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NY judge denies CFTC motion to halt enforcement action against Kalshi
A New York federal judge has denied a request from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to pause an enforcement action targeting the prediction market platform Kalshi, keeping…
Nigeria sets crypto tax collection rules for digital asset platforms
Nigeria has introduced a formal framework detailing how tax obligations apply to cryptocurrency transactions, requiring digital asset platforms to collect and remit levies on…
Bitcoin nears $64,000 as traders look past Strategy's BTC sales and Coldcard sweeps
Bitcoin pushed toward $64,000 on Tuesday, climbing 1.9% over the past 24 hours as traders shrugged off a fresh wave of dormantwallet movements and continued selling from corporate…
Bitcoin nears $64,000 as traders look past the fourth Coldcard sweep
Bitcoin climbed toward the $64,000 mark on Tuesday, gaining 1.9% over the past 24 hours as traders shrugged off news of a fourth Coldcard wallet sweep and pushed most major…
A bitcoin wallet dormant since 2013 moved $31 million, and it's not the only one
A bitcoin wallet that had sat untouched for more than a decade sprang to life on Monday, transferring roughly $31 million worth of the cryptocurrency — and it is far from the only…
Bitmine adds $19.6M in ETH, repurchases 4.5M shares
Bitmine Immersion Technologies has expanded its Ethereum holdings with a fresh purchase of roughly $19.6 million worth of ETH, while simultaneously buying back millions of its own…
Mastercard completes $1.8B BVNK acquisition in stablecoin push
Mastercard has finalized its $1.8 billion acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK, marking a significant step in the payments giant's expansion into digitalasset…
Malaysia Blockchain Week’s OnlyFans scandal, lonely heart scammed for $3.3M: Asia Express
A single week of romancebased crypto investment fraud drained roughly $9 million from victims in Hong Kong, while Malaysian officials expressed outrage over a controversial…
Caleb & Brown expands to UK, betting on untapped crypto demand
Australian crypto brokerage Caleb & Brown is opening its doors in the United Kingdom, a move the firm says is aimed at capturing a segment of wealthy investors it believes remains…
Boltz pauses service after wave of AI-assisted hacking attempts
Boltz, a noncustodial cryptocurrency swap protocol, has temporarily suspended its services after facing a barrage of hacking attempts that the company says were bolstered by…
Marmot Researchers Turn to OnlyFans for Funding—And There Are Meme Coins Too
A team of scientists studying marmots has turned to the adultcontent platform OnlyFans to keep decades of ecological research funded—and unsurprisingly for the crypto era,…
U.S. FBI intelligence agent arrested in connection with theft of $1 million in crypto
An FBI intelligence agent with topsecret security clearance has been arrested and charged in connection with the theft of roughly $1 million in cryptocurrency, allegedly siphoned…
Former FBI Agent Charged With Stealing Nearly $1 Million in Crypto and Using ChatGPT for Investment Advice
A former FBI counterintelligence supervisor has been charged with stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency from wallets connected to federal investigations, with prosecutors…
FalconX cuts 10% of workforce amid prolonged crypto market slump: Report
FalconX, the digital asset prime brokerage, has reportedly laid off roughly 10% of its workforce as the crypto industry continues to grapple with a prolonged market downturn,…
BlackRock Launches Tokenized Money Market Funds on Solana, Ethereum
BlackRock has expanded its tokenized money market fund offering onto multiple blockchains, launching a product designed for stablecoin reserves that now runs on Solana in addition…
Trump Family’s American Bitcoin Tops 8,000 BTC After Record Mining Quarter
American Bitcoin, the crypto mining venture backed by members of the Trump family, has pushed its Bitcoin treasury past 8,000 BTC following a recordbreaking quarter of mining…
BlackRock launches tokenized money market funds for stablecoin reserves
BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has rolled out two blockchainbased money market funds engineered specifically to serve as reserve assets for stablecoin issuers under…
Tom Lee’s Bitmine Buys More Ethereum, Adds to Stock Buyback
BitMine Immersion Technologies, the Ethereum treasury firm chaired by Fundstrat's Tom Lee, has expanded both its cryptocurrency stockpile and its share repurchase program, the…
Trump-linked American Bitcoin president Matt Prusak departs for Giga Energy
Matt Prusak, president of the Eric Trumpbacked mining company American Bitcoin, is stepping down from his role to join Giga Energy, an AI power infrastructure firm, in a move that…
Hashdex to shut smallest Bitcoin ETF after more than two years
Hashdex is winding down its spot Bitcoin exchangetraded fund, marking the closure of the smallest USlisted product of its kind after more than two years on the market. A Fund That…
- Senate Punts Clarity Act Vote to September as Democrats Hold Out
- CleanSpark misses Wall Street revenue estimates as shares sink
- Catapult Draws KuCoin Ventures Backing as Fundraising Round Continues
- Coldcard fallout shows up onchain as 210,000 bitcoin leaves old wallets
- Stripe-owned Bridge joins EU MiCA register after Luxembourg approval
