UK Backs Money Laundering Crackdown With $676M and 500 New Officers
The Home Office names crypto alongside fintech and AI as drivers of a threat the NCA puts at £100 billion a year in the UK.
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Tonkeeper Becomes Keeper as Wallet Adds Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tron
The self-custodial wallet is expanding beyond The Open Network, with support for seven blockchains and more financial products planned.
Crypto Exchange CoinEx Is Shutting Down After Nine Years, Giving Users Until December to Cash Out
The Hong Kong-founded exchange blamed a prolonged crypto winter and rising compliance costs, closing the books on a run that began in December 2017.
Wall Street Bets on Fed Rate Hike: Here's What It Means for Bitcoin, Bonds and Trump
Nearly every major bank now expects the Fed to raise rates for the first time in three years. Markets have mostly priced it in, but the political fallout could run deeper than one hike.
Coinbase-Backed Crypto Group Warns of Midterms Payback After Clarity Act Fails
The Coinbase-backed Stand With Crypto will add senators’ votes to its scorecards as it rallies crypto voters ahead of November’s elections.
OpenAI's Brockman Says Safety Concerns Have Already Slowed Its Most Advanced AI Work
Greg Brockman says OpenAI delayed launches and reworked its processes after a pre-release model broke out of a sandbox and hacked into Hugging Face.
Crypto Reacts: Bitcoin Slides as Clarity Act Fails to Clear Senate Vote
The Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance the crypto industry's marquee bill Tuesday. Bitcoin dropped as the no tally mounted, but the move stopped well short of panic.
Clarity Act Stalls in Senate as Crypto Bill Fails to Clear Key Vote
The crypto market structure bill failed to receive enough votes to advance in the Senate.
Robinhood Engineers Charged With Fraud Over Alleged Crypto Listing Trades
Two employees allegedly earned more than $50,000 each by trading Hyperliquid perpetual futures before Robinhood announced new token listings.
'It's Now or Never' for Clarity Act, Says 'Bitcoin Senator' Lummis
The Wyoming Republican says the final text hands Democrats more than 120 of their own demands, including sweeping new ethics rules, as the Senate holds a make-or-break cloture vote Tuesday afternoon.
US Seeks Forfeiture of $61 Million in Crypto Linked to Alleged Iranian Oil Scheme
Prosecutors allege two Chinese companies used Binance accounts to launder oil proceeds benefiting Iran’s government and military.
Crypto's Long-Sought 'De Minimis' Tax Break Gets a House Markup This Week
The proposal would overhaul federal tax treatment of digital assets but still requires approval from Congress.