A young French couple in the Somme department endured three home invasions in under a month after their residence was mistakenly targeted by criminals seeking cryptocurrency. Three Attacks in Less Than a Month A French couple endured three home invasions in less than a month after criminals
Raymond Johnson of Bunnlevel, North Carolina, had spent Saturday looking at a house with his family. On Sunday, he sat on his front porch with a $10 Triple Red 777 Jackpot scratch-off and won the game’s top prize. He claimed it the next morning and took a $600,000 lump sum over a 20-year annuity. One […]
Wintermute plans to invest about $1 billion over five years in high-frequency trading and AI data-center infrastructure as it expands beyond digital assets. The crypto market maker wants traditional markets to generate more than half of its revenue by the end of 2027. Wintermute Targets Over 50% Revenue From Non-Crypto Markets by 2027 Wintermute […]
Tether disclosed that KPMG U.S. completed a full audit of its 2025 financial statements and issued an unqualified opinion, the most favorable conclusion an independent auditor can provide. KPMG Reviews Tether’s 2025 Books The stablecoin issuer detailed on Thursday that the audit covered Tether International, S.A. de C.V. for the year ended Dec. 31, 2025. […]
Bitcoin closed lower after a volatile session, dropping to $62,912 before recovering slightly back above $63,000, pushing its market cap to $1.26 trillion. Crypto Liquidations Top $227 Million Following a virtually flat Wednesday close, bitcoin moved lower alongside an uptick in volatility. After spending much of Wednesday afternoon bound between $63,300 and $63,500, a
Fidelity has filed to add staking to its ethereum ETF, potentially putting nearly all of FETH’s ether to work earning network rewards. Shareholders would receive net staking proceeds through quarterly cash distributions if the changes take effect. Fidelity Plans Quarterly Cash Payouts From FETH Staking Rewards Fidelity is seeking to turn its spot ethereum fund […]
UBS Group AG increased its holdings in Blackrock’s Ishares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) to about $90 million, a sharp rise that shows growing demand for regulated bitcoin exposure among wealthy and institutional clients. The Swiss bank disclosed the position in a Form 13F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Aug. 13. As […]
TRM Labs’ latest report highlights the effects of the full implementation of MiCA on Europe, tightening the existing regulatory patchwork. Only a fifth of all pre-MiCA crypto service providers received an authorization to operate, with the largest number coming from jurisdictions that built licensing capacity early. TRM Labs Report Evidences MiCA’s Sweep In Europe As […]
Trezor says a breach at shipping provider Shipmonk exposed personal order data for about 13,689 recent customers, raising the risk of targeted scams but not compromising the company’s hardware wallets. According to the company’s security update, the affected customers received orders in the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Colombia, Brazil, Italy, or Portugal during
More than 40 Bitcoin and digital-asset organizations are asking leading artificial intelligence (AI) labs to give vetted open-source security researchers controlled early access to powerful AI systems, arguing that attackers are gaining an unfair advantage. The Bitcoin Policy Institute published the open letter, titled “Defenders Need the Frontier,” on Aug. 10. Its signers










