A former Los Angeles Police Department officer was found guilty Monday of kidnapping and robbery after he and a crew of accomplices impersonated police officers to steal $350,000 in Bitcoin from a 17-year-old in a Koreatown high-rise.
The Bank of Japan will begin experimenting with blockchain technology to settle bank reserves, marking one of its clearest steps yet toward integrating distributed ledger infrastructure into the core of the country’s financial system.
Digital-asset exchange-traded funds drew renewed inflows at the start of March, even as major tokens consolidated following Bitcoin’s brief move toward the $70,000 level.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the Shanghai Data Bureau (SDB), and the National Technology Innovation Center for Blockchain (NTICBC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a shared blockchain infrastructure for cross-border cargo trade and finance.
Solana Mobile has taken a major step toward expanding crypto-native smartphones beyond its own hardware.
Riot Platforms closed 2025 with its strongest revenue performance to date, but the headline number tells only part of the story.
After years of legal back-and-forth, a federal judge finally put a fork in the Risley v. Universal Navigation lawsuit - and the crypto world is exhaling.
A draft bill submitted to Turkey’s Grand National Assembly proposes sweeping changes to the taxation of digital assets, introducing a 10% withholding tax on crypto profits and a separate transaction levy.
Open interest on Binance has fallen sharply as traders scale back exposure in response to mounting macroeconomic and geopolitical stress.
South Korea is preparing a sweeping reform of how public institutions manage confiscated cryptocurrencies, after a string of security failures exposed serious weaknesses in state custody practices.
Bitcoin climbed toward $69,700 on Monday afternoon, extending an intraday breakout that followed a period of consolidation near $65,500 earlier in the session.
Pi Network is entering a decisive phase in its post-mainnet journey as the project rolls out a mandatory protocol upgrade and prepares to activate its long-awaited decentralized exchange.



