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Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies has reintroduced a major bill that would allow the government to establish a Strategic Sovereign Bitcoin Reserve. If passed, it would allow the country to buy...

The crypto market has extended its losses led by Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). The total crypto market cap dropped 1.19% in the past 24 hours to hover about $2.27...

A federal court has sentenced Praetorian Group International (PGI) founder and Chief Executive Officer Ramil Ventura Palafox to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to wire fraud and...

Israeli prosecutors have filed charges against an Israel Defense Forces reservist and a civilian accused of using classified military information to place wagers on the prediction market platform Polymarket. The...

According to reports, the Dutch House of Representatives has approved a 36% tax on unrealized capital gains, permitting only forward loss offsets. The latest development has shifted the responsibility of...

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio has warned the public to be wary of romance scams as Valentine’s Day approaches. According to a press release, the...

According to reports from Arkham Intelligence, the blockchain analytics platform that tracks cryptocurrency transfers, the government of Bhutan has sold another batch of its Bitcoin holdings. The report stated that...

A report on Russia’s renewed use of the U.S. dollar rattled markets this week. Investors pulled about $120 billion from risk assets as equities and crypto declined.  A report from...

In a US Senate Banking Committee hearing, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said permanent crypto policy requires legislation, even though the agency can issue rules on its own. He said the...

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has finalized the first members of its Innovation Advisory Committee (IAC), a new body created to guide financial market regulation, including crypto oversight....

The cryptocurrency market is showing clear signs of a downturn after Bitcoin fell sharply from last year’s record highs, wiping out billions in market value and pushing the broader digital-asset...

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced three new crypto initiatives at the Consensus Hong Kong 2026. Under CEO Julia Leung, Hong Kong’s SFC announced the introduction of...

World Liberty Financial is expanding its crypto ambitions with a new foreign exchange platform called World Swap. The initiative seeks to combine traditional banking access with blockchain-based payments. Significantly, the...

Human trafficking networks in Southeast Asia now rely heavily on cryptocurrency to move and conceal illegal profits, signaling a rapid shift in how these groups operate across borders. A new...

Global crypto exchange Flipster FZE has received in-principle approval (IPA) from Dubai’s crypto regulator, Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). This moves the company closer to offering fully licensed crypto trading...

The Russian government has given the green light to a plan that lays out how to turn real-world assets (RWAs) into digital tokens. It was put together by the Ministry...

The Digital Assets Treasuries (DATs) are under significant unrealized losses. Following the recent capitulation in the crypto market cap from above $3 trillion to around $2.29 trillion on Thursday, February...

According to reports, the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has approved the launch of the dirham-backed stablecoin, DDSC, for IHC, Sirius International Holding, and First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)....

Vitalik Buterin has emphasized the need for Zero Knowledge (ZK) proofs in integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents with the Ethereum (ETH) ecosystem. Buterin stated that the right way to make...

Cardano’s native cryptocurrency, ADA, has experienced a severe pullback since August 2025. The cryptocurrency has declined nearly 80% amid significant bearish pressure, with the price recently testing a notable support...

Major US banking groups are pushing regulators to slow approvals for crypto-related bank charters. The American Bankers Association (ABA) asked the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to...

Bitget has launched Gracy AI, a pioneering animated digital human to bring leadership thinking into one-on-one conversations with users.  Unlike traditional AI tools that focus solely on data or trading...

Digital-asset treasury companies have faced a challenging start to 2026 as falling crypto prices weighed on their shares. Against this backdrop, Phong Le, CEO of Strategy, said the company’s Stretch...

Paxful Holdings Inc., the operator of an online peer-to-peer virtual currency trading platform, has been ordered to pay a $4 million criminal penalty after pleading guilty to multiple federal offenses,...

According to reports, Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued a new guidance to extend virtual asset (VA) services to margin financing for licensed brokers providing VA dealing...