Paxful crypto platform fined $4 million after prosecutors say it ‘profited from moving money for criminals’
Sarah Wynn / theblock - Paxful Holdings Inc. was sentenced to pay $4 million after prosecutors say it profited from a lack of anti-money laundering controls.
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Crypto platform BlockFills halts withdrawals
Yaël Bizouati-Kennedy / sherwood - Crypto lending and trading platform BlockFills has halted customer withdrawals amid the current market downturn, according to The Wall Street Journal, a development that recalls the broader meltdown of...
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 19036 / 4 stories in 23 days
Uniswap Token Jumps Following BlackRock Investment as BUIDL Goes DeFi
André Beganski / decrypt - Uniswap’s governance token jumped after the decentralized exchange’s creators announced an integration with BlackRock's tokenized fund.
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 11:20 am / permalink 19027 / 5 stories in 23 days
Tether Invests in Interoperability Protocol Firm LayerZero
PYMNTS / pymnts - Tether invested in LayerZero Labs, the development company behind an interoperability protocol. The move by Tether’s investment arm is a sign of its support for “the development of proven, production-grade interoperability infrastructure used across the g…
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Mansions and sports cars: former SafeMoon CEO sentenced to 8 years in prison for crypto scheme
Sarah Wynn / theblock - Former CEO of SafeMoon US LLC, Braden John Karony, was sentenced to just over eight years in prison on Tuesday.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 4:23 pm / permalink 18991 / 3 stories in 24 days
Robinhood Shares Slide on Q4 Miss Amid Bitcoin, Crypto Weakness
André Beganski / decrypt - Robinhood disclosed $1.28 billion in fourth-quarter revenue, missing Wall Street expectations amid crypto's latest downturn.
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Sam Bankman-Fried wants a re-trial for fraud charges
Anna Washenko / engadget - Former cryptocurrency poster boy Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to get another chance in court. He has filed a request that for a new trial on claims that new witness testimony could alter the case made against him by prosecutors, according to Bloomberg. His…
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Man sentenced to 20 years for role in $74 million crypto investment fraud
Brian Danga / theblock - Daren Li received a 20-year sentence after admitting involvement in a $73.6 million crypto laundering conspiracy but remains a fugitive.
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 5:22 am / permalink 18970 / 6 stories in 24 days
Yes, backsies: Crypto exchange Bithumb claws back $40B in accidental payments to users
Connor Jones / theregister - New users promised $68, but briefly saw multi-million-dollar balances Korean crypto exchange Bithumb says it recovered nearly all of the more than $40 billion worth of funds it mistakenly handed out to customers as part of a promotional campaign.…
Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 12:20 pm / permalink 18944 / 4 stories in 25 days
French Police Arrest Six After Magistrate Kidnapped in Crypto Ransom Case
Vince Dioquino / decrypt - Authorities in France launched the manhunt after a magistrate and her mother were abducted overnight and found injured.
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$44B bitcoin blunder puts South Korea regulators on alert over local crypto exchanges
Shaurya Malwa / coindesk - The watchdog said it plans to build tools that automatically extract suspicious trading patterns by the second and minute.
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Why bitcoin is losing its luster after stratospheric rise
techxplore - Bitcoin, the world's biggest cryptocurrency, sank this week, wiping out gains sparked by Donald Trump's presidential election victory in November 2024.
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Crypto.com Founder Buys AI.com in ‘Largest Domain Purchase in History’
Bruce Gil / gizmodo - Is this what a frothy bubble looks like?
Back to Top / Friday, February 6, 2026, 5:20 pm / permalink 18852 / 6 stories in 28 days
China Formalizes Ban on Yuan Stablecoins, RWA Tokenization
Vince Dioquino / decrypt - Chinese regulators have locked in a sweeping crypto clampdown, banning unapproved yuan-linked stablecoins and curbing tokenized assets.
Back to Top / Friday, February 6, 2026, 11:20 am / permalink 18835 / 5 stories in 28 days
IREN Stock: Earnings Disaster Wipes Out $1.5 Billion in Market Value
Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR IREN stock fell 11.5% to $39.79 Thursday after reporting Q2 EPS loss of ($0.52) against ($0.07) estimate and $184.7M revenue versus $229.6M forecast. Company swung from $384.6M profit in Q1 to ($155.4M) loss in Q2, representing a massive $540M quarte…
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Bitcoin flash crashes to $60,000, traders refuse to catch ‘falling knives’: analysts
Danny Park / theblock - Analysts said repeated failures to hold key support levels have pushed market sentiment firmly into a risk-off stance.
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Bitcoin Giant Strategy Records $12.4 Billion Q4 Loss as MSTR Shares Hit 18-Month Low
André Beganski / decrypt - Michael Saylor called his firm a “digital fortress," but leading Bitcoin treasury Strategy has taken some serious hits in recent months.
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Back to Top / Thursday, February 5, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 18809 / 27 stories in 29 days
Tether Backs Federal Crypto Bank with $100 Million Investment
Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR Tether invested $100 million in Anchorage Digital Bank, valuing the crypto bank at $4.2 billion The investment builds on an existing partnership where Anchorage issues Tether’s USAT stablecoin for the U.S. market Anchorage Digital holds a federal ban…
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Bitcoin plunges under $70,000 on Bitstamp
Omkar Godbole / coindesk - During Asian trading hours, BTC hit a low of $69,101 on Bitstamp.
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Crypto analytics firm TRM Labs reaches unicorn status following $70M Blockchain Capital-led Series C
Naga Avan-Nomayo / theblock - TRM Labs has reached unicorn status after closing a $70 million funding round that values the crypto crime-fighting startup at $1 billion.
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