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Whale Moves $2.9 Million in HYPE to HyperLend, Signaling Potential DeFi Borrowing Strategy

A crypto whale has transferred about $2.9 million worth of HYPE to HyperLend on HyperEVM, drawing attention to a potentially leveraged position in the...

X Sues Bitcoin Account Operators Over Alleged £207K Creator Payout Scheme

X has filed a lawsuit in London against Vivek Kumar Sen, Zamyang Sherpa and unidentified collaborators, alleging they coordinated Bitcoin-focused accounts to manipulate engagement...

Hana Bank Uses Euroclear Blockchain for $100 Million Digital Bond With Same-Day Settlement

Hana Bank has issued a $100 million, five-year foreign-currency digital bond through Euroclear's blockchain-based Digital Financial Market Infrastructure, or D-FMI, marking the first such...

Polymarket Faces Fraud Scrutiny After $10 Million Stolen-Card Attempt

Polymarket is facing renewed scrutiny after fraudsters allegedly used stolen debit cards to attempt at least $10 million in transactions on its U.S. prediction-market...

Solana Hits Record 5.2 Billion Transactions in August as Network Activity Surges

Solana processed 5.218 billion non-vote transactions in August, setting a new monthly record for on-chain activity. The figure marks a sharp increase from the...

VanEck Gives Metaplanet “Bad” Grade on Executive Pay

VanEck has placed Metaplanet in its "Bad" category for executive compensation among the 10 largest digital asset treasury companies. The assessment follows a review...

Hong Kong Banker Jailed Over Tether Payments and Fake $1.6B Credit Documents

A former China Construction Bank (Asia) relationship manager has been sentenced to four years in prison after accepting more than $470,000 in Tether to...

Brazil’s CVM Advances Blockchain Securities Rules With Tokenization Pilot

Brazil's securities regulator is moving from study to testing as it develops a framework for tokenized securities on blockchain and other distributed ledger networks. The...

Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF Adds $50.6 Million in BTC as Inflows Hold Steady

Morgan Stanley's spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund continued accumulating Bitcoin in September as investor demand remained resilient. The Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust, trading under the...

North Korea’s WaterPlum Used Fake Job Interviews to Steal $10.7 Million in Crypto

North Korean cyber actors used fake job interviews to compromise thousands of devices and steal cryptocurrency in a campaign targeting technology professionals worldwide. The WaterPlum...

Bitcoin Rockets Past $80K as Traders Absorb Regulatory and Rate Shocks

Bitcoin surged above $80,000 on Friday, September 18, marking a sharp rebound after a turbulent week for cryptocurrency markets. The largest digital asset climbed...

CFTC Sends Crypto Market Rules to White House as Congress Stalls

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is moving ahead with its own cryptocurrency market framework after Congress failed to advance a major digital asset bill. The...