Stephen Katte

Emirates News Agency has refuted The Open Network’s claim that applicants who stake $100,000 worth of TON for three years would be eligible for 10-year golden visas.

Crypto bettors have staked millions on whether the outfit technically counts as a suit, while a renowned fashion industry commentator hasn’t helped, calling it “both a suit and not a suit.”

SkyBridge Capital’s Anthony Scaramucci has doubts crypto treasuries have legs in the long run, arguing investors will start buying crypto instead of investing in companies that hold it.

DigitalMint President Marc Grens confirmed in a statement to Coinpectra that an employee is under investigation and has been fired from the firm.

Crypto billionaire Tim Heath lost a tooth but took a finger in a 30-second struggle with kidnappers in Estonia last year, a court has heard.

Phishing attacks account for the highest number of security incidents so far this year at 132, but wallet hacks stole the most at $1.7 billion.

The US Treasury has sanctioned a crypto wallet containing $350,000 tied to the alleged cybercrime hosting service Aeza Group.

Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe execs once ruled out adopting crypto over concerns of volatility and risk, and the banking giant also blocked customer crypto transactions back in 2015.

Other crypto firms are also reportedly considering applying for a national bank charter, following in the footsteps of Anchorage Digital Bank, which received a license in 2021.

A trader under the handle qwatio has been liquidated eight times in the last week, with the latest a partial liquidation of an Ether position leveraged by 25X.

BNB Smart Chain’s Maxwell hard fork has three main proposals to boost scalability, validator sync and overall network efficiency.

Crypto private key exploits and front-end protocol attacks account for 80% of the $2.1 billion worth of crypto that has been stolen so far this year, TRM Labs reports.

DappRadar found AI agent projects raised $1.39 billion this year, a 9.4% increase on the total funding in 2024, while onchain activity has surged 86%.

Some users were questioning whether the Nano S would still work after support ends, and whether there was a security risk involved if they decided to keep using it.

Vincent Liu, the chief investment officer at Kronos Research, said buying Bitcoin alone isn’t enough to increase a company’s stock price; there needs to be a clear plan.

One of the victims identified in the police operation said she carried around $13,000 in cash at one point to send Bitcoin to scammers via crypto ATMs.

Bank of Korea governor Ryoo Sangdai reportedly said that banks should be the first to issue stablecoins, and they should do so slowly.

Green Minerals says it will raise $1.2 billion to buy Bitcoin and plans to adopt blockchain technology in areas such as supply chain transparency and operational efficiency.

Coinbase says it helped the US Secret Service seize $225 million in crypto allegedly stolen by scammers, the largest crypto seizure in the agency’s history.

Kaspersky says the malware SparkKitty has been around since at least early 2024, and is likely connected to a similar type of malicious software dubbed SparkCat.

Under Operation Chokepoint 2.0, more than 30 technology and crypto companies were denied banking services in the US after the collapse of crypto-friendly banks in 2023.

Huione Guarantee’s shutdown sent “shockwaves” through the ecosystem but also left a vacuum for other crypto darknet marketplaces to fill.

FTX lawyers argued that creditors should not serve as a “backstop” for Three Arrows Capital’s risky leveraged strategy.

Cybersecurity firm Hacken CEO Dyma Budorin said the biggest damage has been to its reputation, though the incident had nothing to do with the main business.

Blockchain sleuths ZachXBT and Taylor Monahan say crypto scammers have been emboldened with US regulators dropping crypto-related court cases and politicians endorsing memecoins.

Santiment’s social media analysis found 1 bullish comment for every 1 bearish comment, which hasn’t happened since Donald Trump’s tariffs tanked markets in April.

The brother of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried once plotted to buy Nauru and build a doomsday bunker using funds from the now-defunct crypto exchange.

Chainalysis’s head of national security intelligence told Coinpectra the curfew is likely an attempt to prevent people from transferring capital out of the country.

The Archetyp dark web market had over 600,000 users, a total transaction volume of at least $287 million and over 17,000 listings, mainly offering drugs for sale.

Meta Pool says an early detection system discovered the exploit, allowing it to pause the affected smart contract and prevent further losses.