Circle freezes $12.6M of USDC linked to privacy protocol Zama
The $12.6 million in USDC was likely frozen in connection with an ongoing but unrelated civil court case, according to...
Month: May 2026
Kalshi Sues Minnesota to Block First US Felony Ban on Prediction Markets
Prediction market platform Kalshi has filed a federal lawsuit to block a first-in-the-nation Minnesota law that would make operating or...
Expert Says Bitcoin Miners Are Expanding Beyond Mining Into Energy Infrastructure
The Bitcoin network received a fresh difficulty bump this week at block height 951552, with the protocol dialing things up...
Ethereum OG Offloads $136 Million in ETH and wstETH as Sellers Test $2,000
An early Ethereum investor has sold roughly $136 million worth of ether and staked-ether tokens over the past week, adding...
Todd, Back, Sassaman, and Finney Named Satoshi in 3 Investigations That Found No Proof
Three investigations. Four suspects. Zero proof. Between October 2024 and April 2026, an HBO documentary, a New York Times investigation,...
SEC charges Texas man with $12.3M crypto fraud using fake AI trading bots
The SEC charged Texas man Nathan Fuller with raising $12.3 million from 150 investors through a crypto fraud scheme built...
Zama Users Lose Access to $12.6M USDC After Circle Executes Court-Ordered Blacklist
Circle blacklisted a publicly labeled Ethereum smart contract tied to Zama’s privacy protocol on Saturday, freezing approximately $12.6 million in...
Treasury Seizes $1 Billion in Iran-Linked Crypto, Scott Bessent Confirms at Reagan Forum
The U.S. Treasury has seized approximately $1 billion in Iranian-linked cryptocurrency assets, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced May 29, 2026,...
Gravity Bridge Drained of $5.4 Million as Hacker Routes Stolen Funds Through Binance
Cross-chain protocol Gravity Bridge was drained of roughly $5.4 million on May 30, with the attacker reportedly funneling part of...
Sosana Founder Reworks Consumer Protection for Web3 as Global Token Launches Accelerate
The standard blockchain ethos of “Don’t trust, verify” has created a chaotic environment as anonymous token launches have bypassed traditional...
Spot Bitcoin ETFs see record 10-day outflow streak, analyst calls it ‘contrarian indicator’
Spot Bitcoin ETFs logged a record 10-day outflow streak totaling nearly $3 billion, while Ether ETFs bled for 14 consecutive...
Bitcoin treasury space still has fair share of ‘carnival barkers’: BSTR founder
BSTR co-founder Sean Bill says many Bitcoin treasury companies lack the “ability to actually deploy Bitcoin.”The Bitcoin treasury company space...
US has seized nearly $1 billion in Iranian crypto, Treasury secretary says
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US has seized roughly $1 billion in Iranian crypto assets, double the figure...
MiCA Decoded: Offshore Corporate Structures With MiCA Licensing: What Nobody Thought Possible
It’s hard to imagine that, with its reputation of strictness, the MiCA regulation would allow for offshore structures. Evidence shows...
Cryptoquant’s Ki Young Ju Warns Bitcoin’s Bear Market Could Run Into Early 2027
Cryptoquant CEO Ki Young Ju believes bitcoin’s profit-taking cascade typically drags investor returns lower for about 18 months, a pattern...
