Crypto industry gave $8 million to Clarity Act lobbyists who didn't close the deal
In the first half of this year, the sector poured millions into lobbying, with most of it tied to pushing the U.S. market structure bill to a goal it never…
SEC Charges Two Individuals With Orchestrating Fraud Scheme That Targeted Veterans
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Christopher Kenji Dinelli and Jacob David “Kobe” Frankel for allegedly orchestrating a…
Bitget ‘gradually back to usual’ as protection fund reaches $309M
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said that a protection fund created by the company in 2022 “absorbed the financial impact of the incident“ that resulted in $388 million…
SEC Proposes Amendments to Expand Responsible Retailization of Private Markets
The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to propose rule amendments that would facilitate capital formation in the public and private markets by…
Could THORChain face prosecution over stolen Bitget funds?
THORChain will not — or can not — block addresses linked to the $387.5 million Bitget hack. Can the devs be prosecuted for money laundering? It’s complicated,…
The SEC Is finally modernizing transfer-agent rules. Wall Street must not repeat the ‘paperwork crisis’
If ownership data is split across a token wrapper, a specialpurpose vehicle (SPV), a broker’s internal ledger and a transfer agent's offchain database, we are…
Crypto hardware wallets compared for 2026
From touchscreen and QRcode devices to NFC cards and Bitcoinonly models, this guide compares hardware wallets by security, connectivity, usability and recovery…
SlowMist traces Bitget hack activity to Aug. 31 zero-day exploit
SlowMist identified malicious activity weeks before the Bitget theft, involving a zeroday vulnerability, two security products and a custom withdrawal tool.…
Winklevoss-owned Gemini switches Zcash software ahead of faster 25-second blocks
The new Zakura nodes caught up with the network in just over six hours in Gemini’s deployments. The crypto exchange’s previous software took close to a day.…
Crypto regulation at SEC, CFTC to come down to 3 commissioners following key resignation
Seven commissioner seats at the SEC and CFTC will be empty after Friday, leaving only a few leaders at financial regulators to oversee aspects of the $3…
Kakaopay partners with Dinari, Ondo to explore tokenized Korean stocks
Kakaopay Securities is working with Dinari and Ondo Finance to explore tokenizing Koreanlisted equities and expanding their availability to investors in…
Bitget CEO ‘not very optimistic’ on recovering funds from $388M breach
Gracy Chen said she saw the 2025 Bybit hack as a “good reference point” for Bitget’s security breach, noting that only a small percentage of funds had been…