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Lawmakers in North Dakota state have introduced a bill to restrict crypto ATM transactions and protect residents from fraud. The House Bill 1447 was submitted on January 15 to the state legislature, after 103 state residents reported $6.5 million in losses…
Caroline Pham, the acting chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has announced significant leadership changes at the agency, just days after being appointed by President Donald Trump. Pham outlined the new leadership structure in a January 22 statement, naming…
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis revealed that the majority of holdings for Donald Trump’s Official Trump (TRUMP) token and Melania Trump’s Melania Meme (MELANIA) token are concentrated in the hands of just 40 crypto whales. These whales, who each hold $10 million…
Bitwise, the largest crypto index fund manager, has reportedly filed for a Dogecoin (DOGE) exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Delaware. The company registered “Bitwise Dogecoin ETF” as a statutory trust on Wednesday through Delaware’s Department of State’s Division of Corporations. The firm’s…
A January 21 court filing revealed that the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas reversed sanctions against the crypto mixer Tornado Cash, which led to a sharp rise in the value of its token, TORN. Tornado Cash…
A Moscow bank staffer has been arrested on suspicion of stealing “about 180 million rubles [$1.8 million] from a client’s safe deposit box” and swapping the “stolen” banknotes for crypto. The banker was reportedly arrested “at one of the capital’s airports.”…
Upbit and Bithumb, South Korea’s two biggest crypto exchanges, have agreed to pay customers around $2.4 million worth of compensation for outages during the martial law chaos of December 3. Maeil Ilbo reported that the platforms have agreed to settle with…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced on Wednesday plans to improve the platform’s support for Solana (SOL) following the resolution of recent transaction delays that affected users. We have the Solana backlog triaged, and transactions should generate quickly again. If your transaction…
MicroStrategy, the American development company founded by Michael Saylor, expanded its Bitcoin holdings by 11,000 BTC, equivalent to $1.1 billion, as revealed in a January 21 post on X by the business intelligence executive. MicroStrategy’s $1.1 Billion Bitcoin Acquisition According to…
Crypto.com has introduced an institutional trading platform in the United States, aiming to complement its existing crypto retail trading mobile application. The new platform, announced on January 21, will offer more than 300 trading pairs and advanced trading tools tailored to…
Deribit, one of the leading crypto derivatives exchanges globally, reported a staggering $1.1 trillion in trading volumes in 2024, marking a 95% year-over-year increase from $608 billion in 2023. In the company’s year-end report, Deribit CEO Luuk Strijers attributed the surge…
Crypto-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications have reportedly doubled after former SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s resignation this week. According to Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas, 33 crypto asset ETFs have been submitted to the US SEC currently. “The list doubled since Gensler left…