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A U.S. Army soldier faces criminal charges after allegedly using classified military information to place a $400,000 bet on Polymarket regarding a raid targeting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. ...
The Wisconsin Department of Justice has filed suit against five major platforms—Kalshi, Robinhood, Coinbase, Polymarket, and Crypto.com—alleging that their sports event prediction contracts violat...
Republican party leaders reportedly contacted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick after a cryptocurrency-focused political action committee with ties to his former firm planned advertisement purchases i...
President Trump expressed concerns about the proliferation of prediction markets following charges against a U.S. soldier for alleged insider trading on Polymarket. The case, which involves bets on Ve...
Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded $223.2 million in net inflows on Thursday, extending a positive streak to eight consecutive trading days and bringing the total inflow for that period to ap...
Mantle has submitted a governance proposal to loan up to 30,000 ETH to Aave's protocol, addressing bad debt stemming from the recent Kelp protocol exploit. The move represents a significant interventi...
Japanese investment firm Metaplanet has issued $50 million in zero-interest bonds to finance additional bitcoin purchases, continuing its aggressive treasury diversification strategy. The bond issuanc...
Polymarket has integrated Bitget Wallet into its prediction market platform, opening access to the wallet's reported 90 million users globally. The integration marks a significant expansion effort for...
The UK Treasury announced plans to consolidate payment regulations across traditional financial services, stablecoins, and tokenized deposits during London Fintech Week. The proposal aims to create a ...
Fraudsters are impersonating Iranian officials and demanding cryptocurrency payments from shipping companies whose vessels remain stranded near the Strait of Hormuz, according to recent reports. The s...
Wallets connected to the Kelp DAO exploit have started transferring approximately $292 million in stolen assets across multiple blockchain networks, marking a new phase in one of the year's significan...
Greek maritime risk assessment firm MARISKS has issued warnings to shipping companies about a fraudulent scheme targeting vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. According to Reuters, scammers are de...
The U.S. Department of Justice's strike force has restrained $701 million in cryptocurrency as part of an expanded operation targeting crypto investment scams that exploit job seekers. The enforcement...
US President Donald Trump will attend an event for TRUMP memecoin holders this Saturday, the White House has confirmed, reversing earlier signals that the appearance was not finalized on his schedule....
Morgan Stanley has launched a specialized offering for stablecoin issuers through its money market fund MSNXX, requiring a minimum $10 million investment to participate. The move signals continued ins...
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has outlined new measures to combat what it describes as systematic theft of American AI capabilities by foreign actors, primarily Chinese entit...
Major decentralized finance protocols have committed approximately 43,000 ETH to restore backing for Kelp DAO's rsETH token following a significant security exploit. The coordinated recovery effort, b...
US prosecutors have charged Army soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke with securities fraud after he allegedly leveraged confidential military intelligence to profit from prediction market trades on Polymarket...
Wisconsin has filed lawsuits against several major prediction market platforms, including Kalshi, Coinbase, Polymarket, Robinhood, and Crypto.com, escalating regulatory tensions that could reshape ope...
Securitize, a tokenization platform for real-world assets, has added Sunil Sabharwal to its board of directors. Sabharwal previously served as the Senate-confirmed U.S. representative to the Internati...
