A Florida woman was allegedly stripped of more than $1.5 million in jewelry and precious metals and $280,000 in cash after scammers posing as bank employees convinced her that her accounts had been compromised. Treasure Island police arrested Alnesha Bianca Handy, 35, and James Arthur Graves Graham Jr., 24, in connection with the alleged scheme …
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Federal Jury Convicts Crypto Fund Founder of Defrauding Investors Over Fake Autotrader
A federal jury is convicting a cryptocurrency trading fund founder of defrauding investors by falsely claiming his fund used a working proprietary autotrader for automated crypto trading. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California says the scheme involved raising nearly $1 million from more than 20 investors between June 2017 and August …
Rent TRON Energy and Reduce USDT Fees : TronBid Expands Marketplace
August 26th, 2026 – Berlin, Germany class=”ql-align-center”>TronBid expands its two-sided TRON resource marketplace, giving users new ways to rent Energy, trade Energy and Bandwidth, and reduce USDT fees for TRC-20 transactions. TronBid, a peer-to-peer marketplace for TRON network resources, has expanded its platform with new tools for users looking to rent TRON Energy, manage transaction …
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Pennsylvania Attorney General Suing Snapchat Over Addictive Features And Misleading Ratings
Pennsylvania’s attorney general is suing the operator of Snapchat over claims that the app uses addictive designs while misrepresenting its content suitability to parents. The complaint filed in Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas alleges violations of the state’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law through misleading app-store claims and platform features that encourage …
Chainalysis estimates $457B in taxable crypto activity, says CARF misses most
The blockchain analytics firm said just 14% of the onchain activity it identified is covered by the OECD’s international crypto tax-reporting framework. Potentially taxable onchain crypto activity reached at least $457 billion globally in 2025, while international reporting rules may capture only a fraction of it, according to a new Chainalysis report. The US accounted …
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Sticky Inflation Strikes Again as Fed Faces Stagflation Trap
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge, known as the personal consumption expenditures price index, rose a hair higher in July, showing inflation remains sticky. Equity valuations held steady while bitcoin’s price and gold recorded modest declines following the government’s inflation reading. Sticky Inflation Refuses to Give the Fed Any Breathing Room On Tuesday, the …
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Blackrock Drives $431 Million Into Bitcoin and Ether ETFs
Bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) extended their inflow streaks to seven sessions on Tuesday, drawing $314.37 million and $179.80 million, respectively. Solana, XRP and HYPE funds also posted solid gains as capital continued to spread across the crypto ETF market. Blackrock Captures Over 90% of $314.37M Bitcoin ETF Inflow The late-August bid showed no …
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Blackrock Processes $5 Billion in Direct Bitcoin-to-ETF Conversions
Large crypto holders are increasingly exchanging bitcoin directly for exchange-traded fund (ETF) shares instead of selling into cash first. Falling minimums at Blackrock and Bitwise, along with growing use at Grayscale and 21shares, are making the process more accessible and extending the model to ether and solana. Blackrock Expands In-Kind Bitcoin Swaps as ETF Access …
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Bitcoin Price Left Behind? Record Global M2 Could Put BTC on a Launchpad
The world’s money supply has reached a record milestone this week and at the same time, bitcoin’s price spiked 21% higher over the last seven days. Some believe bitcoin might be playing catch-up and moving toward the massive liquidity parked inside the modern financial system. Global M2 Blows Through Record Territory Just like the global …
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Cryptoquant’s Bitcoin’s Bull Score Jumps to 80, but $83,000 Is the Real Test
Bitcoin’s Bull Score, a Cryptoquant gauge of market health, jumped from 30 to 80 in a single week as bitcoin rallied to $81,000, though the firm says a weekly close above $83,000 is still needed to confirm a new bull market. The Fastest Bull Score Flip in a Year Cryptoquant’s Bull Score, an index the …
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Hyperliquid’s AQAv2 Is Turning USDC Yield Into HYPE Buybacks
Hyperliquid officially activated “AQAv2” today. The mechanism is designed to route yield from billions in USDC reserves into automatic buybacks and burns of its HYPE token, with Circle and Coinbase running the plumbing behind it. What AQAv2 Does Hyperliquid’s validators approved the AQAv2, or “Aligned Quote Asset v2,” framework with 69.08% support. It extends an …
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SEC sends crypto custody rule overhaul to White House for review
The securities regulator’s crypto custody overhaul could clarify how investment advisers and funds hold digital assets for clients as the proposal moves through review. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is moving forward with plans to overhaul custody rules for investment advisers and investment companies, potentially giving institutions greater clarity on how they can …
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77% of Americans see crypto in retirement plans as risky: Survey
A new survey finds broad skepticism toward crypto in workplace retirement plans as US policymakers move to expand access to alternative assets. More than three-quarters of Americans view cryptocurrency in workplace retirement plans as risky, as concerns over retirement security mount across the United States, according to a new survey from The National Institute on …
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Bitcoin dips below $78K as stocks, gold fall on higher US PCE Inflation data
Bitcoin stayed away from challenging $80,000 after July US PCE inflation data came in slightly higher than anticipated, pressuring gold and risk assets. Bitcoin (BTC) slipped under $78,000 following Wednesday’s Wall Street open after US inflation data came in above expectations. Key points: Data from TradingView tracked up to 1% daily BTC price losses, with …
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Protocol upgrade decouples consensus from execution to solve scaling bottlenecks
CTDG Dev Hub participant’s protocol upgrade decouples consensus from execution, allowing network nodes to reach agreement on blocks before transaction execution completes. High-performance blockchains often run into the same architectural limit, where the execution sits directly in the path of consensus. In a conventional synchronous model, validators must first execute the transactions inside that block …
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