USMS Contractor’s Son Identified in $40M Theft of Seized Bitfinex Funds
John Daghita, son of the CEO of federal contractor CMDSS, allegedly siphoned $40M+ from USMS wallets, including seized Bitfinex funds,...
BlackRock Files for Bitcoin Covered Call ETF; Volatility ‘Cannibalization’ Fears Mount
BlackRock's new ETF strategy trades Bitcoin's upside for fixed income, a move critics warn could suppress volatility and leave retail...
Illicit Crypto Volume Hits $158B as Russia Activates ‘A7A5’ Stablecoin Network
A new TRM Labs report reveals a 145% surge in illicit crypto flows for 2025, driven almost entirely by Russian...
Fidelity Challenges Tether with ‘FIDD’ Stablecoin Launch on Ethereum
Fidelity leverages its new OCC charter to launch the Fidelity Digital Dollar (FIDD) on Ethereum, challenging Tether and Circle with...
WisdomTree Deploys Full Tokenized Suite to Solana; Network RWA TVL Breaks $1B
Institutional rails arrive on Solana as the $159B asset manager opens its entire fleet of tokenized funds to retail and...
ECB Frames Digital Euro as Critical Defense Against “Weaponised” Payments
ECB Executive Piero Cipollone warns Europe is dependent on the "kindness of strangers," framing the Digital Euro as a shield...
Aave Corners 51% of DeFi Lending; Analysts Flag $460M Safety Net Vulnerability
Aave's lending market share hits 51.3%, effectively establishing a monopoly backed by a thin $460M safety module.
Ethereum Deployment of ERC-8004 Signals ‘Trust Layer’ Bid in AI Agent Economy
Authored by Google and Ethereum Foundation engineers, the new standard introduces on-chain reputation registries to challenge Solana's dominance in the...
Standard Chartered: Stablecoins to Drain $500B from US Regional Banks by 2028
Geoff Kendrick predicts a $500 billion deposit exodus from US regional banks by 2028 as stablecoins evolve into the dominant...
Tether Amasses $23B Gold Hoard in Swiss Bunker; Ardoino Eyes ‘Central Bank’ Status
Tether's gold reserves hit 140 tonnes—rivaling nation-states—as CEO Paolo Ardoino confirms a 'central bank' strategy stored in a Swiss nuclear...