cryptocurrency

Bitget says third-party zero-day enabled $387.5M hack

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget said attackers who took $387.5 million from its hot and warm wallets got in through a zero-day vulnerability in third-party security products. The exchange cited ongoing investigation findings from blockchain security firm SlowMist. As investigators pieced together…

Seven nations link North Korean hackers to fake IT worker scheme

A joint advisory from seven law enforcement and intelligence agencies across four countries has formally linked a North Korean hacking group to the same government bureau that oversees Pyongyang's sprawling network of fraudulent remote IT workers. The disclosure arrives alongside…

Solana DEX trades surpass NYSE for first time

For the first time, the number of weekly spot trades executed on Solana's decentralized exchanges has exceeded those on the New York Stock Exchange, a milestone that highlights how rapidly on-chain trading activity is scaling even as it remains a…

Binance buys $100M Circle stake in five-year USDC deal

Binance has purchased a $100 million equity stake in Circle Internet Group, the company behind the USDC USD Coin stablecoin, while the two firms signed a five-year commercial agreement to expand promotion of the digital dollar across emerging markets.

Bitcoin eases after 13% rally pushes crypto market past $3 trillion

Bitcoin rocketed past $87,000 on Monday, touching $87,381 during the U.S. session — its highest level since late January — before easing to around $85,500 in early Asian trading on Tuesday. The move capped a 13% rally over four days,…

Bitcoin surges past $87,000 as crypto rally lifts XRP

Veteran trader Peter Brandt has set a bullish target for XRP, projecting the token could climb to $5.40 as a broad crypto market rally sent Bitcoin surging past $87,000 on Sunday to its highest level since January.

Bitcoin surges to 8-month high as falling oil eases yields

Bitcoin climbed to its highest level since late January on Monday, briefly touching $85,248 as falling oil prices eased pressure on government bond yields and revived appetite for riskier assets across global markets. The move extended a rally that began…

Bitcoin surges past $84,000 as SEC tokenization exemption fuels rally

Bitcoin climbed sharply on Monday, September 21, extending a rally that began late last week and pushing the cryptocurrency to its highest level in months. The Wall Street Journal News Corp reported that Bitcoin jumped above $85,000, marking an eight-month…

Bitcoin surges past $84,000 after key technical breakout

Bitcoin closed the week at $81,159 on Sunday before surging past $84,000 on Monday, clearing its 50-week moving average for the first time in 45 weeks and triggering a wave of analyst calls that the bear market may be over.

Bitcoin tops $77K as BOJ raises rates to 31-year high

Bitcoin held above $77,000 on Friday after the Bank of Japan raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.25%, the highest level since 1995. Markets reacted calmly to the widely anticipated move, with the yen weakening rather…

FBI warns North Korean hackers infected 30,000 devices to steal crypto

A North Korean hacking group infected more than 30,000 devices across over 100 countries by posing as recruiters for AI and cryptocurrency firms, stealing credentials from over 7,000 cryptocurrency wallets and looting at least $10.7 million, according to a joint…

ECB’s Lagarde personally blocked Binance’s EU expansion, WSJ reports

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde personally intervened with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to prevent Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, from obtaining a license that would have opened the entire European Union market to the company, The Wall…

Sam Altman’s World rolls out financial super app in 150+ countries

World, the identity-focused crypto project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Alex Blania, has begun rolling out a self-custodial financial application called World Money in more than 150 countries, positioning it as a one-stop platform for stablecoin payments, investing,…

Shareholder activism targets crypto treasury firms after $50B in losses

Publicly traded companies that loaded their balance sheets with Bitcoin through repeated equity raises are facing a coordinated wave of investor activism after aggregate market-cap losses among treasury-focused firms reached an estimated $50 billion since their mid-2025 peaks, according to…

Crypto markets rally after Fed’s first rate hike in 3 years

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved its first interest rate increase in more than three years, raising its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to a target range of 3.75%-4.00%, yet cryptocurrency markets staged a broad and counterintuitive rally in…

Shareholders demand paycuts, board exits at crypto treasury firms after $50B crash

