Malone Lam pleads guilty in $245M crypto theft conspiracy
US prosecutors said Lam organized an international network that targeted cryptocurrency holders through social engineering and home breakins.…
New York town weighs crypto mining and AI data center ban
One of the first towns in the US to ban Bitcoin mining for 18 months is considering another temporary moratorium extending to data centers and other crypto…
Bybit launches 24/7 perpetuals for major currency pairs
Bybit added USDTsettled perpetuals tracking EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/JPY, with 24/7 trading and leverage of up to 100x. Source：Cointelegraph
Robinhood takes stakes in Crypto.com, OG.com in prediction markets deal
Robinhood will route event contracts through OG.com’s CFTCregulated infrastructure as it expands its prediction markets business. Source：Cointelegraph
Visa brings onchain credit to its growing stablecoin card business
Visa is combining VisaNet settlement data with blockchain lending as stablecoin payment volume on its network jumps nearly 200% year over year.…
Oracle’s stock gets a boost as the OpenAI ecosystem comes back into favor
“It looks like OpenAI is turning things around,” and that’s seen as good news for Oracle, which has a lot riding on the ChatGPT creator’s success.…
Qualcomm’s stock climbs as Amazon chip deal offers investors some much-needed good news
Qualcomm shares have missed out on the chip sector’s big rally this year. The company is now working on various chip projects with Amazon. Source：MarketWatch
Strategy skips Bitcoin buy to repurchase $176M of STRC preferred shares
Strategy repurchased $176 million worth of its STRC preferred stock and doubled the size of its digital securities repurchase program to $2 billion, while…
Mexico quadruple homicide tied to alleged Bitcoin robbery attempt
Two suspects face a Wednesday hearing over four killings allegedly linked to a crypto wallet believed to hold millions of dollars in Bitcoin.…
Circle to acquire Tazapay to expand USDC cross-border payments
Tazapay processes $25 billion in annualized volume and offers payout rails across 100plus markets, extending Circle’s USDC payments reach. Source：Cointelegraph
Uzbekistan begins government bond-backed stablecoin payment pilot
Humo Digital will test HUMO payments with more than 20 merchants under a sandbox jointly overseen by NAPP and Uzbekistan’s central bank. Source：Cointelegraph
Ledger CTO urges AI bug hunter responsibility, warns against ‘attention farming’
Ledger and Trezor said researchers have a responsibility to publish their findings if vendors fail to fix bugs within an agreed disclosure window.…