New research suggests Venezuela has become increasingly dependent on crypto as the United States and its allies escalate a push for regime change in the isolated nation. Nearly a decade of economic i

The U.S. Department of Justice has issued two indictments against a Ukrainian individual accused of being involved with two Russian state-sanctioned cyberattack groups. 33-year-old Victoria Eduardovn

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Layer-1 blockchain Sei is teaming up with Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer Xiaomi in a deal that will see its crypto wallet preinstalled on Xiaomi devices. Under the partnership, a “next-gen

Bitcoin continues to trend lower even as the U.S. Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday. “Fed officials used hedged language as they analyzed economic growth, inflati

Disgraced Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon is set to be sentenced in a Manhattan court later today, December 11, by U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer. Do Kwon, 33, pleaded guilty to a basket of fraud

Gemini is entering the prediction markets space.  The Commodity Futures Trading Commission granted a Designated Contract Market license to Gemini Titan, an affiliate of the crypto exchange’s Gemini S

Bhutan launched a gold-backed digital token on Thursday, the latest move in the country\\\'s multi-year-long blockchain adoption spree. Gelephu Mindfulness City, a designated Special Administrative Regi

The Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut this week is aligning with a steady spike in bullish options bets. The most active strike in the options market is the $100,000 call option expiring on Decembe

Asian Catholic bishops met in Hong Kong this week to begin drafting the region’s first set of Church guidelines on artificial intelligence, a move aimed at setting guardrails as the technology becomes

Paxful Holdings Inc., the firm behind a peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange that shuttered in 2023, has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges and pay a $4 million criminal penalty to the U.S. Department

A licensed Donald Trump-themed mobile crypto game will debut at the end of this year, according to a post Tuesday on X from the account behind the official Trump meme coin on the Solana blockchain. T

Privately held aerospace company SpaceX moved more than $94 million in Bitcoin on Wednesday, according to on-chain data, ahead of reported plans to go public in 2026. Bitcoin addresses labeled as bel

A review of the nine largest national banks showed that they restricted or denied services to customers based on their lawful businesses, like digital assets, rather than financial risk, according to

Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, is making an unlikely pivot into consumer health. The company launched a wellness app, QVAC Health Wednesday, marking its latest attempt to diver