The co-founder of Blum, a popular Telegram Mini App that combines a crypto exchange with point-earning games, has been detained in Russia on accusations of large-scale fraud, according to local media reports. Vladimir Smerkis, who previously worked a

Crypto exchanges Binance and Kraken were also reportedly targeted in the same style of phishing attacks that Coinbase disclosed on Thursday, according to a Bloomberg report. Neither Binance nor Kraken reported any loss of customer data, with internal

Coinshift’s yield-bearing stablecoin, csUSDL, has surpassed $100 million in total value locked (TVL) just four months after its launch in January, according to DeFiLlama data. The milestone reflects rising demand for fiat-pegged assets that offer pas

Coinshift’s yield-bearing stablecoin, clUSDL, has surpassed $100 million in total value locked (TVL) just four months after its launch in January, according to DeFiLlama data. The milestone reflects rising demand for fiat-pegged assets that offer pas

A superseding indictment unsealed on Thursday in U.S. District Court charged 12 more American and foreign nationals with allegedly taking part in a racketeering scheme that stole over $263 million in cryptocurrency.Several were arrested this week in

Crypto and equities trading platform eToro announced today that its Nasdaq initial public offering saw "upsized" pricing of shares at $52 per share, reflecting stronger-than-expected demand.The company's IPO involves around 11.9 million Class A commo

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed two crypto bills on Monday, citing concerns over risks in bridging state funds and agencies with the "volatile" cryptocurrency market.One of the bills that Hobbs rejected was Senate Bill 1373, which sought to estab

Curve Finance has flagged a Domain Name Service (DNS) attack on its website, days after unknown actors gained access to the protocol’s X account.Reported late on Monday, Curve said its “curve[.] fi” domain was compromised in an apparent DNS spoofing

Coinbase will become the first pure-play crypto firm to join the S&P 500, the company confirmed late Monday — a move that could see billions of dollars in allocations to COIN, according to analysts at Bernstein."First they fight you, then add you to

President Donald Trump's official memecoin competition to decide who will be able to attend an exclusive dinner with the Commander in Chief has ended, and the 220 winners will be notified, the project said Monday."The first TRUMP Competition is offic

Coinbase (ticker COIN), the largest crypto exchange in the U.S., is set to join the S&P 500, the stock market index tracking the financial performance of 500 leading companies, according to CNBC. COIN will replace Discover Financial Services in the b

Crypto investment products run by asset managers such as BlackRock, Bitwise, Fidelity, Grayscale, ProShares and 21Shares registered $882 million worth of net inflows globally last week, according to CoinShares data.It marks the fourth consecutive wee

Vice President J.D. Vance is scheduled to speak at the upcoming Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, NV, according to an announcement on Friday. This comes about a year after President Donald Trump spoke at BTC Inc.’s annual conference — billed as “

Bitcoin crossed the psychologically important trading level of $100,000 on Thursday morning, according to The Block’s BTC price data. The move marks a recent high after sinking to a local low of $76,320 on April 8, amid a mix of macroeconomic uncerta

Layer 1 blockchain SKALE is launching a new consensus-level solution designed to eliminate Maximal Extractable Value, the scourge better known as MEV, a persistent issue in decentralized finance. The new tool, called the BITE Protocol (short for Bloc

Coinbase has acquired Deribit in a record-setting $2.9-billion deal in the crypto space, a move that will give the U.S.-based crypto exchange an immediate and dominant foothold in the high-growth derivatives space amid growing institutional adoption

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) maintained the benchmark federal funds rate at the current range between 4.25% and 4.50%."Although swings in net exports have affected the data, recent indicators suggest that economic activity has continued t

Kenya's High Court has ordered the World Foundation, formerly known as Worldcoin and co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, to delete the biometric data of local users, ruling that its collection violated the right to privacy.Justice Aburili Roselyne r

There has been a noticeable uptick in chatter around Bittensor lately. Its native token, TAO, is up about 60% in the last month. A Bittensor-focused liquid fund quietly launched in April. Digital Currency Group's Barry Silbert suggested TAO may be th

A new report shines more light on the recent change of course by Senate Democrats regarding bipartisan stablecoin legislation that has been working its way through the chamber. Late Saturday, a group of nine Senate Democrats said they would not suppo