Crypto Hackers Steal $168 Million from DeFi Protocols in Q1 2026
Crypto hackers stole over $168.6 million in cryptocurrency from 34 decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols in the first quarter of 2026,...
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Ripple Prime earns BBB rating from Kroll, reflecting robust capital support and early profitability
Ripple Prime, the institutional brokerage arm that grew out of Ripple Labs’ acquisition of Hidden Road, has received BBB issuer...
Franklin Templeton Expands Crypto Arm With CoinFund Deal
Global asset manager Franklin Templeton is set to expand its crypto footprint by acquiring a spinoff of the crypto-native investment...
Australia to Mandate Crypto Licensing Under New Law
Australia has passed legislation that will bring many digital asset platforms and tokenised custody platforms under the country’s financial services...
Nakamoto Sells $20M Bitcoin, Exits Metaplanet at Loss in Q1
Nakamoto, the Bitcoin treasury company formerly known as KindlyMD, sold $20 million worth of Bitcoin in March and cut a...
Midas secures $50M Series A as mTokens surpass $1.7B in assets minted
Midas, which empowers asset managers to bring institutional-grade strategies onchain, has closed a $50 million Series A led by RRE...
Women Creators Reclaim Ownership Through Web3 Payment Rails
Opinion by: Ashna Vaghela, chief customer officer at Mercuryo, and Vi Powils, CEO at World of Women.For decades, the financial...
Future US Crypto Crackdowns Could Happen Without Clear Rules
Failing to pass the crypto market structure bill known as the CLARITY Act could leave the door open for a...
Incentive Design Could Change Retail Investors’ Fortunes
Opinion by: Ilya Tarutov, founder of TramplinCrypto hasn’t struggled because the technology was flawed. Instead, it faltered as a result...
NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange invests $600 million in Polymarket
Intercontinental Exchange, the global exchange operator that owns the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), has completed a $600 million direct...
US Lawmaker Wants Answers About Kraken’s Fed Master Account Approval
US Representative Maxine Waters, the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, is demanding answers from the Federal Reserve...
Elon Musk’s X Hires Ex-Aave and Base Design Lead Benji Taylor
Elon Musk’s X has hired crypto-native product designer Benji Taylor as its new head of design, ahead of a wider...
Governments Need CBDCs To Improve Financial Inclusion Among Citizens
Opinion by: Xin Yan, co-founder and CEO of Sign.Financial exclusion remains one of the most persistent challenges for national governments....
OpenAI eyes Helion power deal as AI race drives fusion energy push
OpenAI is in advanced talks to buy electricity from Helion Energy, a Sam Altman backed fusion startup, in a sign...
As Mass Adoption Approaches, Crypto Has Forgotten Its Roots
Opinion by: Dr Corey Petty, chief evangelist at LogosWhen early cryptocurrencies were conceptualized, the vision was not one of complex...
Stablecoins Key Role in Agentic AI, Despite Limited Adoption: Bernstein
Stablecoins could benefit from the rise of AI-driven payments over time, even as early adoption remains limited and contested, according...
Bluesky discloses $100 million Series B as user growth tops 43 million
Bluesky has disclosed a previously unannounced $100 million Series B round led by Bain Capital Crypto, a raise that was...
BitFuFu Cuts Self-Mined Bitcoin by 60% in 2025
BitFuFu’s 2025 results showed a sharp shift in its business mix, with cloud mining overtaking self-mining as the company’s main...
Morgan Stanley Pushes Closer to Bitcoin ETF With Amended SEC Filing
US investment bank Morgan Stanley filed a second amended S-1 for its proposed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), detailing seed...
Crypto.com to Cut 12% of Workforce due to Enterprise AI Integration
Singapore-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com is set to cut up to 12% of its workforce due to company-wide artificial intelligence (AI)...
Bitcoin Depot Struggles With Regulatory Pressure and Weak 2026 Outlook
Bitcoin Depot, a publicly traded cryptocurrency ATM provider, is facing mounting regulatory pressure in the US amid a steep stock...
DeFi Education Fund Drops SEC Lawsuit as Crypto Stance Softens
Texas-based apparel company Beba and crypto lobby group DeFi Education Fund have withdrawn a 2024 lawsuit against the US Securities...
