Investors will have to wait an extra day to find out if and how much Strategy added to its Bitcoin treasury in the first week of October. Strategy chair Michael Saylor teased investors watching Sunday for a signal of the company’s recent Bitcoin purchases with the message “There’s always room for more orange,” in a...Continue Reading

Company advised users not to visit or interact with the link in question and said it will share any further verified updates. Bitcoin-only hardware wallet Coldcard said a phishing link appeared Sunday on its official X account, for which it has used offline two-factor authentication and tightly restricted access since 2017. The company said it...Continue Reading

Ledger said the incident appeared to be isolated to a single reseller and its Southeast Asian market. Hardware wallet maker Ledger, which has been investigating reports of crypto losses involving its devices purchased from a Southeast Asian reseller, confirmed that one of the impacted users’ devices contained an unauthorized hardware implant. Ledger said in a...Continue Reading

The two measures attempt to set the stage for a potential US Supreme Court battle over federal and state jurisdiction. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued two proposals, one that would define event contracts as “swaps” under federal law and another that excludes traditional casino gambling from that definition. Several states have sued...Continue Reading

“We’re ready to bring quantum resistance to mainnet at any time,” Sun said in a post on X. Justin Sun, founder of the Tron network, said that the company’s post-quantum cryptography was now live on testnet.“We’re closely tracking progress in quantum computing and AI, and we’re ready to bring quantum resistance to mainnet at any...Continue Reading

There are global concerns following incidents at OpenAI ‌and Anthropic, and fears have arisen that rogue AI agents may venture beyond human control. European Union rules on AI use are more than capable of dealing with rogue agents, EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said. There are global concerns following incidents at OpenAI ‌and Anthropic, and...Continue Reading

The round follows increased international demand for Meanwhile’s Bitcoin life insurance policies amid broader macro instability. Meanwhile, a life insurer licensed to operate completely in Bitcoin, announced $37.5 million in new funding from existing investors. Bermuda-based Meanwhile, whose backers include OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has now raised more than $180 million. Bain Capital Crypto led...Continue Reading

The Treasury Department has announced several digital asset seizures related to sanctions on Iran as part of US sanctions. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the country was “probably gonna seize a billion dollars of crypto this week” as part of its crackdowns on Iran. Speaking at the Newsmax NPolicy Summit on Thursday, Bessent...Continue Reading

The agreement resolves a 2023 civil fraud lawsuit against the Celsius founder and permanently bars him from the cryptocurrency, securities and commodities industries. Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky has been permanently barred from the cryptocurrency, securities and commodities industries under a settlement with New York Attorney General Letitia James that includes up to $35 million...Continue Reading

Chad Barraford, technical co-founder of the network, said that the funds were frozen and then unfrozen without explanation. THORChain technical co-founder Chad Barraford accused stablecoin issuer Tether of blacklisting the network’s USDt (USDT) vaults without explanation, then unfreezing them hours later.  In a Friday X post, Barraford said that Tether had blacklisted THORChain vault addresses,...Continue Reading