The comments followed recent reports that law enforcement officials retrieved deleted Signal messages through device push notification logs.

Crypto’s transparent ledger makes sanctions evasion easier to trace, allowing authorities to track and potentially freeze illicit flows.

WLFI fell to a record low after it was revealed that the project used billions of its own tokens as collateral to borrow $75 million in stablecoins.

A federal judge in Arizona has temporarily barred state officials from enforcing gambling laws against Kalshi, siding with the CFTC.

Bitwise added the ticker $BHYP and a 0.67% management fee in its latest filing, signaling a potential launch soon, according to Bloomberg's senior ETF analyst.

The CFTC’s task force includes five members with legal and crypto backgrounds to help "clear rules of the road for American innovators."

Alex Thorn, an executive at crypto investment firm Galaxy, said it is monitoring onchain activity for signs of an oil tanker fee paid in BTC.

The 10-day lunar flyby mission is expected to end in a splashdown landing in the Pacific Ocean on Friday evening.

CoreWeave said the agreement means it now serves nine of the 10 major developers of large language models for artificial intelligence.

Iran may require oil tankers to pay BTC tolls through the Strait of Hormuz, signaling a new use case for crypto as geopolitical tensions reshape global trade routes.

The public statement came about three months after the CEO said Coinbase could not support the crypto bill “as written“ before a crucial committee vote.

Although US inflation was weaker than expected in March, the ongoing war between the United States, Iran and Israel has fueled macroeconomic uncertainty.

Reuters reported that White House staff were warned against using confidential information after suspicious Iran-linked oil futures bets and fresh scrutiny of prediction markets.

A Bank of France official called for tighter MiCA rules on non-euro stablecoins as lawmakers advance reporting requirements for self-custodial crypto wallets above 5,000 euros.

Bitget’s IPO Prime will debut with preSPAX, a Republic-issued token tied to SpaceX’s post-IPO performance rather than direct ownership of the company’s shares.

World Liberty said its WLFI unlock proposal will go through community input before a formal vote, outlining a phased vesting plan rather than a full token release.

Aethir said it halted a bridge exploit on its Ethereum-linked contracts, limiting losses to under $90,000 after PeckShield estimated $400,000 in damages.

Covenant AI said it was leaving Bittensor due to its overreaching control on subnets and their large-scale TAO token sales, but Bittensor’s founder denied all allegations.

Hong Kong has issued its first stablecoin issuer licenses, approving Anchorpoint Financial and HSBC’s Hong Kong banking arm under its new regime.

Some industry insiders speculate the crypto sector may be just one market cycle away from full-scale mainstream adoption.

Japan tightens oversight with insider-trading bans and new disclosure rules as crypto markets attract more institutional participation.

Fidelity and Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETFs also saw a combined $68.2 million in inflows, while four other Bitcoin ETFs also tallied inflows on Thursday.

xAI argues that the law could force Grok to align with state-defined standards, which would conflict with its goal of “maximally truth-seeking” AI.

The upgrade from flat fees to variable pricing is designed to support the use of AI agents for LLM inference, compute and data queries. 

A proposed workaround could enable quantum-resistant Bitcoin transactions without a protocol change, but high compute costs limit real-world use.

OKX Ventures and HashKey are buying into VPBank-backed CAEX as Vietnam’s strict crypto pilot pushes offshore exchanges toward a challenging onshore licensing regime.

A listing on the NYSE requires a company to meet strict requirements covering financial health, share distribution and corporate governance.

The CIA has already tested AI across 300 projects to process large data sets, assist with language translation and publish reports.

Newly appointed company president Brett Redfearn briefly worked as Coinbase’s head of capital markets and served for more than three years at the SEC.

The Treasury Department said the move reflects increases in frequency and sophistication of actions targeting digital asset platforms.

The stablecoin issuer faces pressure after a stock downgrade and Drift Protocol exploit fallout, raising concerns over USDC exposure, crypto regulation and market risk.

With a potential scheduling conflict, several senators want to know if the president plans to attend a luncheon for memecoin holders in Florida or is just seeking to generate fees.

CoreWeave’s financing highlights Wall Street’s shift away from volatile, hardware-backed crypto lending toward cash-flow-driven AI infrastructure, according to TheEnergyMag.

