Priya Chen
Priya Chen covers news for Doctorcrypto, with a focus on breaking news and the day’s biggest stories.
South Korean regulator begins sanctions process against Dunamu: Report
South Korea's financial watchdog has reportedly opened a sanctions procedure against Dunamu, the operator of the country's largest crypto exchange Upbit, following a security…
Bitcoin’s quantum problem gets a recovery tool, but not for Satoshi’s 1.1 million coins
Bitcoin developers have long fretted about the day quantum computers become powerful enough to crack the cryptography protecting user wallets. Now a research group called Project…
Inside Zcash's new node that targets Visa-scale privacy at 50,000 transactions per second
Zcash Aims for VisaScale Privacy With New Zakura Node Zcash developers have launched Zakura, a new node client that marks the first live component of an ambitious effort to scale…
Trump targets Brazil's payments system while dollar stablecoins are quietly overtaking country's payments
The Trump administration has set its sights on Brazil's homegrown payments infrastructure, viewing Latin America's largest economy as a potential challenge to dollar dominance —…
Kaspersky identifies malware framework targeting crypto investors
Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has uncovered a sophisticated malware framework that is going after cryptocurrency investors, using deceptive social engineering schemes and…
Cardano Pumps as Network Moves to Further Decentralize Development
Cardano's ADA token surged this week as Input Output, the development firm behind the blockchain, announced plans to distribute its core infrastructure responsibilities among…
Three Men Jailed for Posing as Police in $5.3M UK Crypto Fraud
Three men have been sentenced to prison in the United Kingdom after orchestrating an elaborate scam that saw them impersonate police officers to steal roughly $5.3 million in…
The British Virgin Islands are a top crypto hub no one ever talks about: Here’s why
The British Virgin Islands has quietly become one of the crypto industry's most popular jurisdictions, drawing major exchanges and blockchain firms including Kraken, Bitstamp,…
Trump teleprompter operator made $100K betting on Kalshi markets tied to speeches: ABC
A White House staffer responsible for operating President Donald Trump's teleprompter reportedly earned roughly $100,000 by placing bets on prediction market contracts tied to the…
Galaxy targets institutional stablecoin yield with new DeFi vaults
Galaxy Digital has unveiled a new decentralized finance platform designed to bring onchain yield opportunities to institutional investors, tapping into the growing appetite for…
US Senate Unanimously Opposes Sam Bankman-Fried Pardon
The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved a nonbinding resolution declaring that convicted FTX founder Sam BankmanFried should "under no circumstances" be granted a pardon or any…
What Is BIP-110 and Why Is It Dividing the Bitcoin Community?
A newly proposed change to Bitcoin's software has reignited a fierce governance battle, pitting developers, miners, and industry figures against one another over whether the…
Base Creator Jesse Pollak Steps Back From App Leadership After Admitting Social Bet 'Was Wrong'
Jesse Pollak, the creator of Coinbase's Base network, announced he is stepping back from leading the Base App and returning it to Coinbase, acknowledging that the project's…
DeepMind CEO Says AGI Will Be Bigger Than Electricity or Fire
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has declared that artificial general intelligence could reshape human civilization more profoundly than the discovery of fire or the harnessing…
Ethereum Foundation Turns AI Loose on ETH Network to Find Bugs Before Hackers Do
Ethereum Foundation Deploys AI Agents to Hunt Security Flaws The Ethereum Foundation has begun unleashing artificial intelligence agents on the blockchain's codebase, tasking…
Bitcoin’s quantum dilemma: Bigger blocks or STARK proofs?
Bitcoin's developers are confronting a threat that once belonged in the realm of science fiction: the prospect that quantum computers could one day break the cryptography…
Aave rolls out vaults for yield-hungry fintech investors
Aave Launches Stable Vaults to Bring OnChain Yield to Fintech Apps Decentralized lending powerhouse Aave is making a renewed push toward mainstream finance, unveiling a product…
Age verification is the surveillance nobody voted for
Two of the most farreaching online safety proposals in the United States and Europe softened their most controversial features this week, yet both quietly preserved a mandate that…
Latin America’s biggest stock exchange now offers options on bitcoin, ether and solana futures
B3, the largest stock exchange in Latin America, has expanded its digital asset offerings by introducing options tied to bitcoin, ether and solana futures — a first for the region…
Russia's largest private bank Alfa-Bank tests crypto trading
AlfaBank, Russia's largest privately owned lender, has quietly begun testing cryptocurrency trading services in a pilot restricted to qualified investors, marking a significant…
- OpenAI Models Escaped Locked Test Environment, Hacked Hugging Face to Cheat on Benchmark
- Crypto Clarity Act still at mercy of ethics section as Democrats balk at Trump deal
- Catapult Draws KuCoin Ventures Backing as Fundraising Round Continues
- Movement Labs files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after months of MOVE token turmoil
- Ether breaks the $1.9K resistance; is $2.1K the next target for ETH bulls?
