At 20:05 UTC on October 29, funds began leaving Binance’s hot wallets across ten blockchains. Roughly twenty minutes later, $6.3 billion was gone, completely gone, in what is now recorded as the largest crypto theft ever, roughly four...
More than $200 billion in crypto has flowed through Africa, yet the infrastructure supporting that activity is surprisingly difficult to see. Unlike North America, Europe, and parts of Asia, where crypto exchanges, payment networks, custodians, and blockchain companies...
War has always depended on more than weapons; behind every battlefield capability lies a chain of funding, suppliers, and transactions. Drones that once required substantial military resources can today be built or acquired using commercially available technology. But...
By a paper-thin margin of just 38 to 37 votes, France’s National Assembly voted on October 16 to move forward with a proposal that could hit crypto-to-stablecoin swaps with a 31.4% capital gains tax starting in January 2027....
Australia has laid out the ground rules for crypto. On October 15, ASIC published proposed operating standards that give exchanges and custody providers their clearest look yet at what compliance will actually cost starting in April 2027. Under...
Sports betting is already a major market across Africa, with industry estimates putting its value at around $3 billion in 2025. More than 440 million people reportedly bet across the continent, with Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania,...
Samsung is adding USDC transfers to Samsung Wallet for eligible US Galaxy users starting the last week of October, covering roughly 82 million devices at launch. Users will be able to send USDC across borders and transfer funds...
The FCA opened its authorization gateway on Wednesday, and the clock is now running for every crypto firm that wants to keep operating in the UK. The new regime takes effect on October 25, 2027, covering stablecoin issuance,...
Hester Peirce gave what may be her most consequential speech in years this week, and she did it in her second-to-last week as a SEC commissioner. Speaking at SIFMA's Digital Assets Conference on September 23, she made the...
No two people say "I do" expecting to end up arguing over a hardware wallet in front of a judge. But that's exactly where a growing number of couples are landing, and crypto has been quietly showing up...
