Leaders of $190M Brazilian Crypto Ponzi Scheme Sentenced to Over 170 Years in Prison
A Brazilian court has sentenced three executives behind the collapsed crypto scheme Braiscompany to a combined 171 years in prison, concluding one of the...
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Filecoin (FIL) Gains 3.7% as Index Trades Higher
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently...
Bitcoin Is About to be Hit With ‘Significant Volatility’ Imminently, CryptoQuant Warns
Bitcoin (BTC) is likely headed for a period of heightened volatility as 170,000 BTC — worth over $14 billion at its current price of...
KiloEx’s KILO Token Surges as Funds Recovered Swiftly After ‘Sophisticated’ Hack
KiloEx, a decentralized exchange (DEX) for trading perpetual futures, said Friday it recovered all of its hacked funds after a sophisticated attack this week...
Friends With Benefits Grows Up
When Friends With Benefits burst into crypto consciousness in 2020, it was the kind of FOMO-inducing project that immediately had people talking. With a...
Crypto Exchange Kraken Launches FX Perpetual Futures, Offers 24/7 Trading in Forex Majors
Crypto exchange Kraken has launched FX perpetual futures, expanding into traditional markets with round-the-clock trading for major forex pairs, the company said in a...
The Case for User-Owned AI
Who truly controls your AI assistant? That’s a question most people haven’t asked yet. Today, millions rely on digital assistants, from voice-controlled devices to...
CoinDesk Weekly Recap: EigenLayer, Kraken, Coinbase, AWS
Following last week’s tariff-caused drama, this was a relatively quiet week in crypto. Bitcoin remained stable around $84k. The CoinDesk 20, which tracks about...
Feds Mistakenly Order Estonian HashFlare Fraudsters to Self-Deport Ahead of Sentencing
Just four months ahead of their criminal sentencing for operating a $577 million cryptocurrency mining Ponzi scheme, the two Estonian founders of HashFlare were...