New York permanently bars Celsius founder Mashinsky in $35M fraud settlement
The agreement resolves a 2023 civil fraud lawsuit against the Celsius founder and permanently bars him from the cryptocurrency, securities and commodities industries.
THORChain exec accuses Tether of temporarily freezing USDT vaults
Chad Barraford, technical co-founder of the network, said that the funds were frozen and then unfrozen without explanation.
Ledger investigates fund losses linked to Southeast Asian reseller, warns users
Hardware wallet maker Ledger probes losses tied to reseller CryptoBilis, as researchers separately estimate more than $72 million to $86 million in suspected crypto thefts.
HSBC, Ant Digital test AI-agent payments using tokenized deposits
The technical trial showed how AI agents could discover services and make micropayments using HSBC’s tokenized deposits, with real-time settlement and risk checks.
Blockchain.com pursues CFTC approval for prediction markets: CNBC
The crypto company has reportedly applied for two licenses with the US commodities regulatory as the courts weigh prediction markets cases.
Crypto Biz: Wealthy investors are buying crypto, but their advisers aren’t sold
Wealthy investors are embracing crypto faster than their advisers, while OKX attracts new funding and Strategy shifts more capital toward preferred stock buybacks.
Bitcoin consolidates near $82.5K as crypto weathers Ledger theft reports
Bitcoin and crypto markets eyed a recovery from Thursday’s drop despite concerns of another hardware wallet exploit.
Dragonfly partner rejects ‘bunker mode’ doomerism, calls for proactive blockchain measures
Dragonfly’s Qureshi argued that asset migration is not a real solution in case of AI models breaking cryptographic signatures, and urged blockchains to adopt proactive measures.
French lawmakers back stablecoin swap tax in 2027 budget bill
France’s Finance Committee backed taxes on stablecoin swaps, as well as unrealized crypto gains when households with more than 800,000 euros move abroad.
UK sanctions three crypto exchanges tied to Russian illicit funds
The UK sanctioned crypto exchanges and payment processors, some of which were tied to thousands of Russian entities and the sanctioned HTX exchange.