Investors in public companies that loaded their balance sheets with Bitcoin and other digital assets are mounting a campaign of shareholder activism after losses totaling roughly $50 billion, pressing for executive pay cuts, board overhauls, and in some cases outright…

BlackRock amasses $1.5B in Ethereum via ETFs in 20 days

BlackRock has accumulated roughly $1.5 billion worth of Ethereum through its spot ETF products over a 20-day stretch ending this week, according to blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence. The buying spree underscores the asset manager's deepening commitment to crypto even…

Circle launches Arc blockchain with BlackRock, Visa as validators

Circle Internet Group on Wednesday launched the public mainnet for Arc, a Layer 1 blockchain designed for payments, trading, and AI-agent transactions, backed by a founding validator cohort that reads like a who's who of global finance. Despite the announcement,…

Deutsche Bank to launch crypto custody for institutional clients in Europe

Deutsche Bank announced on Wednesday that it will launch a digital asset custody service for institutional and corporate clients in Europe later this year, marking the German lender's first major foray into cryptocurrency infrastructure.

Bitcoin holds near $78,000 ahead of expected Fed rate hike

Bitcoin traded near $78,000 on Monday, gaining roughly 1.2% on the day as traders positioned for a pivotal week dominated by the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision and a Senate vote on crypto regulation.

ECB raises rates as Fed hike fears rattle crypto, stocks

The European Central Bank raised interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, lifting its deposit facility rate to 2.50% and triggering a sell-off across risk assets, including Ethereum, which dropped nearly 4% in the preceding 24 hours. The move,…

Liquid Network hackers go public, demand 10% bounty from Blockstream

Hackers who drained roughly $320 million in Bitcoin from Blockstream's Liquid Network on September 6 have escalated their demands, switching from encrypted messages to public plaintext ultimatums on the Bitcoin blockchain and insisting on a 10% bounty paid from the…

SGX opens crypto perpetual futures to U.S. institutions after CFTC approval

The Singapore Exchange has secured authorization from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to open its Bitcoin and Ether Ethereum perpetual futures to American institutional investors, connecting U.S. trading desks with Asian crypto liquidity for the first time through a…

PayPal launches platform letting businesses mint custom stablecoins

PayPal on Wednesday launched PYUSDx, a developer platform that allows businesses to create their own branded stablecoins backed one-to-one by PayPal USD, the company's existing dollar-pegged token issued by Paxos Trust Company.

Iran quietly tolerates crypto for trade settlements, FT reports

Iran's central bank has quietly loosened foreign-exchange controls over the past several months, tolerating the use of cryptocurrency for cross-border trade settlements as the country seeks workarounds to mounting U.S. sanctions pressure, the Financial Times News Corp reported on Wednesday.

Liquid Network hackers return $268M in Bitcoin, keep $47M

The Liquid Network, a Bitcoin sidechain used by cryptocurrency exchanges for fast settlement, was drained of roughly $320 million in bitcoin on Sunday after self-described white-hat hackers exploited a software bug, in one of the largest crypto security breaches this…

Global stocks slide as U.S.-Iran conflict drives oil near $97

Stock markets across Asia and Europe fell on Monday as the escalating military confrontation between the United States and Iran pushed crude oil prices higher, compounding fears over inflation and tighter monetary policy worldwide.

Purported white-hat hackers drain $320M from Liquid Network

Purported white-hat hackers drained approximately 4,000 bitcoin — roughly $320 million — from the Liquid Network's federation wallet on Sunday, prompting the Bitcoin sidechain to pause all network activity as Blockstream scrambles to contact the attackers.

Stocks and commodities now drive 23% of crypto exchange volume

The line between crypto and traditional finance continues to blur as digital-asset exchanges emerge as major venues for trading contracts tied to stocks, indexes, and commodities, with hundreds of billions of dollars flowing into these new instruments in 2026.

Zcash tops $1,000 for first time as ETF-fueled rally intensifies

Zcash surpassed the $1,000 mark for the first time in its history on Friday, reaching $1,021 and triggering a wave of liquidations across the derivatives market that left one prominent trader nursing an eight-figure loss.