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XRP traded independently of Bitcoin over the past 24 hours as its trading volume surged 24% to about $3.33 billion while the token remained under persistent selling pressure.

Crypto exchange Bybit said it recovered $300 million for thousands of users in 2025 using an artificial intelligence-powered fraud detection system designed to intercept scams before funds are lost.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi denied any involvement with a Solana-based memecoin bearing her name, triggering a 58% price crash and prompting a regulatory investigation.

Australia could unlock up to 24 billion Australian dollars ($17 billion) annually from tokenised markets and digital assets but risks capturing only a fraction of that without regulatory reforms, according to a new fintech industry report.

BitGo has expanded its MiCA-compliant crypto-as-a-service offering across all 30 countries in the European Economic Area, enabling banks and fintechs to integrate regulated custody, trading and fiat on- and off-ramps via API-based infrastructure.

The Central Bank of Iran temporarily halted the USDT–toman trading pair during February airstrikes in a bid to slow currency repricing, underscoring how systemically important stablecoins have become within the country’s financial system.

VanEck chief executive Jan van Eck said Bitcoin may be forming a cyclical bottom even as 2026 fits the typical bear phase of its four-year halving cycle.

Mike Braun has signed House Bill 1042, allowing Indiana’s public retirement and savings plans to include bitcoin and other cryptocurrency investments through self-directed brokerage accounts.

A Los Angeles County jury has convicted former Los Angeles Police Department officer Eric Halem of kidnapping and robbery after prosecutors said he and three alleged accomplices posed as police to steal roughly $350,000 in Bitcoin from a 17-year-old during a 2024 home invasion.

Ray Dalio cautioned against viewing Bitcoin as digital gold, arguing that “there is only one gold” and that central banks are unlikely to adopt Bitcoin as a long-term reserve asset.

Donald Trump urged Congress to advance digital-asset market-structure legislation, accusing major banks of trying to undermine the administration’s crypto agenda amid a dispute over stablecoin yield.

Police in South Korea have arrested individuals allegedly paid in cryptocurrency to carry out “private revenge” attacks involving vandalism, threats and the spreading of food and human waste.