South Korea’s customs agency charged three suspects over a more than $100 million crypto-linked remittance scheme using WeChat Pay and Alipay, per Yonhap....
Trading volumes in prediction markets are higher than ever, with Monday seeing a record $814.2 million worth of trades placed on Kalshi, Polymarket and other platforms....
Pump Fund will kick off with a hackathon that will allow users to fund up to 12 projects at $250,000 each at a $10 million valuation....
A long-dormant Satoshi‑era wallet has suddenly moved 909.38 BTC, now worth about $84.6 million, throwing fresh light on the massive upside of early Bitcoin bets....
The SEC was satisfied with Gemini’s agreement to contribute $40 million toward the full recovery of Gemini Earn investors’ assets lost as a result of the Genesis bankruptcy....
A full sale at current prices would imply about a $76 million loss on GameStop’s Bitcoin bet, having purchased its 4,710 Bitcoin at an average purchasing price of $107,900....
The deal followed Riot announcing last week that it sold more than $160 million of its Bitcoin holdings as part of a strategy shift, to broaden use of its data centers....
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, economist Vera Songwe pointed to remittances and inflation hedging as key drivers of stablecoin use across Africa....
Circle said digital financial infrastructure, including stablecoins, can save 20% of the cost of delivering humanitarian aid....
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AI is spreading across crypto trading, heightening fears of displacement even as human traders remain responsible for key decisions....
The company’s move closer to artificial intelligence and high-performance computing followed many others repurposing some of their infrastructure away from mining crypto....
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Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire says AI agents have no alternative to stablecoins and will conduct everyday activities with the tokens within as little as three years....
The Kaito.ai and Cookie DAO tokens fell over 15% after X’s ban, a move X’s head of product Nikita Bier said should improve user experience on the social media platform....
X is making major changes to its API to prevent access by "InfoFi" crypto projects that seek to incentivize "reply spam," an exec said....
A new report by Chainalysis finds that AI-enabled crypto scams are more efficient, profitable, and harder to stop....
The Justice Department ramps up crypto fraud enforcement as scams surge, losses hit record highs, and AI aids financial crime....
The investment manager sees a split Bitcoin outlook but is bullish on gold and AI stocks, as political risks challenge traditional market anchors....
As DePIN projects generate revenue and AI agents move onchain, builders are shifting focus from speculation to fundamentals, but questions remain about Web3’s decentralization ethos....