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Crypto payments abroad may be legal despite domestic bans in several countries
The popularity of stablecoins for cryptocurrency payments has increased in recent years, with many global companies embracing new payment methods. Despite the trend, crypto payments remain prohibited for retail users in multiple countries,...

Crypto Presale of the Decade: Bitcoin Solaris Set for 150% Surge Upon LBank Listing – Your Second Chance at Bitcoin Wealth
If you missed Bitcoin in its early days and found yourself refreshing price charts, wondering “What if,” this may just be your redemption moment. The crypto market has been dry on game-changers lately, but a powerful newcomer is heating up....

Crypto Theft Hits Record $2.1 Billion in Stolen Funds in H1 2025, TRM Labs Reports
In the first six months of 2025, crypto thefts reached an unprecedented $2.1 billion, setting a new record for illicit activity in the crypto space. This marks a significant escalation from previous years, with infrastructure attacks and...

‘A bag of fartcoin’: US federal housing’s push to consider cryptocurrency for mortgages sparks ridicule
US president Donald Trump has been pretty clear on his love of cryptocurrency since entering the White House for the second time, but now, a directive issued this week on mortgages and crypto has sparked ridicule, as the Republican’s...

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana Lag Behind Robinhood, Circle, Coinbase: Why Do Crypto Stocks Outperform Coins?
Attention is shifting from cryptocurrencies to equities and publicly traded companies like Robinhood Markets HOOD, Coinbase Global COIN, and Circle Internet Group CRCL, which have surged ahead in performance over the past month. What Happened: In...

Seizing the Scam: How Coinbase Helped Recover $225 Million in Crypto
U.S. Secret Service Nets Its Largest-Ever Cryptocurrency Seizure In a milestone operation announced June 18, 2025, the U.S. Secret Service, backed by the FBI and the Department of Justice (DOJ), executed the agency’s largest-ever cryptocurrency...

Kraken Launches Krak: A New Peer-To-Peer Crypto Payments App—Details
On Thursday, crypto exchange Kraken launched a peer-to-peer payments app, enabling users to send and receive funds in both cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies across more than a hundred countries. This move aims to broaden Kraken’s services...

New York Pushes Forward with New Crypto Task Force
This content was produced in partnership with Bazoom Group. Lawmakers in Albany are taking another shot at tackling the fast-moving world of digital currency. A bill introduced this session would establish a state task force to study...

Why is crypto down today : SOL, XRP and memecoins plummet amidst Bitcoin dominance rise
The crypto market is experiencing a downturn as major tokens like Bitcoin, XRP and Solana plummet, with the SOL ecosystem and PayFi sector both dropping over 4%. Why is crypto down today? According to data from CoinGecko, the overall market cap...

Kraken unveils Krak global money app
Kraken has launched Krak, an ambitious new global money app that fuses the borderless capabilities of crypto with everyday financial functionality. Kraken unveils Krak global money app In what the company describes as a move to “reimagine what...
Legal strategy matters more than ever for your crypto startup in the UAE
Opinion by: Irina Heaver, crypto lawyer. Founders who treat regulatory structuring as a central part of their go-to-market strategy are the ones who thrive in the UAE. Unfortunately, many founders view licensing as an afterthought. The UAE is not...

Inside Redford: How Lake Gamp and Karolis Saulys Are Redefining Performance Marketing for a Regulated World
Home Money Inside Redford: How Lake Gamp and Karolis Saulys Are Redefining Performance Marketing for a Regulated World Redford, led by Lake Gamp and Karolis Saulys, redefines performance marketing for regulated industries, focusing on precision,...

$2.1b in crypto lost to hacks and exploits during the first half of 2025: TRM Labs
Bad actors managed to siphon roughly $2.1 billion worth of crypto across 75 incidents in the first half of 2025. According to a report by blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs, the majority of these losses stemmed from infrastructure attacks that...

Trump’s Fed Frustration Grows as Inflation Rises and Dollar Sinks | US Crypto News
Welcome to the US Crypto News Morning Briefing—your essential rundown of the most important developments in crypto for the day ahead. Grab a coffee—you’ll need it. The financial market became much more unpredictable due to creeping inflation,...

Arsen Torosian, CEO of Tap Global, discusses his ambitious growth plans following admission to AIM
27th June 2025 Runtime 11:36 Tap Global Group (TAP:AIM) is a rapidly growing UK fintech innovator combining fiat payments and crypto settlement services in a single, user-friendly platform. Fresh from its AIM listing, CEO and founder Arsen...
UAE fund buys $100 million of Trump's World Liberty tokens
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) -A United Arab Emirates-based fund has bought $100 million worth of digital tokens issued by World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture of U.S. President Donald Trump's family, becoming its largest publicly known...
UAE fund buys $100mln of Trump's World Liberty tokens
A United Arab Emirates-based fund has bought $100 million worth of digital tokens issued by World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture of U.S. President Donald Trump's family, becoming its largest publicly known investor. Aqua 1 Foundation said...
Crypto seed phrase, front-end hacks drive record losses in 2025: TRM Labs
Crypto private key exploits and front-end compromises have accounted for most of the $2.1 billion worth of crypto lost to attacks in the first half of 2025, says blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs. Over 80% of crypto stolen across 75 hacks so...

US Passes Deploying American Blockchains Act: What it Means for Crypto
The US Congress took a decisive step toward blockchain innovation with the House passage of the Deploying American Blockchains Act of 2025 (H.R. 1664). If it passes the Senate, the bill could become a cornerstone of US digital infrastructure...

Etoro Unlocks 50+ Cryptoassets For US Users
(MENAFN- Crypto Breaking) Trading and investing platform, eToro , announced the continued expansion of their cryptoasset offering to U.S. users. With the addition of 34 more cryptoassets, US users now have the ability to trade more than 50...