Bitcoin climbed back above $68,000 in early Asian trading after Iran confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a joint US and Israeli military operation.
Eleven Democratic senators have formally urged the U.S. Treasury and Department of Justice to investigate Binance over alleged breaches of sanctions and anti-money laundering laws.
Federal authorities in Washington have seized or frozen more than $580 million in cryptocurrency linked to scam centres operating across Southeast Asia.
The XRP Ledger Foundation said it has patched a critical vulnerability in a yet-to-be-enabled amendment to Ripple’s XRP Ledger, preventing what could have been a major exploit before deployment on mainnet.
Australia’s crypto sector is showing steady growth in user adoption and regulatory engagement, although banking barriers and legal uncertainty continue to weigh on the industry, executives said at the XRP Australia 2026 event in Sydney.
Two people have been arrested in South Korea after police lost 22 seized Bitcoin now valued at about $1.4 million, with the funds missing for four years before being uncovered during a wider audit.
Bitcoin’s recent wave of investor selling appears to be nearing exhaustion, potentially easing downward pressure but leaving the market facing months of sideways consolidation, according to analyst Willy Woo.
Ether could remain rangebound over the coming weeks as macroeconomic uncertainty and regulatory developments appear largely priced in, according to Swyftx lead analyst Pav Hundal.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined a roadmap to strengthen the network against future quantum computing threats, identifying four key areas requiring upgrades.
Bitcoin is approaching a key onchain milestone, with 19,993 unique wallets now holding at least 100 BTC, according to data shared by Santiment.
Ransomware attacks increased sharply in 2025, with nearly 8,000 public leak events recorded, a 50% jump from 2024, according to a new report by Chainalysis.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has released a 376-page proposal to implement the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act, setting out operational rules for federally supervised payment stablecoin issuers.
