Crypto Transactions Link Chinese Fentanyl Suppliers to Mexican Cartels: Chainalysis
Crypto Transactions Link Chinese Fentanyl Suppliers to Mexican Cartels: Chainalysis

On-chain evidence has tied Chinese labs to Mexican drug distributors, along with the seizure of roughly $5.5 million in crypto.

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2025-03-20 09:32:17
Robinhood Receives 'Buy' Rating With 50% Upside as Compass Point Starts Coverage
Robinhood Receives 'Buy' Rating With 50% Upside as Compass Point Starts Coverage

Compass Point sees growth for Robinhood’s crypto business amid regulatory tailwinds and cross-selling potential.

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2025-03-20 08:31:19
Microsoft Flags Trojan Malware Targeting MetaMask, Phantom and Coinbase Wallets
Microsoft Flags Trojan Malware Targeting MetaMask, Phantom and Coinbase Wallets

The information gathering Trojan can continuously monitor clipboard content, searching for cryptocurrency keys and passwords.

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2025-03-18 19:13:23
OKX Pauses DEX Aggregator to Address Security Concerns
OKX Pauses DEX Aggregator to Address Security Concerns

In response to the security threats, OKX has implemented a hacker address detection system and a mechanism to block suspicious addresses.

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2025-03-17 13:34:13
Digital Euro Awareness Has Risen, But Interest in Using One Has Not: ECB
Digital Euro Awareness Has Risen, But Interest in Using One Has Not: ECB

Polling of 19,000 households across 11 EU countries revealed that many people are perfectly happy with the payment methods they already use.

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2025-03-14 00:58:02
South Korea Should Consider Bitcoin Reserve, Say Industry Lobbyists, Democratic Party Members
South Korea Should Consider Bitcoin Reserve, Say Industry Lobbyists, Democratic Party Members

The country’s financial experts and opposition lawmakers proposed adding crypto to a national stockpile Wednesday, as the U.S. pushes ahead.

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2025-03-10 09:20:58
USDC Becomes First Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin Approved in Japan
USDC Becomes First Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin Approved in Japan

USDC won approval to become the first dollar-pegged stablecoin issued in Japan by crypto exchange SBI, according to Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire.

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2025-03-05 04:06:08
Crypto.com-Backed Cronos Team Proposes Reissuing $5.3 Billion Worth of Burned CRO
Crypto.com-Backed Cronos Team Proposes Reissuing $5.3 Billion Worth of Burned CRO

A Cronos governance proposal seeks to reissue 70 billion burned CRO tokens. Most voters are currently against the plan.

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2025-03-04 07:01:02
Ex-Football Star Ronaldinho's Token Dips 18% on Debut Amid Insider Trading Allegations
Ex-Football Star Ronaldinho's Token Dips 18% on Debut Amid Insider Trading Allegations

“Ownership was not renounced? Now it is," the ex-footballer tweeted after a cybersecurity firm flagged that tokens could have been burned at will by the creator.

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2025-03-03 21:57:59
Crypto Twitter Balks at Trump's Proposal to Include Altcoins in US Bitcoin Reserve
Crypto Twitter Balks at Trump's Proposal to Include Altcoins in US Bitcoin Reserve

Trump's plan to dilute the Bitcoin reserve with other cryptos has triggered an industry divide between purists and pragmatists.

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2025-03-03 12:38:15
Claude 3.7 Sonnet Takes Back the AI Crown—Here’s How it Stands Against the Rest
Claude 3.7 Sonnet Takes Back the AI Crown—Here’s How it Stands Against the Rest

Anthropic's newest model excels at creative writing and coding but maintains higher prices and stricter content filters than rivals.

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2025-02-27 11:08:50
PayPal Wants 20 Million Merchants Using PYUSD Stablecoin by End of 2025
PayPal Wants 20 Million Merchants Using PYUSD Stablecoin by End of 2025

As PayPal plots how to grow PYUSD, it's also setting a target to grow its earnings 20% by 2027.

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2025-02-26 22:18:00
Sam Bankman-Fried Breaks Silence on Twitter, Rants About US Government Layoffs
Sam Bankman-Fried Breaks Silence on Twitter, Rants About US Government Layoffs

His Monday evening posts have sparked curiosity among crypto industry insiders who have closely followed him since FTX’s notorious collapse.

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2025-02-25 11:55:18
From LIBRA to AI Bots: How Crypto Scammers ‘Keep Killing’ Automated Traders
From LIBRA to AI Bots: How Crypto Scammers ‘Keep Killing’ Automated Traders

Scammers are flipping the script on AI sniping bots, using fake tokens with hidden backdoors to exploit crypto’s permissionless nature.

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2025-02-24 12:17:31
Bybit Funds on the Move, Could be Headed for Bitcoin Mixers ‘Next’: Elliptic
Bybit Funds on the Move, Could be Headed for Bitcoin Mixers ‘Next’: Elliptic

North Korean actors have begun laundering at least 10% of the record $1.46 billion theft through anonymous exchange services, Elliptic says.

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2025-02-24 09:33:31
Crypto ETFs are 'Dragging Along' the Negatives of Traditional Finance: Sygnum
Crypto ETFs are 'Dragging Along' the Negatives of Traditional Finance: Sygnum

The Swiss digital asset bank is challenging mainstream enthusiasm for crypto ETFs, citing traditional finance's limitations.

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2025-02-20 15:26:14
CZ Donates 150 BNB to Libra Scam Victims—Ends Up With More Than He Gave
CZ Donates 150 BNB to Libra Scam Victims—Ends Up With More Than He Gave

Binance Founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao said he would donate the additional crypto he received to support the LIBRA scam victims.

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2025-02-19 16:55:36
Berachain Begins $1.1 Billion BERA Airdrop as Mainnet Launches
Berachain Begins $1.1 Billion BERA Airdrop as Mainnet Launches

Bear-themed "proof-of-liquidity" chain Berachain, a rival to Solana and Ethereum, is now live with a massive airdrop.

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2025-02-07 03:22:25
India Is Rethinking Strict Crypto Regulations—But Tax Burden Persists
India Is Rethinking Strict Crypto Regulations—But Tax Burden Persists

Lawmakers in India appear to be softening on crypto, but without tax relief "trading in India remains expensive,” said a CoinSwitch co-founder.

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2025-02-03 23:25:39
SEC Logs Spot Litecoin ETF Filing from Canary Capital, Opens Comment Period
SEC Logs Spot Litecoin ETF Filing from Canary Capital, Opens Comment Period

Canary's proposed Litecoin ETF aims to eliminate the technological hurdles that have historically irked mainstream investors.

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2025-01-30 09:47:51