On Tuesday, Aave CEO Stani Kulechov said that the SEC had "concluded its investigation" after four years.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is implementing parts of the GENIUS Act Trump signed, creating laws for stablecoin issuance.
SEC Chairmain Paul Atkins said there is a path forward that balances national security concerns with the preservation of individual privacy.
Rodney Burton used to promote crypto alongside Jamie Foxx and Rick Ross; now, he faces decades in prison on wire fraud and money laundering charges.
DeFi proponents are pushing back against Citadel Securities' stance that the SEC should impose stricter rules on DeFi.
U.S. federal courts have imposed about 83 years of prison terms on crypto company leaders since early 2024. That total grew yesterday with Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon’s 15-year sentence tied to the TerraUSD and Luna collapse. Kwon was sentenced in December 2025 after pleading guilty to two fraud charges. According to AP News, the […]
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Sen. Scott said "real progress" is being made to pass a massive cryptocurrency bill into law after meeting with top bank CEOs on Thursday.
Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon was sentenced for his role in the collapse of the Terra and Luna tokens on Thursday.
The CFTC is withdrawing "outdated and overly complex guidance," related to delivery of digital assets, according to acting Chair Pham.
Do Kwon faces sentencing in U.S. federal court on Dec. 11, 2025. Prosecutors sought a 12-year term and the defense asked for no more than five, with Judge Paul A. Engelmayer presiding and South Korea charges still pending. The proceeding follows a June 2024 final judgment in the SEC’s civil case that imposed about $4.47 […]
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More Bitcoin now sits outside exchanges, and courts cannot move those coins without keys. That custody shift is colliding with family law. Exchange balances hover near multi-year lows at roughly 14–15% of circulating supply, about 2.7–2.8 million BTC. The rest sits with institutions in vaulted custody or in personal wallets where a 12–24 word seed […]
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A new XRP exchange-traded fund is on the block — 21Shares debuted its fund on the CBOE exchange with the ticker symbol TOXR.
Grayscale's private TAO trust is going public under the ticker symbol GTAO, just days before the Bittensor network's halving event.
Two Bitcoin wallets linked by analysts to Silk Road–era activity last moved 3,421 BTC in May this year. Now, follow-on activity on Dec. 10 added a fresh pulse to a year of dormant-supply awakenings. According to the Digital Watch Observatory, the May spends totaled about 3,421 BTC, roughly $322.5 million at the time. The sequence […]
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A federal judge ordered Monday that Connecticut authorities should refrain from taking enforcement action against Kalshi for now.
"You ain't seen nothing yet," said SEC Chair Paul Atkins as the agency faces a list of cryptocurrency-related priorities in the new year.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Lawmakers are barrelling ahead to get a massive cryptocurrency bill advanced and moving forward to eventually land at President Trump's desk.
The Digital Chamber is expanding its global footprint through bringing CryptoUK under its crypto advocacy umbrella.
Tangeman assisted the scheme by using a bulk-cash converter to exchange the stolen crypto into cash, which was used to obtain rental homes.
Negotiations on a crypto bill have been "decently frustrating" over the past few weeks, Ohio Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno said.
The suspected token, called "year of the yellow fruit," was promoted using official Binance channels just seconds after it was issued onchain.
BlackRock is seeking the Securities and Exchange Commission's sign-off for a staked Ethereum exchange-traded fund.
With a court order, Canada's tax service obtained data on 2,500 Dapper Labs users, though the CRA originally asked for data on 18,000 people.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
U.S. prosecutors say Do Kwon should get 12 years in prison for his role in the remarkable $40 billion dollar collapse of Terra.
Coordinated raids led to arrests, multimillion-dollar seizures, and the disruption of key infrastructure, according to Europol.
The year is 2075. The judge does not ask for a deed. She asks for a transaction ID. The landlord’s lawyer queues up a Bitcoin transaction from fifteen years earlier that moved a token representing the property. The tenant’s lawyer concedes the transaction exists, yet claims the signature was obtained under duress. Everyone in the […]
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As tokenization gains momentum, Wall Street and crypto executives revealed some potential rifts on how the SEC should regulate it.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.