Paramount to acquire Warner Bros in $110B deal after Netflix steps aside
Paramount Skydance has agreed to acquire Warner Bros Discovery in a $110 billion deal signed Friday morning, capping a high-profile...
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US DOJ Seized $580M in Crypto from ‘Chinese Transnational Criminals‘
The seizures and freezing over three months were conducted by the District of Columbia’s Scam Center Strike Force, established by...
What AI Agents Need from Crypto Exchanges
By Federico Variola, CEO of Phemex On February 11, Coinbase launched Agentic Wallets, the first wallet infrastructure built specifically for...
Morgan Stanley applies to establish US national trust bank for digital asset business
Morgan Stanley has applied to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a dedicated digital asset...
Minnesota to Weigh Ban on Crypto Kiosks after Scam Reports
A Minnesota lawmaker has introduced a bill that could ban virtual currency kiosks across the state after reports of incidents...
Trump Media explores Truth Social spin-off following merger plans
Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), which runs President Trump’s social media platform, said Friday it is evaluating a plan...
PayPal taps MoonPay and M0 to launch PYUSDx stablecoin issuance framework
PayPal, MoonPay and M0 are launching PYUSDx, a platform that lets developers issue branded tokens backed by PayPal USD. The...
Judge Blocks Binance Bid to Force US Crypto Claims into Arbitration
A United States federal judge ruled that Binance cannot force a group of US customers to arbitrate claims over losses...
UK Gambling Watchdog May Allow Crypto Payments Under New FCA Framework
The United Kingdom’s Gambling Commission is exploring how cryptocurrency could be used for payments at licensed online casinos, as the...
Pantera, Franklin Join Sentient Arena AI Agent Testing Initiative
Pantera Capital and Franklin Templeton’s digital assets unit have joined the first cohort of Arena, a new testing environment from...
TeraWulf Reports $35.8M Q4 Revenue Amid Mining Losses
TeraWulf, a publicly listed US digital infrastructure company, missed fourth-quarter earnings estimates as its mining revenue dropped amid falling Bitcoin...
Anthropic Refuses Pentagon Ultimatum, Sets Precedent for Crypto
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei publicly rejected the Pentagon’s demand on Thursday. The Defense Department wants unrestricted military use of the...
Police Lost $1.4M in Seized BTC After Storing it in an External Cold Wallet
Two people have been arrested in South Korea in relation to a case in which police lost 22 seized Bitcoin,...
Australian Crypto Executives Signal Crypto Growth Despite Challenges
Australia's crypto market is making progress in user growth and regulatory reforms, but there are still a range of issues...
CFTC Cracks Down on Prediction Market Abuse as Insider Trading Cases Surface on Kalshi
Federal regulators are emphasizing oversight expectations for prediction markets, using recent enforcement activity on KalshiEX to signal that event contract...
OCC Proposes New Rules for Stablecoin Issuers Under GENIUS Act
The OCC is proposing a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins under the GENIUS Act that would set standards for...
Jack Dorsey’s Block Announces 4,000 Job Cuts in AI Overhaul
Bloomberg reported earlier this month that 10% of Block’s workforce could be cut during annual performance reviews as part of...
Nasdaq Files to List VanEck JitoSOL ETF Tied to Solana Liquid Staking
Nasdaq has filed a proposed rule change to list the VanEck JitoSOL ETF, a fund designed to hold the Solana-based...
US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Protect Blockchain Devs from Prosecution
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the US House of Representatives has introduced legislation aimed at halting prosecution of software...
Bitcoin Adoption Booms While Bear Market Deepens: Watch These Signals
Since dropping by 35% between Jan. 14 and Feb. 5, Bitcoin (BTC) has consolidated in a range between $60,000 to...
Morgan Stanley explores offering Bitcoin lending and yield services
Morgan Stanley’s head of digital assets, Amy Oldenburg, said that lending and yield products tied to Bitcoin and other crypto...
Bitfinex enhances account architecture to support native security tokens
Bitfinex Securities, a regulated platform for trading tokenized securities, announced today a major update to its account architecture, eliminating separate...
