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Trump-linked WLFI’s 40% decline causes millions in losses for crypto whales

Whales, or big cryptocurrency investors, have lost millions of dollars by betting on the price appreciation of the Trump family-linked World Liberty Financial (WLFI) token. Since its launch on Monday, the WLFI token’s price fell by over 40%, despite a large-scale token burn event that permanently reduced the token’s circulating supply, aiming to tighten supply […]

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Can AI bots steal your crypto? The rise of digital thieves

What are AI bots? AI bots are self-learning software that automates and continuously refines crypto cyberattacks, making them more dangerous than traditional hacking methods. At the heart of today’s AI-driven cybercrime are AI bots — self-learning software programs designed to process vast amounts of data, make independent decisions, and execute complex tasks without human intervention. […]

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Ukraine’s Parliament Supports Crypto Tax Bill at First Reading

The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, passed the first reading of a bill to legalize and tax cryptocurrency on Wednesday, according to lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak. If signed into law, the bill would significantly shape the digital asset economy in the country, which ranks among the world’s top in crypto adoption. According to Zhelezniak’s announcement on a […]

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Coinbase To Launch Futures Index Mixing Crypto, Tech Stocks

Crypto exchange Coinbase is set to roll out a futures product tracking the top US tech stocks, crypto exchange-traded funds, and its own shares to offer exposure to equities and crypto in a single contract. Coinbase Derivatives said on Tuesday it’s launching the “Mag7 + Crypto Equity Index Futures” on Sept. 22, which will track […]

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5 Most Powerful People in Crypto (August 2025)

Key takeaways:  Power in crypto has shifted from traditional players to five forces driving onchain finance and control. These forces are stablecoins, ETFs, base-layer upgrades, blockspace security and high-throughput execution. Traditional gatekeepers like exchanges and regulators now play a lesser role. Power in crypto today revolves around five levers: dollar liquidity (stablecoins), capital markets (ETFs […]

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UAE’s RAK Properties to accept Bitcoin, crypto for real estate deals

RAK Properties, one of the largest publicly traded real estate company in the Ras Al Khaimah emirate of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will start accepting cryptocurrency for international property transactions. According to a Monday announcement, RAK Properties will begin accepting payments in Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and Tether’s USDt (USDT), among others. The move […]

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South Korea’s Incoming FSC Chief Slams Crypto as Valueless

Lee Eok-won, the nominee for chairman of South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC), has made harshly critical remarks about cryptocurrency. According to a Monday report by local news outlet News1, Lee said that “crypto has extreme price volatility, lacks monetary function” and has “no intrinsic value.” He also wrote in answers questions submitted by lawmakers […]

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Crypto Treasury Firms Introduce Counterparty Risks to Bearer Assets: CEO

Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto treasury firms pose similar risks as collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), securitized baskets of home mortgages and other types of debt that triggered the 2007-2008 financial crisis, Josip Rupena, CEO of lending platform Milo and former Goldman Sachs analyst, told Cointelegraph. Crypto treasury companies take bearer assets with no counterparty risk and […]

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Supreme Court Opened Crypto Wallets To Surveillance

Opinion by: Vikrant Sharma, CEO of Cake Labs When the United States Supreme Court refused to hear Harper v. Faulkender on June 30, 2025, the court essentially endorsed the Internal Revenue Service’s sweeping “John Doe” summonses for cryptocurrency records. By letting a lower court ruling stand, the court confirmed that the century-old third-party doctrine stands […]