The United States blacklisted Iranian crypto exchange Bitbank and its software developer over alleged sanctions-evasion activity. Treasury says financier Babak Zanjani used the platform to move hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), an elite branch of Iran’s armed forces. Treasury Blocks Bitbank and Its Developer Companies handling …
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A House committee advanced legislation that would codify the existing U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and prohibit sales of qualifying federal bitcoin for 20 years. The amended bill would place the current executive policy in federal law. House Panel Advances the Bitcoin Reserve Bill Bitcoin legally owned by the federal government and not required by law …
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Owen Simonin, known as Hasheur, reported a rise in the number of fraudulent call scams in which threat actors impersonate customer service representatives of a crypto platform. Simonin stressed that this rise was caused by the recent data leaks affecting French crypto users. Crypto Call Scams Rise in France, Says Crypto Entrepreneur The recent data …
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The total cryptocurrency market capitalization reclaimed $2.8 trillion and briefly approached $2.9 trillion amid a broad weekly rally. Crypto Economy Market Cap Nears $2.9 Trillion The cryptocurrency economy saw its total market capitalization reclaim the $2.8 trillion mark during a week in which privacy coins again outperformed the broader market. Market data showed that total …
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Cardano’s delegated governance voters let a 12.29 million ADA request for Pogun expire without ratification, showing that Input Output’s history as a founding builder does not guarantee access to the network’s treasury. Pogun is an Input Output-backed credit and liquidity product designed to bring Bitcoin into decentralized finance. Its proposal offered Cardano a share of …
Almost 4,000 Bitcoin left Liquid’s reserve on Sept. 6 through a withdrawal the network approved, even though the private keys used to authorize it hadn’t been stolen. Software had accepted a withdrawal that should never have qualified. Liquid lets people move a Bitcoin-backed token on a separate blockchain designed for faster, more private transactions. Bitcoin …
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Solana validator coordination now operates on a 250-millisecond target slot time. A slot is the network’s target interval for a validator to produce a block, so the change gives users more frequent opportunities for transactions to land while giving validators less time to pass production from one leader to the next. The change became effective …
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Cryptocurrency networks are secured by advanced mathematics, but criminal networks in France are bypassing it entirely with iron bars and home invasions. In a terrifying new trend labeled “crypto-rapts,” organized gangs are targeting families to force physical transfers of digital wealth. The latest strike this weekend in northern France involved four armed men holding a …
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This week’s stories centered on regulation, institutional adoption and market infrastructure. Seven Democratic senators vowed to keep negotiating on the CLARITY Act, while Tom Lee forecast a bullish 12 months for crypto. Revolut attackers demanded 6,000 XMR for stolen customer data, Kalshi captured about 80% of U.S. prediction-market volume, and Kraken parent Payward unveiled plans …
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NEW YORK, NY — American Conference Institute will host its 5th Annual Forum on Digital Assets: Compliance, Enforcement & Regulatory Oversight on November 17–18, 2026, at 3 Times Square in New York City. As digital assets move further into mainstream financial services, legal and compliance teams are confronting a new phase of regulatory, enforcement and …
Zcash pulled back to $1,429 after hitting a year-to-date high of $1,590, finding support above $1,440 with a 5% daily loss. Alongside the price action, a significant governance debate has emerged regarding the Zcash Development Fund, which expires in 2028. ZEC Retains Strong Gains Despite Pullback Zcash (ZEC) pulled back on Sunday after a sharp …
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One attacker appears to have cracked two separate crypto projects in the same minute, draining 8.72 million FET from a Fetch.ai converter while minting roughly 408.5 million NTX at Nunet. The combined damage landed around $2.01 million, but the strangest number was buried inside the NTX attack. The newly created coins represented roughly 42% of …
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A strange thing has happened to Bitcoin’s derivatives market over the past five years. The market is larger, institutions play a much bigger role, exchanges offer more sophisticated products, and traders have become far better at moving risk around. At the same time, one of the products that helped build that market has almost disappeared …
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Some of the most consequential financial rules begin with surprisingly little text. For example, on page 36 of the European Commission’s current MiCA review, item 66 asks whether Europe’s treatment of staking is adequate and, if it isn’t, what requirements should apply to companies providing staking services. The question is brief, but the consequences wouldn’t …
The Bank of Russia has proposed a 1% crypto capital cap, limiting covered crypto and foreign-digital-instrument risk to a bank’s own funds while leaving some client custody positions outside the new calculation. The Sept. 18 proposal would create N31 for individual credit institutions and N32 for banking groups on a consolidated basis. Each ratio compares …
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