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Police believe thousands of victims were caught in the global scam using fake investment websites.

Lawmakers are mulling plans to put the Philippines’ budget on-chain to curb corruption, but lawyers warn of centralization and privacy risks.

Visa says stablecoins could reshape the $40 trillion credit market, despite IMF warnings about rising financial risks.

Bitcoin briefly slipped under $110,000 Thursday morning, with options data showing that traders are hedging for further downside.

Steak ‘n Shake has launched a Bitcoin Steakburger to celebrate five months of accepting BTC for menu items like burgers and milkshakes.

The rise of institutions piling into Bitcoin has led to some surprising impacts on the market.

The Financial Stability Board says fragmented rules enable crypto firms to shop around for lenient jurisdictions, threatening market stability.

The purchase gives Kraken the right to offer regulated derivatives trading in the US, though no launch timeline was mentioned.

Analysts say BNB faces short-term pressure from derivatives data and community backlash, though the long-term trend remains intact.

All 10 wallet tests succeeded at the coffee shop instantly as Square prepares worldwide rollout of its new Bitcoin payment system.

The minister’s comments follow AUSTRAC findings that some high-value crypto ATM activity involved fraud and laundering schemes.

Analysts say Bitcoin is in a “bottom-forming phase,” with a recovery riding on macro improvements and institutional flows.

Hackers briefly seized Dota 2’s YouTube channel to push a Solana meme coin in a coordinated pump-and-dump.

The upgraded AI video generator adds sound and precision editing tools as Google intensifies its challenge to OpenAI’s Sora 2.

Researchers say hundreds of booby-trapped code packages on a major programming platform were part of a state-backed campaign to steal crypto and infiltrate tech firms.

The debate continues over what to do with the seized $7 billion worth of Bitcoin: Should the U.K. keep it or give it back to the victims?

Publicly traded Dogecoin and Bitcoin treasury firm Thumzup is now considering adding DOGE reward payments to its mobile app.

Friday’s flash crash was largely influenced by a cascade of leveraged liquidations. Will large moves like this be the new norm?

DeepMind’s 27-billion-parameter “Cell2Sentence-Scale” model spotted a drug combination that made tumors more visible to the immune system, a breakthrough Google calls “a milestone for AI in science.”

Shares in Ethereum treasury firm ETHZilla fell more than 5% after the company announced a 1-for-10 reverse stock split.

A fat-finger mistake, or a hack? Crypto traders are confounded after $300 trillion worth of PayPal’s PYUSD was minted and then burned.

The bank, backed by some of Silicon Valley’s most prominent White House allies, now boasts a key advantage in the race to dominate the emerging U.S. stablecoin market.

Coinbase added BNB to its listing roadmap on Wednesday, signaling support for the cryptocurrency issued by its biggest competitor, Binance.

A new study offers a simple pre-prompt that coaxes AI models to reveal multiple possible answers instead of just one—restoring the diversity lost through alignment training.

ETF manager Volatility Shares has applied with the SEC to bring 5x leveraged Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and other funds to the market.

Sony Bank has filed for a crypto banking charter to issue stablecoins and custody services through its Connectia Trust subsidiary.

The company said the new Expert Council will guide how its AI tools interact with users amid rising scrutiny over mental health impacts.

Numerous legal and policy questions linger around the massive haul of Bitcoin the U.S. government announced it seized from an alleged crypto scam operation.

Experts say the timeline is “highly optimistic,” even as most global markets lack tokenization frameworks and broker infrastructure lags.

CME Group began facilitating trades on Solana and XRP futures in March and May, respectively.