State of Georgia indicts 3 developers behind mixing services Blender, Sinbad

[ad_1] A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Georgia indicted three Russian nationals for their alleged roles in operating crypto mixers Blender.io and Sinbad.io — tools used to launder funds... Read more »

Ethereum and Solana staking no longer classified as collective investment schemes in the UK

[ad_1] The UK Treasury has introduced an amendment to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA), effective January 31, to exclude crypto staking from being classified as a collective investment scheme.... Read more »

Block edges closer to becoming first Bitcoin treasury firm to enter S&P 500

[ad_1] The fintech company Block could be the first publicly listed company holding Bitcoin (BTC) in its treasury to integrate the S&P 500 Index within 21 months, according to Matthew Sigel, head... Read more »

Fidelity believes Bitcoin is at the precipice of mass adoption, says investors are not ‘too late’

[ad_1] Bitcoin (BTC) and the wider crypto market may be entering a new era of widespread adoption, but investors are far from being “too late,” according to Fidelity Digital Assets’ 2025 Look... Read more »

Trump-inspired digital cards debut on Bitcoin via Ordinals

[ad_1] The non-fungible token (NFT) collection backed by President-elect Donald Trump launched its first 160 items, the “Trump Bitcoin Digital Trading Cards,” on Bitcoin (BTC) using the Ordinals protocol. Users who acquired... Read more »

Vitalik Buterin champions decentralized defense against AI risks

[ad_1] Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s latest blog post reflects on the progress of decentralized and democratic differential defensive acceleration, or d/acc — one year after its introduction. Buterin emphasized the need for... Read more »

MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin strategy yielded $14 billion in shareholder value in 2024

[ad_1] MicroStrategy’s executive chairman, Michael Saylor, said the firm purchased 258,320 BTC at a total cost of $22.07 billion, which equates to an average price of $85,450 per Bitcoin. The decision yielded... Read more »

Enron returns with humorous ‘nuclear egg’ parody mocking tech launches

[ad_1] Enron has officially embraced its role as a parody, unveiling a comedic product dubbed the “Enron Egg,” a fictitious micro-nuclear reactor. The announcement, made on Jan. 6, marked the latest in... Read more »

Calamos targets volatility-wary investors with new Bitcoin ETF featuring 100% downside protection

[ad_1] Calamos Investments has announced a new Bitcoin ETF, CBOJ, which will debut on the CBOE Global Markets on Jan. 22. According to the Jan. 6 statement, this ETF promises 100% downside... Read more »

Why we’re bullish on decentralized AI, PayFi, tokenized assets and beyond

[ad_1] The following is a guest post from Forest Bai, Co-Founder at Foresight Ventures. As we look ahead to 2025, the confluence of artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology is transforming industries... Read more »