Crime
How 4,100 stolen Bitcoin bankrolled a life of private jets and supercars
Malone Lam admitted joining a racketeering conspiracy that prosecutors say stole and laundered more than $245 million in crypto.
Oluwapelumi Adejumo 3 min read
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Stablecoins
How Tether’s $45 million crackdown drove Southeast Asian scam compounds into an ‘unfreezable’ decentralized stablecoin
Xinbi says it will transact only in USDD after Tether repeatedly froze the wallets underpinning its payment network.
Staking
Ethereum’s institutional staking boom is growing, but Lido’s share is shrinking
Lido captured just 5.7% of H1 staking growth, while a negative NEST budget shows why deposits alone cannot fund purchases.
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Earnings
Bitcoin miner manufacturer Canaan sells crypto to buy back shares after $97 million loss
Revenue fell below its $35 million guidance floor, while later crypto sales funded part of its share buybacks.
Macro
Bitcoin traders bet borrowed money on a rally as oil surges ahead of Friday’s inflation test
Brent’s surge is driving Treasury yields higher, yet BTC is still holding near $79,000 ahead of Friday’s CPI report.
Lending
You can borrow against Bitcoin without selling it, but there’s a catch
Bitcoin can serve as collateral for a loan without being sold, but moving its value into blockchain lending markets introduces risks that owning BTC alone doesn't carry.
Mining
Nearly a fifth of all Bitcoin mining power is sitting completely dark, and turning it back on could trigger a brutal margin trap
Bitcoin’s hashrate is rebounding from 850 EH/s as improving miner economics bring sidelined capacity back online.
Market
Bitcoin holds near $78,500 as a surging Japanese yen threatens global risk assets
Bitcoin faces a fresh liquidity test as the surging yen forces carry trades to unwind ahead of the BOJ decision.
Banking
Does becoming a federal bank protect crypto from Washington—or give Washington more control?
Silvergate's former CEO says political pressure, not a lack of liquidity, forced the crypto bank into liquidation, as a new generation of crypto companies moves directly under federal banking supervision.
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Market
Bitcoin just hit a decade-low S&P 500 correlation, but the daily data tells a different story
Technology
Bitcoin Core Lightning Docker bug leaves node operators exposed despite showing updated version
Digital Asset Treasuries
Strive adds $12 million to its dividend tab after issuing nearly one million new preferred shares to buy Bitcoin
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