The T3 Financial Crime Unit, a collaboration between the Tron blockchain, stablecoin issuer Tether and blockchain intelligence company TRM Labs, said it has frozen a total of 100 million of Tether’s USDT used by illicit actors since the unit was…
Jeremy Allaire, Circle’s CEO, revealed on Thursday that the company had donated $1 million USDC to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural committee. @circle has contributed 1M USDC to President Trump’s Inaugural Committee. We are excited to be building a great American…
On January 9, PeckShieldAlert, a blockchain security and forensic platform, revealed that crypto hacks and scams cost $3.01 billion in 2024. This represents a substantial 15% increase compared to the $2.61 billion lost in the crypto industry in 2023, thus…
Mastercard has unveiled the expansion of its innovative Crypto Credential solution to the UAE and Kazakhstan, marking its debut in the Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EEMEA) region. The solution aims to simplify cryptocurrency transactions by allowing users to…
China’s massive and tech-savvy population still drives global demand for blockchain applications, in spite of strict regulatory restrictions, found the ‘GTM in Asia’ report by Foresight Ventures and Primitive Ventures. “Western discourse often assumes that “China has completely banned crypto,”…
The crypto market is known for its rapid pace, and if you have any doubts about that, just look at how sentiment has flipped to bearish in just 24 hours. This sudden shift is not without reason. Bitcoin (BTC) and…
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has unveiled the “Supervisory Incubator for Distributed Ledger Technology” (DLT) to help banks safely adopt blockchain-based solutions and unlock their potential. The initiative, announced on January 8, is aimed to assist banks in adopting…
Crypto exchange platform OKX has issued a warning about a fake OKX Wallet browser extension that recently appeared on the Firefox browser plugin store. The warning note posted on X stressed that OKX has not released any Firefox plugins. Further,…
After rallying over 50% since early November, bitcoin (BTC), the leading cryptocurrency by market value, looks to be carving out a pattern. If completed, this could see prices revisit the mid-$70Ks. BTC’s price action since late November has evolved into…
Glassnode recently disclosed that the bitcoin market shifted to a new phase this year, following the rise to over $100K experienced after President Donald Trump’s victory in the polls. Glassnode states that the movements of whales indicate that a distribution…