Visa, Mastercard race to tame a US$253 billion crypto threat
A turf war is breaking out in the vast world of digital payments – and the incumbents are suddenly on defence. Tech firms and crypto startups are moving in on territory long dominated by…
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Trump-backed crypto firm is planning stablecoin audit, new app
Zak Folkman, the co-founder of US President Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency platform World Liberty Financial (WLF), said on Wednesday (Jun 25) that the company will issue an audit of its…
Three Arrows founders fail in appeal for orders to disclose crypto fund dealings to be set aside
The Court of Appeal on Tuesday (Jun 24) dismissed an application by the founders of Three Arrows Capital (3AC) to set aside orders requiring them to disclose their dealings with their…
A US$4 billion Hong Kong family office makes first crypto foray
A MONEY manager to some of Hong Kong’s richest individuals will start investing in crypto, as more favourable regulations attract a wider array of investors to the digital-asset sector.…
US recovers US$225 million stolen in crypto scam
The US government said on Wednesday it recovered US$225 million in the largest seizure yet of money stolen in a cryptocurrency confidence scam. The FBI and the US Secret Service…
Trump reports tens of millions in income from crypto ventures
PRESIDENT Donald Trump filed his first public financial disclosure report of his term on Friday (Jun 13), providing what he said was the latest information about his holdings,…
MAS order prompts unlicensed crypto exchanges to plan exit
A final warning from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has prompted major crypto exchanges operating in the country without a permit to plan for a hasty exit. Bitget and Bybit –…
Suspects in Manhattan crypto kidnapping, torture case plead not guilty
Two crypto investors pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges they kidnapped and tortured an Italian man for his Bitcoin in an upscale Manhattan townhouse. William Duplessie and John…
Crypto billionaire Brian Armstrong is ready to invest in CRISPR baby tech
“I think the time is right for the defining company in the US to be built in this area,” Armstrong posted. The announcement from a deep-pocketed backer is a striking shift for a field…
At Bitcoin 2025, Crypto Purists and the MAGA Faithful Collide
Now that Trump is in office, launching his own crypto ventures and asking for legislation establishing (light) digital asset regulations to appear on his desk by August, his supporters’…
JPMorgan plans to offer clients financing against crypto ETFs
JPMorgan Chase plans to let trading and wealth-management clients use some cryptocurrency-linked assets as collateral for loans, a major step by the biggest US bank to make inroads into an…
Trumpworld Is Fighting Over ‘Official’ Crypto Wallet
As Donald Trump and his family stretch into nearly every corner of the cryptocurrency sector, a dispute has broken out over which corporate entities are permitted to wield the Trump brand…
Australia cracks down on crypto ATMs as scams, fraud uncovered
There are now more than 1,800 machines in the country compared to just 23 in 2019, according to Austrac data Australia’s financial crimes agency placed curbs on cryptocurrency…
Will crypto replace banking? The Trump administration can’t decide
Last year, Donald Trump took the stage of the Las Vegas Bitcoin Conference to worship at the altar of cryptocurrency. He said he would fire Gary Gensler, the former chair of the Securities…
These crypto detectives helped crack North Korea’s latest $1.5 billion blockchain heist
Crypto criminals can’t hide The single largest cryptocurrency heist in history took place one day in late February, when hackers exploited system vulnerabilities in Bybit, a Dubai-based…
How crypto crime is morphing into real-life violence
A man says he was tortured for weeks in a New York townhouse. Another in Paris was held for ransom and his finger cut off. A couple in Connecticut were carjacked, beaten and thrown into a…
Big banks eye cautious entry into crypto as Trump-era regulators ease path
Big U.S. banks are holding internal discussions about expanding into cryptocurrencies as they get stronger endorsements from regulators, but initial steps will be tentative, centering on…
Trump Media Ramps Up Crypto Shadiness With Bitcoin Plans
“We’ve lost some sales perhaps on the left, but we’ve gained them on the right. The sales numbers at this point are strong and we see no problem with demand,” the Tesla CEO said. “The…
Trump’s Crypto Dinner Guests Admit They’re Trying to Buy Him Off
“It’s kind of a fund-raiser” for Mr. Trump, Korean crypto executive Sangrok Oh and another dinner attendee, told the Times. “And he’ll always be good to his sponsors.” The dinner was held…
Karoline Leavitt Says You’ll Never Know Who’s at Trump’s Crypto Dinner
“Well as you know, Garret, this question has been raised with the president. I have also addressed the dinner tonight; the president is attending it in his personal time, it is not a White…
Crypto investors saw Trump as their champion. Now they’re not so sure
It seems like a triumph for a cryptocurrency industry that has long sought mainstream acceptance: Top investors in one of President Donald Trump’s crypto projects invited to dine with him…
Trump’s 4,000 meme-coins-per-plate crypto dinner is an American embarrassment
On Thursday, President Donald Trump will sit down for an intimate evening at his Northern Virginia golf club with 220 of his favorite people in the world: a group of cryptocurrency…
What the “Trump effect” teaches us about crypto hype
The last six months have been a strange, exhilarating time for crypto. First, there was the so-called “Trump effect”—a surge in crypto prices and on-chain activity triggered by the then…
After rocky week, Coinbase becomes first crypto exchange to join the S&P 500
Coinbase on Monday became the first cryptocurrency exchange to join the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, marking a pivotal moment for the digital assets industry. The inclusion on the S&P 500…