Adrian Zmudzinski

An OSINT platform, Lolarchiver, offers AI-powered tools that can rapidly profile YouTube commenters based on their activity, raising major privacy and legal concerns.

Thailand’s SEC has ordered Bybit, 1000X, CoinEx, OKX and XT.COM blocked nationwide, citing unlicensed operation and money-laundering concerns.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced plans to build “CryptoCity,” aiming to establish a regulatory sandbox for digital assets.

Tim Berners-Lee said at ETH Prague that if he were designing a domain system today, he would make it more decentralized, in a nod to concerns over DNS centralization.

Sol Strategies filed a $1 billion shelf prospectus while DeFi Dev added liquid-staked SOL to its treasury, signaling deeper institutional moves in the Solana ecosystem.

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has launched a consultation on new rules for stablecoin issuers and crypto custody providers.

Ripple argued in a letter to the SEC that fungible cryptocurrencies are not securities in secondary transactions.

SharpLink Gaming announced a $425 million private equity deal to launch an Ether treasury and appointed Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin as board chairman.

Standard Chartered’s latest report warns that Solana may be a “one-trick pony,” with memecoin trading dominating its usage and now in decline.

Luxembourg’s 2025 risk report classifies crypto companies as high risk for money laundering, even as local institutions ramp up crypto adoption efforts.

BitVM smart contract system is now supported by Bitcoin mining pools controlling 31.5% of the network’s hashrate.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has appointed Pakistan Crypto Council CEO Bilal Bin Saqib as special assistant on blockchain and crypto.

A victim lost $2.6 million in stablecoins by falling for two zero-value transfer phishing scams within three hours, raising concerns over address poisoning tactics.

The US Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint to claim over $24 million in cryptocurrency tied to Qakbot malware developer Rustam Rafailevich Gallyamov.

Singapore-based AI firm Genius Group has resumed Bitcoin buys after a US court lifted a ban, boosting its BTC treasury by 40% with a 24.5 BTC purchase.

Decentralized exchange Hyperliquid has submitted formal comments to the US CFTC supporting 24/7 perpetual derivatives trading.

Sui-based DEX Cetus has been hit by an apparent hack, with onchain data showing rapid asset drainage despite the team portraying the incident as a “bug.”

Bitcoin surpassed Amazon in market capitalization, hitting $2.205 trillion and marking a symbolic milestone that experts say could boost mainstream investor confidence.

Trugard and Webacy have launched a machine learning–powered AI tool to detect crypto wallet address poisoning, claiming a 97% success rate.

Hong Kong's Legislative Council has passed the Stablecoin Bill, paving the way for licensed fiat-backed stablecoin issuers by year-end and positioning the region as a potential global Web3 hub.

Crypto.com has secured a MiFID license to offer regulated crypto derivatives in the European Economic Area, expanding its presence in Europe following earlier MiCA approval.

Kraken has launched MiFID II-regulated crypto derivatives trading for retail and institutional users in Europe following its acquisition of a licensed Cypriot investment firm.

India’s Supreme Court questioned the government’s failure to regulate cryptocurrencies despite taxing them, warning that Bitcoin and similar assets pose economic risks.

Maelstrom has awarded Bitcoin developer Ben Allen a $100,000 grant to improve Payjoin, a privacy-focused transaction method that could boost Bitcoin scalability.

Chinese printer maker Procolored reportedly spread clipboard-hijacking Bitcoin malware via its official drivers in a supply chain attack that led to over $950,000 in stolen funds.

Michael Saylor's Strategy bagged another 7,390 Bitcoin last week as prices rallied above $100,000 and also got hit with a class-action lawsuit, according to the company's latest SEC filing.

Revolut plans to invest over $1 billion in France, establish an EU headquarters in Paris and apply for a local banking license as it targets rapid expansion in its largest market.

A glitch affecting Apple ID-based KYC halted a user’s access to $100,000 until a crypto influencer got Bybit’s executive team involved for a swift resolution.

Shares of AsiaStrategy, formerly the luxury watchmaker Top Win, surged over 60% in premarket after announcing a Bitcoin treasury strategy in partnership with Sora Ventures.

Ethereum researcher Justin Drake told Cointelegraph that launching a 51% attack on Bitcoin would be “much cheaper” than on Ethereum, estimating the cost at around $10 billion.