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US expands Iran-linked hacking case to 17 defendants over HBO’s $6 million Bitcoin ransom plot

US authorities say the alleged Iran network compromised thousands of academic accounts and caused millions in remediation costs.

Oluwapelumi Adejumo 2 min read 6 days ago

Editorial collage of a burned SHD pass torn from a Feather eligibility card, split against a vault of contracts and a Sep. 1 migration warning.

Governance SHADE +0.02% Bearish

Holders face permanent token destruction with no guarantee of value as deadline looms for Shade’s privacy protocol

Burning SHD is irreversible and only preserves eligibility for a Feather allocation whose ratio, amount and timing remain unknown.

3 min read 6 days ago

Digital Asset Treasuries ETH +1.14%

This Nasdaq-listed crypto firm is swapping fresh Ethereum buys for an AI pivot

Intchains is betting a new mining chip and early-stage AI expansion can rebuild growth after revenue fell 94%.

3 min read 6 days ago

AI Bearish

Bitcoin miners are getting a new AI hedge, but it may protect them from the wrong risk

CFTC-backed compute futures could cushion GPU price swings while leaving hundreds of millions in financing and dilution exposure untouched.

4 min read 6 days ago

Justin Sun appears beside a torn USD1 dossier revealing a cyan-lit vault, OCC approval notes, WLFI court scraps, and reserve labels.

Legal USD1 -0.01%

Justin Sun keeps World Liberty fight public as its $4 billion stablecoin bank awaits final approval

Justin Sun’s lawsuit stays public as World Liberty moves its $4 billion USD1 stablecoin toward final federal bank approval.

6 min read 6 days ago

Trump stands between CFTC oversight and a Hyperliquid sailboat, with compliance controls, market charts, and a locked U.S. map.

Derivatives HYPE -1.05%

US rule rewrite looms for $200B on-chain venue Hyperliquid as Trump signals onshore approval

The CFTC is exploring a legal path for Hyperliquid as Trump pushes to bring the $200 billion-a-month on-chain venue into the US.

6 min read 6 days ago

Climber ascends toward a Bitcoin-shaped $80,000 summit as ETF demand rises and bearish short positions fall away.

Featured Bullish

Bitcoin is closing in on $80,000 and already destroyed a record $4 billion in short bets

Bitcoin’s three-day surge has pushed a major market gauge bullish for the first time since October.

5 min read 6 days ago

Matt Hougan stands before a wall of locked financial doors as SEC rules open only a few paths for broader crypto adoption.

Interview

SEC’s latest crypto rules only open a few of Wall Street’s ‘million doors’ – Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says Wall Street’s crypto adoption now depends on fixing old trading rules and fragmented market infrastructure.

7 min read 6 days ago

XRP rocket launches through a rising chart toward $1.38 and $1.40–$1.50 resistance as shorts are forced to cover.

Market XRP -2.42% Bullish

Sudden 22% XRP rally triggers forced market wide short-buying, driving XRP toward a make-or-break resistance test

XRP’s 22% rally puts $2.2 million in shorts at risk as price pushes toward $1.38 and the $1.40–$1.50 resistance zone.

5 min read 6 days ago

Torn-paper collage of a locked Ethereum wallet, hacker, authorization data, and a 63% figure highlighting malicious EIP-7702 activity.

Wallets Bearish

Attackers drove 63% of early use of Ethereum’s new smart wallet feature

Researchers tied 63% of Ethereum's historical authorization transactions to attacker-linked contracts and measured $2.36 million in losses.

6 min read 6 days ago

Crypto News

US expands Iran-linked hacking case to 17 defendants over HBO’s $6 million Bitcoin ransom plot

Holders face permanent token destruction with no guarantee of value as deadline looms for Shade’s privacy protocol

This Nasdaq-listed crypto firm is swapping fresh Ethereum buys for an AI pivot

Bitcoin miners are getting a new AI hedge, but it may protect them from the wrong risk

Justin Sun keeps World Liberty fight public as its $4 billion stablecoin bank awaits final approval

US rule rewrite looms for $200B on-chain venue Hyperliquid as Trump signals onshore approval

Bitcoin is closing in on $80,000 and already destroyed a record $4 billion in short bets

SEC’s latest crypto rules only open a few of Wall Street’s ‘million doors’ – Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan

Sudden 22% XRP rally triggers forced market wide short-buying, driving XRP toward a make-or-break resistance test

Attackers drove 63% of early use of Ethereum’s new smart wallet feature

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