UK House of Lords Probes Stablecoin Regulation and Risks
The United Kingdom's House of Lords has launched a formal inquiry into the role of stablecoins, signaling a high-level legislative review of the digital...
Phishing Scams Drove $370M in Crypto Theft in January
An estimated $370 million in digital assets were stolen in January, with phishing and social engineering scams accounting for the vast majority of losses....
Bitcoin, XRP Prices Tumble Amid US Government Shutdown Fears
Bitcoin slipped below $84,000 and XRP fell to $1.72 as the U.S. government entered a partial shutdown Friday after lawmakers missed the midnight funding...
Polyfarm Crypto Investor Bamu Wandji Held by EFCC
Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken Bamu Gift Wandji, the promoter of an alleged cryptocurrency investment scheme known as Polyfarm, into...
US Seizes $400M from Helix Dark Web Crypto Mixer
The United States government has seized cryptocurrency tied to the defunct dark web mixing service Helix, which laundered over 350,000 bitcoin between 2014 and...
Wall Street Finds Its Next Trading Edge in Onchain Data
For decades, Wall Street firms invested billions in physical infrastructure, co-locating servers next to exchange matching engines and laying private fiber-optic cables across oceans,...
Ethereum Foundation Forms Team to Fight Quantum Threats
The Ethereum Foundation is officially moving its post-quantum (PQ) security efforts from the research lab to the critical path. By forming a dedicated team...
Understanding Crypto Token Approvals and Their Risks
Token approvals are a fundamental mechanism within decentralized finance (DeFi) that enables smart contracts to spend tokens directly from user wallets. This core feature...
Polymarket Brings Crypto Betting to Major League Soccer
Polymarket's new partnership with Major League Soccer (MLS) is more than just another sports deal; it's a calculated move to embed crypto-based prediction markets...
ERC-8004 Brings Portable Reputation to AI Agents on Ethereum Mainnet
Ethereum's ERC-8004 standard is heading to mainnet soon, introducing infrastructure that enables AI agents to build verifiable reputations, discover each other across organizations, and...