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From 4 Million Illegal Transactions To 40 Years In Prison, Empire Market Co-Creator To Surrender $101 Million In Bitcoin

Empire Market co-creator Raheim Hamilton received 40 years in prison and a $5 million fine for facilitating $430 million in illegal transactions. He will forfeit $101 million in bitcoin, ether and three properties.

AnaisOct 09, 2026 6:23 pm

Standard Chartered Targets Late 2026 To Launch Regulated Crypto and Tokenised Asset Custody Services in Singapore

Standard Chartered plans to launch digital asset custody services in Singapore for institutional clients by the end of 2026. The service will let accredited investors store selected cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and tokenised assets under a single regulated banking system.

WeatherlyOct 09, 2026 3:34 pm

Hunter Biden Finally Addresses His Laptop Controversy, Saying It Was A Weapon Against Trump

Hunter Biden has turned one of the most politically charged controversies surrounding his family into a cryptocurrency aimed at the Trump family’s crypto ventures.

XingChiOct 09, 2026 2:56 pm

TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026: Wall Street Moves Onchain as Crypto's Biggest Week Returns to Marina Bay Sands

TOKEN2049 Singapore returned to Marina Bay Sands on 7–8 October

ZoeyOct 09, 2026 2:23 pm

Is Webull Really An American Brokerage? US Congress Questions China Control Behind Its 863-Person Workforce

A bipartisan US congressional investigation accused Webull of having deep ties to China that could put American investors’ data and assets at risk, citing its ownership, workforce and technology systems. Webull rejected the claims, saying US customer data is stored domestically, while its shares fell nearly 20% after the report was released.

AnaisOct 09, 2026 12:01 pm

US Government Moves More Than $1.7B In Seized Bitcoin As Mystery Transfers Fuel Questions

The US government has secretly moved billions of dollars’ worth of Bitcoin through a series of recent transactions, including a $770 million transfer to Coinbase Prime and a separate $1.01 billion movement of Bitcoin seized in connection with the Bitfinex hack.

XingChiOct 09, 2026 11:18 am

Most Teens Spend Under 15 Minutes On ChatGPT, OpenAI Says, But Concerns Over Child Safety Remain

OpenAI said most teens spend 15 minutes or less a day on ChatGPT, while fewer than 2% use it for more than three hours. The company is adding more study tools, but Common Sense Media questioned whether ChatGPT for Teens reliably alerts parents about sensitive conversations.

WeatherlyOct 08, 2026 6:23 pm

Greece Plans 10% Capital Gains Tax on Crypto as Athens Moves to Close Tax Gap

Greece is moving to formally tax cryptocurrency profits, with a new draft bill proposing a 10% capital gains tax on digital assets while carving out exemptions that could make the regime less burdensome for smaller investors and crypto-to-crypto transactions.

XingChiOct 08, 2026 5:58 pm

Europol Warns Of Quantum Threat To Crypto Wallets As 30.2% Of Bitcoin Supply Has Exposed Public Keys

Europol warned that crypto wallets, rather than blockchains, are the main risk from future quantum computers and urged the industry to adopt stronger security now. The agency said exposed Bitcoin keys cannot be fixed later, with about 6.04 million BTC already at risk, while also warning about encrypted data being collected for future decryption.

AnaisOct 08, 2026 5:48 pm

Samsung Wallet To Support USDC Transfers Across 60+ Countries As Solana Enters Galaxy Payments

Samsung is adding USDC cross-border transfers to Samsung Wallet for 82 million US Galaxy devices from late October. Users can send USDC to wallets or bank accounts in more than 60 countries through Solana.

WeatherlyOct 08, 2026 4:56 pm

Elon Musk Is a Trillionaire Again — And More Than 30,000 Bitcoin Sit Beneath His Fortune

Elon Musk is a trillionaire again — but the number tells only part of the story. His estimated fortune surged by $65.4 billion in a single day to roughly $1.04 trillion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as the value of his holdings in SpaceX and Tesla rebounded sharply.

XingChiOct 08, 2026 4:14 pm

Meta Deploys New AI To Catch Harmless-Looking Ads Secretly Linking Users To Child Abuse Material

Meta has introduced new AI tools to detect harmless-looking ads that secretly direct users to child sexual abuse material and block the accounts and links involved. Meta has introduced new AI tools to detect harmless-looking ads that secretly direct users to child sexual abuse material and block the accounts and links involved.

