With a $129 billion market cap to Bitcoin’s $2.1 trillion, XRP is about 6% the leading crypto’s weight by capitalization. By comparison, Ethereum held around 14% of Bitcoin’s market cap in June. The most bullish Ethereum and Ripple investors both see the potential in the ETH and XRP platforms to be as disruptive as Bitcoin […]
A new report by TRM Labs has revealed that 2025 has had the worst ever first half of the year in terms of hacks and exploits, with more than $2.5 billion stolen in that period. However, while the figure surpassed the previous H1 record set in 2022, the numbers were considerably skewed by just one […]
The sudden shutdown of Huione Guarantee has sent shockwaves across the digital guarantee market, a shadowy network involving countless online fraudsters, money launderers, and brokers of stolen information in Southeast Asia and China. Despite this disruption, many Telegram-based marketplaces with similar operations remain unaffected and are actively growing. Vendors Shift to Tudou According to blockchain […]
Ripple has just announced that it will drop its cross-appeal against the SEC, signaling the end of a years-long legal siege. CEO Brad Garlinghouse declared: “We’re closing this chapter once and for all.” With the SEC expected to reciprocate, XRP surged by 5% at one point to $2.2. But beneath the modest green candle lies […]
In an effort to curb the misuse of cryptocurrency ATMs, Australian authorities have identified 90 individuals, many of them scam victims or unwitting money mules, following a months-long investigation led by AUSTRAC’s cryptocurrency taskforce. The operation was conducted in collaboration with federal and state law enforcement agencies and marks a significant step in understanding how […]
The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced today that it has entered into a consent order with Seattle-based Coinme, Inc. This marks the first enforcement action under the state’s Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL). California Cracks Down on Coinme Coinme, which operates crypto kiosks in grocery and convenience stores across California, was […]
The Donald Trump-affiliated DeFi project, World Liberty Financial, is receiving considerable interest from public companies that want to hold its native WLFI token as a treasury asset, according to a recent report. Co-founder Zak Folkman revealed this during his Wednesday speech at the Permissionless conference in New York, where he also announced the release of […]
Bakkt Holdings has filed a shelf registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise up to $1 billion through a variety of securities offerings while considering Bitcoin purchases for its corporate treasury. The digital asset platform, backed by Intercontinental Exchange, outlined in its Form S-3 filing that it could issue common and […]
Ogle, a pseudonymous crypto sleuth and founder of Layer 1 project Glue, has alleged that the Across Protocol team used a web of undisclosed wallets to steer DAO votes in their favor, which enabled the team to transfer almost $23 million from the Across DAO treasury to their private company, Risk Labs. According to Ogle, […]
Around 140,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, June 27, and they have a notional value of roughly $15 billion. This event is a big one, being the end of the month and end of the second quarter, so there could be an impact on spot markets. They have been recovering since Monday’s crash, […]