Trump’s crypto bill loses its White House negotiator as Patrick Witt exits
Patrick Witt, executive director of the White House Crypto Council under President Donald Trump, has departed after nearly two years as the…
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Kraken moves to acquire $181 million European bank in major push beyond crypto trading
Kraken parent company Payward has agreed to acquire Saldo Finance Oy, the owner of Saldo Bank, in a $181 million deal to…
Bank of America backed crypto AML rules but reported over $5 billion in suspicious activity late
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan supported applying strict anti-money-laundering rules to crypto firms, yet the Treasury later penalized the bank over…
New iPhone spyware can hunt for crypto wallets and extract their data every 15 seconds
Security researchers have identified a new iPhone spyware variant named P7 DarkSword, which can hunt for crypto wallets, extract sensitive credentials, and…
Bitcoin’s weekend rebound faces an $80,400 test after nearly $730 million in ETF outflows
Bitcoin faces a critical test at $80,400 following a weekend recovery attempt, as traders weigh leverage data and nearly $730 million in…
Celsius founder faces lifetime ban, but can trade his own crypto
Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky agreed to a permanent industry ban and up to $35 million in conditional state financial requirements under a…
Core Lightning patches critical security flaws and a Bitcoin payment bug
Core Lightning has released version v26.06.9 to patch critical security vulnerabilities, fix a Bitcoin payment bug, and resolve a traffic throttling regression…
Europol says crypto’s quantum upgrade could take years and urges work to start now
Europol urges the cryptocurrency sector to begin preparing for quantum threats immediately, warning that a synchronized migration of millions of nodes and…
THORChain made 63% of its record $3 million September income during the Bitget hack-linked trading surge
THORChain achieved a record $3.01 million in September income, with 63% generated during a five-day trading surge linked to the movement of…
OpenAI math breakthroughs raise ‘bunker mode’ alarm from Bitcoin researcher Justin Drake
Ethereum researcher Justin Drake urged the crypto sector to adopt bunker mode and migrate funds to unexposed addresses following OpenAI's recent mathematical…