Updated Jan 30, 2025, 1:17 p.m. UTCPublished Jan 30, 2025, 12:57 p.m. UTC Staunch crypto skeptic and disgraced former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Wednesday on charges of bribery and acting as an agent for…
Police in Argentina have arrested five people they say were scanning people’s irises in a parking lot in exchange for “crypto and cash.” Per reports from La Nacion and the broadcaster LT9, the suspects were “offering to scan people’s irises”…
Updated Jan 30, 2025, 6:30 a.m. UTCPublished Jan 30, 2025, 6:18 a.m. UTC Spanish authorities are crediting the T3 Financial Crime Unit, a consortium made up of Tron, Tether, and TRM Labs, for helping take down a multinational European financial crime syndicate.…
Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, is under fire after a wave of social engineering scams between December 2024 and January 2025 caused millions in losses for its users. According to a report by blockchain investigator ZachXBT,…
Updated Jan 29, 2025, 6:22 p.m. UTCPublished Jan 29, 2025, 5:47 p.m. UTC Howard Lutnick, who is President Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of Commerce, is drawing scrutiny on his relationship with Tether from Senator Elizabeth Warren — the ranking Democrat…
The South Korean city of Gwacheon has announced it will use an IT solution to help it seize, freeze, and liquidate more crypto from tax-dodging residents. Per Energy Kyungjae, the city – in Gyeonggi Province – will launch “its own…
Updated Feb 3, 2025, 5:34 a.m. UTCPublished Feb 3, 2025, 5:31 a.m. UTC Major tokens slumped more than 25% in the past 24 hours as a new wave of tariffs imposed by the U.S. on Canada and Mexico over the weekend birthed…
Jan 29, 2025, 4:14 p.m. UTC The crypto political action committee that stunned U.S. politics last year, Fairshake, successfully weighed in again in a pair of Florida special elections to replace Republican members of Congress, likely adding to its list of…
Updated Feb 3, 2025, 4:54 a.m. UTCPublished Feb 3, 2025, 4:50 a.m. UTC Bitcoin’s (BTC) on-chain options market on Derive.xyz indicates a 22% probability of prices falling to $75,000 by March 28, a notable rise from last week’s 10% chance. The sharp…
Updated Jan 29, 2025, 4:39 p.m. UTCPublished Jan 29, 2025, 11:26 a.m. UTC Digital asset exchanges Bitstamp and Crypto.com will suspend certain token services deemed unauthorized under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets legislation (MiCA). Stablecoins’ Tether’s USDt, and Paypal’s PYUSD,…