Bitcoin mining difficulty fell 7.76% to about 133.79 trillion at block 941,472, one of the largest downward adjustments recorded in 2026.
Brazil’s new Finance Minister Dario Durigan has shelved a planned public consultation on crypto taxation as the government seeks to avoid divisive tax debates ahead of the October 2026 presidential …
Resolv Labs’ USR stablecoin lost its dollar peg after an attacker exploited the protocol’s issuance mechanics to mint about 80 million unbacked tokens and extract roughly $25 million in value.
Gemini Space Station has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit accusing the crypto exchange and its executives of misleading investors about the company’s strategy and financial outlook before …
TOKEN2049 Dubai, one of crypto's largest annual conferences, has been officially postponed from April 29–30, 2026, to April 21–22, 2027, as organizers prioritize participant safety amid escalating tensions in the …
A targeted phishing campaign aimed at developers of OpenClaw, a widely used open-source AI agent platform. Attackers created fake GitHub accounts and tagged real developers in repositories, offering a purported …
SEC approved a rule change proposed by Nasdaq, enabling the exchange to offer tokenized versions of equity securities and ETFs on its platform. The tokenized instruments will use blockchain settlement …
Crypto.com has cut roughly 12% of its workforce as it reorganizes around enterprise-wide AI adoption, marking the company’s latest round of staff reductions as crypto firms and fintechs retool for …
South Korea’s crypto gains tax is currently scheduled to take effect in January 2027, applying a 22% levy on annual gains exceeding 2.5 million won. Lawmakers have introduced a proposal …
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission published its first comprehensive interpretation of how federal securities laws apply to crypto assets. The CFTC joined the SEC’s release and said it will …
Hong Kong-based stablecoin payments firm RedotPay is seeking to raise up to $150 million in new financing as it moves toward a potential U.S. IPO. The company’s IPO drive has …
Mastercard is making its biggest stablecoin move, signing a definitive agreement to acquire London-based BVNK for up to $1.8 billion. The price includes $300 million in contingent payments.
Argentina has ordered a national ban on Polymarket, a major prediction market platform, after a Buenos Aires court found that it was operating outside legal gambling frameworks and posed a …
A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for participating in a scheme to intimidate and extort victims on behalf of a …
AI-linked crypto tokens rose as Nvidia’s GTC conference put “agentic AI” back at the center of the market narrative, with CEO Jensen Huang projecting a massive expansion in demand for …
The Ethereum Foundation sold 5,000 ETH over-the-counter to BitMine for about $10.2M at an average price of $2,042.96 per ETH. BitMine holds roughly 4.53 million ETH and plans to keep …
Venus Protocol was left with roughly $2 million in bad debt after an attacker manipulated the price of Thena’s THE token to inflate borrowing power and drain more liquid assets, …
Bitcoin is having its strongest week in months, climbing back to around $71,000. Spot Bitcoin ETFs added about $1.3B net in March, even as futures traders remained cautious, with negative …
OP Labs, the core development company behind the Ethereum layer-2 network Optimism, has laid off 20 employees as part of a restructuring aimed at narrowing priorities and speeding up execution.
BlackRock’s iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHB) posted roughly $15.5 million in trading volume on its first day on Nasdaq, according to figures cited by Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart.
