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South Korea's Central Bank Shifts Digital Currency Focus Away From Private Stablecoins
South Korea's banking leadership is drawing a clear line in the sand on digital assets. The Bank of Korea's newly appointed governor delivered a poin...
Iranian Scammers Exploit Shipping Crisis With Cryptocurrency Extortion Scheme
The geopolitical tensions gripping the Middle East have spawned a new breed of threat—crypto-savvy scammers demanding bitcoin and USDT from maritime o...
BitMEX Strengthens Institutional Trading With Zodia Custody Partnership for Segregated Collateral
BitMEX is making a calculated move to differentiate itself in the competitive crypto derivatives market. The exchange has partnered with Zodia Custod...
Gotti's Grandson Gets Prison Time for Crypto-Laundering Stolen COVID Relief Cash
Peter Gotti Jr. , grandson of notorious Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, just pleaded guilty to wire fraud—and the scheme's details read like a m...
Fraudsters Weaponizing Crypto to Extort Stranded Vessels in Hormuz Chokepoint
Shipping companies stuck near the Strait of Hormuz are facing a sophisticated scam: fraudsters posing as Iranian authorities demanding Bitcoin and USD...
Philippine Regulators Crack Down on dYdX and Six Unauthorized Crypto Platforms
The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) just dropped a major warning: seven crypto trading platforms are operating illegally in the co...
New Bank of Korea Governor Signals Strong Push for CBDCs and Tokenized Deposits
The newly appointed Governor of the Bank of Korea, Shin Hyun-song, has made his policy priorities crystal clear in his inaugural address: central bank...
European Banking Consortium Backs Fireblocks to Build Regulated Euro Stablecoin Before 2026
A 12-bank European consortium led by Qivalis has tapped Fireblocks to build infrastructure for a MiCA-compliant euro stablecoin, positioning themselve...
The Rise of Physical Crypto Theft: How a Fake Police Raid Netted $1M in Bitcoin
A sophisticated fake police raid in France just exposed a critical gap in crypto security—one that no amount of encryption can solve. Attackers posin...
Senate Republicans Push CLARITY Act Markup to May Amid Banking-Crypto Stablecoin Standoff
US Senator Thom Tillis is pumping the brakes on crypto market structure legislation, urging Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott to delay the CLARITY Act ma...
First Amendment Shield: Crypto Developers Argue Code Publishing Is Protected Speech, Not Regulated Conduct
Crypto software developers face mounting legal uncertainty, and a powerful crypto lobby is fighting back with constitutional arguments. Following las...
New York Lawmaker Pushes AI Dividend as Automation Threatens Mass Job Displacement
A New York state assemblymember running for Congress has unveiled an ambitious proposal to cushion American workers against AI-driven unemployment: th...
John Oliver Slams Prediction Markets as Easy Targets for Manipulation—And He's Not Holding Back
Last Week Tonight host John Oliver took aim at prediction market platforms this week, delivering a scathing critique of regulatory gaps, market manipu...
New York Challenger Pitches 'AI Dividend' as Tech Displacement Safety Net
Congressional candidate Alex Bores is floating a policy idea that cuts through the noise of AI hype to address a real concern: what happens when autom...
Bybit Bets Big on Malaysia's Crypto Future With $8M Hata Investment
Bybit is doubling down on Southeast Asia's crypto opportunity. The world's fifth-largest crypto exchange by trading volume just led an $8 million Ser...
UK Energy Company Under Fire for Bitcoin Mining Pivot—Here's What's Really Going On
Reabold Resources is getting hammered by critics over its controversial plan to leverage a decommissioned gas field for bitcoin mining operations, tho...
SEC Under Paul Atkins Signals Historic Pivot: One Year of Crypto-Friendly Regulation
Since Paul Atkins took the helm of the US Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2025, the regulatory landscape for crypto has undergone a dr...
NSA Quietly Deploys Anthropic's Claude Mythos on Classified Networks—Even With Pentagon Lawsuit Pending
The contradiction is stark: while the Department of Defense wages legal war against Anthropic in court, the NSA is actively running the company's most...
Ocean Network Taps Into Billions in Idle GPU Computing Power With New Marketplace Model
The GPU crunch isn't stopping anytime soon—but Ocean Network has spotted an opportunity in all those underutilized machines sitting idle across the gl...
Coinbase Brings Crypto-Backed Lending to UK—Bitcoin and Ethereum Borrowing Now Available Across the Atlantic
Coinbase is extending its crypto lending play internationally. The exchange has rolled out Bitcoin and Ethereum-backed loans to UK users, following t...