Iran Turns to Crypto for Export Payments Amid Sanctions.
Iran has eased foreign-exchange controls and is tolerating the use of cryptocurrencies for export settlements as U.S. sanctions restrict conventional banking channels. The Financial Times reported that businesses are increasingly…
Germany Plans 25% Tax on Crypto Gains, Ending Tax-Free Rule.
Germany’s Finance Ministry has prepared draft legislation that would impose a flat 25% tax on cryptocurrency gains, ending the long-standing exemption for assets held longer than one year. The change…
Cardano Founder Weighs OpenAI’s Math Breakthrough.
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has commented on recent claims of major progress by OpenAI in advanced mathematics. He said artificial intelligence has advanced further in formal mathematics than he previously…
Tether CEO Unveils Decentralized P2P Search Engine
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has revealed that the company’s peer-to-peer team is developing a decentralized search engine designed to operate without centralized infrastructure. The project aims to deliver high availability…
FBI Traces Bitcoin to Alleged Darknet Opioid Distributors.
U.S. authorities have charged two Jacksonville brothers in connection with an alleged darknet opioid distribution operation after tracing Bitcoin transactions linked to the vendor account “BarbaraWhite.” The case centers on…
Russian National Indicted for Malware Campaign Hitting 80,000 Freelancers.
A Russian national has been indicted in the United States for allegedly distributing malware to approximately 80,000 users of a freelance-employment platform. Prosecutors say Searzhudin Tamirlanovich Aktulaev created 255 fraudulent…
Metaplanet Shares Drop 7.5% on Bitcoin Warrant Governance Row.
Metaplanet shares fell 7.51% to ¥271 amid investor concerns over a governance dispute involving its Bitcoin-related warrant and executive option structure. The decline followed a public note from CEO Simon…
US Court Orders Seizure of $212K Crypto from North Korean IT Scheme.
A U.S. federal court has ordered the forfeiture of approximately $212,700 in stablecoins linked to wages earned by North Korean IT workers. The ruling represents a partial victory for the…
British Man Recovers £3.3M Bitcoin After 12 Years.
A British investor has recovered 61 bitcoin worth approximately £3.3 million more than a decade after losing access to the coins. The holdings were originally purchased for £1,500 in 2011.…
Ethereum Aims for Quantum-Resistant L1 by 2029.
The Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol cluster has set a target of making Ethereum’s Layer 1 quantum-resistant across its execution, consensus, and data layers by December 2029. The deadline is described as…