OKX founder defends asset freezes after user admits buying KYC accounts
Star Xu defended freezing $40,000 in stablecoins after a user admitted buying verified accounts, with the exchange citing strict KYC…
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Crypto funds bleed $454M in outflows as Fed rate-cut hopes fade
Bitcoin led with $405 million of outflows last week, with the US shedding $569 million, as several altcoins and European…
Dubai free zone shifts crypto token vetting to licensed companies
DFSA’s new company-led suitability model and AML expectations may make it difficult for licensed entities to justify supporting privacy-focused assets.
70 economists urge EU to ‘let the public interest prevail’ on digital euro
Seventy economists urge EU lawmakers to back a public digital euro, warning private stablecoins and foreign payment firms threaten Europe’s…
Bitfinex whales dump BTC longs as $135K Bitcoin price target reemerges
Bitcoin whales began repeating a classic bull signal as they took BTC long positions off the table after a year…
Bitcoiners celebrate 17th anniversary of Hal Finney’s Bitcoin post
Many in the Bitcoin community continue to speculate that cryptographer Hal Finney was Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto.
Starknet publishes post-mortem report after temporary network outage
The outage was the second major network disruption in 2025, with both incidents requiring a block reorganization that rolled back…
Bitcoin mining difficulty falls in first adjustment of 2026
Bitcoin mining difficulty, which hit repeated highs in 2025, recorded a slight decline in its first network adjustment of 2026.
Samson Mow tips Elon Musk will ‘go hard’ into Bitcoin in 2026
Jan3 founder Samson Mow’s predictions are among the more bullish outlooks compared with most recent forecasts from other crypto market…
Ethereum sentiment mirrors levels seen before ‘major run’: Santiment
Ethereum’s social media sentiment is “kind of reminiscent” of what was seen before its last major run, according to Santiment.