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Thailand's Bitkub Faces Criminal Probe After Regulators Uncover $47M Hack Cover-Up
Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed criminal charges against Bitkub, one of the country's largest crypto exchanges, alongsid...
South Korea's Biggest Bank Enters Blockchain Cross-Border Payments via JPMorgan's Kinexys
KB Kookmin Bank, South Korea's largest lender, is moving into blockchain-powered cross-border payments. According to Yonhap, the bank plans to launch...
SEC's Vault Crackdown: When Crypto Storage Becomes Fund Management
Hester Peirce, the SEC's most crypto-friendly commissioner, just dropped a regulatory curveball that's shaking the industry. She's flagging something...
Storj Navigates Chapter 11 While Exploring Tokenholders' Equity Route
Storj has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but here's what matters: the decentralized storage network will keep running. The company is ac...
Goldman Sachs Backing Can't Save CLARITY Act as BitMEX Prepares Exit
## The CLARITY Act's Unlikely Collapse Here's what we're watching: despite heavyweight support from Goldman Sachs, Fidelity, and law enforcement, the...
Hot Wallet Hack Costs Triple-A $11.8M as Attacker Continues Draining New Deposits
Triple-A, a crypto custody and payment platform, is in damage-control mode after attackers drained $11. 8 million from its hot wallet—and they're stil...
CFTC Cracks Down Again: Prediction Markets Must Ditch Cookie-Cutter Approvals
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) just issued its second warning this year targeting prediction markets for lazy self-certification prac...
Russia's Financial Giant Gears Up for Crypto Trading Infrastructure Push
Russia's largest bank is making a concrete move into digital assets. Sberbank—the nation's financial heavyweight—is building out cryptocurrency tradi...
BitMart's Shock Shutdown: Global CEO Blindsided by Platform Wind-Down Decision
BitMart just dropped a bombshell that underscores the chaos lurking beneath some crypto trading platforms' surfaces. The exchange's global CEO reveal...
South Korea's Banking Giant Enters JPMorgan's Blockchain Ecosystem for Cross-Border Crypto Payments
KB Kookmin Bank, South Korea's largest lender, is making a significant move into blockchain-powered finance by integrating with JPMorgan's Kinexys pla...
Binance's Monthly Red Team Ops: Why the Exchange Is Weaponizing Internal Security Tests
Binance is running monthly internal security assessments—essentially red teaming its own staff—to stay ahead of social engineering attacks that have b...
EU Sanctions HTX and Seven Other Crypto Platforms Over Russia Ties, Effective August 23
The European Union has formally added HTX to its Russia sanctions list, effectively barring the platform from processing transactions with EU resident...
Robinhood Explores Prediction Markets Partnership as Regulatory Battles Heat Up
Robinhood is in active discussions with Crypto. com about potentially integrating prediction market capabilities into its platform, according to repor...
Bitcoin Advocacy Group Enters State Department Partnership on Digital Freedom
The Bitcoin Policy Institute has secured a spot in a State Department initiative designed to tackle digital freedom challenges. The group, alongside ...
Robinhood Eyes Crypto.com Prediction Markets to Challenge Kalshi's Growing Dominance
Robinhood is in active negotiations with Crypto. com to integrate the platform's prediction markets into its trading interface, according to a Wall St...
Why Wise's Bank Charter Resubmission Could Actually Work Under New GENIUS Legislation
The OCC's rejection of Wise's US bank charter application this week stings, but the UK fintech giant shouldn't pack it in just yet. The denial cited ...
The AI Kill Switch Act: What US Lawmakers Are Actually Proposing
The crypto market watches regulatory frameworks like a hawk—and a new proposal from US lawmakers deserves serious attention. The AI Kill Switch Act w...
North Korea Busts Rogue Cyber Unit for Bank Heists and Cryptocurrency Money Laundering
North Korea has moved against a criminal network operating within its own borders—former state-sponsored cyber operatives accused of orchestrating att...
Fidelity Throws Weight Behind Senate Push for CLARITY Act as Crypto Lobby Intensifies
Fidelity is ramping up pressure on the US Senate to pass the CLARITY Act, aligning itself with a growing coalition of industry groups and crypto firms...
Defense-Focused Tech Alliance: State Department Taps Bitcoin Policy Institute, Palantir, and Anduril for Freedom Tech Initiative
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