Informed Crypto News

Moldovan President Maia Sandu claims that $114M worth of digital assets will fund electoral corruption and vote-buying schemes.

Kraken is seeking to raise at a $15 billion valuation, which probably places comp valuation metrics for Binance at more than $100 billion.

Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, the developers behind Samourai Wallet, have pleaded guilty to unlicensed money transmission.

Max Burwick announced his first mayoral policy and attacked leading rival candidate Zohran Mamdani’s stance on antisemitism.

During the outage yesterday, Hyperliquid traders had no access to place trades or manage their highly leveraged positions.

Bank of International Settlements researchers have quantified a few basis points of measurable impact from stablecoins on US Treasuries.

A day after opening, 23 Tesla Diner reviews had disappeared from Yelp, leaving it with just 14 write-ups, and only a single one-star review.

The GENIUS Act forbids any interest payments by Circle to USDC holders, causing them to venture elsewhere for APRs of 59% or beyond.

Adam Back’s BSTR Inc. is the fourth largest publicly traded BTC treasury company, yet questions about the source of its coins linger.

Both parties have already delayed the pre-trial motion submission date twice and have now asked a judge to grant another two-week extension.

In what’s being called an “economic attack,” Qubic is offering higher rates, paid in its own token, to XMR miners willing to join its pool.

SlowMist claims the SuperRare exploit was caused by a faulty permission check in the “updateMerkleRoot function.”

MyBitcoin, an early exchange that went into receivership in 2011, splashed back into markets after a whale sold 80,000 of its BTC.

Bitcoin (BTC) treasury companies today share certain similarities with mania of US investment trusts from the Roaring ‘20s.

The XRP Ledger operated in 2012, yet founders and early developers claim to have permanently lost all of that data.

The Taiwan-based crypto exchange WOO X still hasn’t lifted its withdrawal freeze after $14 million in crypto was stolen in a phishing attack.

2025 has been a great year for stablecoins; we’re seeing new regulatory frameworks, and the president of the United States has launched one.

Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm says he was “financially cancelled” when Gusto closed his account after an “extensive review.”

Pump Fun’s PUMP token fell 14% on Wednesday at the same time as the company’s CEO Alon Cohen was being interviewed by Threadguy.

John Woeltz and William Duplessie allegedly kidnapped an anonymous BTC trader in New York and threatened to set him on fire.

According to Bitbo, more than half of all new public BTC treasury companies are trading at least 50% below their year-to-date high.

PUMP, the token for Pump Fun, has crashed approximately 60% from its peak, falling below its initial coin offering price.

Solana and Jito are now named as defendants in Burwick Law’s lawsuit against Pump Fun which now includes fraud accusations.

Saylor says he’s “building out the yield curve for BTC credit” and has published the first curvature of BTC credit for the world to see.

Storm’s trial has so far seen experts question evidence presented and the FBI dismiss VPNs as something a “regular person” wouldn’t use.

Whale, a delegated representative with millions of ADA, accused Charles Hoskinson’s foundation of “obscene” spending and “non-delivery.”

As things stand, controversial crypto billionaire Sun will be blasting off as part of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin program later this year.

World Liberty Financial tokenholders have approved a resolution that signals approval for the token to become unlocked and tradable.

Purchase announcements by BTC treasury companies led by Donald Trump, Michael Saylor, and others exceed $3B today.

$50B stablecoin firm Circle Internet Group accused a circle-themed memecoin of “brand infringement,” causing it to change its ticker.

According to US President Donald Trump, Peter Van Valkenburgh delivered the greatest Bitcoin explanation of all time in 2018.

Bitcoin Core developers have been working on patching a pesky bug affecting full node software operators called the disk fill attack.

The individual who accidentally paid a $112,000 ETH gas fee, and is now pleading for the receiver to return it, will unlikely get it back.

Securities, funds, and derivaties tied to MicroStrategy (MSTR) and its bitcoin are almost too numerous to count.

The IMF gave El Salvador another $118 million as part of its deal to wind down the state-issued Chivo bitcoin wallet by July 31.

Roughly $10M worth of ETH stolen from Infini was sent to Tornado Cash today, while over 1,700 ETH was swapped for roughly 5.9M DAI.

Wormhole, the blockchain bridge that suffered a series of losses in 2022, is earning partnerships with the world’s biggest asset managers.

Confusion over seized and forfeited assets led pro-crypto Senator Cynthia Lummis to panic about the US selling off 179,000 BTC.

Adam Back seems less concerned with bitcoin’s role in displacing traditional banking as he gets rich alongside Wall Street bankers.

A freedom of information request filed by The Rage reporter L0la L33tz revealed that the US Marshals Service holds $1.6B in BTC.

HTX, the Justin-Sun advised exchange, has been depositing and withdrawing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of USDT on Aave.

Crypto exchange BigONE revealed a $27M hack today, but crypto sleuths noted that it’s still accepting millions in scam funds.

Yesterday, the BTC mining network began adopting a new, much lower threshold for minimum transaction fees: 0.1 sat/vByte.

A new ETF manager wants to leverage MicroStrategy with swaps to amplify risks and payout frequency.

Since 2020, Coinbase has spent over $20M on Brian Armstrong’s personal security, which called a bomb squad over a bottle of tequila.

Despite the ICO requiring buyers to go through a KYC process, analysis suggests that some wallets used dozens, if not hundreds, of addresses.

Danny Nelson accused the US government of “weaponising” his old group chat via misconstrued evidence against Tornado Cash and Roman Storm.

By looping Binance Chain-based USD1 on Euler Finance against USDT, yield farmers have earned 99% APR on the presidential stablecoin.

MicroStrategy diluted all four classes — MSTR, STRK, STRF, and STRD — of its public shareholders last week to buy BTC.

Crypto skeptic Pledditor unexpectedly disappeared from social media this morning, leaving many followers wondering what happened.