According to reports, South Korean financial authorities have launched a formal investigation into Bithumb, the nation’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, after a catastrophic promotional error resulted in the accidental distribution of 620,000 “phantom” Bitcoin. The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS)...
A federal court in California has sentenced Daren Li, a 42-year-old dual citizen of China and St. Kitts and Nevis, to 20 years in prison for his lead role in a massive $73 million cryptocurrency money laundering syndicate. ...
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda has called on the agency to eliminate “unnecessary roadblocks” hindering the advancement of tokenized securities. Speaking at the 2026 Asset Management Derivatives Forum on Monday, February 9, Uyeda...
Hedge fund manager Ray Dalio has warned that the inevitable arrival of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) will mark the end of financial privacy and give governments unprecedented control over personal wealth. Speaking in an interview on the...
Base App is officially sunsetting its Creator Rewards program and Farcaster-powered social feed. The strategic pivot, announced on Monday, February 9, 2026, marks a shift from social-first experimentation to ““transaction-fir”t” strategy aimed at making the platform the premier...
Backpack, the cryptocurrency exchange, has unveiled a unique tokenomics framework that links the release of its native utility token to a future initial public offering (IPO) in the United States. According to the plan disclosed on Monday, February...
Former Cook County judge Patricia Martin has been sentenced to four years of probation after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $250,000 from a 96-year-old Tuskegee Airman to fund her cryptocurrency investments. Martin, who previously presided over Chicago’s child...
The hacker responsible for the $50 million exploit of the Hong Kong-based stablecoin platform Infini has begun laundering stolen assets through the sanctioned mixer Tornado Cash, while simultaneously using a portion of the haul to “buy the dip”...
Bitcoin whales and large-scale holders have accumulated over $3.2 billion worth of $BTC (Bitcoin) in a massive nine-day buying spree, defying a broader market downturn that recently pushed prices to 16-month lows. On-chain data reveals that while retail...
Pump.fun has announced the acquisition of Vyper, a professional trading execution terminal, to integrate advanced cross-chain trading tools into its rapidly expanding ecosystem. The deal, revealed on Thursday, February 5, 2026, aims to migrate Vyper’s technical infrastructure into...
