Informed Crypto News

Circle’s upcoming IPO will provide a unique opportunity to value the world’s largest stablecoin issuer, Tether.

The 24-year-old allegedly organized the kidnapping and mutilation of David Balland, the co-founder of crypto wallet firm Ledger.

As part of the $9.4M gift, Ripple Labs will sublet a lavish office to the San Francisco Police Department’s drone surveillance unit for free.

Public companies holding BTC are employing a new magical valuation metric called “MmC,” or “mNAV months to cover.”

Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm is asking for another $2M after already spending millions over the past two years.

James Wynn has deposited almost $40K of donated funds into his Hyperliquid account to support his now $140M perpetual trade.

Molly White, an independent journalist, has flagged a website that is advertising itself as the official crypto wallet “by President Trump.”

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht received millions of dollars in crypto and could owe a substantial amount in gift taxes to the IRS.

LA Vape Cabal influencers Threadguy and Rasmr told a provocative influencer to “cut it out” before they were branded “fruitcakes.”

James Wynn said he needed donations to help him fight the “cabal” after already losing millions on crypto derivatives exchange Hyperliquid.

Despite Donald Trump’s embrace of “digital gold,” BTC, actual gold has outperformed it so far in his second term.

Circle (CRCL) is going public this week, but traders transposed their excitement to another CRCL stock, which spiked 16,000%.

Taiwanese crypto exchange BitoPro only confirmed the $11M hack after crypto sleuth ZachXBT revealed it took place three weeks ago.

Someone donated 300 BTC to Ross Ulbricht this weekend, and despite some initial skepticism, it doesn’t appear to be him.

People think gambling against Polymarket’s Jesus Christ bet is a sure win, but some theorize there’s money to be made betting on his return.

The SEC has dismissed and paused ongoing lawsuits and concluded a variety of investigations into the crypto industry.

Funnull Technology was sanctioned by the US after the FBI found it was selling IP addresses to crypto-stealing ‘pig-butchers.’

Circle is preparing for its initial public offering, with BlackRock and ARK reportedly interested in acquiring shares.

Plume’s co-founder Eugene Shen helped tokenise $4B worth of real-world assets before passing away this week.

Altcoins are almost as prominent as BTC at this year’s Bitcoin 2025 conference. They are also paying a lot of the bills.

The crypto community is giving its take on staying safe at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in the wake of a number of high-profile crypto crimes.

The SafeMoon saga, in all its low-rent absurdity and sheer incompetence, may be the perfect encapsulation of crypto’s maximum-fraud era.

Ngo Thi Theu was part of a 1,000-strong organization that promised 20-30% returns but prevented victims from withdrawing any earnings.

Donald Trump and his family have rapidly grown their collective cryptocurrency businesses, using access to the president as an incitement.

Crypto sleuth ZachXBT revealed North Korean hackers likely stole $5.2M in crypto by infecting the victim with malware.

Hyperliquid leaderboards appear to rank an enviable list of traders by their supposed profits, but that ranking is misleading.

For more than six months, Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy has failed to attain a new high on its BTC premium per share.

Donald Trump’s memecoin offered brief utility as a way to gain access to a dinner. Now that the event has passed, the token is crashing.

The Wall Street Journal described Binance’s former CEO as a “fixer” for Donald Trump’s crypto firm. Changpeng Zhao said it was a paid smear.

The US says that the individuals who created the DanaBot malware inadvertently infected their own computers and leaked their data.

A spoofing attack on Sui’s largest on-chain crypto exchange sent prices of many assets crashing 99% this morning.

Users of the KAS-wKAS bridge in the Chainge project have found their withdrawal transactions trapped as promises from the team are not met.

Craig Wright’s Tulip Trading, Wright International Investments, and Equator Consultants were all struck from the Seychelles company register.

Fifteen years ago, Laszlo Hanyecz started Bitcoin Pizza Day by purchasing two pizzas with 10,000 BTC, a sum worth more than $1 billion today.

As demand for trillions of dollars worth of US Treasuries turned bearish, BTC investors became more bullish than ever.

The jury found Karony guilty on all three criminal counts in his trial related to misrepresentations to investors.

As BTC hit a new all-time high above $109,400 today, other Bitcoin metrics were averaging near all-time lows.

The data of roughly 217 Maine residents was leaked after Coinbase support staff were bribed by bad actors to steal user information.

The defense said there could be no conspiracy between John Karony and SafeMoon CTO Thomas “Papa” Smith, because Smith was just taking orders.

Critics of Charles Hoskinson and Cardano are making new accusations about his mishandling of community finances.

A closing statement by Assistant US Attorney Dana Rehnquist laid out two dozen “material lies” told by SafeMoon CEO John Karony.

Bitcoin maxis laugh at Ripple’s failures, but there’s more to Brad Garlinghouse’s cancelled meeting with Cynthia Lummis than meets the eye.

Javier Milei published a decree today that states the investigative crypto unit has “fulfilled the task entrusted to it.”

Coinbase disclosed on May 14 that criminals bribed support agents to steal customer data and tried to blackmail it for $20M.

CEO John Karony is accused of secretly withdrawing funds from SafeMoon liquidity pools and using them to buy cars and real estate.

The firm suing Pump Fun is looking for complainants to start legal action against a crypto app popularising “Internet Capital Markets.”

Circle and Tether, the two largest stablecoins, have adopted different tactics when it comes to the management of their reserves.

Crypto billionaire Justin Sun returned to the US, despite his 2023 fraud charges, as the likely winner of a Donald Trump dinner auction.

From January, UK crypto firms will hand HMRC names, dates of birth, addresses, countries of residence, and National Insurance Numbers.

French crypto entrepreneurs will be given priority use of an emergency police line and offered home security checks from authorities.