The Treasury Department said the move reflects increases in frequency and sophistication of actions targeting digital asset platforms. The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection (OCCIP) announced on Thursday that it is expanding its cybersecurity threat identification program to include digital asset companies. Blockchain companies that choose to take...Continue Reading

Bitcoin continues to show strength even as US recession risks rise and the fragile ceasefire with Iran begins to show cracks. Key takeaways: Bitcoin climbed to $72,000 as rising recession odds and a weak US dollar boosted the appeal of scarce financial assets. Rising oil prices and a wobbly truce with Iran threaten to reverse...Continue Reading

Newly appointed company president Brett Redfearn briefly worked as Coinbase’s head of capital markets and served for more than three years at the SEC. Tokenization platform Securitize has named Brett Redfearn as president, with the former official at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) also joining its board of directors. Securitize’s Thursday notice said...Continue Reading