Rathnakishore Giri was sentenced to nine years in prison after federal prosecutors said he orchestrated a $10 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors through false promises tied to Bitcoin trading.
Republican lawmakers are seeking to permanently block the creation of a US central bank digital currency ahead of an expected House vote on amended housing legislation this week.
Tempo has integrated Morpho’s $7.5 billion lending marketplace, expanding the Stripe and Paradigm-backed blockchain beyond payments infrastructure into decentralised lending and yield products.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission has appointed DJ Hennes as director of its Market Participants Division, reinforcing the agency’s growing focus on crypto assets and prediction markets under Chairman Michael Selig.
Bitmine Immersion Technologies purchased another 71,672 Ether during a recent market decline, with chairman Tom Lee describing ETH prices below $2,200 as an “attractive opportunity” for accumulation.
About 10% of US adults used or invested in crypto in 2025, marking the highest adoption level in three years, according to a new report from Federal Reserve on household economic well-being.
US Securities and Exchange Commission has rescinded a decades-old rule that barred defendants settling enforcement actions from publicly denying the agency’s allegations, ending a policy critics described as a restriction on free speech.
Ethereum Foundation is facing mounting scrutiny after Carl Beek and Julian Ma became the latest prominent contributors to leave the nonprofit amid a broader organisational transition tied to Ethereum’s future governance structure.
Standard Chartered will absorb the core regulated business of Zodia Custody after shareholders accepted its acquisition offer, while spinning out Zodia Solutions as an independent infrastructure platform for institutional crypto clients.
Echo Protocol suffered a major exploit after an attacker minted approximately 1,000 unauthorised eBTC tokens worth around $76.7 million on the Monad network.
Citigroup analysts warned that advances in quantum computing are accelerating potential risks to cryptocurrency networks, with Bitcoin viewed as more exposed than Ethereum due to governance and upgrade challenges.
Financial Services Commission is reportedly reviewing Hana Bank’s planned $668 million investment in Dunamu under South Korea’s “banking-commerce separation” framework.
