Ethereum Foundation Backs SEAL as Address Poisoning Costs User $12M
A single user lost $12.2M to address poisoning in January, prompting the Ethereum Foundation to fund a dedicated security engineer...
Banks Demand 1-Year Freeze on ‘Skinny’ Fed Accounts for Crypto
Bank lobbyists push for a mandatory 12-month delay on crypto firm access to Fed payment rails, escalating the battle over...
Polymarket Sues Massachusetts; Asserts CFTC “Exclusive Authority” to Halt State Bans
Polymarket files a federal lawsuit against Massachusetts, arguing CFTC preemption to stop state regulators from blocking its prediction markets.
Jump Trading Backs Kalshi, Polymarket as Super Bowl Volume Hits $1.5B
Prediction markets processed $1.5 billion on Super Bowl LX as Jump Trading moves to acquire equity in Kalshi and Polymarket...
Farcaster Founders Pivot to Stablecoins, Join Stripe-Backed Tempo
Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan leave Farcaster for the $5B stablecoin network Tempo as Merkle Manufactory returns $180M to VCs.
Beijing’s Quiet $298B Treasury Directive Flashes Bitcoin Liquidity Warning
Chinese regulators advise banks to cut $298B in US Treasury exposure, spiking yields to 4.25% and threatening a liquidity crunch...
Japan Election: Takaichi Supermajority Signals End of 55% Crypto Tax
LDP secures 316 seats, clearing the path for a flat 20% crypto tax rate and reclassification of digital assets as...
MegaETH Mainnet Goes Live; Token Launch Halted for Usage Metrics
The Vitalik-backed "real-time" blockchain enters the L2 wars with a new frontend and a controversial decision to delay its token...
Cango Liquidates $305M Bitcoin for AI Pivot; Appoints Ex-Zoom Exec
Bitcoin miner Cango sells 4,451 BTC to clear debt and fund a modular GPU strategy, tapping former Zoom engineer Jack...
Bitmine Buys the Blood: Adds 40K ETH as Paper Losses Hit $8B
Tom Lee's Bitmine Immersion ignores the carnage, adding 40,613 ETH to a treasury now sitting on $8 billion in unrealized...
Saylor Ignores $5B Drawdown, Adds 1,142 BTC to MicroStrategy Vault
MicroStrategy continues its aggressive accumulation strategy despite a $5 billion unrealized loss, funding a $90 million Bitcoin purchase through fresh...
Binance Rotates $300M Into Bitcoin; SAFU Holdings Breach 10,000 BTC
Binance converts $300M of stablecoin reserves into 4,225 BTC, bringing its emergency fund total to 10,455 BTC as part of...
French Police Arrest 6 in Crypto-Ransom Kidnapping of Magistrate
A 35-year-old magistrate and her mother were held for 30 hours in a plot to extort crypto from a startup...
South Korea Raids Bithumb After $44B ‘Ghost Bitcoin’ Error
Regulators launch emergency audit after a 'fat finger' promo error distributed 15x the exchange's actual reserves, crashing local prices.
South Korea Launches ‘AI-Powered’ Crypto Dragnet After Bithumb’s $44B Blunder
Regulators activate a unified probe team after a Bithumb employee mistakenly credited users with 620,000 BTC, causing a flash crash...
Marszalek Drops $70M on AI.com; Launches ‘Agentic’ Platform at Super Bowl LX
Crypto.com's CEO pays a record $70M for AI.com, launching an autonomous agent network during Super Bowl LX as CRO price...
Tether Backs ‘t-0’ to Build Institutional Payment Rails on USDT
Tether invests in t-0 Network to enable real-time, fiat-to-fiat settlement for banks using USDT, continuing its aggressive infrastructure expansion.
BlackRock’s IBIT Options Market Implodes: $10B Volume, Hedge Fund Blowup Fears Mount
BlackRock's IBIT ETF saw a record $10 billion in volume and a $900 million options premium spike as rumors of...
Bitcoin Whales Trigger ‘FTX-Scale’ Panic as Price Dives Toward $60K
Liquidity evaporates as whales offload billions, sparking fears of a miner capitulation cycle.
Bitcoin Wicks to $61K as Whales Offload $5.8B in Historic Flush
Whales dumped 81,000 BTC in a move that liquidated $1.5 billion and sent Bitcoin briefly below $61,000.
