Mastercard Closes $1.8B BVNK Deal To Expand Stablecoins
Mastercard Completes BVNK Buyout Mastercard has closed its $1.8 billion acquisition of BVNK, a London-based stablecoin infrastructure firm, marking one of the largest moves by a traditional p
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Ex-FBI agent indicted for stealing $1M in crypto from the FBI
Agent Used FBI Intelligence to Drain Adversary Wallets Former FBI special agent Patrick Yaroch has been indicted for stealing roughly $1 million in cryptocurrency from the agency, after repor
Thune expects a Clarity Act vote before the Senate leaves town
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (@LeaderJohnThune) said Monday he still expects an initial floor vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act before the chamber heads into its August recess
Nigeria brings crypto profits into the tax net with first detailed guidelines
Nigeria's @NigeriaRevenue has issued its first comprehensive set of guidelines for taxing virtual assets, bringing cryptocurrency profits, staking rewards, mining income, airdrops, and NFT-re
Saylor: "Never Sell Your Bitcoin" was personal advice, not Strategy policy
Saylor Draws a Line Between Personal Belief and Corporate Action Michael @saylor has pushed back against critics who accused him of hypocrisy after @Strategy sold a significant portion of its
CLARITY Act Failure Could Trigger Crypto Selloff
Wall Street broker Bernstein has warned that a failure to pass the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act before the Senate's summer recess could spark another selloff across Bitcoin $BTC and the b
XRP Ledger opens up global public nodes through Ankr
The XRP Ledger Foundation (@XRPLF) has partnered with @ankr to deploy a network of globally distributed public nodes on the XRP Ledger ($XRP), spanning locations from New York to Singapore. T
Bithumb puts a date on it: IPO targeted for 2028
A Three-Stage Path to the Public Markets @BithumbOfficial, South Korea's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has published a formal three-stage roadmap targeting a compl
Jim Cramer to sell all his Bitcoin over quantum computing fears
CNBC's Mad Money host Jim Cramer (@jimcramer) has announced he will sell his entire $BTC position, warning that advances in quantum computing could pose a serious threat to the Bitcoin networ
CLARITY Act Gets Fresh Defense As Senate Clock Ticks
Industry Group and Law Enforcement Clash Over DeFi Carve-Outs The Blockchain Association has come out in defense of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, pushing back on criticism from the Na
Coldcard losses near $114M as fourth attack wave hits
A fourth wave of coordinated sweeps against Coldcard-generated Bitcoin addresses struck on Monday, with Galaxy Research head @intangiblecoins flagging roughly 449 $BTC pulled from 709 likely
CLARITY Act Vote Expected, but Not Scheduled Yet
Key Takeaways John Thune expects a Senate vote connected to the CLARITY Act before the summer recess. He also acknowledged that the chamber may not have time to begin full consideration of th