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The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a compensation process for victims of the OneCoin crypto Ponzi scheme, drawing from forfeited assets seized from the operation’s principals. The department announced that more than $40 million in recovered assets is available to reimburse individuals who

Aave Labs, the core development team behind the Aave protocol, has secured a substantial financing package from its own DAO to accelerate growth and product development. In a governance vote that closed with strong support, the Aave community approved a plan that allocates $25 million in

The article discusses former CFTC Chair Giancarlo's transition from law to providing advisory services in the cryptocurrency sector, highlighting his expertise and insights into the evolving digital asset landscape.

Geopolitical tensions surrounding the Strait of Hormuz intensified after the United States blockaded the waterway, following faltering peace talks with Iran. The move sent a sharp, if brief, reaction through Bitcoin markets: the leading cryptocurrency touched a low near $70,623 before a partial

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a staff statement that clarifies how broker-dealer regulations may apply to software interfaces that facilitate crypto transactions, particularly when users rely on self-custodial wallets. The guidance suggests that, in certain circumstances, th

The European Central Bank is charting a cautious path toward tokenizing Europe’s capital markets, arguing that the gains from distributed ledger technology (DLT) hinge on anchoring transactions in central bank money, ensuring interoperable infrastructures, and maintaining a robust regulatory

Bitcoin’s fifth halving is slated for April 2028, and the mining sector is entering that cycle with far tighter margins than in 2024. A mix of higher input costs, strained energy markets and increasingly explicit regulatory expectations are reshaping how miners operate, finance, and plan for the

Polymarket briefly appeared in Google News results alongside established outlets when users searched for event-driven questions, but Google later confirmed the listing was an error and has since been removed. The incident, now described by Google as a temporary misindexing, comes as Polymarket and i

Crypto investment products posted a decisive rebound last week, with global exchange-traded products (ETPs) drawing about $1.1 billion in inflows. Bitcoin led the charge, attracting roughly $871 million for the week, according to CoinShares’ weekly Digital Asset Fund Flows report. The week

Pavel Durov, the co‑founder of Telegram, sparked a privacy-focused conversation around the fragility of end-to-end encryption when push notification data can linger on devices. He cited a report that pointed to how investigators could access deleted messages by inspecting device notification logs, a

Justin Sun, the founder of the Tron ecosystem, has publicly criticized World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a decentralized finance project co-founded by Donald Trump’s sons, over what he describes as opaque and rushed governance processes tied to WLFI’s governance token lock-up. Sun, who says he

Bitcoin is set for a potential short squeeze as on-chain indicators illuminate a crowded setup against a backdrop of rising open interest and persistently negative funding rates. After BTC briefly breached $73,000 last Friday, traders are watching how leveraged shorts might be forced to cover as fun

Nashville, TN, USA, April 10, 2026 — Among the rarest physical artifacts in Bitcoin’s seventeen-year history—an original copy of The Times of London from January 3, 2009, the newspaper whose front-page headline Satoshi Nakamoto embedded into the genesis block—will be offered for public sale at Bitco

Bitcoin’s fifth halving is slated for April 2028, and the mining sector is entering that cycle with far tighter margins than in 2024. A mix of higher input costs, strained energy markets and increasingly explicit regulatory expectations are reshaping how miners operate, finance, and plan for the

Shipping firms weighing cryptocurrency payments to cover potential transit fees through Iran face substantial sanctions risk, according to Kaitlin Martin, a senior intelligence analyst at Chainalysis. Under current sanctions frameworks, payments linked to the Iranian regime or other sanctioned