LMAX Breaks the Weekend Barrier: ‘Universal Exchange’ Merges Crypto & FX 24/7
LMAX Group operationalizes its 'always-on' vision, launching a unified venue that forces FX and Crypto into a single 24/7 liquidity...
Fed’s Waller: Crypto ‘Euphoria’ Dead as TradFi Reality Sets In
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller attributes the crypto market cooling to stalled legislation and institutional risk management, signaling the end...
Address Poisoning Exploits Surge: $62M Lost as ‘Fusaka’ Upgrade Inadvertently Lowers Attack Costs
Address poisoning scams claim another $12M victim as lower network fees post-Fusaka upgrade fuel a surge in dust attacks and...
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.