Institutions can publish pricing feeds onchain via a pay-as-you-go model, offering an alternative to traditional data distribution systems.

Transactions on the Open Network layer-1 blockchain protocol previously took about 10 seconds to settle, before the Catchain 2.0 consensus upgrade.

The crypto exchange is mounting a challenge to platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket, offering ”gasless” trades as it seeks a share of the $20 billion prediction market.

A new Bitcoin–gold index highlights shifting views on crypto’s role as a store of value as correlations with equities increase and gold outperforms.

Operation Atlantic, a joint US, UK and Canadian operation, froze more than $12 million tied to crypto approval phishing scams and identified over 20,000 victims.

Hyperliquid data showed a 145 million Fartcoin position unwound across wallets, with the platform redistributing about $849,000 in gains to opposing traders.

The US Justice Department and commodities regulator asked a federal court to block Arizona’s action against Kalshi, arguing federally regulated event contracts fall under CFTC jurisdiction.

Bitcoin Depot said a hacker stole 50.9 BTC, worth about $3.7 million, after gaining access to internal systems linked to corporate wallets.

Crypto exchanges are seeking market share of TradFi trading venues, but tokenized commodities adoption is limited by pricing and liquidity concerns.

BitMEX said commodity perpetual swaps volume jumped from $38.1 million to $25 billion in Q1 as traders flocked to 24/7 gold, silver and oil exposure.

Bhutan has moved another 319 BTC, taking the total to over 9,000 BTC since late 2024, and trimming its sovereign stash by around 70%.

The decision closes a legal battle spanning more than a year, after Dunamu moved to overturn the sanction and halt its enforcement.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the CLARITY Act is vital to setting clear rules for crypto, tokenized assets and decentralized exchanges, and that US leadership is at stake.

Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF drew $30.6 million in first-day inflows, ranking second behind BlackRock’s IBIT as US spot Bitcoin ETFs clocked net outflows on Wednesday.

Dubai’s regulator issued new guidance placing token launches into three buckets, tightening disclosure and governance standards for stablecoins, RWAs and other digital assets.

South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb files for a court-approved asset freeze to reclaim 7 BTC remaining from a February payout error.

Yuga Labs first filed a lawsuit in June 2022, accusing Ripps and Cahen of copying its Bored Ape Yacht Club cartoon ape images and selling lookalike NFTs.

Canary Capital is preparing to launch an ETF tracking Pepe’s price, despite the token trading 85% below its December 2024 all-time high.

“In our view, the equitable balance here cuts in favor of the government,” said a panel of judges from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

While nearly 16% of Polymarket users are in profit, only a tiny fraction have made gains large and consistent enough to entertain walking away from their day job.

Two macro catalysts — wealth transfer and payment disruption — could push stablecoin usage far beyond baseline growth forecasts, analysts say.

Some officials cautiously eyed a year-end rate cut, but others warned that upward adjustments might be needed if inflation remains above target levels.  

Visa is rolling out a platform that helps merchants make their product inventories discoverable and purchasable by AI agents.

The North Korean IT workers coordinated crypto payments through a server using a shared, easy-to-guess password “123456.”

David Woodcock steps into the role as US senators await answers to questions on the agency dropping lawsuits against Justin Sun and several crypto companies.

Bitcoin faces a future quantum threat, but Bernstein analysts say risks are concentrated in older wallets and exposed keys, and unlikely to cause existential disruption.

The proposed rule would direct payment stablecoin issuers to establish AML/CFT and sanctions compliance programs, and be able to “block, freeze, and reject” certain transactions.

Empty tankers will reportedly be permitted to pass through the waterway under the US-Iran deal, but certain ships will need to pay a tariff of $1 per barrel of oil in Bitcoin.

MEXC appointed Vugar Usi as CEO and outlined plans to expand zero-fee trading and pursue MiCA licensing amid growing industry competition.

Standard Chartered is reportedly exploring a shake-up of Zodia Custody that would bring parts of the crypto custodian inside its own investment bank.

CZ’s new memoir reignited his long-running feud with OKX founder Star Xu, who called the Binance founder a liar in posts on X.

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