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Nishad Singh may have avoided jail time after the collapse of FTX, but regulators have made clear he did not walk away unscathed—slapping the former executive with a $3.7 million penalty and multi-year bans from the crypto industry.

Alabama has officially granted legal status to decentralized autonomous organizations, becoming the second U.S. state after Wyoming to embrace blockchain-native entities—marking a pivotal shift as states compete to attract the rapidly growing DAO economy.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson warned that the U.S. CLARITY Act could take years to implement and may favour established cryptocurrencies while making it harder for new projects to grow.

Donald Trump is declaring victory in Iran — claiming its nuclear ambitions have been crushed, its leadership wiped out, and its military dismantled — as he signals a full U.S. withdrawal within two to three weeks, a narrative that is already fueling a rebound across crypto and global markets.

A viral data leak tied to the director of the FBI-Kash Patel-has ignited a wave of memecoin scams on Pump.fun, with opportunistic traders launching dozens of tokens that surged and crashed by over 90% within hours.

The US Department of Labor has proposed a rule that would make it easier for 401(k) plans to include crypto and other alternative investments. It gives plan managers a safe legal framework if they properly assess risks, opening the door to wider retirement investment choices.

KuCoin’s operator, Peken Global Limited, has been banned from serving U.S. users after settling with regulators and agreeing to pay a $500,000 fine. The order makes its earlier U.S. exit permanent, following a separate criminal case where the firm paid nearly $300 million for operating without proper licences.

A Maryland man allegedly drained $54 million from DeFi platform Uranium Finance through audacious smart contract hacks — then splurged the stolen crypto on rare trading cards and a piece of the Wright brothers’ airplane that went to the moon. Now, Jonathan Spalletta could spend decades behind bars.

The White House released a new app that collects users’ location, personal data, and device information. Security experts warn the app could track phones every few minutes and may have weak protections, raising privacy concerns.

U.S. Democrats, led by Senators Elizabeth Warren and Maxine Waters, have launched an aggressive investigation in the efforts to expose the dirty dealings between the Trump family and crypto companies.