Torres, Pelosi Lead Push to Bar Government Officials from Prediction Markets.
Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) introduced bipartisan legislation to prohibit federal elected officials, senior executive branch members, and their immediate families from participating in prediction markets — explicitly…
WazirX Issues Recovery Tokens to Users with Locked Funds.
WazirX began distributing WRX Recovery Tokens to users affected by the July 2024 hack that resulted in $230 million in losses and frozen withdrawals — offering a structured path to…
Polygon Scales Network After Record Usage Pushes Fees Higher.
Polygon announced a series of immediate scaling upgrades to its PoS chain and AggLayer infrastructure after record-breaking transaction volume in early January drove average fees temporarily above $0.12 — the…
Vitalik Buterin Defends Tornado Cash Developer, Backs Privacy Rights.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin publicly defended Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm — currently facing trial in the U.S. on money-laundering charges — arguing that prosecuting open-source privacy tool creators sets…
Tether and UNODC Partner to Combat Crypto Crime in Africa.
Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin issuer, announced a landmark partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to bolster cybersecurity, enhance public education on digital asset security,…
Colombia Orders Exchanges to Report Bitcoin, Ether and Stablecoin Users.
Colombia’s Superintendencia Financiera (SFC) issued a new directive requiring all registered cryptocurrency exchanges operating in the country to submit detailed reports on users holding or trading Bitcoin, Ether, and major…
Binance Adds 100M Users in 18 Months as Bitcoin Holdings Leave Exchanges.
Binance announced it has added 100 million new registered users in just 18 months — pushing its global user base past 300 million — even as Bitcoin exchange balances continue…
Illicit Crypto Flows Hit $154B as Sanctions Drive Record On-Chain Activity.
A major new report revealed that illicit cryptocurrency flows reached a staggering $154 billion in 2025 — a 42% increase year-over-year — as escalating global sanctions, ransomware attacks, and darknet…
Ex-Zcash Developers Launch CashZ Wallet After Leaving ECC.
Zcash developers who recently departed the Electric Coin Company (ECC) unveiled CashZ — a new privacy-focused mobile and desktop wallet designed to push shielded transactions to everyday usability while introducing…
South Korea Supreme Court Rules Bitcoin on Exchanges Can Be Seized.
South Korea’s Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling confirming that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies held on centralized exchanges can be legally seized as assets in criminal and civil forfeiture cases…