Peter Mwangi
Why Korean Traders Are Moving Into USDT After the Binance Hack
South Korean crypto traders are shifting funds into Tether (USDT) following Binance’s $6.3 billion hack, as concerns over further crypto price declines drive demand for dollar-backed stablecoins. Trading activity across...
OKX Outlines Four Security Measures Following Binance Security Incident
OKX has outlined four security measures after Binance’s security incident, while acknowledging that no exchange can promise complete protection. The exchange said its teams were working around the clock, although...
Crypto.com to Close Hong Kong Retail App as Exchange Bid Continues
Crypto.com will end its Hong Kong consumer app services on February 1, 2027, while maintaining its institutional exchange plans. The company said the retail closure would streamline global operations and...
XRP Whale Net Outflows Hit 226 Million During Binance Breach
Binance’s October 29 security breach coincided with net whale outflows of 226 million XRP that day. CryptoQuant analyst Amr Taha reported 283 million XRP in large transfers leaving Binance that...
Monad Leads November Token Unlocks With $323M Release
Monad’s $323.79 million token release on November 24 leads CryptoRank’s list of six major unlocks scheduled this month. Together, those November releases are valued at $761.84 million. The schedule opens...
Sihanoukville Casinos Take In $1.07B in Crypto Despite Cambodia Crackdown
Sihanoukville casinos received about $1.07 billion in cryptocurrency between January 1 and September 7, 2026, despite Cambodia’s crackdown on scam compounds. TRM tracked 34 casinos and attributed $687 million, or...
Anthropic AI Agents Bypass Safety Monitors in Misalignment Test
Anthropic’s AI agents allegedly generated harmless training examples that bypassed safety monitors, leading a small research model to resist oversight and behave deceptively in a controlled test. The experiment used...
Binance Hack Sparks Calls for Stronger Crypto Oversight
The $6.3 billion Binance hack prompted calls for stronger crypto oversight as Rep. Maxine Waters criticized the Trump administration. President Donald Trump questioned whether stolen assets could be recovered, while...
XRP Eyes $1.40 as Analyst Identifies Key $1.31 Breakout Level
XRP could be approaching a breakout, with an analyst identifying a daily close above $1.31 as the key confirmation level. If the price clears this threshold, the first upside target...
Why Are Hyperliquid, TRON and Zcash Rising While Major Altcoins Fall?
Hyperliquid (HYPE) rose 15.77%, TRON (TRX) gained about 3%, and Zcash (ZEC) edged up 0.51%, even as the broader altcoin market declined. The three tokens saw support from different developments,...
Brazil Crypto Deadline: Exchanges Face New Licensing and Banking Rules
Brazil’s October 30 crypto licensing deadline requires existing crypto service providers to submit authorization applications to the Central Bank. Firms that miss the deadline face restrictions on continuing their existing...
LME Explores Metal Tokenization for Hong Kong Inventory Loans
The London Metal Exchange (LME) is exploring the tokenization of metals stored in Hong Kong to help companies secure loans against inventories outside its standard warrant system. The proposal targets...
Canadian Sentenced to 25 Months After $13M Bitcoin Theft and Luxury Spending
Trenton Richard David (Trent) Johnston, a 20-year-old Canadian citizen, received a 25-month U.S. prison sentence after admitting to a money laundering conspiracy involving stolen cryptocurrency. The Miami case included a...
ADGM Opens Crypto Mining Licensing With New Oversight Rules
Abu Dhabi’s ADGM has issued guidance explaining how crypto mining businesses can obtain commercial licenses and operate within or from the jurisdiction. The document sets out disclosure requirements and explains...
Six Men Charged in Alleged Crypto Romance Scam Tied to About 800 Victims
Six men face federal charges over an alleged cryptocurrency romance scam that led Americans from dating websites to fraudulent NFT investment platforms. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the charges,...
Tyler Winklevoss Backs Ending Zcash’s 8% ZCG Funding
Tyler Winklevoss has backed calls to end the 8% block reward allocation to Zcash Community Grants (ZCG) as developers debate its accumulated funding. His support follows Zcash co-founder Sean Bowe’s...
Bithumb Security Breach Leaves Customer Data Under Review
Bithumb has confirmed that unauthorized access to its internal mobile groupware system caused a personal data leak. The exchange discovered the breach, noting that it is still investigating whether the...
Zcash Co-Founder Proposes Redirecting 8% of Block Subsidies to Network Sustainability Mechanism
Zcash co-founder Sean Bowe has proposed redirecting the network’s 8% community grants subsidy to a reserve that withholds funds from immediate circulation. In a draft Zcash Improvement Proposal (ZIP), Bowe...
XRP Whale Holdings Reach Highest Share Since 2022 as Price Holds Near $1.30
XRP’s largest wallets now control their highest share of tracked token supply since November 2022, despite continued price weakness. According to blockchain analytics firm Santiment, addresses holding at least 10...
Canada Proposes Stablecoin Rules Covering Reserves and Redemptions
Canada has proposed regulations that would require stablecoin issuers to maintain fully backed reserves, initiate redemption transfers within three business days, and register with the Bank of Canada. The measures...
CZ Responds as BNB Chain Plans New L1 Without Separate Token
BNB Chain is developing a second Layer 1 blockchain that will operate alongside BNB Smart Chain (BSC), extending its infrastructure for faster trading and payment applications without introducing another native...
Brazil Markets Fall as Lula Defeats Bolsonaro in Presidential Runoff
Brazilian assets fell in overseas trading after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in Sunday’s runoff, securing a fourth term. The U.S.-listed iShares MSCI Brazil ETF...
Kraken Reverses Monero Withdrawal Questionnaires After Privacy Backlash
Kraken has withdrawn questionnaires asking Monero (XMR) customers how they intended to use their cryptocurrency after withdrawing it from the exchange. Co-CEO Arjun Sethi acknowledged that the requests were inappropriate...
Argentina Judge Drops LIBRA Fraud Probe Into Milei and Davis
An Argentine federal judge dismissed the criminal investigation into President Javier Milei and his sister, Karina Milei, over the LIBRA memecoin’s launch and promotion. The judge found inadequate proof for...
Brent Crude Oil Hits $116 as Markets Weigh Another Inflation Shock
Brent crude oil reached $116 a barrel, renewing concerns that higher energy costs could raise transportation and manufacturing expenses, push up consumer prices, and complicate interest-rate decisions. The surge adds...
