Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, has introduced spot margin trading for European users of the platform at up to 10x leverage, compliant with the region’s Markets in…
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Charles O. Parks III, aka “CP3O,” has been sentenced to just over a year in prison for a $3.5 million cryptojacking scheme.
Parks mined nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency using…
XRP, the
third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, tumbled 5% on Monday, 18 August
2025, sliding to $2.94 and breaking below the key psychological mark of $3 for
the first time in nearly two…
Thailand introduced its Tourist Wallet for foreign-currency-to-baht QR payments, but the crypto conversion feature is suspended pending a regulatory review through mid-August.The Bank of Thailand said the Tourist Wallet is…
Cryptocurrency
exchange Gemini revealed a visible surge in losses for the first half of 2025,
posting a net loss of $282.5 million compared to $41.4 million in the same
period last year, according…
Tax officials in Jeju City, the capital of the South Korean island province of Jeju, have reportedly started the process of freezing and seizing the crypto of those it believes…
Thailand is reportedly planning a nationwide regulatory sandbox allowing foreign visitors to convert crypto into local currency for electronic payments in a bid to boost tourism.Known as TouristDigiPay, the scheme…
Terra/Luna creator Do Kwon pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiring to commit fraud and one charge of wire fraud on Tuesday, following an earlier not guilty plea and a…
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On- and off-ramp companies are attractive M&A targets, according to VanEck Ventures' Juan Lopez.
They are increasingly being viewed as valuable touch points for facilitating payments through stablecoins, he said.
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The crypto market grew 13% in value in July, fueled by a rotation from bitcoin into altcoins, according to Binance Research’s "Monthly Market Insights" report for August. Ether (ETH)…