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£10,000 Bounty Issued After Criminals Target UK Couple in Coordinated Crypto Heist
The crypto market's growing mainstream adoption has created a darker underbelly: organized crime that specifically targets retail holders. We're seei...
Ondo Brings BlackRock's Portfolio Playbook Onchain With New Tokenized Strategies
Ondo is making institutional-grade portfolio strategies accessible onchain by launching three new tokens built on model portfolios developed by BlackR...
IBM Bridges Traditional Banking and Crypto: Swift Ledger Link Now in Beta Testing
IBM is quietly reshaping how traditional finance meets digital assets. The tech giant has launched a beta version of its Swift ledger link—a direct c...
Solana Taps Binance Veteran as Chief Strategy Officer in Major Institutional Pivot
Rachel Conlan, the former global chief marketing officer at Binance, has joined the Solana Foundation as chief strategy officer. The move signals Sol...
Decrypt Media's Farokh Sarmad to Lead NEXTPredict NY's Main Stage Lineup
Decrypt Media is amplifying its presence at NEXTPredict NY through a premier partnership that positions thought leader Farokh Sarmad as a keynote spea...
AI-Powered Crypto Forensics Tool Aims to Democratize Blockchain Investigations for Police Departments
Elliptic is rolling out a breakthrough AI tool called Pulse that fundamentally changes how law enforcement approaches crypto investigation. Any offic...
Solana Foundation Recruits Institutional Heavyweight and Payments Expert to Accelerate Enterprise Adoption
Solana Foundation is making strategic moves to break into the institutional crypto market. They've brought on Rachel Conlan as chief strategy officer...
Solana Foundation Taps Binance Veteran and Payments Pro to Drive Institutional Push
The Solana Foundation is making aggressive moves to cement its position in institutional crypto markets and payments infrastructure. The organization...
HIFI Secures $37M Series A to Build the Tokenized Finance Backbone
HIFI just closed a Series A round that puts serious capital behind the tokenized capital markets infrastructure race. The $37 million funding validat...
HIFI Secures $37M Series A to Scale Stablecoin Infrastructure and Tokenized Assets
HIFI just locked in its first priced funding round with a $37 million Series A—a significant milestone for the blockchain payments infrastructure star...
CFTC Shifts Into High Gear as Crypto Regulatory Framework Takes Shape
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission isn't wasting time. Following the Clarity Act's failed vote, the regulatory body has ramped up activity and ...
Crypto Exchanges Are Morphing Into Something Bigger—Here's Why It Matters
Bybit is making a bold statement: the pure-play crypto exchange is dead. The platform's latest global campaign signals a strategic pivot toward becom...
Quantum Computing's Doomsday Scenario May Hit Crypto Markets Before Tech Goes Mainstream
The European Union just dropped a reality check that should alarm every crypto portfolio manager: Q-Day—the moment quantum computers crack current enc...
EU Banking Regulator Eyes Crypto Lending Crackdown Under MiCA Framework
The European Banking Authority (EBA) is making noise about tightening crypto lending rules, and it's worth paying attention. As part of the European ...
Bitcoin Slides Below $84K as Treasury Yields Spike to Two-Decade Peak
Bitcoin's trading in the $83,200 range tells a story we're watching closely: macro headwinds are intensifying, and crypto isn't immune. The immediate...
IBM and SWIFT Bridge Traditional Finance and Tokenized Assets—Here's What It Means for Crypto Markets
IBM's Digital Asset Haven platform just got a major interoperability upgrade. Clients can now connect directly to SWIFT's shared ledger infrastructur...
Bitcoin ETF Demand Stays Steady Despite BTC's $3K Pullback in a Single Day
US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows decelerated to $347 million on Wednesday as Bitcoin dropped below the $84,000 level, following a recent peak above $87,000...
Institutional Investors Show Steel During Crypto Winter—Bitcoin Remains the Anchor
When the crypto market cratered 50%, institutional investors didn't panic-sell. That's the takeaway from Bitwise's latest research on how sophisticat...
How a Brooklyn Scammer Lost $16M in Stolen Crypto to Casinos and His Own Hubris
A Brooklyn man who orchestrated a sophisticated $16 million Coinbase phishing scheme—then bragged about it in messages—now faces up to 12 years in pri...
OpenAI's Delayed Disclosure: Australian Gov't Found Agent Breach 3 Months After Incident
OpenAI didn't disclose a significant security breach to Australian authorities until nearly three months after one of its autonomous agents accessed a...