Polish Court Detains Fifth Suspect in Zondacrypto Exchange Probe
Summary: Two chief executives of the exchange have now vanished, four years apart, leaving 1.3 million clients locked out.
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New Bitcoin whales spark sell-side risk as unrealized gains hit $9B
Summary: Bitcoin (BTC) whales have more reason to sell than at any time in Bitcoin’s recent history as their unrealized profits hit records. Data from onchain analytics platform CryptoQuant shows that newer whale investors currently sit on unrealized gains worth exceed
Robinhood chain to generate $160M in annual fees by 2028: Bernstein
Summary: Trading platform Robinhood’s blockchain network is expected to generate as much as $160 million in annual fees by 2028, Bernstein analysts forecast in a Tuesday report shared with Cointelegraph. The analysts cited growing demand for tokenized stock trading on
Global standard-setting bodies publish a toolkit for cyber resilience at FMIs and a discussion paper on FMIs’ reliance on third-party service providers
Summary: The BIS Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published the Cyber resilience toolkit: practical considerations for FMIs (toolkit) and FMIs’ reliance on third-party ser
Crypto platforms have lost over $3.63 billion to cyberattacks — even though most of them did security checks
Summary: More than 60% of cryptocurrency platforms that lost money due to cyberattacks had undergone independent security audits, CoinGecko said.
Cronos confirms $9.2M slipped away before Tectonic exploit rollback
Summary: Layer-1 blockchain Cronos said $9.19 million left its blockchain before validators halted the network during the Tectonic exploit, providing an official accounting of funds that were not reversed by its rollback. In Tuesday’s post-mortem report, Cronos said ma
Swiss stablecoin sandbox enters testing phase, adds two new partners
Summary: Nine Swiss companies have begun sandbox tests of CHFD, a Swiss franc stablecoin, for programmable payments and digital asset settlement. The pilot will examine whether programmable payments can reduce fraud on online marketplaces, support fair access to event
Australia says it removed 45 crypto, remittance registrations over the past year
Summary: Australia’s financial intelligence regulator said it canceled, suspended or refused to renew 45 crypto and remittance registrations over the past year as it intensified scrutiny of high-risk payment businesses. On Monday, the Australian Transaction Reports and
Liquid ‘white hats’ return $270M in Bitcoin as network prepares restart
Summary: Purported white-hat hackers returned 3,400 Bitcoin worth about $270 million to the Liquid Federation wallet after withdrawing roughly $320 million from the Bitcoin sidechain’s reserves. On Monday, JAN3 CEO and former Blockstream executive Samson Mow said the r
OpenAI Chief Scientist Warns AI Labs May Need to Slow Down
Summary: Jakub Pachocki is calling for mandatory safety standards as OpenAI finds it harder to monitor advanced AI models’ reasoning.
Your LG TV Might Still Be Listening to You—Even When It Looks Like It’s Off
Summary: A Gamers Nexus investigation found LG sets scanning every device on a home network and capturing microphone audio with the screen off, four months after LG promised Texas regulators it had cleaned up its tracking.
Liquid Gets 3,400 BTC Back After On-Chain Talks; White Hats Keep 598.5 BTC
Summary: The “White hat” party that withdrew nearly 4,000 bitcoin from the Liquid Network federation wallet on Sunday returned 3,400 BTC to the wallet on Monday. About 598 BTC, or 15% of the consolidated pile, stayed at the same holder address as an implied bounty fee
Brazilian Banks Expand Crypto Offerings as Regulation Takes Hold
Summary: Itaú, Nubank, and Banco do Brasil now sell more than a dozen tokens each to retail clients, even as none of them touch crypto with their own balance sheet.
Ethereum Foundation names 2 ‘must ship’ EIPs for Hegotá upgrade
Summary: The Ethereum Foundation has identified two “must ship” proposals for the Hegotá upgrade, prioritizing censorship resistance and more flexible account authentication as it narrows the fork’s scope. The ranking evaluated 62 proposed Ethereum Improvement Proposal
UK financial watchdog weighs lifting prediction markets ban: Report
Summary: The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) reportedly has reached out to prediction market companies as part of discussions over whether the regulator would loosen a ban for retail investors, in place since 2019. According to a Friday report from The Times, th
Liquid Hackers Return $270M in Bitcoin After Swiping $320 Million
Summary: Nearly 600 BTC remains outstanding after Blockstream told the actors in an on-chain message that Liquid’s bridge nodes had been patched.
Will the Crypto Trenches Show Up for Hunter Biden's Meme Coin?
Summary: Biden's LAPTOP meme coin drops this week. Most crypto traders out there so far don't seem too enthused.
Middle East Crypto Activity Triples to $350 Billion Amid Ongoing Conflict, Report Finds
Summary: The Iran conflict has increased demand for digital assets to preserve and transfer wealth, while Gulf crypto businesses have kept operating through disruption, the Bitcoin Policy Institute says.
Joe Biden’s son to launch memecoin, will send to TRUMP holders: WSJ
Summary: Hunter Biden, son of former US President Joe Biden, announced that he plans to launch a memecoin based on the reports of his infamous laptop, which has been subject to intense media scrutiny. The basis for the memecoin’s namesake is Biden’s computer, whose exi
Malone Lam Faces Plea Hearing Over $245M Bitcoin Theft
Summary: A plea agreement hearing in Lam's case is set for Tuesday in Washington, nearly two years after his arrest in Miami.