US prosecutors have charged Linqto founder William Sarris over an alleged $450 million fraud that affected more than 13,000 customers through manipulated private-share prices and high markups. Linqto later suspended its platform and filed for bankruptcy, while former CEO Joseph Endoso pleaded guilty and is cooperating with prosecutors.
AnaisBitquery found that Bitcoin text storage can affect nodes differently, with 96,231 fake-address outputs leaving about 3.2 BTC in the UTXO set. The study also counted 13,062 OP_RETURN transactions linked to a March 2026 campaign naming Luke Dashjr, which paid 0.1014 BTC in fees.
AnaisUtah’s SB 73 is now enforceable, requiring adult websites to verify the age of users physically in the state even when they use VPNs to hide their location. The law also bans websites from helping users bypass age checks and allows fines of up to $2,500 per violation, while VPN providers say they will not change their services.
WeatherlyBen Delo gave Reform UK £4 million ($5.4 million) in April, accounting for about three-quarters of the party’s £5.55 million ($7.5 million) donations in Q2 2026. The BitMEX co-founder has now donated £8 million ($10.8 million) to Reform this year, as another major crypto-linked donor, Christopher Harborne, made no contribution during the quarter.
AnaisSam Altman says 38,000 ChatGPT queries use about as much water as producing one California almond, but researchers say the figure is difficult to verify and conflicts with his earlier estimate.
WeatherlyTaiwan plans to introduce nine new crypto regulations, including detailed stablecoin rules, as early as Q1 2027 under its new Virtual Asset Service Act. The rules will require crypto firms and stablecoin issuers to meet stricter licensing, reserve, audit and disclosure requirements, while banks and businesses explore stablecoins for cross-border payments and trade.
AnaisCointelegraph tweeted that SEC approved iShares' Bitcoin (BTC) Spot ETF, but was confirmed to be false by BlackRock.
AaronThis development follows a transaction made just three weeks ago, where another wallet linked to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin sent 400 ETH, valued at approximately $600,000, to Coinbase.
DavinFake spot Bitcoin ETF news’ approval disseminated by Cointelegraph caused BTC price to pump to $30k before dropping while the news outlet quickly jumped on damage control.
CatherineiSanctuary did not name the exchanges.
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