A New York judge on Wednesday sentenced Samourai Wallet co-founder William Lonergan Hill to four years in prison, the second conviction in a case crypto advocates say threatens software development fr

Digital asset-focused stocks plummeted on Wednesday as Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies extended their recent slump, even as tech stocks steadied. Stablecoin issuer Circle closed at $69.72, d

NASA officials tried to shut down weeks of online theories on Wednesday, insisting that an interstellar object passing through the solar system was a comet despite a wave of claims that it might be an

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, registered a new Delaware statutory trust, the iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF, on Wednesday. Delaware Division of Corporations records show that the t

During a generally friendly Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, CFTC Chair nominee Mike Selig refused to say the agency needs more resources, even as the CFTC is poised to take on new duties in reg

Has the hotly anticipated, weeks-delayed flood of spot altcoin exchange-traded fund listings finally begun? Following a trickle of launches in recent days, it appears that many more crypto ETFs are se

Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced to three years of federal probation for his involvement in a scheme tied to a project called AML Bitcoin. Abramoff has also been ordered to pay $2.2 millio

Coinbase has teased a “new era” for the crypto exchange, with “exciting product announcements” coming on December 17. A company representative pointed Decrypt towards the tease in response to question

Crypto traders and investors who bought near highs in recent months are getting absolutely rekt right now, as hype fades and the market bleeds. Bitcoin is down to around $88,000, falling more than 20

Malaysia’s state electric utility provider, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, said illegal crypto-mining operations have drained roughly $1.1 billion worth of electricity over the past five years. That\\\'s a shar

Long-running privacy coin Zcash (ZEC) has continued its recent surge, rising 31% over the last week even as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other major coins are deep in the red—and now a publicly traded treas

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday placed sanctions on “drug kingpin” Ryan James Wedding, nine of his associates, and nine entities linked to hi

New Hampshire’s Business Finance Authority (BFA) has announced a municipal bond that provides firms with the ability to borrow against Bitcoin holdings. Worth $100 million, the new conduit bond is a

BlackRock\\\'s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) shed a single-day record of $523 million in investments on Tuesday, extending a five-day streak of outflows that has dovetailed with the decline of its underly

Bitcoin miners are entering a period of new structural risk tied to power contracts, firmware systems, and hosting agreements as the industry approaches the new year, according to Matthew Case, an ind