North Korea arrests hackers accused of laundering stolen funds from country’s bank via crypto
The group allegedly breached Central Bank systems, converted crypto to cash via Chinese brokers, and used small transfers to evade detection.
The group allegedly breached Central Bank systems, converted crypto to cash via Chinese brokers, and used small transfers to evade detection.
Main Street, which faces the most significant climate-related financial risk, currently lacks an avenue to hedge weather-related risks, argues CoinDesk’s Omkar Godbole.
The chain built to put equities onchain has tripled in size since mid-July, and a dozen tokenized stocks are now each clearing $500,000 a day. Real-world assets are growing fast, though memecoins and stablecoins still dominate the chain.
U.S. Senate Democrats got President Donald Trump to accept potential limits on his lucrative crypto dealings, but they say the Clarity Act’s restrictions aren’t enough.
The project is moving away from basic network expansion to focus entirely on integrating its biometric screening devices across enterprise software suites.
LMAX is working with Morgan Stanley and investment bank KBW to assess its options, which could lead to a sale or a public offering.
New framework gives common shareholders a clearer view of net bitcoin exposure after preferred stock and convertible debt obligations
Smart collars monitor herd health in real time to prevent fraud, allowing local agricultural businesses to secure thousands in funding backed by livestock.
The EU is considering a ban on third-country crypto services providers for the first time and is targeting 14 crypto companies, which it has not named yet.
The SBI-owned crypto trading firm is said to have attracted takeover interest from a number of suitors over the past 18 months, but valuation has been a sticking point.
Bitcoin’s $70,000 and $72,000 call strikes on Deribit have accumulated nearly $5 billion in open interest, with calls outnumbering puts by a significant margin.
BTC held just under $65,000 and crypto broadly rose on Friday even as Brent crude surged to $97.66, its highest since May, as the Iran conflict persists and traditional markets stay muted.
The Singapore-based company once controlled nearly a fifth of Bitcoin’s global hashrate. Now it owes $173 million and is selling off what’s left.
Falling share prices, debt obligations and difficult market conditions are forcing former bitcoin accumulators to sell their holdings and restructure operations.
The order targets Bitchat, an offline Bluetooth mesh app built to relay encrypted messages and bitcoin transactions, as ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ protesters in Delhi use mesh tools to communicate through internet shutdowns.
The complaint claims BitMEX designed a system to retain customer collateral and alleges an internal desk accessed private user data during server freezes.
Dogecoin dropped 4.5% and ether 2.5%, leading a broad but shallow retreat across the majors, though most remain higher on the week ahead of next week’s Fed meeting.
Ripple launched an institutional minting platform and added RLUSD to Notabene’s compliance network as holder growth rose but monthly transfer volume fell to $10.95 billion.
The South Korean financial giant says its Korbit – soon to be rebranded as Digital X – is just the starting point for a broader ecosystem that connects RWAs, stablecoins and digital assets.
The Magnificent Seven had their worst day since April 2025 after Alphabet and Tesla spooked investors on AI spending. Bitcoin fell less than 1%, and dogecoin led the majors lower.
The deadline to get the crypto market structure bill done before senators scatter will likely be missed, says Majority Leader Thune, though it may get a start before then.
The post, now deleted, touted a token called $VLAD and falsely claimed it would be listed on Robinhood.
The former Signet developer aims to launch early next year a marketplace connecting stablecoin issuers with regional lenders to manage reserves.
Rolling out this week, Coinbase Business users will be able to accept payments from AI agents, done via the x402 protocol, developed and incubated by the exchange.
A new court status report reveals the agency will pay a flat fee to resolve a two-year fight over what former Chair Gary Gensler knew about Ethereum.
The framework, developed with Superstate, Securitize and Dowgo, lets regulated funds and securities trade on Uniswap while enforcing compliance rules necessary for institutions.
The Goldman Sachs CEO said the crypto market structure bill would create a more stable regulatory framework, breaking with other major bank leaders who oppose key stablecoin provisions.
The fact that lawmakers are even contemplating a bill that would create a surveillance and censorship regime should be a wake-up call for everyone who values privacy and free expression, argues Electronic Frontier Foundation’s India McKinney.