TON Festival (April 2025) is a two-day, high-energy, fully gamified digital experience set to redefine community engagement in the Web3 space. With almost 2M Monthly Active Users already onboard, the festival started the new phase on January 29, betting big on its innovative Blow2Earn mechanics. That’s right, users will need to blow into their phones … Read more
In a series of hacks, decentralized exchange aggregator Jupiter and a former Malaysian prime minister had their accounts hijacked to promote sham coins.
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Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell filed a housing discrimination suit, alleging a San Francisco building’s management blocked a sale due to his involvement with crypto.
ByBit registers with India’s FIU, signaling a return to operations for traders. Regulatory pressures lead to $1.06M fine for ByBit’s non-compliance in India. India tightens scrutiny, requiring offshore crypto exchanges to meet AML standards. Cryptocurrency exchange ByBit has made progress toward getting back to business in India after fixing compliance issues with the country’s financial … Read more
Swedish crypto asset manager Virtune is now giving investors in Finland exposure to Avalanche and Cardano via its newly launched crypto ETP products.
Institutional investors remain wary of crypto trading, according to a JPMorgan survey.
US financial regulators are undergoing significant shifts in their approach to cryptocurrency oversight, with both the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) making notable changes to their enforcement strategies. The SEC has reassigned key personnel involved in crypto-related litigation, while the CFTC is moving away from its previous approach … Read more
Crypto exchange Bybit has been fined and blocked in India for violating anti-money laundering laws, as authorities crack down on unregistered crypto operations in the country. Bybit Hit With Penalty, Website Blocked in India Over AML Violations The Indian Ministry of Finance announced last week that the Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) had imposed a financial … Read more
Creating a national stockpile of Bitcoin or cryptocurrency would turn any crypto held by the government into a “political weapon,” Maelstrom’s Arthur Hayes said.