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25 Young Suspects Charged in String of Crypto-Targeted Attacks on Wealthy Victims
Twenty-five young people, including six minors, have been charged in France in connection with a coordinated series of violent attacks and k...
Justice Minister Quits After US$45M Bitcoin Scandal Rocks Czech Republic
Czech Justice Minister Pavel Blažek resigned on 30 May following public outcry over his ministry’s acceptance and sale of nearly US$45 mi...
TON Blockchain Briefly Halts Block Production in Swift 40-Minute Outage
The Open Network (TON) briefly stopped block production on June 1 following a masterchain dispatch queue error that interrupted the blockcha...
Ethereum’s EIP-7702 Upgrade Exploited by “CrimeEnjoyor” Wallet-Sweeping Scam
Ethereum’s newest account abstraction feature is being weaponised at scale. According to a new analysis by crypto trading firm Wintermute,...
SharpLink Gaming Launches $1B Stock Offering to Fuel New Ethereum Treasury
SharpLink Gaming disclosed in an SEC filing its intention of raising up to US$1B (AU$1.56B) through a public stock offering. The company for...
Ethereum Foundation Changes Tact, Goes ‘Full DeFi’
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has taken a major step forward in decentralised finance (DeFi) by borrowing US$2 million (AU$3.11 million) in G...
Thailand Bans Five Major Crypto Exchanges to Tackle ‘Money Laundering’
As much of the world begins pondering progressive crypto regulation, Thailand has dealt a major blow to its local industry, banning five big...
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Records Best Month Ever, Hitting Ten Consecutive Days of Inflows
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has brought in US$6.22 billion (AU$9.68 billion) in total spot Bitcoin ETF inflows in May alone, ...
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Tells Crypto Investors to ‘Be an Adult’, Clarifies Securities Transactions
Living up to her reputation as the ‘Crypto Mom’ Hester Peirce, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Crypto Taskf...
SEC Files to Dismiss Unregistered Securities Case Against CZ, Binance
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is walking away from its lawsuit against Binance, marking one of the regulator’s most sign...
Trump Labor Dept. Ditches “Extreme Care” Crypto Warning, Paving the Way for 401(k) Bitcoin Bets
The Trump Administration has officially rescinded Biden-era guidance from the Department of Labor (DOL) that urged employers to exercise “...
VivoPower Nets $121M, Led by Saudi Prince, to Pioneer First XRP Treasury Model
VivoPower International PLC (VivoPower), a Nasdaq-listed energy company, has secured US$121 million (AU$188.5 million) in a strategic capita...