Blockchain

Billionaire heiress Taylor Thomson reportedly lost over $80 million in digital assets after following investment advice linked to a psychic.  According to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report on Monday, Thomson, who’s part of the […]

The US Treasury is exploring whether identity checks should be built directly into decentralized finance (DeFi) smart contracts, a move critics warn could rewrite the very foundations of permissionless finance. Last week, the agency opened […]

Thai authorities have arrested a South Korean man accused of helping a call center gang launder cryptocurrencies into gold worth more than $50 million. The Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) said officers apprehended Han, 33, […]

Japanese financial conglomerate SBI inked new blockchain partnerships with USDC issuer Circle, XRP developer Ripple and the Web3 company Startale. SBI Group announced the three separate partnerships on Friday, including stablecoin-related collaborations with US companies […]

The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on Kyrgyzstan’s financial sector and crypto networks allegedly used by Russia to bypass Western restrictions, targeting an alleged $9.3 billion rouble-backed stablecoin operation. The new measures build on more […]

A federal judge in New York ordered Eddy Alexandre, founder of the collapsed crypto platform EminiFX, to pay more than $228 million in restitution after ruling the company was a Ponzi scheme that defrauded tens […]

Stablecoin giant Tether hired former White House Crypto Council Executive Director Bo Hines as its new strategic advisor for digital assets and US strategy, signaling a push to expand in the world’s largest economy. Tether, […]

How much Bitcoin is left to mine? Bitcoin’s total supply is hardcoded at 21 million BTC, a fixed upper limit that cannot be altered without a consensus-breaking change to the protocol. This finite cap is […]

The US Department of the Treasury is seeking public feedback on how digital identity tools and other emerging technologies could be used to fight illicit finance in crypto markets, with one option being embedding identity […]

The institutional Ethereum treasury race is accelerating, as two of the biggest corporate Ether holders are raising billions of dollars to acquire more of the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency. Public Bitcoin mining firm BitMine Immersion Technology […]