Filing: the US SEC settles with Tron founder Justin Sun over a 2023 case that alleged securities fraud; Tron-affiliated company Rainberry will pay the $10M fine
Filing: the US SEC settles with Tron founder Justin Sun over a 2023 case that alleged securities fraud; Tron-affiliated company Rainberry will pay the $10M fine
Rainberry, a company affiliated with the Tron network, will pay a $10 million fine. Charges against Sun will be dismissed.
A look at Tether's role in Venezuela's economy, which puts it in a prime position to aid the U.S. as it seeks to find funds allegedly stolen by Maduro's regime
The stablecoin served as a tool to avoid sanctions and a lifeline for everyday citizens — Nicolás Maduro helped make tether the world's dominant stablecoin.
A look at Tether's role in Venezuela's economy, which puts it in a prime position to aid the U.S. as it seeks to find funds allegedly stolen by Maduro's regime
The stablecoin served as a tool to avoid sanctions and a lifeline for everyday citizens — Nicolás Maduro helped make tether the world's dominant stablecoin.
Artemis Analytics: total stablecoin transaction volumes rose 72% YoY to a record $33T in 2025, led by Circle's USDC at $18.3T and Tether's USDT at $13.3T
Stablecoin transactions reached unprecedented heights last year, buoyed by favorable policy in the US under pro-crypto President Donald Trump.
The US CFTC grants crypto exchange Gemini a Designated Contract Market license, allowing it to launch its prediction markets betting platform Gemini Titan
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The US DOJ seizes ~$15B in bitcoin held in wallets owned by a man who oversaw a “pig butchering” operation in Cambodia, in the DOJ's largest ever forfeiture
The Department of Justice has seized about $15 billion worth of bitcoin held by a man who oversaw a massive “pig butchering” …
The Ethereum Foundation announces the “Privacy cluster”, a team of 47 blockchain industry experts developing protocol-level privacy features for the network
The team of 47 professionals from the blockchain industry will help research and develop privacy features for the Ethereum layer-1 network.
WLFI, run by the Trump family's World Liberty Financial, falls 25% to ~$0.21 on its first trading day, giving it a ~$6B market cap; Trump's WLFI is worth ~$3.6B
WLFI tokens in circulation have a total nominal value of $6.4bn — The crypto token of a project backed by US President Donald Trump fell …
Paxos applies to create a US national trust bank, which would let it manage and hold assets on behalf of customers, following Circle's and Ripple's applications
Here's why that matters Paxos : Paxos to Pursue National Trust Charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Ronaldo Marquez / Bitcoin Insider : Paxos Applies To Estab...
Shopify partners with Coinbase to enable USDC payments for its merchants through Coinbase's Base layer-2 network, starting with a limited group of merchants
The integration is set to roll out on June 12 to a limited group of early access merchants, with wider availability expected later in the year.
Coinbase announces its first branded credit card, in partnership with American Express, for Coinbase One US users, and creates a lower-cost Basic subscription
Earn up to 4% bitcoin back on every purchase. Coming fall 2025. Tikta / Unchained : Coinbase and Amex Team Up on Bitcoin Card as Exchange Reveals Broad Expansion Plans Jenna Montg...
Sources: Robinhood plans a blockchain-based platform to let retail investors in Europe trade US securities, and considered partnerships with Arbitrum and Solana
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President Trump's World Liberty Financial says Abu Dhabi's MGX fund is investing $2B in Binance using World Liberty's USD1 stablecoin, raising ethical concerns
A deal for a state-backed Emirati firm to use a Trump-affiliated digital coin was announced in a panel that included the president's son …
OKX relaunches in the US and unveils a new crypto wallet for users, two months after a $500M DOJ settlement over insufficient anti-money laundering processes
Seychelles-based OKX announced on Tuesday that it is relaunching the U.S. version of its crypto exchange and unveiled a new wallet …
Binance suspends an employee for allegedly using insider information to sell tokens for significant profits; X users suggest the project was the memecoin UUU
- Binance Wallet announced that it has suspended an employee for allegedly using insider information to sell tokens for significant profits …
Sources: Coinbase is in advanced talks to buy Deribit, the largest bitcoin and ether options trading platform, which was reportedly valued at $4B-$5B in January
and likely won't allow us to keep trading there. 😬😓 More than 70% of the total BTC options volume is traded on Deribit. [image] @tyler_did_it : Major acquisitions happening in the ...
The US SEC says proof-of-work crypto mining doesn't trigger federal securities laws and mining operators do not need to register their transactions with the SEC
In a staff statement published Thursday, the SEC said that both solo mining and mining pool operations would fail the first prong of the Howey Test.
Trump Media unveils fintech brand Truth.Fi with an investment of up to $250M, which can be allocated to various investments, like bitcoin and other crypto
Trump's Net Worth Spikes Over $200 Million Mohammad Shahid / BeInCrypto : Trump Media Group to Invest Up to $250 Million in Crypto with Truth.Fi Jai Hamid / Cryptopolitan : Trump M...
Montenegro says Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon will be extradited to the US, potentially ending a standoff over competing demands by the US and South Korea
Bloomberg :