Strategy’s bold financial experiment has become a primary source of anxiety for the cryptocurrency market.

Massive Loss Exposed**: Murad's cryptocurrency portfolio peaked at $67 million in mid-2025 but has since plummeted to around $11 million, …

Conviction is being tested in real time, and Murad is not blinking. The former Adaptive Capital co-founder, who built one of the most recognizable names in meme coin advocacy, has watched his on-chain net worth collapse from a peak of $67 million last July to roughly $11 million today, an 83.5% drawdown that would push […]

Old smart contracts can remain dangerous long after a protocol has moved on. A SlowMist analysis of a $2.19 million theft from Aztec Connect has put that problem back in focus. The affected contract was part of a deprecated legacy system, not the active Aztec network, but the incident is still an important warning for […]

Bitcoin Magazine Kevin Warsh Still Needs to Manage the Dollar, While Bitcoin Runs Automatically Kevin Warsh chaired his first Federal Open Market Committee meeting this week and immediately showed his hawkish colors. Rates stayed steady, but the new Fed Chair made it clear he intends to prioritize price stability and reduce loose forward guidance. While […]

Key Takeaways: Blockchain analytics firm Arkham has reported that Andrew Tate’s Hyperliquid trading account was liquidated 8 times in one day. The successive bankruptcies were as Tate kept tight leveraged positions related to the price of Bitcoin. Even with the losses, new positions were opened shortly after several cryptocurrency liquidations, on-chain data shows, reflecting the […]

The offering from the financial services company will reportedly only include yes-or-no bets on whether the S&P 500 closes above or below a target price.

Nine European gambling regulators have pledged coordinated action against unlicensed prediction markets during the World Cup, warning sports bodies against partnerships just as Kalshi signs Argentina’s football federation and fronts Lionel Messi. A Coordinated Line as the World Cup Drives Betting The regulators of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland […]

The FBI is expanding its asset-recovery and tracking operations following a record-breaking year for cybercrime.

Many crypto enthusiasts dream of trading traditional equities around the clock on public blockchains. They imagine a decentralized utopia where anyone can buy fractional shares of major corporations without traditional brokers. This vision fundamentally misunderstands how institutional finance operates. In my opinion, major tokenized stocks will never migrate to public networks. The future of twenty-four-hour […]

The case underscores ongoing scrutiny of liquidity and cryptocurrency markets. According to ChainCatcher, court documents from the U.S. Department of …

At the start of June, the two largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization tumbled to their lowest levels in years. However, many analysts believe the cycle bottoms have not occurred yet. The big question now appears to be whether Bitcoin (BTC) or Ethereum (ETH) will find its floor first, and here’s the take of one popular […]

Chainlink’s latest real-world sports market role is a useful reminder that oracle infrastructure can matter even when token price action is quiet. ADI Predictstreet, described in a June 9 announcement as an official prediction market partner of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, said it adopted Chainlink as exclusive oracle infrastructure for prediction markets tied to […]

Andre Cronje, Michael Kong and David Richardson stepped down from the Sonic Labs board on Friday, while Matt Visser has been appointed as CEO, replacing Mitchell Demeter who resigned in February.

A banking malware that is “well-camouflaged” and “nearly invisible” to cyber threat detection systems is on the loose in Latin America, according to tech giant IBM. Senior threat researcher Itzhak Chimino says IBM uncovered a banking trojan known as UnregStealer that is targeting Latin American banks while posing as a Chrome browser extension. According to […]

El Salvador has moved from Bitcoin pioneer to a structured, licensed digital-asset jurisdiction supervised by the CNAD. For regulated platforms operating there, including Finprime.pro, that framework has become a credibility marker in a market that now rewards oversight.  El Salvador spent the early 2020s as the country most associated with Bitcoin. In 2026, the more […]

BlockchAIn Digital Infrastructure said that the underwriter of its common stock offering fully exercised an option to buy 4,999,999 additional shares at $1.65 each. The exercise brings additional gross proceeds of about $8.25M. The update affects investors tracking dilution, funding capacity and the company’s AI-focused infrastructure buildout. Including the option exercise, BlockchAIn sold 38,333,333 shares […]

