Arcadia Finance’s Rebalancer contract was exploited for $2.5 million in USDC and USDS on the Base blockchain, with stolen assets swapped to WETH.

After rolling out Bitcoin and Ether spot trading, Standard Chartered plans to soon introduce crypto derivatives for institutional investors.

The Justice Department says two LA Sheriff deputies admitted to helping extort victims, including for a local crypto mogul, while working their private security side hustles.

Ethereum treasury companies accumulated more than 545,000 ETH over the past month, while institutional funds saw the fourth-highest weekly inflow on record.

Fairlead Strategies founder and managing partner Katie Stockton says Bitcoin should reach $135,000 as an “intermediate-term objective.”

Hungary has updated its Criminal Code, imposing potential prison sentences for those using or running unauthorized crypto exchanges.

Abacus commanded around 70% of the market share across all Bitcoin-enabled Western darknet marketplaces in 2024.

Bitfinex analysts say this level of accumulation “supports the broader bullish narrative that new buyers entering the Bitcoin market are price-agnostic buyers.”

Retired DEA agent Bill Callahan tells Cointelegraph that bad actors can make plenty of mistakes and still “make a handsome profit.”

One risk facing banks that custody crypto is the potential for liability if crypto assets are lost, according to three US financial agencies.