Ledger hardware wallet implants have renewed scrutiny of the middlemen handling devices before they reach buyers, even through authorized sellers. Ordinary cryptocurrency owners cannot realistically be expected to detect sophisticated tampering with hardware wallets, security researcher Joe Grand told Cointelegraph on Tuesday. Grand specializes in hardware security and has helped recover cryptocurrency from locked wallets....Continue Reading

Standard Chartered expanded its spot crypto trading services to professional investors in the UAE region, with plans to offer access to more market participants. Standard Chartered has expanded Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) trading to wealthy clients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who qualify as professional investors. Eligible investors can trade these assets within...Continue Reading

Saifedean Ammous argues that Bitcoin already functions as money when held as a store of value; expects it will become larger and less volatile than gold as it matures. Saifedean Ammous, the author of the 2018 academic book “The Bitcoin Standard,” said that Bitcoin already functions as a medium of exchange and that volatility’s effect...Continue Reading

Should US high court justices grant review of the case, they could release a decision as early as June 2027. After being convicted in 2023, losing his appeal to a Second Circuit court in 2026 and awaiting a decision on a presidential pardon that may never come, former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried is hoping...Continue Reading

Bitcoin onchain analysis eyed a “potential bottom” for BTC price action in early October as demand weathered external headwinds. Bitcoin (BTC) can still preserve its traditionally strong October performance, as onchain data points to a local BTC price bottom forming. Key points: New analysis published on crypto analytics platform CryptoQuant Monday show onchain conditions in...Continue Reading

Coins.ph says its Philippine central bank license remains intact amid reports of possible revocation over alleged offshore gambling transactions. Coins.ph said it remains licensed by the country’s central bank following reports that it could face license revocation over alleged transactions involving restricted offshore gambling operators.  Coins.ph is one of the largest crypto exchanges in the...Continue Reading

New York Fed President John Williams’ comments came as he reaffirmed his view that the US Federal Reserve may need to raise interest rates once more this year. New York Fed President John Williams said AI equipment supply could take more than two years to catch up with demand, which could add to inflationary pressure....Continue Reading

Starknet’s Shadow Accounts allow users to obscure connections between their main wallets and DeFi activity, though transactions remain visible onchain. Ethereum layer-2 network Starknet has launched a wallet privacy feature that lets users interact with decentralized finance (DeFi) apps without publicly linking activities to their main wallets.  StarkWare, the team behind Starknet, said that its...Continue Reading

Bitwise’s Matt Hougan said nearly every fundamental indicator that Bitwise tracks spiked sharply higher. Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan says Q3 may have been “one of the best quarters in crypto’s history,” arguing a sharp rebound in crypto prices and growing onchain markets point to the start of “crypto spring.” In its quarterly market...Continue Reading

The wallet maker requested that devices be removed from shelves while investigators work to establish where tampering occurred. Ledger has requested sellers and distributors of its devices in six Southeast Asian countries and Hong Kong to suspend sales and remove its hardware wallets from shelves as it investigates reports of tampered devices. In a post...Continue Reading