing other changes that collectively se…
THORChain exec accuses Tether of temporarily freezing USDT vaults
Chad Barraford, technical co-founder of the network, said that the funds were frozen and then unfrozen without explanation.
Ledger investigates fund losses linked to Southeast Asian reseller, warns users
Hardware wallet maker Ledger probes losses tied to reseller CryptoBilis, as researchers separately estimate more than $72 million to $86 million in suspected crypto thefts.
Bitcoin Rebounds After Rough Week, But Traders Are Pricing In More Downside
The crypto markets are breathing today, with the total capitalization up 2.1% to $2.89 trillion on Friday. The bounce recovers only part of the damage, since the market stood above $3 trillion a week ago, when Bitcoin w…
Robinhood Chain considers technology that gives paying traders priority
Robinhood Chain, the popular Layer-2 blockchain tailor-made for tokenized real-world financial assets, is evaluating a transaction-ordering system that would allow users to pay a fee to prioritize certain trades, accord…
HSBC, Ant Digital test AI-agent payments using tokenized deposits
The technical trial showed how AI agents could discover services and make micropayments using HSBC’s tokenized deposits, with real-time settlement and risk checks.
U.S. Plans to Seize Another $1B in Iran-Linked Crypto, Bessent Says
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CLARITY Act News: Andrew Cuomo Calls Its Failure ‘Murder On The Orient Express’
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the CLARITY Act collapsed mainly because of election-year politics. Speaking onstage at OKX, he said it was âmurder on the Orient Express for a number of reasons, but basical…
What’s Next For Bitcoin, Ethereum And XRP Prices?
Fresh tension in the Middle East hit crypto hard, with prices falling within minutes of the headlines. Nick Valdez of VerifiedInvesting.com says that if Bitcoin keeps sliding, a few key support levels will decide how fa…
Senate Democrat Presses Cantor Fitzgerald on Tether Ties and Lutnick Family Profits
Sen. Richard Blumenthal is asking Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald to hand over records on its business relationship with Tether, the issuer of USDT, the world’s largest stablecoin—the dollar-pegged digital asset that…
Blockchain.com pursues CFTC approval for prediction markets: CNBC
The crypto company has reportedly applied for two licenses with the US commodities regulatory as the courts weigh prediction markets cases.
Pi Network News: Pi Explores Stablecoins to Expand Ecosystem Utility
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Ledger Probes Potential Theft of $87M in User Funds Tied to Crypto Wallet Reseller
Ledger is telling some customers to hold off on setting up their hardware wallets.
DWF Labs Subsidiaries Sue BitGo for $141 Million Over Early Token Sales
Two companies tied to crypto market maker DWF Labs have taken BitGo to court, alleging the custodian dumped locked-up tokens early and tanked their value, in a $141 million dispute now before London’s High Court.
Blockchain.com Seeks Approval for US Prediction Markets and Crypto Derivatives
Blockchain.com is making a bid to join the U.S. prediction-market boom, telling CNBC it has applied to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for licenses to offer event contracts and cryptocurrency derivatives to Ame…
Dragonfly partner rejects ‘bunker mode’ doomerism, calls for proactive blockchain measures
Dragonfly’s Qureshi argued that asset migration is not a real solution in case of AI models breaking cryptographic signatures, and urged blockchains to adopt proactive measures.
Ethereum Exchange Reserves Hit Six-Month Low as Withdrawals Surge
Ethereum is taking a beating, but investors arenât necessarily heading for the exits. Ethereum exchange reserves on Binance have fallen to a six month low even as ETHâs price slides, raising a question, are holders …
Ledger Hack: $86.9 Million Reportedly Drained Across 98 Wallet Addresses
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Crypto Biz: Wealthy investors are buying crypto, but their advisers aren’t sold
Wealthy investors are embracing crypto faster than their advisers, while OKX attracts new funding and Strategy shifts more capital toward preferred stock buybacks.
Bitcoin consolidates near $82.5K as crypto weathers Ledger theft reports
Bitcoin and crypto markets eyed a recovery from Thursday’s drop despite concerns of another hardware wallet exploit.