Oregon Men Accused of Altering Stolen Checks, Routing Cash Through Sham Logistics Firm
Three Oregon men have been federally charged in an alleged scheme that took stolen checks, changed the payee lines and...
Month: September 2026
Senate Probe Finds Iran Using Tether’s Stablecoin to Bypass Sanctions and Fund Proxies Like Hezbollah: Report
Iran has been leaning on Tether’s dollar-pegged USDT to dodge a U.S. sanctions dragnet and move money for the regime...
Tennessee Popeyes Refuses To Replace Meal After Woman Returns ‘Inedible’ Chicken Tenders
A Tennessee woman is going viral after a Popeyes manager refused to fully replace a meal that she claims included...
FTC Opens Sweeping Probe of Anthropic, OpenAI and Other Frontier AI Labs
Federal regulators are opening a broad investigation into leading artificial intelligence firms over the consumer risks their most advanced models...
Brazil’s Petrobras uses Cardano to track sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel
Petrobras developed two Cardano-based applications to track sustainability claims tied to aviation fuel and renewable diesel as part of an...
Bitget ‘gradually back to usual’ as protection fund reaches $309M
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said that a protection fund created by the company in 2022 “absorbed the financial impact of...
SEC changes token buyback guidance as spending hits $638M
The US Securities and Exchange Commission tightened its guidance for crypto token buybacks just three days after publishing it. On...
Binance ends Funding Account crypto deposits as Pay and Convert move to Spot
From Sept. 29, Binance says Funding Accounts no longer accept direct on-chain crypto deposits. Users depositing crypto must use Spot...
Bitcoin could react to new 40M barrel US oil sale before a single barrel is delivered
The US Department of Energy has opened an exchange for up to 40 million barrels of crude from the Strategic...
Bitcoin Price Gives Up Gains After Short-Lived Pump to $85.5K
Bitcoin pumped above $85,500 on Wednesday morning following the release of lower-than-expected U.S. PCE inflation data for August—but a quick...
Only 0.52% of Bitcoin Is Working Onchain—Here’s Why
Only 104,105 BTC, worth about $8.7 billion, is currently deployed in productive onchain strategies, according to a joint report from...
Brazilian State Energy Giant Petrobras Taps Cardano for Tracing Fuel
Brazilian state-owned energy firm Petrobras is testing Cardano’s blockchain to track the environmental benefits of renewable fuels, expanding an experiment...
‘Fake News’: El Salvador Denies Stablecoin Pivot as Bitcoin Treasury Grows
El Salvador’s National Bitcoin Office has dismissed reports that the country is pivoting to stablecoins, calling it “fake news,” and...
FCA Opens UK Crypto Gates More Than a Year Before Rules Hit
Britain’s crypto rulebook now has an entrance exam. Starting Sept. 30, crypto firms can apply for full Financial Conduct Authority...
Blackrock Leads $66M Bitcoin ETF Inflow as 9-Day Winning Streak Holds
U.S. bitcoin ETFs extended their inflow streak to nine sessions on Tuesday, adding $66.19 million even as the pace of...