Bitcoin, blockchains, regulation, and the crypto industry.
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Lefteris Papadimas / Reuters ·
Greece's parliament approved on Thursday a bill that imposes a 10% capital gains tax on cryptocurrencies …
Ryan Weeks / Bloomberg ·
An initiative set up by some of crypto's largest companies to curb illicit activity has quietly been dissolved …
Bloomberg ·
Global stock markets erased a selloff sparked by a Democratic sweep of the US Congress, as uncertainty surrounding the midterms faded …
Jeff John Roberts / Fortune ·
Binance on Tuesday disclosed that North Korean hackers used a mix of social engineering and malicious software to pull off …
Jason Shubnell / The Block ·
The exchange paused deposits and withdrawals after the incident, while Tether froze more than 4.5 million USDT linked to the attacker.
Bloomberg ·
The biggest crypto hack in history began with a rehearsal.
Angela Christy / Reuters ·
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said on Saturday that it was able to cover 90% of the amount stolen during its recent hack.
The Commanding Heights ·
Scarce, controllable positions of Economic Power whose holders durably capture the gains of Increasingly Capable and diffused intelligence.
Katherine Doherty / Bloomberg ·
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. joined forces with one of the market operators behind offshore crypto-trading platform Hyperliquid …
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg ·
Coinbase Global Inc. returned to profitability for the first time in a year while posting a quarterly decline in revenue …
Financial Times ·
Venture linked to billionaire Trump backer Justin Sun sued by FCA for 'unlawfully promoting crypto asset services'
Reuters ·
Robinhood Markets (HOOD.O) reported a drop in third-quarter profit on Tuesday as slower cryptocurrency trading weighed on growth …
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg ·
Crypto firm Redotpay is considering filing confidentially for a US initial public offering by year-end, according to people familiar …
Camila Grigera Naón / Fortune ·
In 2018, Andreessen Horowitz made a splash in the venture capital world by launching a spin-off dedicated to digital assets called a16z Crypto.
Camila Grigera Naón / Fortune ·
A growing number of companies are pushing back against tokenized trading of their shares. Microsoft and Alphabet are the latest …
Lucinda Shen / Axios ·
Visa is in late stage talks to acquire stablecoin infrastructure and custody company Fireblocks for about $2.5 billion, Axios Pro has learned from multiple sources.
Leo Schwartz / The Information ·
Andreessen Horowitz, which made one of the boldest bets on blockchain investments in the venture world …
Bloomberg ·
Crypto scams cost Americans more than $11 billion last year. A Brooklyn prosecutor found a way to hit the networks behind them.
Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk ·
Stablecoin supply has barely budged this year, but the digital dollars already in circulation are doing more work in payments …
Bloomberg ·
Binance.US is looking to raise as much as $100 million as the crypto exchange seeks to beef up its US business amid intensifying competition for digital-asset customers.
Sam Kessler / Wall Street Journal ·
Money from Tether flowed to Nxum while Bo Hines worked in the White House on landmark stablecoin legislation.
Camila Grigera Naón / Fortune ·
The field of agentic commerce, which describes the use of AI agents to carry out internet transactions, is rapidly maturing, and crypto is fueling the boom.
Kim Zetter / ZERO DAY ·
The theft last week of an estimated $100 million in crypto using a hardware backdoor planted in Ledger wallets points to a sophisticated …
David Segal / New York Times ·
For a pub-going, cigarette-puffing man of the people, Nigel Farage, the leader of the Reform U.K. party, sure has some very rich friends.
Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal ·
Data-center company sees potential in what has been described as one of Sam Bankman-Fried's 'most reckless investments'
Davis Giangiulio / CNBC ·
Blockchain.com, a digital asset platform, wants to get in on the prediction market boom in the U.S.
Olivier Acuna / CoinDesk ·
New York Attorney General Letitia James said Friday she secured up to $35 million from former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky …
Lucinda Shen / Axios ·
Meanwhile, a Sam Altman-backed company offering life insurance in bitcoin, raised $37.5 million in funding, CEO Zac Townsend tells Axios exclusively.
Owen Walker / Financial Times ·
City-state averse to risk and scandal tries to distance itself from homegrown Hyperliquid Labs and its popular 'perps'
Jason Shubnell / The Block ·
The agency floated a new "crypto asset market" exchange category but said it can't require crypto to trade on CFTC platforms without Congress.
