EscalationMalone Lam Faces Plea Hearing Over $245M Bitcoin Theft
A 22-year-old Singaporean accused of masterminding one of the largest crypto thefts ever charged is heading to a plea hearing in Washington, with prosecutors al...
Nearly 4,000 BTC Leave Liquid Through Valid Peg-Out
Nearly 4,000 BTC reportedly left Liquid's federation through a valid peg-out, with no reported key compromise, according to unconfirmed reports that have not been matched to any transaction hash or official incident disclosure.
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Escalation
Early SignalLedger and Trezor Urge Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure
Ledger and Trezor, the two biggest names in crypto hardware wallets, both want security researchers to play by one rule: tell us first, then tell the world.
Market ReactionLiquid Network Releases 3,996 BTC After L-BTC Burn
Liquid Network reportedly released 3,996 BTC following an L-BTC burn, a rare move on Bitcoin's federated sidechain that has drawn attention for its size and the...
Conflicts
Regulation, company disputes, and ideological fights shaping the industry.
RISK: MEDIUMLedger and Trezor Urge Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure
Ledger and Trezor, the two biggest names in crypto hardware wallets, both want security researchers to play by one rule: tell us first, then tell the world.
RISK: HIGHTrump Says He Doesn't Manage Solana Coin, Says It Sells Well
Donald Trump says he does not manage the "Solana coin," but insists it is selling well. The two-part remark draws a sharp line between the president's political...
RISK: HIGHCrypto Firms Press SEC on ETF Reviews, Draft Filings
Crypto firms are urging the SEC to speed up its ETF reviews and to let issuers file draft applications confidentially, turning up the pressure on the agency tha...
RISK: HIGHSenate Advances Bill Allowing Contractors to Conduct Military Hacking
The US Senate has advanced a bill that would let private contractors carry out military hacking on behalf of the federal government, pushing a controversial cyb...
Power
The institutions, exchanges, and narratives driving crypto direction.
EscalationMalone Lam Faces Plea Hearing Over $245M Bitcoin Theft
A 22-year-old Singaporean accused of masterminding one of the largest crypto thefts ever charged is heading to a plea hearing in Washington, with prosecutors al...
Early SignalLiquid Network Releases 3,996 BTC After L-BTC Burn
Liquid Network reportedly released 3,996 BTC following an L-BTC burn, a rare move on Bitcoin's federated sidechain that has drawn attention for its size and the...
Market ReactionVitalik Buterin Rejects AI Bitcoin Crash Claims of 50%
Vitalik Buterin has pushed back on a claim that artificial intelligence could trigger a 50% crash in Bitcoin, rejecting the prediction outright. But the dispute...
EscalationPolymarket Launches Crypto Perpetual Futures With 20x Leverage
Polymarket, the prediction-market platform best known for letting users bet on real-world events, has launched crypto perpetual futures with up to 20x leverage,...
People
Founders, influencers, and institutions behind crypto's next moves.
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Vitalik Buterin
Co-founder of Ethereum
Co-founder of Ethereum, the first global smart-contract platform. He remains one of the most influential technical and p...
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Liquid Network Releases 3,996 BTC After L-BTC Burn
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Changpeng Zhao (CZ)
Founder and former CEO of Binance
Founder of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. He now focuses on the nonprofit education project Giggl...
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Netflix Sets November 2026 Premiere for 'The Altruists' FTX Drama
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Michael Saylor
Executive Chairman of MicroStrategy
The most visible corporate Bitcoin advocate, known for turning MicroStrategy into the largest public-company holder of B...
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Bitcoin faces Fed test on Sept. 16 as core inflation drops to 3%
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Brian Armstrong
Co-founder and CEO of Coinbase
Co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, the leading US crypto exchange and the first major crypto company to go public on Nasdaq...
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Charles Hoskinson
Founder of Cardano and IOG, and Ethereum co-founder
Former Ethereum co-founder who left to build Cardano, a blockchain ecosystem centered on academic research and peer-revi...
Investigations
Deep reporting on hidden risks, fraud patterns, collision signals, and controversies.
COLLAPSEXRP Pulls Back Despite BIS Testing XRPL as Rate-Hike Fears Return
XRP just got a landmark institutional nod from one of finance's most powerful bodies, and the price barely blinked. The token slipped to around $1.
FRAUDXRP ETF Imbalance: Why Select US Funds Beat the Token Surge by 100%
A strange gap has opened up around XRP. Select US-listed funds tied to the token have reportedly outrun XRP's own price surge by roughly 100%, creating an ETF i...
FRAUDTron Surpasses Ethereum as USDT Supply Climbs to $94B
Tron has moved ahead of Ethereum as the leading network for Tether's USDT stablecoin, with reported supply on the chain climbing toward $94 billion and reshapin...
FRAUDXRP Falls 2.29% as Macro Risks Hit Sentiment, ETF Hopes Support Price
When macro uncertainty rises, traders trim exposure to volatile assets first. Crypto sits at the front of that line.