Cryptocurrency

Afghanistan plunged into digital darkness last week as a 48-hour nationwide internet blackout revealed one of blockchain’s most overlooked weaknesses — its dependence on centralized internet infrastructure.

A man in Herzliya was attacked in his home by three men who stole $547,260 in Bitcoin, $42,248 in USDT, a Rolex, a Trezor wallet, and cash. The main attacker, Murad Mahajna, stabbed the victim, threatened his family, and was later arrested along with evidence linking him to the crime.

Fasset has received a provisional license from Malaysia’s Labuan Financial Services Authority (FSA), marking the creation of the world’s first Islamic fintech sandbox designed to test and scale stablecoin-powered, Shariah-compliant digital banking services.

South Korean retail investors are increasingly shaping Ether’s market momentum, driving not only its price growth but also the expansion of corporate Ether treasury holdings, according to industry experts.

Sanae Takaichi’s election as Japan’s first female prime minister sparks a surge in stocks and Bitcoin. Her pro-growth policies could pave the way for crypto tax reforms, though uncertainties remain.

Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, has once again spoken out from prison — this time admitting that his “biggest mistake” wasn’t the mismanagement of customer funds, but his decision to hand over control of the company to new management.

Samsung lets 75 million U.S. Galaxy users buy and manage crypto through Samsung Wallet. Users get Coinbase One perks, including zero fees on select trades and a $25 first-trade credit.

It was supposed to be a quiet afternoon stroll in a Bangkok luxury mall. But for one Portuguese journalist, that walk would turn into a global manhunt’s breakthrough — leading to the dramatic arrest of a fugitive crypto scammer behind a $580 million fraud empire.

Donald Trump Jr., co-founder of World Liberty Financial (WLFI), came out swinging at the Token2049 conference in Singapore, blasting accusations of conflicts of interest surrounding the Trump family’s crypto ventures as “complete nonsense.”

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has made a bold prediction: one day, governments around the world will be forced to stop printing money — and when that moment comes, Bitcoin will step in as the global currency.