A federal judge froze 70.6 Bitcoin tied to BlockFills after Dominion Capital alleged customer fund misuse and sought the return of disputed assets. A US Judge has temporarily frozen 70.6 Bitcoin tied to cryptocurrency lending and trading company BlockFills and ordered a full segregated account of customer funds after Dominion Capital accused the company of...Continue Reading

The regulator warned investors that promotions tied to the exchange are not approved in Dubai and urged residents to verify licensed virtual asset providers. Dubai’s digital asset regulator has instructed entities behind crypto exchange KuCoin to halt unlicensed virtual asset activities in the emirate, warning investors that the platform is not authorized to serve Dubai...Continue Reading

Vancouver city staff say Bitcoin is not permitted under the Vancouver Charter and recommend dropping Mayor Ken Sim’s 2024 reserve proposal ahead of a Tuesday council vote. Vancouver, Canada, city staff said Bitcoin cannot be held in municipal reserves and recommended that the city council drop a proposal to create a Bitcoin reserve. City staff,...Continue Reading

The company behind the clothing brand Original Penguin has accused Pudgy Penguins’ clothing merchandise of infringing on its trademarks. PEI Licensing, the firm behind the clothing brand Original Penguin, has filed a lawsuit against the nonfungible token project Pudgy Penguins, alleging trademark infringement, dilution and unfair competition. The lawsuit, filed in a Florida federal court...Continue Reading

The altcoins with “real world” traction and application will be the winners of the next altcoin season, says Bitwise’s Matt Hougan. The euphoric altcoin seasons where almost every cryptocurrency rises across the market are probably not coming back, says Bitwise investment chief Matt Hougan. “I think that game is over. I think we’ll see a...Continue Reading

Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas says Solana ETF inflows are posting “pretty impressive numbers,” even as the token has dropped by more than half since they launched. Exchange-traded funds tied to Solana have held on to their early inflows, despite the token having more than halved in price since the funds were launched, which analysts...Continue Reading

“Even after the recent price rally, fundamental and technical indicators still point to a bear market environment,” said CryptoQuant. Bitcoin staged a brief relief rally above $74,000 on Thursday, but it has already petered out as analysts predict a persistent bear market will keep momentum subdued.  “Bitcoin is still in a bear market despite the...Continue Reading

Macroeconomist Lyn Alden says gold has a “somewhat euphoric” sentiment around it, while Bitcoin is being treated “somewhat unfairly negative.” Bitcoin is likely to outperform gold on price performance through to 2029 after gold’s strong recent rally, says macroeconomist Lyn Alden. “If I had to bet Bitcoin versus gold over the next two to three...Continue Reading

Crypto security researchers say the hacker exploited a bug allowing them to mint tokens, before swapping the freely-gained tokens for another tied to Bitcoin. Bitcoin-based decentralized finance platform Solv Protocol says one of its token vaults was exploited for $2.7 million and has offered the attacker a 10% bounty in exchange for returning the stolen...Continue Reading

The Federal Reserve and US banking regulators have clarified that tokenized securities are subject to the same capital treatment as traditional assets. US regulators have clarified that tokenized securities will receive the same capital treatment as their traditional counterparts, saying the rules are “technology neutral.”  The Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the...Continue Reading