Rodney “Bitcoin Rodney” Burton pleaded guilty in Maryland to an unlicensed money-transmitting conspiracy tied to the $1.8B HyperFund crypto fraud case.
Illinois' new Digital Asset Tax Act starts Jan. 1, 2027 and can hit exchanges, transfers, custody and wallet services for users in the state.
World Liberty Financial's USD1 stablecoin funded a $250,000 UFC Freedom 250 bonus pool at the White House as its OCC trust-bank application nears a decision.
Australia's High Court ruled Block Earner's former Earner crypto yield product was a financial product, reviving ASIC's licensing win and the penalty fight.
VanEck says Bitcoin miners face a 50B near-term funding gap as AI data-center plans move from lease announcements to construction.
Binance's MiCA application in Greece faces a July 1 EU deadline after a reported rejection risk, putting exchange access and BNB in focus.
State Street launched SSCXX, a stablecoin-reserve money market fund with 121M in net assets, a 15M minimum and a GENIUS Act reserve angle.
A new Polymarket wallet turned Spain's 0-0 World Cup draw with Cabo Verde into roughly $9M in profit, exposing prediction-market risk.
Ripple joined Flutterwave's Series E at a 3.2B valuation, putting RLUSD, XRP Ledger and Ripple Payments into African payment rails.
Ghana's EOCO and the UK NCA traced and seized $15.1M in crypto fraud proceeds, turning blockchain analytics into a victim restitution test.