What banks need to know about GENIUS Act stablecoin compliance
Under the GENIUS Act, every stablecoin your bank touches will be either permitted under federal law or not. Treating a non-permitt...
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The $100 Million Crypto “Looksmaxxing” Boom: How Chinese Cartel Suppliers Pivoted to the Gray-Market Peptide Ecosystem
Summary A $100 Million Shadow Economy: The on-chain gray-market peptide industry has experienced a breakout, surging past a $100 m...
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Apple, Meta, SpaceX and Coinbase Join DOJ Operation, Shutting Down 1.4 Million Scam Accounts
The U.S. Justice Department said a joint public-private operation disrupted more than 1.4 million accounts linked to Southeast Asi...
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Zcash Fixes Critical Orchard Vulnerability As ZEC Holds $600 Support
Zcash has patched a dangerous vulnerability in its privacy-focused infrastructure that could have enabled double-spending, deployi...
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160 National Security Veterans Back CLARITY Act as Senate Crypto Battle Reaches Critical Stage
Pressure over the CLARITY Act is rising as 160 former national security, intelligence, and law enforcement professionals back the...
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Aave Says Operations Back to Normal as $300M Backstop Replaces Drained Assets
Decentralized finance protocol Aave recently revealed that it has fully restored liquidity to its lending pools following a $300 m...
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Russian ruble stablecoin A7A5 grows despite Western sanctions: CertiK
Russian ruble-backed stablecoin A7A5 processed over $110 billion in transactions despite Western sanctions, according to CertiK.
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OFAC sanctions Nobitex and three other Iranian cryptoasset exchanges
OFAC has designated Nobitex, Wallex, Bitpin and Ramzinex, plus Nobitex's chairman, two co-founders and its current CEO. Elliptic a...
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US Treasury issues sanctions on Iran, targets 4 crypto exchanges
The sanctions come four days after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US had seized nearly $1 billion in crypto from Irania...
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OFAC Sanctions Nobitex and Major Iranian Cryptocurrency Exchanges in Sweeping Evasion Crackdown
Summary The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated four major Iranian cryptocurrency exch...
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Nobitex Sanctions Hit Iran’s Largest Crypto Exchange as Compliance Risks Grow
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Nobitex, Iran’s largest digital asset exchange, and three other Iranian crypto platforms o...
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Crypto governance starts with the model that already works
The cryptoasset industry has spent considerable energy arguing that cryptoassets are different enough to require a fundamentally n...
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$50M Exploit Finally Forces Radiant Capital Shutdown After 18 Months of Recovery Efforts
Key Takeaways: Looking back on the past year, Radiant Capital is winding down DAO operations following an inability to recover fro...
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DeFi protocol Radiant to wind down after failing to recover from 2024 hack
Radiant says its frontend and smart contracts will remain accessible and users will still be able to withdraw, repay, and manage t...
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Recovery hopes fade as Kelp DAO hacker launders nearly all $220M in stolen funds
The Kelp DAO exploiter laundered about $220 million worth of remaining stolen funds in a bid to make them untraceable, excluding t...
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Gnosis Pay exploit hits delay module as team pledges refunds
Gnosis Pay faces an active exploit in its delay module as co‑founder Martin Köppelmann walks back a warning urging users to withdr...
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XRP Ledger Targets Flash Loan Attacks With New DeFi Security Proposal
The growth of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) on the XRP Ledger is bringing increased attention to one of the industry’s most persist...
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Crypto exploit losses in May fall 90% over month to $68M: CertiK
CertiK says May is the third month so far in 2026 to record crypto losses under $100 million.
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