Hardware Wallet Thief Gets 78 Months in Prison Over $250M Crypto ‘Heist’
‘GothFerrari’ was sentenced for his part in a criminal enterprise that stole crypto through social engineering and physical break-ins.
Luffa unveils major brand upgrade: Repositioned as AI × Web3 Super Connector
Luffa, the global leader in intelligent ecosystem platforms, today officially announced a major brand upgrade, repositioning itself as the AI × Web3 Super Connector.
Bithumb enters Vietnam crypto license race with SSI Digital deal
Bithumb’s tie-up with SSI Digital positions it for Vietnam’s strict crypto exchange pilot as competition for scarce licenses heats up and scrutiny mounts at home.
Quantum attacks could worsen without proof of ownership: Near One
Near One says blockchains may need new ownership verification systems if quantum attacks compromise wallet keys and expose private assets.
Samourai Wallet co-founder appeals for donations to pay $2M legal fees
Samourai Wallet co-founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill were sentenced to five and four years in prison, respectively, for their involvement in the crypto protocol.
Trump-linked American Bitcoin reports $82M Q1 loss, revenue miss
Donald Trump’s sons’ company, American Bitcoin, missed analyst revenue estimates and posted narrower losses as it ramped up its mining capacity.
UAE-regulated stablecoins to develop AED-USD conversion rails for institutional settlement
The framework will enable near-instant conversion between dirham- and dollar-denominated stablecoins under the United Arab Emirates’s regulated payment token system.
Bitcoin lenders say institutions want crypto credit to look more like TradFi
At Consensus 2026 in Miami, executives from Two Prime, Ledn and Lygos Finance said institutional borrowers increasingly prioritize custody, transparency and standardized lending structures over complex DeFi products after the crypto credit collapses of 2022.
Trump family-backed American Bitcoin’s costs dropped 23% in Q1 as mining industry pivots to AI
The Trump family-linked miner cut its cost per Bitcoin to roughly $36,200 from $46,900 in Q4 2025, putting it among the lowest-cost public mining operations at a moment when most of its peers are toning down business.
Three signals pointing to a possible bitcoin move to $85,000
Bitcoin is showing a rare alignment across on-chain data, futures positioning, and options flows that points to further upside.
BNY, world’s largest custody bank, expands crypto services in Abu Dhabi
The Wall Street giant, which oversees $59 trillion in client assets, teamed up with Finstreet and ADI Foundation for digital asset infrastructure.
Five architects of the AI economy explain where the wheels are coming off
Earlier this week, five people who touch every layer of the AI supply chain sat down at the Milken Global Conference in Beverly Hills, where they talked with TechCrunch about everything from chip shortages to orbital data centers to the possibility that the whole architecture that undergirds the tech is wrong.
Aave liquidates Kelp DAO hacker’s rsETH positions on Ethereum, Arbitrum
Galaxy Digital’s Thaddeus Pinakiewicz noted that Aave is now only 10% short of recovering from the bad debt that hit its lending protocol after the Kelp DAO hack.
Ripple, JPMorgan settle first cross-border tokenized Treasury redemption on XRP Ledger
The pilot, run with Ondo Finance and Mastercard, processed the redemption of Ondo’s OUSG tokenized Treasury fund in under five seconds.
Dogecoin slides 4%, bitcoin rally pauses as Iran ceasefire optimism lifts equities
Crypto majors took a breather Thursday after a strong run, with bitcoin holding around $81,000 and ether slipping below $2,330 as global equities pushed to fresh records on hopes of a US-Iran deal.
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Stablecoin adoption to scale on back of ‘very large’ tech firms: Bitwise
Bitwise investment chief Matt Hougan says projections tipping stablecoins to hit $4 trillion in value by 2030 could happen if major tech firms continue to adopt them.
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JPMorgan, Mastercard make first cross-border US Treasury transfer via XRP Ledger
The cross-border tokenized US Treasury transaction using blockchain and banking rails builds on an earlier pilot in which the same fund moved between a public and permissioned blockchain.
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Three reasons why Ether price rallies fizzle near $2.4K
Ether rallies are abruptly capped at $2,400 and multiple data points suggest this pattern will remain in play for the foreseeable future.
Musk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liability
I sat down in the Musk v. Altman trial courtroom today, painfully aware that no one was going to ask Shivon Zilis the question on everyone’s minds: Girl, what the fuck are you doing? Zilis, who testified under oath that she is the mother of four of Musk’s children, was… what’s the best way to … Read more