Kraken pauses Monero deposits following 51% attack
Withdrawals and trading for Monero (XMR) on the Kraken exchange remain open, and deposits will resume once it is safe,…
Year: 2025
Basel Bank capital rules create ‘chokepoint’ for crypto — Investment exec
The current capital reserve requirements and rules make holding cryptocurrencies too costly for banks, limiting the sector’s growth. Capital requirements…
Coinbase seals Deribit acquisition in 5th deal of 2025
The crypto exchange has been steadily acquiring companies to diversify the range of services it offers to clients. Crypto exchange…
Bitcoin drops below $119K after US Treasury secretary rules out new BTC buys
Bitcoin fell below $119,000 on Thursday after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the government will not make new BTC…
Vietnam police bust billion-dollar crypto Ponzi ring behind Paynet Coin scam: Report
Vietnam’s police said they arrested 20 people in the country’s largest crypto scam, a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme built around Paynet…
Spar rolls out nationwide stablecoin and crypto payments in Switzerland
Spar will launch crypto and stablecoin payments across 300 Swiss supermarkets via Binance Pay and DFX.swiss, marking a retail first…
‘Expensive lesson’: Coinbase loses $300K token fees in 0x contract error
Coinbase lost $300,000 in token fees after mistakenly approving assets to a 0x swapper contract, enabling an MEV bot to…
Bitcoin briefly flips Google market cap as investors eye rally above $124K
Bitcoin briefly flipped Google parent Alphabet’s $2.4 trillion market capitalization to become the fifth-largest global asset, driving a wave of…
ARK Invest scoops $172M in Bullish shares as stock soars 84% on debut
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest scooped $172 million worth of Bullish shares across three ETFs as the crypto exchange surged 83.8%…
Someone counter-hacked a North Korean IT worker: Here’s what they found
A team of North Korean IT operatives behind 31 fake identities has been linked to the $680,000 hack of fan-token…
Ethereum core dev’s crypto wallet drained by malicious AI extension
Ethereum core dev Zak Cole lost funds after a malicious Cursor extension stole his private key, highlighting increasing wallet drainer…
Record $37T US debt and M2 money growth set stage for $132K Bitcoin
The ballooning US deficit may lead to an increase in the money supply through quantitative easing, lining up a $132,000…
Ether climbs toward new highs as Standard Chartered ups target to $7.5K
Standard Chartered now sees ETH hitting $7,500 in 2025, fueled by record ETF and treasury buying, stablecoin growth and Ethereum…
OKB pumps 160% after 65M burn as OKX fixes supply at 21M, upgrades X Layer
OKB skyrocketed after OKX unveiled a 65 million token burn, a fixed 21 million supply and major upgrades to its…
Wisconsin senators file companion bill aiming to curb crypto ATM scams
Senators in the state of Wisconsin have filed an identical bill to accompany earlier legislation filed in the state’s lower…
Coinbase revives stablecoin bootstrap fund to boost USDC in DeFi
Coinbase has revived its fund to boost USDC liquidity in DeFi, starting with supporting the stablecoin on Aave, Morpho, Kamino…
Grayscale launches two trusts linked to Sui ecosystem protocols
DeepBook and Walrus’s “Winter Walrus” are ranked outside of the top 10 Sui ecosystem protocols, according to DefiLlama. Grayscale announced…
BitMine targets huge $24.5B raise as SharpLink boosts Ether war chest
Corporate Ether buying accelerates as BitMine and SharpLink raise cash, with ETH nearing record highs and institutions targeting a larger…
New crypto whale buys $1.3B of Ether ahead of US inflation reports
The new whale’s investments came amid record-breaking Ether ETF inflows, which may help Ether recapture its old all-time high, market…
Hex Trust adds institutional custody for tokenized uranium
Hex Trust has integrated Tezos-based Etherlink to offer institutional custody for xU3O8, a tokenized uranium asset listed on multiple exchanges.…