FinCEN Warns Financial Institutions of Crypto Kiosk Scams
The U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a notice urging financial institutions to watch for suspicious activity tied to crypto kiosks.d...
Solana’s Jito Proposes Routing 100% of Block Engine Fees to DAO Treasury
Jito Labs proposed a new governance proposal on Tuesday, called JIP-24, aimed at decentralizing the network further by routing all its Block Engine and...
U.S. CFTC Considers Allowing Spot Crypto Trading on Registered Futures Exchanges
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said it is looking to allow the trading of spot crypto contracts on registered exchanges and is...
Capital B Buys 62 BTC for $7.13M, Boosting Holdings to 2,075 BTC
Capital B (ALCPB) operating as The Blockchain Group, has completed the acquisition of 62 bitcoin (BTC) for approximately $7.13M through its Luxembourg-based subsidiary. This...
Mixed Signals as ETFs Bleed Millions, Bitcoin, Ether Rise: Crypto Daybook Americas
By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) While bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) prices have recouped a significant portion of last week’s...
New White House Order Could Punish Banks for Dropping Customers Over Beliefs
The White House is preparing an executive order that would penalize banks for cutting off customers over their beliefs. The order, reported on by...
From Airdrop to Freefall: Celestia’s Tokenomics Under Fire
When Celestia airdropped its TIA token to 580,000 users in 2023 it was the plat du jour among traders and investors, with the project...
A Year Ago Today, Bitcoin Hit $49K on Yen Carry Trade Unwind, Now It’s Up 130%
One-year ago today, markets were rattled by the unwind of the yen carry trade. As Japan shifted toward a tighter monetary policy and bond...
Base Network Suffers 1st Downtime Since 2023, Halts Operations for 29 Minutes
CORRECT (Aug. 5, 10:00 UTC): Changes reference to first outage since 2023. An earlier version of this story said the outage was the blockchain’s...