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Forty confirmed malicious Firefox extensions impersonating OKX, Rabby, and TronLink are harvesting crypto wallet recovery phrases from unsuspecting users.…
Chainalysis-led Operation Lighthouse flagged over 7,700 suspect crypto accounts and generated 14,300 investigative leads across 11 exchanges in a landmark child abuse financing probe.…
A federal jury in Nevada has found Brent C. Kovar guilty of running a $24 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme following a nine-day trial.…
Stripe acquires AI infrastructure firm OpenRouter for $7 billion, while Bank of America commits up to $1.8 billion to India's Jio Credit in a landmark week for fintech dealmaking.…
India plans to pilot tokenized corporate bonds in September, with state-controlled REC issuing debt settled via wholesale CBDC — a landmark test for digital finance infrastructure.…
A jury has convicted Brent Kovar of orchestrating a $24 million Ponzi scheme that falsely promised AI-powered crypto mining returns to at least 400 investors.…
Thailand's SEC has launched formal consultations on draft rules governing domestic Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, alongside standards for foreign digital asset custodians.…
The U.S. Treasury can now sanction any individual or entity operating in Iran's digital assets sector, as part of a five-sector "Economic D-Day" campaign.…
Galaxy Research tallies 1,789 BTC in Coldcard hack losses across 221 victim reports, with 87% of stolen funds remaining untouched on-chain.…
Standard Chartered has become the first bank to distribute Hong Kong's HKDAP stablecoin, with tokenized money market fund settlements planned for Q4.…
Ingenico secures €150 million from a PIMCO-led investor group, resetting its capital structure and directing fresh funds toward next-generation payment acceptance innovation.…
Brent Kovar faces up to 280 years in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering in a $24M crypto Ponzi scheme.…