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A former chief financial officer in Washington has been sentenced to two years in prison after secretly diverting $35 million from his employer into risky cryptocurrency investments.

Bitcoin dropped below the key $70,000 level on Friday as geopolitical tensions and weak economic data from the United States triggered a sharp market sell-off.

Colombia is moving closer to formal regulation of the cryptocurrency sector as the Central Bank of Colombia completes a draft framework aimed at governing digital asset activities.

Publicly listed cryptocurrency mining companies have begun selling large portions of their bitcoin holdings as financial pressure across the sector continues to mount.

Exchange-traded funds tied to Solana have retained roughly $1.5 billion in inflows even as the token has dropped more than half since the products launched.

Fintech firm Revolut has filed a new application for a U.S. national bank charter as it renews its push into the North American market.

Quantum computing firm PsiQuantum has started construction on a facility designed to host a 1 million-qubit quantum computer, a scale scientists say could theoretically break Bitcoin’s cryptography.

Bitcoin-based decentralised finance platform Solv Protocol said one of its token vaults was exploited for about $2.7 million and offered the attacker a 10% bounty to return the stolen funds.

U.S. banking regulators said tokenised securities will receive the same capital treatment as traditional securities, emphasising that regulatory rules remain “technology neutral.”

U.S. Democratic lawmakers are drafting legislation to regulate prediction markets after suspicious bets were placed on the timing of U.S. strikes on Iran.

XRP funding rates on Binance have turned sharply negative, a market signal that has historically preceded short-term price rebounds in the token.

Elon Musk said X’s upcoming payments platform, X Money, is already running in a closed internal beta as part of his plan to transform the social network into an “everything app.”

Cardano’s ADA token can now be used for grocery purchases at 137 Spar supermarkets across Switzerland after a payment integration with Swiss fintech firm DFX.swiss.

Vancouver officials have recommended closing a council motion that explored making the city “Bitcoin-friendly” after determining municipal law prevents Bitcoin from being held in city reserves.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $461.77 million in inflows, marking the third consecutive day of positive flows as institutional demand for crypto exposure continued to strengthen.

Bitcoin’s recent rally could face new risks if volatility in oil and commodity markets spreads to equities, according to Bloomberg Intelligence commodities strategist Mike McGlone.

SoFi Technologies has selected BitGo to provide infrastructure for its new bank-issued stablecoin SoFiUSD, marking another step toward regulated digital dollar payments in the United States.

Core Scientific has secured a $500 million loan facility from Morgan Stanley, with an option to expand the financing to $1 billion to support its growing data center operations.

Aave Labs has outlined a year-long security framework for the upcoming Aave V4 lending protocol, describing extensive audits and testing conducted before launch.

Roughly 38% of altcoins are trading near their all-time lows, a level that exceeds the market weakness seen after the 2022 FTX collapse, according to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost.

US Bitcoin miner CleanSpark sold 553 BTC for about $36.6 million from its February production while mining 568 BTC during the month, according to its latest operational update.

Eric Trump, co-founder of the crypto venture World Liberty Financial, has publicly backed his father’s criticism of banks during a dispute over stablecoin rewards tied to U.S. crypto legislation.

A Coinbase shareholder has filed a derivative lawsuit against several of the crypto exchange’s executives and board members, alleging oversight failures that exposed the company to regulatory penalties and legal risks.

Canadian police have warned that scammers are impersonating the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in fraudulent crypto recovery schemes targeting people who previously lost funds in earlier scams.