Hunter Biden Denies $LAPTOP Profit as Memecoin Crashes 95%, Foundation’s X Account Suspended
Hunter Biden said late Wednesday that he personally made no money from $LAPTOP after the Base network memecoin fell more than 95% from its opening spike. The former U.S. president’s…
Bitcoin Kidnapping Plot Lands Man 15-Year Prison Sentence
Key Highlights Adam Iza, 26, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and three years of supervised release for his role in an attempted Bitcoin robbery and kidnapping in Danbury,…
HTX Faces Unverified Data Breach Claim Over 6.5M User Records
Key Highlights A threat actor claims to possess a database containing more than 6.5 million HTX user records, according to a Sept. 9 alert from Dark Web Intelligence. The disclosed…
Robinhood CEO Defends Stock Tokens After AMC Criticism
Key Highlights Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev defended the company’s tokenized stocks during a CNBC interview on September 9. Tenev said public companies control the rights attached to their shares but…
Treasury Chief Calls for Progress on Digital Asset Bill
Key Highlights The Treasury secretary called on lawmakers to agree to the motion to proceed and continue work on the CLARITY Act after the August recess. Bessent warned that failing…
Kalshi Loses Emergency Injunction Bid in Utah Gambling Case
Key Highlights Kalshi loses its emergency appeal bid, allowing Utah to enforce its anti-gambling laws against the platform. States are gaining ground in court, with states winning 35 of 41…
FBI Uses Crypto Tracing to Link Jacksonville Brothers to Darknet Opioid Case
Key Highlights U.S. authorities charged Jacksonville brothers Vladislav and Stanislav Chernyshov over an alleged darknet drug operation. The BarbaraWhite vendor account has been active since at least 2020 across marketplaces…
Compound Launches Institutional Market for DeFi Lending
Key Highlights Compound launched the Compound Institutional Market, a lending venue designed for large institutional borrowers and lenders. The market offers higher loan-to-value ratios across four curated collateral assets: ETH,…
XRP Faces Key $1.43 Test After 28.5% August Rally
Key Highlights XRP gained 28.5% in August, marking its strongest August performance in five years, before losing some of those gains in September. XRP is now testing the $1.43 area,…
Circle Stock Declines 5% Following Tazapay Announcement
Key Highlights Circle (NYSE: CRCL) declined 5.10% to $96.84 on September 8, down $5.21 from the previous close. The stock traded between $96.44 and $100.80, with a volume of 8.2…