MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor has stirred controversy within the crypto community after making unexpected comments on Bitcoin self-custody during his recent appearance on the "Markets with Madison" podcast. The prominent Bitcoin advocate criticized the self-custody movement and suggested...
The Nigerian government has formally dropped all charges against Tigran Gambaryan, an executive at Binance Holdings, who had been on trial for money laundering since April. According to a report by local media outlet PremiumTimes, the charges, linked...
Ripple's recent transfer of 60 million XRP tokens has stirred speculation within the XRP community, as many question whether the move is tied to the company's ongoing legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According...
State securities regulators across North America are facing an unprecedented surge in technology-driven investment fraud as digital assets and social media scams reach record levels, according to a new report by the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA)....
Singpore-based Bitcoin miner BitFuFu has announced plans to acquire a majority stake in an 80-megawatt (MW) crypto-mining facility in Ethiopia. According to the firm, this move is expected to help offset the 170% surge in production costs the...
A new phishing scam has emerged, targeting Sony’s blockchain ecosystem, Soneium, by exploiting Google’s ad service to deceive users and drain their cryptocurrency wallets. Scam Sniffer, a fraud detection service, initially flagged the scam on X (formerly Twitter),...
Coinbase has escalated its push for regulatory clarity in the digital asset space by filing multiple Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC). According to the court documents, the cryptocurrency exchange sought...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined WisdomTree, a New York-based issuer of ETFs, $4 million for failing to adhere to its own investment criteria for funds marketed as following the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)...
Japan's law enforcement authorities have arrested Yuta Kobayashi, the ringleader of a group of wanted fraudsters suspected of orchestrating a large-scale credit card fraud scheme that led to over 100 million yen in damages. According to local reports,...
According to Anthony Agoshkov, Co-Founder of Marvel Capital and Founder of Alchemy Family, the convergence of traditional finance (TradFi) and digital assets is reshaping markets at an unprecedented pace. In a recent interview with Finance Magnates, Agoshkov expressed...
