Informed Crypto News

Donald Trump has sued the JPMorgan CEO over an alleged debanking incident, which reinforces a narrative about Operation Chokepoint 2.0.

Arrests, money laundering service shutdowns, releases, and escapes are all part of an ongoing crackdown on Cambodian scam operations.

Strategy preferreds were supposed to fix the problems with bonds, such as principal repayment, but instead they brought a raft of new issues.

Crypto sleuth Tanuki42 claims the middle man selling USDT to Iran is also receiving USDT from DPRK wallets laundering Bybit funds.

Head of Product Nikita Bier added, and swiftly removed, a controversial crypto influencer from the platform’s new starter pack feature.

Celsius has filed a lawsuit against Archblock, alleging that it’s failed to redeem millions of dollars worth of stablecoins.

The root cause behind the hack remains unclear. Around $6M in ETH and $850K of YieldFi assets sit in the hacker’s ETH address.

The manager mistakenly claimed that Strategy’s BTC collateralizes shares of its stock, even though it doesn’t.

Iran gathered at least half a billion dollars worth of USDT last year to help bypass sanctions and boost its own currency.

Mallers advertised Twenty One as a company that would increase BTC per share but it hasn’t disclosed any purchases since July.

Bitcoin has performed worse during the first year of the Trump administration than it performed under the Biden administration.

The Mnemonic Slots website hosts a BTC seed phrase slot machine, offering unlimited free spins. But is it worth playing?

The collectible perp trading project Trove Markets launched its token yesterday, and it shed over 90% of its value in minutes.

A flash loan attack allowed a hacker to manipulate the DUSD pool on Curve Finance. Another, smaller hack hit SynapLogic four hours earlier.

Pudgy Penguins claimed that X’s crackdown on reply spam and “AI slop” might “have a significant effect on India’s economy.”

Burwick Law asked a judge to impose a series of sanctions that would prevent Pump Fun and its affiliates from targeting the firm.

A social media post claimed participation by Solana validators had dropped 84% over the past 12 months. The actual number was closer to 20%.

Michael Saylor has a new definition of digital money, and it is not BTC. Conveniently, it’s also a sales pitch for STRC.

Someone sent money to a BTC wallet with a private key already published on the blockchain as a txid. A bot feeding frenzy ensued.

New plugins available in the Claude Code marketplace allow vibe coders to access smart contract auditing skills.

The FTX estate is filing an amended complaint alleging that Justin Sun owes millions of dollars worth of assets it’s failed to turn over.

Kaito and Cookie plan to sunset their respective Yaps and Snaps programs in response to Bier’s announcement.

If you have to ask somebody online what TikTok coins are, they aren’t for you — and that might be a good thing.

BTC resumed its rally, extending gains another 6% after X reverted a shadow ban that had deprioritized crypto tweets.

The author of the Dilbert comics had wise lessons for the crypto industry as early as 2013, if anyone would have listened.

Carl Rickertsen, on the board of directors for Strategy, has filed his first insider purchase of MSTR in over three years.

Eric Adams, the former mayor of New York City, announced his support for NYC Token, and minutes later the token was rug-pulled.

Nikita Bier, Elon Musk’s head of product at X, is taking heat for changing the recommendation algorithm of Crypto Twitter.

Strategy bought a lot of BTC last week, but shareholders still have less per share now than a couple of months ago.

An ongoing hacking spree targeting legacy DeFi projects has claimed a further $27M, with Truebit and Futureswap the latest victims.

The Donald Trump administration has escalated its assault on the Federal Reserve to an “unprecedented” level, sending grand jury subpoenas.

Following an apparent bot takeover, influencers dived into a thread with X Head of Product Nikita Bier to complain about the torrent of spam.

Senior Bitcoin developers have promoted TheCharlatan, aka “sedited,” to Trusted Key holder with GitHub Commit access to Core’s master branch.

With the US seizure of Venezuelan oil and possible BTC holdings, speculation about an overthrow of Cuba is next.

Donald Trump has claimed in an interview that he has no intention of pardoning convicted cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried.

The French civil servant was found using tax software to snoop on crypto investors, French billionaire Vincent Bolloré, and prison guards.

Fasial Tariq, who founded the Paradox crypto game, has now been linked to $335K worth of the so-called “Godzilla” of weight loss jabs.

Scooter is exploring defamation remedies after Burwick Law claimed crypto influencer Scooter threatened “livelihood-destroying campaigns.”

A group of major Zcash developers has resigned over a restructuring dispute that sought to attract external investment for the Zashi wallet.

Crypto promoters are trying to lure precious metal speculators with dubious claims of ultra-high yield farms in tokenized gold.

The colloquial metric of investor confidence in Strategy, its multiple-to-Net Asset Value or mNAV, has fallen to 1x its BTC holdings.

The number of Premier League football teams entering into partnerships with crypto sponsors fell this year from 14 to 13.

Chen Zhi is head of the Prince Group and had previously laundered around $15B in BTC, revealed to have been seized in October.

Kontigo, which allows Latin American users to dodge inflation by using “digital dollars” has been forced to reimburse over 1,000 accounts.

A token unlock for Core Contributors increased the supply of Hyperliquid by 5.5% overnight, diluting all other investors.

Uganda’s director of government communications threatened to block messaging service Bitchat ahead of next week’s elections.

Bitcoin developers overlooked a major bug in Core v30 that could have led to catastrophic loss of BTC for full node wallet users.

A dark web monitoring service has flagged a disturbing listing by someone who claims to be able to access Kraken customer details.

A Polymarket trader made $437K betting on the exit of Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro in the hours leading up to his capture.

Global-e hasn’t said how many users have been affected but Ledger says the incident “remains separate to the operations of any Ledger device.”