The decade-long saga of James Howells, the IT engineer who accidentally discarded a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin (BTC) in 2013, has taken a dramatic turn. The lost cryptocurrency is now at the centre of intense legal disputes and...
Solana-based memecoin platform Pump.fun is under fire following allegations of harmful and violent behaviour broadcasted through its live-stream feature. The platform, known for enabling users to promote their tokens within its community, faces calls to disable or heavily moderate...
Hong Kong's largest digital bank, ZA Bank, has introduced cryptocurrency trading for retail customers, enabling the trading of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) in Hong Kong dollars (HKD) and U.S. dollars (USD). The initiative is being launched in partnership...
Japanese investment firm Metaplanet revealed on Monday that it has officially secured an exclusive partnership with BTC Media to introduce Bitcoin Magazine in Japan. The agreement was initially formalized in a memorandum of understanding (MoU) and announced at the...
SocialFi, short for Social Finance, represents an emerging niche within the crypto ecosystem that combines DeFi concepts with social media. SocialFi projects aim to empower users to monetize content, build communities, and earn rewards for their engagement, all within...
On Friday, November 22, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) announced the completion of a three-day training program for Ukrainian officials aimed at enhancing their ability to investigate crimes involving cryptocurrency. According to a press release...
Executives from major crypto firms, including Ripple, Kraken, and Circle, are vying for seats on the crypto advisory council proposed by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, according to a Reuters report published on November 22. Trump's team is reportedly deliberating...
CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju suggests that Bitcoin’s current rally toward the 100,000 mark reflects its 2020 surge, during which the cryptocurrency’s value increased sixfold to reach 67,000. Ju highlighted in the X thread that earlier on-chain data, which...
In a bizarre twist to the fallout of a token rug pull, a QUANT investor allegedly kidnapped the dog of the token’s 13-year-old developer, retaliating against the boy’s fraudulent actions. The kidnapper further launched a meme coin, Bari QUANT,...
The creator of the famous "Chill Guy" meme has announced plans to take legal action against projects using his artwork without permission, particularly in cryptocurrency. The artist, known as “Phillip Bankss” on X, posted on November 21 that he...