CoinDesk ·
"It's coming home," Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino proclaimed on X last week, referring to the return of his company's stablecoin, USDT, to the Bitcoin network.
David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times ·
The Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who pleaded guilty to violating an anti-money-laundering law, was pardoned by President Trump …
Ben Weiss / Bloomberg ·
Open Standard, a company backed by more than 100 corporations, including Visa Inc., Stripe Inc., and Mastercard Inc. …
Maria Clara Cobo / Bloomberg ·
Miami-based fintech Jeeves Inc. said it raised $110 million from investors to help expand its offerings, including a stablecoin wallet …
Danny Park / The Block ·
This completes Coinbase's derivatives infrastructure, allowing it to list, broker, and clear fully collateralized products in-house.
Bloomberg ·
Blockchain.com Group Holdings Inc., one of the oldest crypto services companies, is telling prospective investors it wants to go public this year …
Brian Danga / The Block ·
The funding follows HIFI's role in DTCC's July tokenized-asset trades and a September Visa partnership for stablecoin-funded payouts.
Megan Howard / Bloomberg ·
The Federal Reserve unveiled proposals for stablecoin issuers on Thursday, the latest step from regulators moving ahead with crypto rulemaking.
Bloomberg ·
The Trump administration is considering an initiative to promote the use of dollar-denominated stablecoins overseas …
CoinDesk ·
Binance bought $100 million of Circle shares as the companies signed a five-year deal that pays the crypto exchange to promote the USDC stablecoin on its platform.
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times ·
Angry after the defeat of a major crypto bill last week, the industry is planning to spend $30 million against Sherrod Brown in Ohio.
CoinDesk ·
Stablecoin payments firm dtcpay announced today the formal completion of its $25 million Series A funding round, securing a strategic investment from Japan's financial giant, the SBI Group.
Angus Berwick / Wall Street Journal ·
ECB leader personally intervened to keep crypto's biggest player, which pleaded guilty to financial-crime violations in U.S., from operating in EU
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk ·
Iran has spent this year charging tankers between $1 million and $2 million to cross the Strait of Hormuz …
Lydia Beyoud / Bloomberg ·
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission moved to expand crypto and prediction market trading via online platforms …
Jason Shubnell / The Block ·
- World is rolling out World Money, a financial "super app" spanning stablecoins, investing, yield, and global payments in more than 150 countries.
Olivier Acuna / CoinDesk ·
The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said Thursday that it conducted actions to crack down on three illegal peer …
Hannah Lang / Reuters ·
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday unveiled its long-awaited exemption that will allow companies …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch ·
X will now allow users to trade from their timelines. The Elon Musk-owned social network on Wednesday launched …
Dylan Tokar / Wall Street Journal ·
CoinEx says it is ceasing operations less than three months after a Wall Street Journal article spotlighted its use in Iran
CNBC ·
The Senate on Tuesday voted to block the Clarity Act from advancing, dealing a major blow to the crypto industry's push for a comprehensive market structure framework.
The Information ·
When Palmer Luckey's Erebor Bank launched earlier this year, it made an attractive pitch to lure new crypto customers: It would convert their stablecoins to cash for free.
Wall Street Journal ·
Prosecutors said around $1.5 billion was sent back to Iran through a series of interrelated digital wallets
Bloomberg ·
Donald Trump's pledge to ensure that Bitcoin mining activity is centered in the US is rapidly disintegrating under the twin forces …
Wall Street Journal ·
Platform known for prediction markets has seen perpetual futures surge in popularity
Katherine Doherty / Bloomberg ·
Nasdaq Inc. is investing $100 million in Payward, the parent of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, as the firm continues to build …
Jason Shubnell / The Block ·
- Consensys Software Inc. will split into two independently operated companies, separating its consumer-facing MetaMask business …
Camila Grigera Naón / Fortune ·
Stablecoins have made it exceptionally easy to move money across borders instantaneously. The problem that remains for users …
Sarah Wynn / The Block ·
- Prosecutors say Malone Lam, who went by aliases "Anne Hathaway," "$$$" and "King Greavy," led the operation.
Wall Street Journal ·
The brokerage will add yes-or-no contracts from Crypto.com prediction business and take stake in digital-currency exchange