DOJ Seizes $7.74M in Crypto Tied to North Korean Tech Ring
North Korea’s sprawling crypto laundering network has been hammered as U.S. authorities seized $7.74 million tied to fake IT jobs,...
Month: June 2025
SEC Commissioner Pushes to Streamline Crypto Regulations
Crypto regulation is poised for a breakthrough as a top SEC official champions streamlined oversight, expanded custody options, and investor-friendly...
Standard Chartered Issues Warning on Bitcoin Treasury Companies
Strategy Chairman Michael Saylor has inspired dozens of copycats with his bitcoin treasury approach. But Standard Chartered warns of dire...
Brazil Mulls Taxing Cryptocurrency to Offset Financial Transaction Tax Hike
Amid a public debate regarding an executive order that increases the current tax on financial transactions, Brazil is considering taxing...
US wants $7.7M in crypto laundered in North Korea IT worker plot
The Justice Department has filed a civil forfeiture complaint to seize crypto and NFTs allegedly tied to laundering efforts by...
China to ban owning Bitcoin? Gate.io to pay $30M over liquidations: Asia Express
Asian media outlets report unverified rumors of Chinese ban on owning Bitcoin, Gate.io faces $30M bill after perps liquidation fiasco:...
Institutional Bitcoin ETF holdings see first quarterly decline — Report
According to CoinShares, price depreciation, not selling pressure, was the main factor behind the drop in institutional BTC ETF exposure....
Circle stock jumps 167% on NYSE debut
Circle had boosted its IPO to a range of $1.05 billion on June 4 as investor demand grew significantly. Stablecoin...
Maple Finance expands to Solana, deploys yield-bearing stablecoin
Maple’s expansion to Solana is powered by Chainlink’s CCIP, which allows data transfer between EVM and SVM ecosystems. Lending platform...
Bitcoin Craters to $100K as $837M in Crypto Positions Vanish
On Thursday, bitcoin dipped to $100,426, shedding nearly 4% of its value in a single day. Bitcoin (BTC) spent the...
Report Claims ‘Infighting,’ Cease-and-Desist Hits Trump-Linked Crypto Project After Wallet Reveal
Bloomberg reports that World Liberty Financial, a company tied to Trump, has fired off a cease-and-desist letter to Fight Fight...
Circle’s NYSE Breakout Turns Heads—and Heats up Crypto Finance
Stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Financial saw its stock take off on its first day of trading, leaping from an initial...
SHA256 Strikes Back: Bitcoin’s Mining Algorithm Reclaims the Throne in 2025
When 2024 wrapped up, the SHA256 consensus algorithm used by Bitcoin ranked third in profitability, but now, as we kick...
Arca exec drops F-bomb on Circle in letter trashing its IPO
Arca was one of the earliest crypto investment firms to back Circle, Arca chief investment officer Jeff Dorman wrote in...
Global Ledger detects $15M of Garantex assets flowing despite Tether’s freeze
The situation involving Garantex “undermines the illusion of control that many still cling to,” according to Global Ledger co-founder and...
