Nevin Shetty was convicted of wire fraud related to secretly moving $35 million in funds from a Seattle startup to his own crypto platform in 2022 to use for DeFi investments. A Seattle judge has sentenced the former chief financial officer of a local startup to two years in prison following his conviction for wire...Continue Reading

Bitcoin sold off below $70,000 on Friday, leading analysts to conclude that this week’s breakout to $74,000 was a relief rally rather than a longer-lasting sign of a trend change. Key points: Analysts believe that Bitcoin will have to stay above the $68,000 level to continue its recovery. Several major altcoins have turned down from...Continue Reading

The Curve Finance team told PancakeSwap that it must go through the proper licensing process to collaborate and use code created by Curve. The team behind the Curve Finance decentralized finance (DeFi) platform accused the PancakeSwap decentralized exchange (DEX) of using its code without the proper licensing. The code is tied to the “StableSwap” feature...Continue Reading

Senator Elizabeth Warren pointed to the SEC’s recent settlement with Tron founder Justin Sun, saying “any crypto legislation moving through Congress“ should address corruption. Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, one of the more outspoken voices in Congress often connecting cryptocurrencies to illicit activities, slammed the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s settlement with Tron founder Justin Sun....Continue Reading

Profit-taking by short-term Bitcoin traders accelerated the BTC drop below $70,000, but spot and futures traders may kickstart a quick recovery. Bitcoin (BTC) slipped back into its monthly trading range under $70,000 after dropping 5% over the past two days.  Market data points to resistance near the $70,000 level, with onchain flows, futures data, and...Continue Reading

The new onchain trading engine from the xStocks platform enables trading of more than 70 tokenized equities across Ethereum and Solana. Kraken’s tokenized equities platform xStocks has launched xChange, an onchain trading engine designed to facilitate trading of tokenized stocks across the Ethereum and Solana networks. According to the company, the system supports trading of...Continue Reading

In a Cointelegraph interview, Arthur Hayes explains why global markets may not be pricing in a longer war in the Middle East, and what that may mean for energy prices, liquidity and Bitcoin. As geopolitical tensions escalate and global markets face a new wave of uncertainty, one asset has been behaving in an unexpected way:...Continue Reading

The bill legally formalizes oversight over Pakistan’s crypto industry, sanctions compliance and anti-money laundering regulations. Pakistan’s parliament passed the Virtual Assets Act, 2026 on Wednesday, cementing the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA), a government agency, as the country’s digital asset regulator. The framework gives PVARA, established in July 2025, the authority to enforce licensing...Continue Reading

Bitcoin bounced back this week as stablecoin inflows surged, and DeFi faced fresh pressure from Aave governance strife, exploits and exchange security moves. Bitcoin and the leading cryptocurrencies staged a recovery this week following initial shockwaves from the outbreak of the US-Israel conflict with Iran. Bitcoin (BTC) initially fell to $63,245 on Sunday, before briefly...Continue Reading

The crypto exchange responded to a Senate inquiry over sanctions by claiming that “no Binance account transacted directly with an Iran-based entity.“ Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has officially responded to a February inquiry launched by a group of 11 US senators, largely denying facilitating transactions to Iranian entities and the narrative around employees’ terminations. In a...Continue Reading