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT says a follower reached out personally claiming that 5.73 BTC, worth approximately $475,000, had been unjustly frozen at Changelly back in March 2025. What followed was a deep dive into compliance tooling that connected the funds to a cluster responsible for over $1 million in social engineering thefts targeting American victims since […]

Bitcoin Magazine Prediction Market Kalshi Eyes IPO as Revenue Hits $2 Billion  Kalshi, the prediction markets platform that has become the dominant force in U.S. event contracts, is in informal talks with investment banks about a potential initial public offering, The Information reported Thursday, citing sources familiar with the company’s financials. The disclosure caps a […]

Key Takeaways: Avalanche has started the Avalanche Payments Collective, a group of 28 businesses from stablecoins, payments, custody, treasury and settlement infrastructure. The network is designed to facilitate payments across over 150 countries, 96 currencies and over 22 billion payout points. The key participants are Franklin Templeton, VanEck, Paxos, Anchorage Digital, Ethena, Rain, Axiym, Tassat […]

Fidelity has launched a government money market fund designed for stablecoin issuers managing reserve assets under the GENIUS Act. The product joins a growing wave of institutional funds built for the fast-expanding stablecoin market. Fidelity Expands Into Stablecoin Infrastructure With New Government Money Fund Fidelity Investments has launched a government money market fund aimed at […]

The market recovery might not materialize as soon as we’d expect.

Webull Canada Crypto Limited has been admitted as a Dealer Member of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization, allowing it to operate as an investment dealer in Canada under CIRO oversight. The firm previously established operations in Canada under CIRO supervision as part of Webull’s international expansion. It provides access to listed securities and exchange-traded products […]

Cryptocurrency fraud has become one of the fastest-growing forms of financial crime worldwide.

Three firms have agreed to settle a class action lawsuit filed over accusations that sensitive user data was shared with third-party companies without consent. According to the newly updated settlement administrator portal, the period and ovulation tracker app Flo Health allegedly shared users’ menstruation and/or pregnancy data with third-party firms after incorporating software development kits […]

Algorand has outlined a plan to make its blockchain fully resistant to quantum-computing threats by the end of 2027. The network has already processed more than 140,000 post-quantum transactions since introducing Falcon-based cryptography. Upcoming upgrades include Falcon-1024 accounts, enhanced wallet support, post-quantum multisignature functionality and further protocol research. While many blockchain networks are still assessing […]

Hsiao-Wei Wang has stepped down as Ethereum Foundation co-executive director following a sabbatical, extending a recent run of senior leadership departures. Her exit comes amid growing community debate over the foundation’s governance, priorities and ability to retain key contributors. Vitalik Buterin maintains that the Ethereum Foundation is not the network’s central authority, reiterating its role […]

Prediction markets are no longer sitting at the edge of the financial conversation. Kalshi has reportedly held early discussions with investment banks about a future initial public offering, according to a report on the company’s fundraising and revenue trajectory. The talks are described as informal, and the same reporting suggests any listing would still be […]

The exchange’s Philippine return relies on an SEC sandbox arrangement that BlockShoals says permits trading access without a local VASP license.

Ethereum may be heading toward a funding crisis that could begin to emerge within the next three to nine months, according to former Ethereum Foundation contributor Trent Van Epps. In a recent article on X, Van Epps, who recently ended his five-year stint at EF, said the risk is not simply the result of a […]

Bitcoin Magazine JPMorgan: Bitcoin Mining Costs Have ‘Worsened’ as BTC Trades Below Production Cost Bitcoin has traded below the estimated cost to mine it for five straight months, according to JPMorgan analysts, leaving roughly one in five miners unprofitable and pushing publicly listed operators to sell a record volume of coins. In a client note […]

TL;DR: Kalshi has begun preliminary talks with investment banks for a possible IPO, according to The Information. The prediction markets platform surpassed $2 billion in annualized revenue and reached a valuation of $22 billion. Kentucky joined the states that have sued Kalshi for allegedly operating sports betting platforms without a license. Kalshi, the prediction markets platform that […]