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Crypto-related hacks fell to about $49 million in February, a sharp decline from the $385 million stolen in January, as attackers shifted toward phishing scams and wallet approval exploits.

Paul Atkins called for stronger coordination between the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to avoid overlapping enforcement and improve regulatory clarity.

BitGo will provide custody and trading services for StableX Technologies as the Nasdaq-listed firm builds a $100 million digital asset treasury focused on stablecoin ecosystem tokens.

A federal court in Ohio rejected an attempt by Kalshi to block state regulators from enforcing gambling laws on sports-event contracts offered through its platform.

Ripple Labs says institutions can settle transactions using crypto, stablecoins and fiat on a single platform as it expands services around the XRP Ledger ecosystem.

Bernstein analysts raised their price target for Circle Internet Financial, citing accelerating stablecoin adoption across payments, businesses and potential AI-driven use cases.

Oil-linked derivatives surged in popularity on decentralised exchange Hyperliquid, with a WTI crude contract becoming the platform’s second-most traded asset after Bitcoin.

Rising tensions in the Middle East pushed oil above $100 a barrel after Iran elected Mojtaba Khamenei as leader and reportedly began laying naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

Elon Musk’s financial “everything app,” X Money, is set to enter early public access in April, marking a major step in the social media platform’s push into payments and financial services.

Armed criminals posing as police officers forced a French couple to transfer about €900,000 ($980,000) in bitcoin during a violent home invasion in Chesnay near Paris on Monday.

President Donald Trump’s Solana-based Official Trump (TRUMP) meme coin slid to around $2.90 on Tuesday after touching $2.87 overnight, marking its lowest level since shortly after the token launched in January 2025.

Bitcoin climbed to an intraday high of $71,775 on Tuesday before retreating toward $70,000 as global equities rallied on renewed hopes for easing tensions in the Middle East.

Coinbase has launched regulated crypto futures trading across 26 European countries through its Coinbase Advanced platform as it expands its derivatives business in the region.

Russia’s central bank says preparations for the nationwide launch of the digital ruble remain on track, with the central bank digital currency expected to be introduced in September.

US federal prosecutors have asked a New York court to schedule an October retrial for Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm on charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to violate US sanctions.

NFT lending platform Gondi said a hacker exploited a smart contract vulnerability to steal roughly $230,000 worth of nonfungible tokens from the protocol.

A major US banking lobby group is weighing legal action against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency over its decision to grant national trust bank charters to crypto companies.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has disclosed a $288,000 investment in bitcoin treasury company Stack BTC Plc, which is chaired by former UK Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng.

South Korean company Bitmax has cut its capital sharply after losses tied to its Bitcoin treasury strategy, highlighting the risks facing small firms attempting to replicate the approach pioneered by Strategy.

Nasdaq is linking its European trading venues to Boerse Stuttgart Group’s tokenised settlement platform Seturion in a move aimed at enabling blockchain-based settlement of securities across fragmented European capital markets.

Crypto-backed political action committee Fairshake has spent roughly $8.6 million on Illinois congressional races as the United States prepares for the 2026 midterm elections.

A Beijing-based educator whose lecture predicting a US–Iran conflict went viral is now attracting attention for a separate claim that Bitcoin may have been created by the US military as a surveillance system.

China’s latest regulatory notice banning crypto activity and restricting yuan-pegged stablecoins signals Beijing is closely monitoring emerging digital asset sectors, particularly real-world asset tokenisation.

Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash rose about 7% in the past day, outperforming Bitcoin after a key development team announced a $25 million funding round.