Garantex Operator Aleksej Besciokov Arrested in India: Report
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One of the operators of sanctioned Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex was arrested in India on Tuesday, according to two recent news reports. Lithuanian national and Russian resident Aleksej Besciokov, 46, was reportedly arrested by police in the Indian state of Kerala, while vacationing on the country’s southern coast with his family, Techcrunch and KrebsonSecurity reported. […]

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Japanese Tech Giants Sony and LINE Join Forces in Blockchain Deal
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Sony’s blockchain division is bringing Japanese social media giant LINE into the web3 world, with plans to adapt several popular mini-apps onto Sony’s Soeneium network, the company announced Wednesday. LINE reports approximately 200 million active users across its platform, and the agreement will bring four LINE-based games, or “mini-apps,” to Soneium: Sleepagotchi, Farm Frens, Puffy […]

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Bahrain-Regulated Crypto Exchange Enters $1B Tokenized Gold Market
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ATME, a digital assets exchange licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), said on Tuesday it has completed its first tokenized real-world asset (RWA) issuance starting with gold-backed tokens. The tokens, available to accredited investors, each represent one kilogram of gold stored in custody, according to the press release. Investors can trade these digital […]

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Dormant Ether Whale Moves $13M in ETH to Kraken
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An ether (ETH) whale, who has held the token since its initial coin offering (ICO), made waves on Monday as it moved ETH worth millions to crypto exchange Kraken, according to blockchain sleuth Spot on Chain. The whale deposited 7,000 ETH, worth $13.8 million at press time, to Kraken as the token’s price plummeted along […]

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U.S. SEC’s Acting Chair Walking Back Agency Proposal on Crypto Trading Platforms
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One of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s regulation proposals that was meant to grab segments of the crypto space under the agency’s jurisdiction had sought to expand what trading venues it believes need to register in a way that included digital assets businesses, and Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda is looking to reverse that effort. […]

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Lutnick Plays Down Recession Fears at Bitcoin Lingers in 80K Range
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Treasury Secretary Howard Lutnick insists the U.S. economy is on solid footing despite concerns from Wall Street that a recession is in the cards. “Absolutely not,” he said on a Sunday edition of Meet the Press when asked if Americans should prepare for a downturn. “There’s going to be no recession in America,” he continued. […]

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BTC Bears Target 200-day Average as Macro Concerns Overshadow Trump’s Crypto-Related Actions
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Bitcoin (BTC) bears looked to penetrate key support Sunday, extending a three-day losing streak as macroeconomic concerns overshadowed President Donald Trump’s recent-crypto-related announcements. The leading cryptocurrency by market value slipped over 3% to $83,200, testing the 200-day simple moving average (SMA), according to CoinDesk and TradingView data. Prices have dropped over 10% since putting highs […]

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Arkham Launches New Tag to Track Crypto Influencers’ Wallets
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Blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence has launched a new tagging system on its platform, allowing users to track cryptocurrency transactions of influential figures in the cryptocurrency space. The feature, announced via a post on X, applies to those with more than 100,000 followers on the microblogging platform, labeling them as “key opinion leaders” or KOLs […]

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Volatility Shares Files for Three XRP ETFs
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Volatility Shares, an asset manager known for launching innovative exchange-traded funds (ETFs), has filed for three new products centered on XRP. These include a spot XRP ETF, a 2x leveraged XRP ETF and an inverse -1x XRP ETF. The spot XRP ETF is designed to track the price of the cryptocurrency directly, while the 2x […]

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Billionaire Winklevoss Twins-Backed Gemini Confidentially Filed for a U.S IPO: Bloomberg
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Crypto exchange and custodian Gemini has confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO), Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The firm, founded by billionaire Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, is working with Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, the report said, noting that no final decision has been made on the listing. The potential IPO […]

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Bitcoin Staking Platform Core Seeks APAC Expansion Through Custodian Cobo
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Bitcoin (BTC) staking layer Core has teamed up with Singapore-based custodian Cobo to expand its institutional reach into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Core, issuer of the liquid-staking token lstBTC, will enable Cobo’s institutional clients to earn a return on BTC holdings while maintaining full control over their assets, according to an emailed announcement shared with […]

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Trump Signs Order Setting Up Bitcoin ‘Fort Knox’ and Digital Assets Stockpile
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President Donald Trump has directed his administration to establish a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve to hold the assets that have been seized by the government, and he’s additionally called for a crypto stockpile of other types of assets. At this point, all of the assets contemplated by the order would be those seized in civil or […]

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