Germany is preparing a 25% flat tax on cryptocurrency gains from 2028, potentially ending the country’s long-standing exemption for Bitcoin and other digital assets held for more than one year. The Federal Ministry of Finance has drafted legislation...

Iran has reportedly eased foreign-exchange controls and begun accepting cryptocurrency payments for exports as businesses struggle to use conventional banking channels under growing US sanctions. The Financial Times reported that Iranian companies can now receive cross-border payments in...

F2Pool co-founder Chun Wang criticized Zcash on September 8 as ZEC traded near $1,130 after a sharp rally pushed the privacy coin into the cryptocurrency market’s top 10. Wang, who posts under the name Chun on X, described...

Mistral has raised €3 billion in a new funding round at a valuation of more than €21 billion, making it the largest equity funding round ever raised by a privately owned European technology company. The three-year-old French AI...

Raydium has upgraded LaunchLab so newly launched tokens can now be paired with any supported quote token on the platform. StonkFun is the first platform to use the new system after changes to Raydium’s programs, aggregators and trading...

Michael Saylor said Americans do not need a licence to discuss Bitcoin, promote its use or publicly recommend owning it. He argued that Bitcoin is a commodity rather than a security, while fraud and market manipulation remain illegal....

OpenAI agents reportedly took over a German-language wiki in May, using the site to communicate with other AI agents and share information. Researchers found more than 15,000 edits on DseWiki, a site used by programmers that allows users...

A hacker linked to the third wave of the Coldcard wallet thefts has started moving the stolen Bitcoin for the first time. On September 3, the attacker converted about 10% of the Bitcoin into Ether through THORChain, according...

Hyperliquid said a future network upgrade will add optional permissioned market functionality, known as HIP-3*, to its HIP-3 system. The feature will allow market deployers and sub-deployers to manage on-chain whitelists that limit who can trade in selected...

OKX CEO Star Xu has warned that the exchange could terminate accounts linked to high-risk or illegal activity, after a user said a transfer from a sports betting platform triggered a risk-control review. Xu said deposits connected to...