UK court allows $172M Bitcoin theft case
A U.K. High Court judge has allowed a lawsuit over the alleged theft of 2,323 bitcoin, now worth about $172 million, to proceed to trial.
A U.K. High Court judge has allowed a lawsuit over the alleged theft of 2,323 bitcoin, now worth about $172 million, to proceed to trial.
Bitmine Immersion Technologies has purchased 60,999 ether, increasing its total holdings to approximately 4.6 million tokens valued at around $10 billion.
The U.S. dollar and cryptocurrencies have emerged as unexpected winners during the Iran conflict, while traditional safe-haven assets such as gold and Treasurys have underperformed.
Bitcoin has remained trapped between $60,000 and $75,000 in 2026, failing to sustain breakouts even as geopolitical tensions and market volatility reshape global asset flows.
Holders of WLFI must now lock their tokens for at least 180 days to retain voting rights after a governance proposal passed overwhelmingly.
A potential US ban on stablecoin yield products could prompt other jurisdictions to introduce the feature instead, according to Takatoshi Shibayama of crypto hardware wallet firm Ledger.
Investor expectations for another large bitcoin purchase are rising after Michael Saylor shared a chart highlighting Strategy’s growing bitcoin treasury.
Bitcoin could see stronger institutional adoption if global banking regulators revise capital rules that currently make it costly for banks to hold the digital asset.
XRP trading activity has weakened in recent weeks as falling market participation and continued ETF outflows signal declining investor demand.
Pi Network has released the initial version of its Pi Launchpad as a Pi App on Testnet, introducing a token launch mechanism based on its PiRC proposal framework.
Bitcoin climbed about 2% to a session high of $74,309 during Monday’s Asia trading after reports that Donald Trump is planning a multinational coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Former Binance chief Changpeng Zhao criticised Etherscan for displaying spam transactions linked to address poisoning scams that flood user wallets with malicious entries.