The FBI went undercover to catch market makers faking crypto volume, and it worked. Federal grand juries indicted 10 individuals tied to alleged pump-and-dump schemes following an FBI undercover operation
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Australia just made crypto platforms get the same licenses as banks—and the template matters more than the law.
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CoinShares just became the latest crypto firm to choose public markets over private control, valuing itself at $1.2 billion through a SPAC deal that says more about where institutional crypto is going than the deal itself.
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MercadoLibre is killing its loyalty token but doubling down on stablecoins, and that tells you everything about where crypto actually works in commerce. MercadoLibre is shutting down Mercado Coin, its rewards-based cryptocurrency that functioned like airline miles on the blockchain.
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When a crypto miner posts a $285 million loss and the stock goes up anyway, you're watching capital flow from one economy to another in real time. Bitfarms reported a $285M net loss tied to falling Bitcoin prices, yet shares climbed on the news
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China's AI tokenization market is already outpacing what OpenClaw showed the world three months ago, and the West isn't paying attention.
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A U.S. state just turned bitcoin into municipal infrastructure debt. New Hampshire Business Finance Authority is issuing a $100 million bond backed by bitcoin, with BitGo handling custody and liquidating BTC to cover payments
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Bitcoin's price is approaching levels that have marked generational buying opportunities, but the pain trade that makes those opportunities real hasn't arrived yet.
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The New York Stock Exchange's parent company just bought into a crypto exchange that couldn't get a US license two years ago. Intercontinental Exchange acquired a stake in OKX at a $25 billion valuation, investing roughly $200 million and securing a board seat
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When a Bitcoin treasury company sells Bitcoin, either the strategy is broken or the stock never made sense in the first place. Nakamoto (NAKA) shares hit new lows after the firm sold roughly $20 million in BTC, contradicting its entire business model
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Bitcoin just got a credit rating for a public bond deal, and that changes everything about how institutions can use crypto as collateral. A New Hampshire state authority is issuing the first bitcoin-backed bond rated by Moody's, receiving a Ba2 rating (non-investment grade, but rated nonetheless)
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Coinbase just told you exactly what Web4 infrastructure looks like, and most people missed it. Base announced a strategic pivot toward tokenizing major asset classes, scaling stablecoin infrastructure, and supporting AI agent commerce
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Aztec just shipped Ethereum's first privacy-focused L2 with full smart contract capabilities, and they're doing it with known critical bugs still unfixed. Aztec's Alpha Network is now live, bringing private smart contracts to Ethereum L2 for the first time, backed by a16z's deep pockets.
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The Department of Labor just proposed rules to let private equity into your 401(k), and the real story isn't what the industry wanted you to hear.
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Google just cut the quantum threat timeline for Bitcoin by a factor of 20, and the "we'll worry about it later" crowd is suddenly worried now.
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A16z just bet $10 million that stablecoins need middleware, and the partner list suggests they're right. A16z crypto led a $10 million round in The Better Money Company, building what they call stablecoins' "missing layer"
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Google just mapped the quantum attack surface of Ethereum and found five separate entry points worth over $100 billion in exposure.
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Google just published a 57-page technical autopsy on how quantum computing could crack Ethereum like a piggy bank, and the target is $100 billion. Google's new whitepaper maps five distinct quantum attack vectors against Ethereum's infrastructure, with combined exposure over $100 billion
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A forex startup just raised $94 million to replace correspondent banking with stablecoins, and the implications for B2B payments are bigger than the round suggests. OpenFX raised $94 million to scale stablecoin-powered cross-border payments for businesses
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Bitcoin just lost 3% in hours because a cabinet secretary is about to speak. Bitcoin dropped below $66,000 ahead of a Defense Department briefing by Pete Hegseth, trapping recent buyers who entered at $68,000.
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