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If you read cryptocurrency news every morning, you know most of it is noise. This week was different. On October 5, the CFTC proposed its first real set of crypto trading rules, per Coinpapri
The brief freeze halted swaps on the cross-chain network, renewing debate over how decentralized such platforms really are. Tether froze about $1.45 million worth of USDT held in TRON-based v
HSBC and Ant Digital Technologies say they have successfully tested an AI-agent payment workflow that uses tokenized bank deposits, with settlement occurring in real time on a blockchain test
A co-founder of Empire Market, one of the largest dark web marketplaces to operate on the Bitcoin network, has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison and ordered to forfeit 1,230 Bitcoi
The U.S. Department of Justice is examining whether Binance violated the terms of its 2023 guilty plea agreement, with scrutiny centered on possible Iran sanctions breaches. The review poses
Anthropic took 81 days to notify Philadelphia police that one of its AI models had submitted a false homicide tip through a public web form. Philadelphia police call the two-month delay unacc
Enterprise Payroll Moves On-Chain The @StellarOrg network is quietly becoming a backbone for corporate payroll infrastructure. More than 20 multinational corporations have deployed payroll op
CFTC Moves to Build a Federal Guardrail for Crypto Markets The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (@CFTC) is pushing ahead with its most ambitious effort yet to regulate digital asset
New York Attorney General Letitia James has permanently barred former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky from working in the cryptocurrency, securities and commodities industries, according to an agr
Thailand will allow locally listed cryptocurrency ETFs investing initially in Bitcoin and Ether from October 16, opening regulated crypto exposure to retail investors while steering trading t
Raheim Hamilton, the Virginia man who co-created and operated the dark web marketplace Empire Market, was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison and fined $5 million, the U.S. Department of
The United Kingdom has sanctioned three cryptocurrency firms over alleged ties to Russia, marking the latest use of financial enforcement tools to target digital asset businesses linked to sa
