Alleged $165M crypto Ponzi mastermind faces US charges after Fiji deportation
Prosecutors allege Edward Zimbardi collected crypto from thousands of investors, lost over $34 million on currency trades and spent at...
Day: August 17, 2026
‘Fabricated rumors’ about BitMart founder, Binance bStocks dominate: Asia Express
Binance’s bStocks are the second largest tokenized stock issuer just two months after launch, and BitMart’s internal feud erupts into...
Binance Pay Expands Crypto Payments to 3,700 Bhutan Merchants
Binance Pay has connected with DK Bank’s domestic QR network, enabling cryptocurrency payments at more than 3,700 merchants across Bhutan....
Bank of Russia Limits Crypto Equity to 25% for Market Brokers
The new rules, which target professional market participants, dictate that cryptocurrencies approved for trading must be included in the calculation...
HIVE Digital Lands $350M AI Deal With 5-Year Cloud Contract
HIVE Digital Technologies’ BUZZ HPC unit has signed a five-year AI cloud services contract worth about $350 million. The agreement...
Deribit Secures Dubai Broker-Dealer License via Coinbase
Deribit, the derivatives exchange Coinbase acquired for $2.9 billion, secured a Broker-Dealer Licence from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA)...
OCC approves Trump family crypto company for trust charter
The US financial regulator gave conditional approval for World Liberty Financial’s charter bid as ten Democrats signed onto a bill...
Binance to plan UK relaunch with FCA license application: Report
Binance’s UK arm has been barred from offering regulated activities in the country since June 2021, but the company will...
ZEC Breaks $500 as 4.3% Daily Gain Puts XMR Further Behind
Zcash rallied over 4.3% to cross $518, bringing its market cap to $8.65 billion and widening its lead over monero...
Strive Buys 79 Bitcoin, Expands Its $1.27B Corporate BTC War Chest
Strive Inc. scooped up 79 bitcoin for roughly $5 million, pushing its corporate treasury to 20,246 BTC as of Aug....
Bessent Seeks Industry Feedback to Shape New GENIUS Rules
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to clarify issues still unclear in...
Fidelity Leads $389.7M Bitcoin ETF Weekly Outflow With $153M Exit
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $389.7 million in net outflows during the week of August 10 to August 14, reversing...
CFTC seeks public input on AI compute futures contracts as CME eyes October launch
The regulatory review could shape an emerging market that lets companies and investors trade and hedge the cost of increasingly...
US Treasury moves forward with rules on GENIUS Act after July deadline
The stablecoin bill signed into law last year is scheduled to go into effect in January 2027, potentially without finalized...
Bitcoin hits $64K as gold gains while oil shakes off Trump Oman threat
Bitcoin price strength saw BTC/USD pass $64,000 on 2% daily gains as gold pushed higher while US stocks wobbled on...