AnaisOct 08, 2026 3:37 pm

Trump-Backed WLFI Reveals Secret Web2 Partner To Integrate USD1 Into Everyday Payments At Token2049

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the crypto venture backed by President Donald Trump’s family, is trying to push its USD1 stablecoin beyond the crypto market and into the payments infrastructure used by mainstream online businesses.

XingChiOct 08, 2026 3:24 pm

TikTok Ran “Ghost” Safety Tests On Thousands Of Users, Including Children And Teens, New York Lawsuit Says

TikTok allegedly gave thousands of users fake Algo Refresh activations while testing engagement and ad revenue. The lawsuit also alleges safety features were disabled for some users, including a teenager later exposed to suicide and self-harm content.

WeatherlyOct 08, 2026 11:24 am

Bryan Johnson Spent Millions Trying to Beat Aging. Now He Says a Filter Works Better

Bryan Johnson has spent years trying to outsmart aging with blood tests, strict diets, hormones, peptides, experimental therapies and millions of dollars in the process.

XingChiOct 07, 2026 6:17 pm

Sui Agent Payments Expands To Alibaba Cloud, Allowing AI Agents To Spend USDC Based On Usage

Sui has partnered with Alibaba Cloud to let AI agents pay for cloud services per use with USDC settled on the Sui network. Users can set spending limits for agents, while the integration uses x402 to handle automated payments before each service is delivered.

AnaisOct 07, 2026 6:13 pm

First-Ever AI Music Scam Conviction: North Carolina Man Handed Prison Sentence for Using Bots to Fake Billions of Streams

Michael Smith was sentenced to 18 months in prison for using thousands of bots and hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs to create billions of fake streams from 2017 to 2024. The scheme earned him more than $8 million in royalties, with the US Department of Justice calling it the first criminal case involving “super-intelligence-assisted music streaming fraud”.

WeatherlyOct 07, 2026 5:42 pm

Justin Sun Made a Joke About Poloniex. Crypto Heard Something Very Different.

Justin Sun may have been joking when he suggested he was Poloniex’s only trader. Crypto users, however, quickly interpreted the post as something far more serious: an outright confession that the exchange’s trading activity is being driven by Sun himself.

XingChiOct 07, 2026 5:32 pm

Conduit Sues Tether Over $2.76 Million USDT Frozen For More Than A Year

Conduit has sued Tether over $2.76 million in USDT that it says was frozen without explanation in September 2025. The payments firm claims Brazilian police did not flag its wallet and says the freeze has hurt its business, while seeking the return of the funds and damages.

AnaisOct 07, 2026 4:36 pm

Kenya Puts 30 Million Academic Records On Avalanche In Major Blockchain Push

Kenya is putting more than 30 million academic records on Avalanche, turning a blockchain network better known for crypto markets into an invisible verification layer for one of the country’s most important public records.

XingChiOct 07, 2026 3:58 pm

UK Selects Six Banks To Test Blockchain Government Bond With DIGIT Pilot Set For 2027

HM Treasury has appointed Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, Morgan Stanley, NatWest and RBC Capital Markets to help launch the UK’s first digitally native government bond, DIGIT. The pilot is expected in Q1 2027 and will test whether blockchain can support the bond’s issuance, settlement and lifecycle.

WeatherlyOct 07, 2026 3:05 pm

Pudgy Penguins Parent Igloo Shuts Down Abstract Ethereum Layer 2 After Failing To Scale Consumer Crypto

Abstract, the Ethereum layer-2 backed by Pudgy Penguins parent Igloo Inc., will shut down on 15 December 2026 after struggling to sustain growth despite attracting more than 400,000 users and major brands. Users must move their funds before the deadline, as Abstract says assets left on the network will become inaccessible.

AnaisOct 07, 2026 11:15 am

Hong Kong’s Crypto Plan Is Bigger Than Four New Licenses

Hong Kong is preparing to take another major step toward turning cryptocurrency into a fully regulated part of its financial system, with the government reaffirming plans to introduce legislation covering four major digital-asset activities before the end of 2026.

XingChiOct 07, 2026 11:08 am

ZachXBT Went Undercover to Expose the Chinese Network Allegedly Laundering $1B for Lazarus

A Chinese organized crime syndicate allegedly laundered more than $1 billion in cryptocurrency stolen through multiple hacks for North Korea’s Lazarus Group, according to blockchain investigator ZachXBT.

XingChiOct 06, 2026 6:40 pm

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