El Salvador did not use public funds to accumulate bitcoin after the first review of its International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan programme, according to the IMF, which said documentation provided by Salvadoran
President Donald Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the billionaire founder of Binance Holdings Ltd., marking one of the most controversial acts of clemency in his second term. As Bloomberg reports, Zhao, one
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Hackers linked to the North Korean government have stolen more than $2 billion in cryptocurrency so far this year, marking the largest annual total on record, according to blockchain analysis firm Elliptic.
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State securities regulators are raising concerns that their ability to prosecute cryptocurrency-related fraud could be sharply curtailed under draft legislation making its way through Congress — just as federal enforcement against digital-asset
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Tether Holdings SA, issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, is in discussions with investors to raise as much as $20 billion through a private placement, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the
More Major US banks are lobbying lawmakers to tighten newly enacted stablecoin regulations, warning that current rules could trigger massive deposit outflows and disrupt traditional banking, according to industry sources. The push highlights
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A new wave of high-risk crypto lending ventures is surging back into the spotlight, just three years after the 2022 digital asset crash triggered a cascade of defaults and bankruptcies across the
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The United States is intensifying its efforts to dismantle a global criminal network accused of using stolen cryptocurrency to finance North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme, with a high-profile trial and new sanctions
More A wave of violent kidnappings targeting cryptocurrency millionaires is spreading alarm across Europe, with French police recently rescuing a man whose captors severed one of his fingers while demanding a multi-million euro
More North Korea has emerged as the world’s third-largest holder of bitcoin, trailing only the United States and Britain, following a record-breaking cyber theft last month. According to Arkham Intelligence, Pyongyang’s most notorious
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The Trump family is reportedly in talks to acquire a stake in Binance’s US branch, a move that could facilitate the exchange’s return to the American market. According to a report by
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