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G7 Escalates Crypto Enforcement Push as North Korea's Digital Theft Spree Expands Beyond Bitcoin
The Group of Seven is amplifying pressure on North Korean cybercriminals, expanding their policy focus beyond cryptocurrency theft to encompass the fu...
CME Plans Legal Challenge Against CFTC's Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Decision
CME Group's outgoing CEO Terry Duffy is taking regulatory action against what he sees as regulatory overreach. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange will f...
Bitcoin's Long Road Back: Market Cap Recovery Could Take Until Mid-2030s
Bitcoin's path to reclaiming its position among the world's top-five assets by market capitalization could stretch into the mid-2030s—a sobering timel...
Aztec's Second Major Breach Exposes Dangers of Abandoned Code: $2.1M Drained in a Week
Aztec just got hit again. The privacy-focused crypto protocol suffered a second $2.
Bitcoin Holds Ground at $64K: Is $60K the Real Floor After Fed Rhetoric Shift?
Bitcoin's inability to decisively break below $64,100 tells us something important about current market structure. After Kevin Warsh's hawkish debut—...
Grayscale Brings Wall Street Playbook to DeFi: AAVE Hits $175 Valuation Target
Grayscale and CoinShares are importing traditional finance valuation frameworks into the crypto space, signaling how institutional money is reshaping ...
Michelle Bond Faces FTX Campaign Finance Trial as Federal Judge Rejects Dismissal Bid
A federal judge has dealt a significant blow to Michelle Bond's legal defense by rejecting her motion to dismiss campaign finance charges connected to...
Florida Crypto Promoter Admits Guilt in $1.8B HyperFund Scheme
Rodney "Bitcoin Rodney" Burton has pleaded guilty to his role in one of crypto's most brazen Ponzi operations. The Florida-based promoter, known for ...
Block's AI Coding Assistant Tackles Quarter of Development Workload in Major Crypto Infrastructure Push
Jack Dorsey's Block is stepping into the AI-assisted development space with Builderbot, a tool designed to bridge the gap between existing AI coding s...
France's Quantum Encryption Mandate Could Reshape Crypto Security Standards by 2030
France's cybersecurity authority is drawing a line in the sand: get quantum-resistant or get blocked. The nation's ANSSI agency (National Cybersecuri...
Kentucky Targets Major Prediction Market Platforms in Aggressive Legal Push
Kentucky has joined the growing legal assault on prediction market platforms, filing suit against Polymarket and Kalshi—along with the latter's financ...
Tether Abandons Gold-Backed Stablecoin aUSDT, Refocuses on Core Offerings
Tether is pulling the plug on aUSDT, its gold-backed derivative stablecoin, signaling a strategic pivot toward its flagship products where market dema...
France's 2027 Quantum Encryption Mandate Could Reshape Crypto Security Standards
French government cybersecurity researchers are drawing a hard line: starting in 2027, they'll no longer certify security products that don't incorpor...
Fed's Warsh Signals Shift While Trump's Iran Rhetoric Stokes Crypto Volatility
The crypto market is navigating treacherous waters as conflicting signals from Washington pile up. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's recent comment...
AI Is Infiltrating Therapy Rooms—And Psychologists Are Divided on Whether That's Good or Bad
More than a third of psychologists now report that their patients are bringing AI into clinical sessions as a supplementary mental health tool, accord...
Federal Court Sides With Michigan: Polymarket Prediction Markets Escape CFTC's Regulatory Grasp—For Now
A Michigan federal judge just delivered a significant ruling that clarifies the regulatory landscape for crypto-based prediction markets, and it's not...
Gambling Lobby Pushes Congress to Clip CFTC's Wings Over Prediction Markets
Gambling industry groups are making a direct play to Congress, urging senators to pass legislation that would strip the Commodity Futures Trading Comm...
FTX's Hidden SpaceX Bet Could Unlock Billions for Bankrupt Crypto Exchange Creditors
FTX's collapse devastated investors and customers, but the defunct crypto exchange held one potentially lucrative asset nobody was talking about: a me...
Bitcoin-Backed Candidate Secures Alabama Senate Seat as Crypto's Political Influence Escalates
The crypto industry just flexed its political muscle in a major way. An Alabama Republican candidate backed by a cryptocurrency company's PAC won the...
Bitcoin's Sell Pressure Easing as Spot Liquidity Strengthens—Will BTC Reclaim $70K?
Bitcoin just flashed a critical signal: realized losses dropped 46%, suggesting capitulation isn't as severe as feared. According to Glassnode's late...