Polymarket Names Amazon Vet as First CFO.
Polymarket has appointed veteran finance executive Warren Jenson as its first chief financial officer. Jenson, who previously served as CFO at Amazon and held similar roles at Electronic Arts, Delta…
Bitwise Closes Dogecoin ETF After 10 Months.
Bitwise has announced it will liquidate and close its spot Dogecoin ETF (ticker BWOW) roughly 10 months after the fund began trading. The final day of trading on NYSE Arca…
Nasdaq Values Kraken Parent at $21B.
Nasdaq’s venture arm is investing $100 million in Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, according to Bloomberg and subsequent reports. The deal values the crypto firm at $21…
Binance Sets September 24 Deadline for USDP Delisting.
Binance will delist Pax Dollar (USDP) from all spot trading pairs at 03:00 UTC on September 24, 2026. The exchange announced a phased removal that also affects deposits, withdrawals, margin,…
PayPal Launches PYUSDx Platform After $100M Milestone.
PayPal, together with M0 and MoonPay, has officially launched PYUSDx, a platform that enables businesses to issue customized stablecoins backed by PayPal USD. The launch coincides with more than $100…
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…
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…
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…
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.…